I have enjoyed the World Cup so far, the 2 games yesterday were excellent.
The problem for me is that I am used to World Cup's being dominated by the best players in the world of their era, they put there name on it and produce outstanding performances.
Players like Maradonna/Gascoigne/Mattaaus/Gullit/Ronaldo (Brazil)/Zidanne/Baggio etc. International football now is dominated by team play, so it is more difficult for the individual to stand out, tactics have changed.
So far, I cannot think of an outstanding player who has put his mark on this world cup? same for the last few World Cups.
MBappé? Or maybe it's a bit too soon to say that? But he was outstanding yesterday!
Much too early for Mbappe, but he did look impressive, a players has too dominate a tournament, if he carries on playing like that and France win the world cup, then he has made his mark at it, as the outstanding player.
It's abit like Cup finals, people remember the great ones when a player has stood out and won it, like Owen against Arsenal in 2001 or Gerard in 2006.
I also think the amount of CL games we see, regularly seeing these world players takes the excitement away allot, like in 1982/86/90 World Cups, we rarely saw the greats like Maradonna/Gullit/Platini/Baggio/Rossi/Matthaus as the leagues didn't get much coverage and your home TV country only showed games involving their countries team (if the had coverage) In European Cup, so there was a real excitement to see them play in a World Cup.
Now we have seen all these players before, and seen the likes of Messi & Ronaldo player better, when surrounded by their club teams, who have better quality round them.
