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{{Infobox football match
| title = World Cup 71 Final
| event = [[World Cup 71]]
| team1 = [[Osarius national football team|Osarius]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|OSR|size=30px}}
| team1score = 4
| team2 = [[Pasarga national football team|Pasarga]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|PAS|size=30px}}
| team2score = 3
| date = {{start date|2219|7|11|df=y}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Felix)|Estadio Nacional]]
| city = [[Santa Maria, Felix|Santa Maria]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Roque Acosta]] (Osarius)
| referee = Thomas Youngston (Felix)
| attendance = 87,104
| previous = [[World Cup 70 Final|WC70]]
| next = [[World Cup 72 Final|WC72]]
}}

The '''World Cup 71 Final''' was a [[wikipedia:association football|football]] match that took place on 11 July 2219 at [[Estadio Nacional]] in [[Santa Maria, Felix|Santa Maria]], [[Felix]] to determine the [[World Cup 71]] champion. [[Osarius national football team|Osarius]] defeated [[Pasarga national football team|Pasarga]] 4-3, with the winning goal coming in the eighty-first minute. The match was the second successive World Cup final contested by Osarius &ndash; following their win in [[World Cup 70 Final|World Cup 70]] &ndash; and the result placed the [[Atlantian Oceania]] nation among [[List of consecutive World Cup winners|a small group of back-to-back World Cup winners]].

==Background==
The two teams had met in four previous matches, with three wins for Pasarga, and one win for Osarius. Both teams had won once on penalties. In these games, Pasarga had outscored Osarius by 13 goals to 10. All of these matches were [[World Cup]] matches &ndash; two of them during qualifying of [[World Cup 51]] &ndash; though none had been in the final.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Previous matches between the teams
|-
|
* [[World Cup 51]] Qualifying Round 3, Pasarga 5-2 Osarius
* [[World Cup 51]] Qualifying Round 12, Osarius 0-1 Pasarga
* [[World Cup 68]] Quarter Final, Pasarga 1-1 Osarius. 1-1 after extra time. Pasarga won 6-5 on penalties.
* [[World Cup 70]] Quarter Final, Pasarga 3-3 Osarius. 4-4 after extra time. Osarius won 5-3 on penalties.
|}

The most recent meeting between the two teams was the quarter final of World Cup 70, which Osarius won on penalties. After ninety minutes, the score was 3-3. The tie could not be settled in extra time, which ended with the scores still level, this time at 4-4. Osarius substitute [[Ezio Grassi]] went on to score the winning penalty in the shootout.

===Returning players===
Among the players in the World Cup 71 squads, the following played in the World Cup 70 and World Cup 68 meetings:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"|Previous appearance of players from the teams
|-
|World Cup 68
|
* Osarius: Ruby Fletcher, Roque Acosta, Wesley Kane, Ezio Grassi, Toby Drummond, Adam McBride, Emanuele Riviello;
* Pasarga: Marzuqah Taahira, Vass Adrián, Szánthó Nyék, Tobias Möller, Michael Müller
|-
|World Cup 70
|
* Osarius: Ruby Fletcher, Paolo Bocchetti, Clemente Jaconelli, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Gabrielle Harrison, Roque Acosta, Fabio Mancini, Wesley Kane, Darell Marshall, Marco Puntoriero, Nicola Costello, Ezio Grassi, Toby Drummond, Adam McBride, Efrain Suarez, Emanuele Riviello, Fabian Padron, Theodore Prince, Tobias Clarke, Salvatore Laccona;
* Pasarga: Marzuqah Taahira, Jan Macík, Vass Adrián, Szánthó Nyék, Császár Mór, Tobias Möller, Michael Müller
|}

Prior to that, [[Jermain Lewis]] &ndash; the Osarius national team manager for the matches in World Cup 68 and World Cup 70 &ndash; had played in both qualifying matches during [[World Cup 51]], making him the only person to have played a role in all five matches.

==Road to the final==
{| style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#9cf"
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Osarius
!Round
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Pasarga
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[World Cup 71#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|EQS}} <!-- Equestrian States -->
|[[World Cup 71#Group B|0–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{fb|KOR}} <!-- Ko-oren -->
|[[World Cup 71#Group G|1–0]]
|-
|{{fb|APX}} <!-- Apox -->
|[[World Cup 71#Group B|4–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{fb|SAR}} <!-- The Sarian -->
|[[World Cup 71#Group G|2–1]]
|-
|{{fb|USI}} <!-- Unified Sunrise Islands -->
|[[World Cup 71#Group B|2-2]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 3
|{{fb|BRE}} <!-- Brenecia -->
|[[World Cup 71#Group G|3–2]]
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[World Cup 71#Group B|Group B]] winner'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="190"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|OSR}}'''
|3||1||2||0||6||2||+4||'''5'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{fb|APX}}
|3||1||1||1||1||4||-3||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|USI}}
|3||0||3||0||2||2||0||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|EQS}}
|3||0||2||1||0||1||-1||'''2'''
|}
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standings
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[World Cup 71#Group G|Group G]] winner'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="190"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|PAS}}'''
|3||3||0||0||6||3||+3||'''9'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{fb|SAR}}
|3||2||0||1||7||5||+2||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|KOR}}
|3||1||0||2||4||6||-2||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|BRE}}
|3||0||0||3||4||7||-3||'''0'''
|}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[World Cup 71#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|THE}} <!-- The Holy Empire -->
|[[World Cup 71#Round of 16|2–1]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Round of 16
|{{fb|GLX}} <!-- Gloriax -->
|[[World Cup 71#Round of 16|3–1]] 
|-
|{{fb|NPH}} <!-- Nephara -->
|[[World Cup 71#Quarter-finals|4–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Quarter-finals
|{{fb|PIS}} <!-- Polar Islandstates -->
|[[World Cup 71#Quarter-finals|2–0]]
|-
|{{fb|HRE}} <!-- Holy Republican Empire -->
|[[World Cup 71#Semi-finals|3–2]] ([[wikipedia:Overtime (association football)|aet]])
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semi-finals
|{{fb|EUR}} <!-- Eura -->
|[[World Cup 71#Semi-finals|2–1]]
|}

