“Mageistiral, Other-Worldly, Reaffirming”: Reacting to Lionel Messi’s heroic 2022 FIFA World Cup performance
Argentina are Champions! 2022 FIFA World Cup Final Post-Game Reaction and Analysis: how Argentina got the best of France!

Argentina are Champions! 2022 FIFA World Cup Final Post-Game Reaction and Analysis: how Argentina got the best of France!
The 2022 FIFA World Cup Final goes down on Sunday! The Room 4-4-2 crew looks back at some of the best moments for both France and Argentina, debates Kylian Mbappe vs. Lionel Messi, and makes their prediction for who will emerge victorious!
Regardless of what happens in Sunday’s final vs. France, will Argentina’s Lionel Messi still be considered the greatest footballer ever? Plus is Didier Deschamps getting the respect he deserves? And, can you guess the footballer with Bert’s Brain Busters?
2022 FIFA World Cup Semi-Finals Highlights and Reaction.
Argentina booked their spot in their second World Cup final in the span of eight years thanks to another heroic performance from Lionel Messi. Plus, the Room 4-4-2 crew looks ahead to an intriguing semi-final between France and Morocco.
The first semi-final kicks off Tuesday with Argentina vs. Croatia. Will Livakovic continue with his big saves against Messi and co.? The crew also looks back at the big moments of the quarterfinals.
Room 442 reacts to Croatia’s shock penalty shootout win over Neymar and Brazil. The crew also recaps the match of the 2022 World Cup between Argentina and the Netherlands! Also, picks and predictions for the semi-finals on Fast Money Football presented by Betano.
Predictions and preview for the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals: will England find a way to get past France and will Lionel Messi’s dream run with Argentina come to an end?
It’s 2022 and the FIFA World Cup newsmakers are still Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. This time, the difference is that Messi is making the headlines for what he’s doing on the pitch. As for Ronaldo, it's everything he does off the pitch that’s dominating the news cycle. Regardless of why they make the news, the question is who is the biggest newsmaker?
Room 442 recaps Morocco’s shock penalty shootout win over Spain and Portugal’s incredible performance to knock Switzerland out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The crew questions Luis Enrique’s player selections and why Spain’s loss was his fault. Fernando Santos benched Cristiano Ronaldo and it paid off with Portugal putting in their best showing at this World Cup.
Brazil danced their way past South Korea to the quarter-finals, while Croatia snuck past Japan to book their place in the next round! Plus our best bets for Portugal - Switzerland and Spain - Morocco.
Breaking down England's impressive 3-0 victory over Senegal, a(nother) stellar Kylian Mbappe performance, and previewing what should be a mouth-watering quarter-final matchup between the Three Lions and France.
Argentina prevailed over Australia setting up a mouth-watering clash with the Netherlands in the quarter-finals after the Dutch knocked off the United States.
Recapping a chaotic final matchday, including stunning upsets over Brazil and Portugal! Plus, the crew looks ahead to what should be a mouth-watering Round of 16!
After finishing bottom of Group F with only one point, were the Canadians a disappointment or is this what was expected?
Mexico beat Saudi Arabia and looked incredible on matchday 3 but it wasn’t enough to get out of the group. Could Tata Martino be in trouble?
Group A and Group B are now set! Netherlands, Senegal, England, and the United States are through, setting up what should be a mouth-watering slate of Round of 16 matches.
Bruno Fernandes and Portugal impress against Uruguay, Casemiro rescues Brazil, and what went wrong for the Canadian men’s national team? Plus, Toronto FC insider Michael Singh provides the latest update for Sebastian Giovinco.
Matchday 7 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar saw Robert Lewandowski score his first World Cup goal as Poland beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 to move to the top of Group C. Also in Group C, Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez both scored in Argentina's 2-0 win over Mexico keep their World Cup hopes alive. In Group D, France became the first team to qualify for the round of 16 after a 2-1 win over Denmark. Kylian Mbappe scored both goals in the win. Australia also picked up an important three points in a 1-0 ...
England dropped points against a very good USA side, Iran beat Wales after Wayne Hennessey’s red card, Qatar become the first team eliminated from the 2022 FIFA World Cup after losing to Senegal and Cody Gakpo scorers again in Netherlands 1-1 draw with Ecuador.
Recapping Brazil’s 2-0 win over Serbia, Switzerland’s 1-0 win over Cameroon, Portugal’s 3-2 win over Ghana, and Uruguay’s scoreless draw with South Korea! Plus, our thoughts from the day after Canada’s impressive World Cup performance against Belgium and our best bets for Friday’s slate of games.
Canada kicks off their World Cup with a loss to Belgium in their Group F opener. The Canadians dominated for most of the match but it was a long ball from Toby Alderweireld to Michy Batshuayi that led to Belgium’s winner. The Room 442 discusses the goal, Alphonso Davies penalty, Canada’s performance, and can the #CANMNT get out of their group? Plus a recap of Morocco-Croatia, Japan-Germany, Spain-Costa Rica and a look ahead to Thursday's matches -- including the 2022 FIFA World Cup debut of Cris...
Lionel Messi got on the scoresheet, but it wasn’t enough! How concerned are we about Argentina? Plus, more post-match analysis on Demark-Tunisia, Poland-Mexico, and France-Australia before looking ahead to Canada’s first World Cup match since 1986!
Recapping England’s big 6-2 win over Iran, Senegal-Netherlands, and USA-Wales. Plus, a look ahead to Tuesday’s slate of games, including Lionel Messi’s first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup!
Who are the favourites, the dark horses, the biggest upsets, the champs, the golden boot winners and more! Room 442’s World Cup predictions!
The Room 442 crew react to Canada’s 2-1 win over Japan just days before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. They discuss Lucas Cavallini’s last minute penalty, Junior Hoilett’s performance and Atiba Hutchinson’s chances of starting against Belgium. Who will in the Golden Ball at the World Cup? Lionel Messi is the current favourite to win the award but what about Neymar or Bruno Fernandes? Yes, Bruno Fernandes!
Which dark horses will make a run this World Cup? Canada and Japan get prepared for their final friendly before the tournament commences and which side has the best man in between the sticks? Golden Glove predictions.
The Ronaldo drama continues, CR7 claims that pundits such as Gary Neville are using his name to become more “famous”. The crew also breaks down who could win the Golden Boot and Peter Galindo joins to talk team Canada.
Cristiano Ronaldo back at it again, biggest omissions from the World Cup, and what’s the biggest concern within Canada’s World Cup squad? Plus a 1-on-1 interview with former Canadian men’s national team head coach Stephen Hart.
On today’s episode of Room 442, the crew share their positive takeaways from Canada vs. Bahrain & dish out their Premier League Best Bets!