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The final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, between France and Argentina It will be full of peculiarities, but there is a fact of this decisive match that occurs for the first time in the entire history of the world cups. This is the first father-son duo to compete in the world final.
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Although over the years, there have been several parents and children who have managed to play matches in World Cups, what has never happened is that both have played the final. That is something that might end this Sunday, December 18, in the event that Marcus Thuram (son of Lilian Thuram) plays in the game between Argentina and France.
Lilian Thuram and Marcus Thuram will be the first father and son to compete in a World Cup Final, both with Didier.
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The first finalists father and son
Already the simple fact that France disputes the final allows the Thurams (Lilian and Marcus) to become the first father and son couple to reach this instance.
In the case of Lilian, the former French footballer (central defender) managed to play and win the 1998 World Cup and also played in the 2006 World Cup, where France was a finalist and lost on penalties to Italy.
France Euro 2000 Champion, Above; Zidedine Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Patrick Vieira, Marcel Desailly Christophe Dugarry and Lilian Thuram, Below; Thierry Henry, Youri Djorkaeff, Didier Deschamps (current coach), Fabien Barthez and Bixente Lizarazú, DT. roger lemerre pic.twitter.com/Y3vSuqzXKD
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While his son Marcus (born in Parma, when his father played there) also reached the final with the blue team, but in his case as a substitute, so it remains to be seen if the French coach, Didier Deschamps He decides to count on Marcus for a few minutes, so that in this way they are (Lilian and him) the only father-son couple to play in a final. And in case of winning it, also the only duo to do so.
Marcus Thuram completes the 26-player list for France for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Borussia Mönchengladbach forward, son of the 1998 champion, Lilian Thuram, has 10 goals in 15 Bundesliga games. pic.twitter.com/SqvYqTqSb0
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Other father and son mundialistas
There are several cases in which we have seen that a surname is represented in World Cups by father and son. Next, we will mention some of the most remembered duos: the Italians, Cesare and Paolo Maldini (the latter played in the 94 final, but lost it); the Spaniards Manuel and Manolo Sanchís (none were finalists); the also Spanish Miguel and Pepe Reina (the latter champion in 2010).
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The Uruguayans, Pablo and Diego Forlán; the Mexicans, Javier “Chícharo” and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández; or the Dutch, Danny and Daley Blind.
Another great moment in Qatar. Daley Blind scores with the Netherlands and celebrates with his father Danny, a former footballer who, like him, played for Ajax and the national team and who is now Van Gaal’s assistant. Daley went out onto the field with him by the hand and today they celebrate goals together in a World Cup. Soccer pic.twitter.com/X7EZPfmRbf
– Central Judge (@Juezcentral) December 3, 2022
Within these World Cup father and son duos there are two very curious cases. That of the Brazilian Mazinho, whose son Thiago Alcantara He played the 2018 World Cup, but not with Brazil, but with Spain. The other particular case is that of the Anderssons in Sweden, since father Roy played in the 1978 World Cup, and his two sons Patrick (94 and 02) and Daniel (02 and 06) also did so, being the first to achieve such feat.
