Five Minute Freewrite: Second Best

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Before the beginning of hostilities in the just concluded FIFA World Cup co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the USA, there were high hopes by many teams of lifting the trophy at the end of the day. But immediately the first round of matches were played everyone began to understand the direction their beloved teams will follow.

That cannot be said about the Argentine national football men's team as they began the campaign smoking really hot. They posted a (3-0) win in their first game of the tournament against a hapless Desert Foxes of Algeria. Their captain and talisman - Lionel Messi bagged a hat trick in that game.

From then onwards, it became a routine win for Argentina as they followed that up with a (2-0) won over Austria and a (3-1) win over Jordan to top the group with maximum points

From then on, even the neutrals began to notice their ruthlessness in dispatching their opponents with reckless abandon.

That plundering attitude continued to the round of 32, round of 16, quarter finals, semi finals and then finals when they.

At the finals against a more resolute team - Spain, the Argentine national football men's team could not replicate their usual football swagger. Spain dominated stifled them and they were second best on the night. Te Spanish team dominated them in all the sphare of the game. They had no shot on target and ended up losing the game on one hand and the trophy on yet another sided.

Prompt of the Day

This is my entry for the today @daily.prompt: Second Best