Before #FIFA start pumping the propaganda tonight and telling us all how amazing this #WorldCup has been, let’s remember they oversaw:
- highest ticket prices ever and took a cut from resale sites.
- did nothing about Somalian referee and dozens of staff who were banned from entering the US for no legitimate reason.
- stood by as Iran were forced to train outside the US and travel in on match days.
- overturned red cards after phone calls with the president.
- Americanised the beautiful game with hydration (TV) breaks and 25 mins half time in the final
- guided Argentina through the tournament with less travel, VAR support and blatantly turning a blind due to their aggression and foul play.
🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING — World Cup “Disaster”
Mohammad Mohebi and Mehri Taremi Say:
“Not to Make Excuses but This Is Not a Fair Competition.”
Iranian Players argued they should arrive 2 days before matches instead of traveling, training, and playing while exhausted by 5 hours in Immigration Controls and Transit.
This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.
Vini Jr situation is understandable; imagine carrying a club for years, winning and scoring in 2 UCL finals only for your president to bring and prioritize a new shiny toy who has never done anything over you.
Just do a swap deal with Arsenal for Saliba + €60m.
@TouchlineX@Romain_Molina Detaining the official photographer and now detaining our star player Aymen Hussein for 7 hours this is absolute proof that the US does not deserve to host the World Cup.When failed politics and racism are forced into sports, and people are treated with disrespect and humiliation
Horrific videos from Gaza have been circulating for hours after israel struck a residential building.
I don’t know what’s more disturbing, the image of children’s bodies torn apart (again) or the fact that it’s barely considered newsworthy because the children are Palestinian.
@SamueILFC I remember Arsenal facing this beast of a team. I could not believe how good they were. Kudos to that 11 and the manager. Mad respect for that team.