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Cristian ‘Cuti’ Romero can join a very exclusive club this Sunday, as Argentina face France in the final of the 2022 Qatar World Cup at the magnificent Lusail Stadium. 

Should he find himself on the winning side, Romero will become only the third Tottenham Hotspur player in football history to lift the game’s biggest prize. And only the second since the late Jimmy Greaves held aloft the Jules Rimet on Wembley soil all the way back in 1966. 

Ironically enough, Spurs’ other World Cup winner will also be taking to the field this weekend. Hugo Lloris, who captained France to glory in Russia four-and-a-half years ago, will be hoping to join a rather unique group of his own; only a select crop of players have ever won the World Cup back-to-back, but Lloris is potentially just 90 minutes away from doing just that. 

Provided he can keep Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez and co off the scoresheet. Easier said than done, we’re sure you’ll agree. 

Hugo Lloris vs Cristian Romero; France vs Argentina

Lloris will be one of the first names on Didier Deschamps’ team sheet on Sunday. Ditto Romero and Argentina.

Tottenham’s £42 million colossus has started all but one of Argentina’s six games in Qatar; only missing the 2-0 group-stage victory over Mexico largely due to the after-effects of a niggling hamstring injury which has kept him out of Antonio Conte’s XI at club level in recent months. 

“We were all on top form,” captain marvel Messi told FIFA after France’s last-16 victory over Australia. “If I had to single someone out; (centre-halves Nicolas) Otamendi and Romero have been impressive. 

“They have been key players in each match. Once again, our defence was impressive. They (Otamendi and Romero) have been putting in a lot of effort since the start of the World Cup.” 

Otamendi, formerly of Manchester City, has been so consistent alongside Romero that he continues to keep Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez – arguably the Premier League’s most in-form centre-half – out of the Argentina XI. 

Brazil legend backs Argentina for World Cup glory

Brazil legend Rivaldo, meanwhile, is backing the Selecao‘s old rivals to bring the trophy back to South America.

“I’m going to be honest, I can’t say I want Argentina to win. It would be lying,” Rivaldo, a World Cup winner in 2002, explains. “I wouldn’t be happy as a Brazilian.

“(But Argentina) deserve it. Football is about playing and winning. Nobody is going to give you anything. Argentina don’t play great football but they have an incredible desire.

“They all run a lot together, they all have that aggressiveness. And then they have Messi; who, when he gets in the box, is very decisive. Personally, I would be happy for him if he wins it.”