Zinedine Zidane on the criticism of Alexander Sørloth for not passing to Erling Haaland after Norway’s World Cup elimination.
🗣️ “I’m amazed by how quickly people rush to destroy a player after one moment. Everyone suddenly becomes an expert after the final whistle. It’s pathetic. Football isn’t played from a sofa with slow-motion replays.”
“The people attacking Sørloth should be embarrassed. He was fighting for his country, playing out of position, sacrificing himself for the team, and now they’re trying to blame an entire World Cup elimination on one decision. That’s nonsense.”
“You think he deliberately ignored Erling Haaland? Don’t be ridiculous. In those moments you have defenders flying at you, your legs are exhausted and you have less than a second to decide. Anyone pretending it was an easy pass has clearly never played football at the highest level.”
“Norway didn’t crash out because Alexander Sørloth didn’t make one pass. They were eliminated because football is decided over 90 or 120 minutes, not by one freeze frame shared across social media. Blaming one player is lazy, unfair and completely disrespectful.”
“Instead of attacking a player who gave everything for his badge, maybe start appreciating the courage it takes to play on the biggest stage in world football. The critics always have the loudest voices, but they’re never the ones carrying the pressure.”
“Leave Sørloth alone. He doesn’t deserve to be hunted because your team lost. Real football people understand the game. The rest are just looking for someone to blame.”
Eirik Lamøy og Alexander Gabrielsen med to fine mål i Ålesund 17. oktober 2010 på et velfylt Color Line Stadion (9685 tilskuere). Kampen endte 2-2.
AaFK ble nummer fire med 47 poeng og ble cupmestre litt seinere, SF med forferdelige 12 poeng og bånnplassering.
Against Croatia, Calafiori completed 93% of his passes, created more chances (4) than any other player on the pitch (including the winner), won 100% of his aerial duels and wasn’t dribbled past once in the entire game.
Top, top talent. 🛡🇮🇹
Watching Pickford play it long fifteen times in the second half of the Serbia match I realized something very important about English football. [thread]
I sound like a broken record but what an astonishing turnaround from QPR under Marti Cifuentes.
The Championship standings before and after his appointment only do a fraction of the talking…
@SMarthinussen Fram Larvik med 17 proffkontrakter. 2-3 fra Vestfold fra start hver eneste match. Likt på poeng som Vålerenga 2 under streken. Bare å gratulere!
Sheffield Wednesday går til finalen i playoffen i League One. Men det har ikke skjedd uten dramatikk. Lå under 0-4 etter første kamp.
– 4-0 i 90+8.
– Scorer så selvmål og havner under.
– Utligner på nytt.
– Vinner på straffer.