Lionel Messi's 2021 Copa America Final speech was something else ❤️🇦🇷🏆:
🗣️ "45 days without seeing our family. 45 days!
Dibu became a father. He became a dad and couldn't see his daughter yet. He couldn't hold her yet. The same with El Chino. He could only see her for a little while.
And all of this for what, boys?
For this moment. Because we had a target, boys. We had a goal and we are a little step away from acheiving it. Just a step away and you know what is best of all? It all depends on us. It's up to us to win this cup.
Let's lift that cup and we are going to take her to Argentina to enjoy with our family, our friends, the people who always supported us.
There is no such thing as chance, gentlemen. God brought her here. God brought it here for us to raise at the Maracana. So, let us leave confident and calm, we are going to take this one home!"
It was not meant to be.
Thank you for everything to this team.
2x Copa Americas.
1x Finalissima.
2x World Cup finals.
1x World Cup.
An era we will never forget.
La desgarradora historia de Tahlequah (J35), la madre orca que cargó a su cría fallecida por 17 días y más de 1.600 km en el Pacífico Norte. Cuando se agotaba, su manada la ayudaba a empujar el cuerpo.
Los biólogos lo tienen claro: no fue instinto, fue duelo.
🚨🇿🇦 𝗡𝗘𝗪: More details have emerged surrounding the death of Jayden Adams.
Just days after featuring at the World Cup, the South African player was found dead at his home.
The Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder had reportedly been going through a difficult period following the death of his grandmother and growing media pressure.
The night before his death, he is said to have had a serious argument with his partner. The following morning, he reportedly called his father and said: “Dad, I can’t take it anymore.”
An investigation remains ongoing to determine the exact cause of his death.
— @News24
Top Wicket Takers for India in ODIs in the last 5 years:
Kuldeep Yadav - 87 wickets.
Mohammed Siraj - 76 wickets.
Mohammed Shami - 66 wickets.
- None of them in the playing XI.
🇦🇷 SERGIO AGUERO: “Muchos me preguntan por qué me llamo Kun Agüero y no Kun Castillo, que es el apellido de mi viejo. La respuesta corta es simple se olvidó."
Mis padres son de Tucumán y, en ese momento, para inscribir a un hijo con el apellido del padre necesitabas ser mayor de 21 años. Ellos se vinieron a Buenos Aires escapando de una vida que sentían sin salida. Mi papá tenía 18, soñaba con ser futbolista y se fueron sin avisarle a nadie. Cuando mi mamá quedó embarazada de mí, él todavía era menor de edad y no tenía a ningún adulto que lo acompañara a hacer el trámite. En el hospital les dijeron: ‘Entonces va con el apellido de la madre’. Y así quedé registrado como Agüero.”
“Cuando mi papá cumplió 21 y ya podía cambiarme el apellido, no lo hizo. Simplemente lo dejó pasar. Años después, cuando yo tenía 18 o 19 y ya estaba en España, me dijo que quería corregirlo. Pero para ese momento yo ya era el Kun Agüero. Todo el mundo me conocía así. Le dije que no tenía sentido: volver a Argentina, rehacer pasaporte, papeles, documentos… un lío enorme. No era falta de reconocimiento, era practicidad. Ya estaba hecho. Con Agüero estaba bien. Y así quedó para siempre.”
For the record - WWE offered Jeff the HOF because his drug test returned as no drugs - But alcohol was the problem. The WWE wanted to keep Jeff from going to AEW by any means necessary, so they offered the HOF but he had to re-sign. Jeff chose to reunite with me at AEW. #MattFacts
🚨WHAT THE HELL HAS WASHINGTON SUNDAR DONE TO PLAY ALL FORMATS FOR INDIA - KRIS SRIKKANTH🤯
Kris Srikkanth said :🗣️
"Washington Sundar playing all formats for India is still the biggest mystery for me. I don't know how he is always in the playing 11. What the hell he has done in his entire career to play all formats for India? He is a descent pick in Test matches only. There are atleast 10 all rounders better than him in the country. He plays one or two matches & gets injured. He has no consistency with bat, nor with the ball & his fitness is always a big question mark".
Remember when Rodri said after every game he calls his girlfriend no matter the result, and sometimes the guys mess with him in the locker room but he doesn’t care
What a guy 🥲🩵
“At 6 years, I was s3xually abused by my mom’s friend, then I was sent to Africa to learn discipline. At 7, I started smoking. At 8, I started dealing drugs. At 12, I was adopted.” 💔
— Dele Alli
𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈 & 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 🥹❤️
In 2018, after Argentina's disappointing World Cup campaign in Russia, Lionel Scaloni was appointed as the new Argentina head coach.
Few could have imagined what he would go on to achieve with Argentina...
He rebuilt the entire system around Lionel Messi. Not to make Argentina dependent on Messi, but to allow him to finally play with freedom instead of carrying the entire team.
The achievements speak for themselves:
🥉 2019 Copa América
🏆 2021 Copa América
🏆 2022 Finalissima
🏆 2022 World Cup
🏆 2024 Copa América
🏆/🥈 2026 World Cup
🏟️ 103 games
✔️ 80 wins
🤝 14 draws
❌ Only 9 losses 🤯
What he has done with an Argentina side that was struggling is incredible and deserves nothing but respect 👏
🗣️ Carlos Tevez: “When I arrived in England, they took me to see the house the club was offering me. It had a garden, a garage, shiny floors... and silence.
A lot of silence. I came from Fuerte Apache, where five of us slept in one room and gunshots were part of the night. I didn’t know how to live in tranquility. It scared me.
After a while, I asked to move. I went to a poorer, noisier neighbourhood, where the neighbours shouted, cooked on the sidewalk, and kids played in the street.
That’s where I felt at home. Not all of us dream of the same things. Some of us dream of going back to what we are.”
Ben hayatımda bu kadar birlik olmuş takım görmedim, adını bilmediğim 1 dk oynamamış yedek kaleciler, formalite maçı hariç oyuna girmemiş Barco ve Paz, yedek kalmış De Paul, oyuna girmemiş Almada, Medina, ilk kez oynamış Simeone, çocuk gibi sevinen Messi…
🚨12 years ago today, Mario Gotze scored in the FIFA World Cup final against Argentina! 💔
After the match, Gotze asked Leo Messi for a photo at the exit to the locker rooms & Messi granted it. The German, shortly after, dedicated a few words to him:
🗣️“Messi congratulated me on the victory and smiled. He is an extraordinary human being.”👏
✅ 8 years later on 18th December 2022, when Leo Messi’s Argentina won the World Cup final in Qatar, that Mario Götze filmed himself celebrating Messi’s goals with his son via IG & listening to “Muchachos” with his family and even posted a poster of the Messi’s number 10 as a gesture of reverence! 🇦🇷😱😮
The twists of football and life! 🤝