The World Cup
Victoria Shanahan
Victoria Shanahan
The World Cup is the most watched event in the world with an average of 3.2 billion viewers. It only happens every four years and is in a different country every time. Only thirty-two countries qualify, and they do this by playing in games before the World Cup and trying to advance to play in the actual tournament.
The most recent World Cup was this year over the summer and it was in Russia. The final game was France versus Croatia with France winning 4-2. Lexi Stretch, a sophomore at Hillgrove High School, said, “France winning is not really a surprise because they have some really good players like Griezmann, Pogba, and Giroud. Also, they have Kylian Mbappe who is one of the best players in the world and the youngest player to play in the world cup.” Although Lindsay, a student at Hillgrove, thought differently than Lexi because she said, “I didn’t think France was going to win, I thought Brazil was going to because they have better players like Marcelo, Willian, Coutinho, and one of the best players in the world Neymar.”
Both teams have very talented players but one player that really stood out was the goalkeeper for Belgium, Thibaut Courtois. He won the golden glove award, which is a trophy awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Robyn Boyo commented about him winning the award by saying, “I believe that Courtois deserved the golden glove because coming in as an underdog he showed that he is one of the best goalies at the World Cup and in the world with having the most saves out of any goalie and leading Belgium to the third place final.” Of course, every player is good and proud to be in the World Cup, but some players just stand out more and deserve extra awards.
After this year FIFA (International Federation of Asociacion Football) has decided to change when the World Cup took place, and instead of it being over the summer it is from November to December. Lindsay Bell said, “I don’t like that the date changed it because over the summer I have all the free time to watch the games but not it is during school, so I will be busy and won't be able to watch it as much.” In 2026 the World Cup will be in North American and Lexi is very excited, she said, “I can't wait for the World Cup to be here, I want to go to a game so bad.” The World Cup is a very exciting event that people all over the world enjoy watching.
The most recent World Cup was this year over the summer and it was in Russia. The final game was France versus Croatia with France winning 4-2. Lexi Stretch, a sophomore at Hillgrove High School, said, “France winning is not really a surprise because they have some really good players like Griezmann, Pogba, and Giroud. Also, they have Kylian Mbappe who is one of the best players in the world and the youngest player to play in the world cup.” Although Lindsay, a student at Hillgrove, thought differently than Lexi because she said, “I didn’t think France was going to win, I thought Brazil was going to because they have better players like Marcelo, Willian, Coutinho, and one of the best players in the world Neymar.”
Both teams have very talented players but one player that really stood out was the goalkeeper for Belgium, Thibaut Courtois. He won the golden glove award, which is a trophy awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Robyn Boyo commented about him winning the award by saying, “I believe that Courtois deserved the golden glove because coming in as an underdog he showed that he is one of the best goalies at the World Cup and in the world with having the most saves out of any goalie and leading Belgium to the third place final.” Of course, every player is good and proud to be in the World Cup, but some players just stand out more and deserve extra awards.
After this year FIFA (International Federation of Asociacion Football) has decided to change when the World Cup took place, and instead of it being over the summer it is from November to December. Lindsay Bell said, “I don’t like that the date changed it because over the summer I have all the free time to watch the games but not it is during school, so I will be busy and won't be able to watch it as much.” In 2026 the World Cup will be in North American and Lexi is very excited, she said, “I can't wait for the World Cup to be here, I want to go to a game so bad.” The World Cup is a very exciting event that people all over the world enjoy watching.