==Match==

===Summary===

===Details===
{{Football box
|date=11 July 2219
|time=16:00
|team1={{fb-rt|OSR}}
|score=4–3
|report=[[nspost:24526853|Report]]
|team2={{fb|PAS}}
|goals1=[[Wesley Kane|Kane]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Ezio Grassi|Grassi]] {{goal|44}}, {{goal|58}}<br />[[Roque Acosta|Acosta]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2=[[Tobias Möller|Möller]] {{goal|21}}, {{goal|72}}<br />[[Császár Mór|Mór]] {{goal|39}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Felix)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santa Maria, Felix|Santa Maria]]
|attendance=87,104
|referee= Thomas Youngston (Felix)
}}

{| width=92%
|-
| <center>[[Image:Osarius home front WC71.png|200px]]<br /><strong>Osarius</strong></center>
| <center>[[Image:Pasarga home WC71.jpg]]<br /><strong>Pasarga</strong></center>
|}

<!-- bookings and substitution information left in as examples, will need to be edited -->
{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Ruby Fletcher]]
|-
|LB ||'''19'''||[[Theodore Prince]] || || {{suboff|45}}
|-
|CB ||'''6'''||[[Clemente Jaconelli]] || {{yel|47}} || {{suboff|73}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Juan Pablo Rodriguez]]
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Gabrielle Harrison]] || {{yel|54}}
|-
|CM ||'''8'''||[[Roque Acosta]]  ([[wikipedia:Captain (association football)|c]]) 
|-
|CM ||'''20''' ||[[Fabio Mancini]] || {{yel|79}}
|-
|AM ||'''10''' ||[[Toby Drummond]] || || {{suboff|82}}
|-
|LW ||'''11'''||[[Wesley Kane]]
|-
|RW ||'''7''' ||[[Darell Marshall]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Ezio Grassi]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Nicola Costello]]
|-
|ST ||'''14'''||[[Marco Puntoriero]]
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||[[Adam McBride]]
|-
|GK ||'''13'''||[[Efrain Suarez]]
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Emanuele Riviello]] || || {{subon|73}}
|-
|CB ||'''16'''||[[Fabian Padron]]
|-
|CB ||'''17'''||[[Fabricio Gallardo]]
|-
|RW ||'''18''' ||[[Jerome Monroe]]
|-
|LB ||'''3'''||[[Paolo Bocchetti]] || || {{subon|45}}
|-
|LW ||'''21'''||[[Tobias Clarke]]
|-
|ST ||'''22'''||[[Salvatore Laccona]]
|-
|CM ||'''23'''||[[Gavin Mitchell]] || || {{subon|82}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|OSR}}&nbsp;[[Jermain Lewis]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:OSR-PAS-WC71Final.png|300px]]
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Takácz Endre]]
|-
|LB ||'''4''' ||[[Lenka Randáková]]
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Héðinn Olgeirsson]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Marzuqah Taahira]]
|-
|RB ||'''16'''||[[Jan Macík]] ([[wikipedia:Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LW ||'''14'''||[[Hugrún Valdimarsdóttir]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Császár Mór]]
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Szölôsi Oszlár]]
|-
|RW ||'''22'''||[[Szánthó Nyék]]
|-
|ST ||'''10'''||[[Tobias Möller]]
|-
|ST ||'''9''' ||[[Michael Müller]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''3''' ||[[Bognár Lukacs]]
|-
|GK ||'''5''' ||[[Gyôrfy Zsa-zsa]]
|-
|LB ||'''7''' ||[[Gaál Renáta]]
|-
|CB ||'''11'''||[[Viviano Milani]]
|-
|CB ||'''12'''||[[Zdenek Moravec]]
|-
|RB ||'''13'''||[[Jens Reiniger]]
|-
|DM ||'''17'''||[[Vass Adrián]]
|-
|RW ||'''18'''||[[Jorit van Kruistum]]
|-
|MC ||'''19'''||[[Aleksander Espinoza Carrasquill]]
|-
|LW ||'''20'''||[[Inalén Navarro Montalvo]]
|-
|ST ||'''21'''||[[Dominik Mauer]]
|-
|ST ||'''23'''||[[Inèz van Stiphout]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|PAS}}&nbsp;[[Jullian van Setten]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Roque Acosta]] (Osarius)

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Javier Mendes (Felix)
<br />Felipe Jenaro (Felix)
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />Mathias Morrison (Yttribia)
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fifth official|Fifth official]]:'''
<br />Joel Martín Águila Nena (San Jose Guayabal)
|style="width:60%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules:'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if still tied.
*Twelve named eligible substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{World Cup}}
[[Category:World Cup|71]]
[[Category:World Cup finals|71]]