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Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after Argentina won the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Real GOAT: Peter Drury spitting beautiful gold facts in the World Cup final

If Lionel Messi is the GOAT in football terms, Peter Drury is surely the commentary equivalent. Some of his quotes bring tears to our eyes.

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Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after Argentina won the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

The World Cup was lucky enough to have commentating GOAT Peter Drury call many of its matches and the way he summed up Lionel Messi was pure poetry.

We all know Mr. Drury from his years and years in the Premier League and England’s top-flight misses his epic golden touch. It was present at the World Cup final.

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Best Peter Drury quotes from the World Cup final

An absolutely sensational preview to the final. I dare you not to feel something deep in your soul.

Drury building up to world football’s greatest game, and perhaps the World Cup’s greatest ever final. Video: @bkelly776 / Twitter

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Peter Drury on Lionel Messi & Morocco

Just listen to this from Drury on Lionel Messi, in the immediate aftermath of Argentina’s epic triumph in arguably the greatest World Cup final of all time:

He was beautiful. He was the point of difference, he has always been the point of difference. Unparalleled. And maybe today there will of course always be those who argue, always be those who debate. And the debate can rage on if you like, but as he falls in love with the object in the world that his heart most desired, it’s hard to escape the supposition that he has rendered himself today, the greatest of all time.” – Peter Drury on Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi has ascended to World Cup heaven. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Drink it in Casablanca, relish it Rabat, this is your night. See it from atop the Atlas Mountains, all above the Marrakech express, a night Morocco will never forget.” – Peter Drury on Morocco

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Peter Drury’s beautiful summary of Lionel Messi’s greatness after the World Cup final. Video: @StoolFootball / Twitter

Wow. Goosebumps. Or, as it’s also called, piloerection.

Is Drury the GOAT? Surely that’s not even a debate.


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