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This picture means something to an entire generation of Dutch people.
I'm one of them.
My parents came to Holland as Moroccan immigrants.
I was born there.
Dutch passport.
Dutch better than my Arabic.
The first 18 years of my life, Holland fed me, schooled me, raised me.
The Moroccans helped rebuild Holland.
Holland gave them roads, schools, a future in return.
Fair trade.
But we never really integrated.
That's not on one side.
That's on everyone.
We learned to speak for our grandparents, because they never got to learn the language.
We brought our food.
We brought our culture. Mosques. Books and humor.
We had fun.
We hung out.
We went to each other's weddings and loved the mix of it.
And still.
We never really became one.
The politicians made sure to categorize us.
They needed us to be outsiders, while we were busy acting like insiders.
So a wall went up between neighbors.
Then yesterday a silly game with a ball put two teams on the same grass.
Two continents.
Two cultures.
Except they're not two teams.
They're teams stitched together by the same life.
The Dutch know the Moroccans. Intimately.
The Moroccans know the Dutch. Intimately.
The Moroccans in Morocco spend every summer selling to the Moroccans from Holland.
The Dutch spend every day next to Moroccans. In School. At The local butcher. The streets.
The Moroccan team is full of Moroccans carrying Dutch passports.
The Dutch team is full of their actual friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
Such a simple game.
Such a complicated story.
When I look at this image I don't see football.
I see high school.
I see pride.
I see distance.
I don't see compassion.
I see resentment.
And that's exactly how we lived in beautiful Holland.
Together. Happily.
And quietly, unconsciously, apart.
I left when I was 18.
I went back to Morocco.
I resented Holland.
For years it was me vs them.
Now I understand what I actually have.
I can read two cultures from the inside.
And I get to choose.
What I carry with me.
What I leave behind.
Because every culture has its gold.
And every culture has its rot.
The trick is knowing which is which.
Love. Be kind to each other.
🚨 Carlo Ancelotti on why he did not celebrate wildly after Gabriel Martinelli’s late winner for Brazil against Japan:
🗣️ “People asked me why I didn’t celebrate, but football is also about respect. Yes, we were happy to win, but I looked across and saw a Japanese team that had given absolutely everything. They fought with incredible courage, and I know exactly how painful a defeat like that can be.”
“Of course I celebrated inside because my responsibility is to Brazil and qualifying was our objective. But I’ve been in football for many years, and I’ve experienced both victory and heartbreak. Sometimes the best way to respect your opponent is to remain humble in your biggest moments.”
“Japan made us suffer for ninety-five minutes. They deserved our respect, not exaggerated celebrations. Brazil are through, but we know we must improve. Tonight we celebrate the qualification, but tomorrow we go back to work because the World Cup only gets more difficult from here.”
Carlo Ancelotti is a legend
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🚨🇯🇵🇧🇷 Japan lost to Brazil 2-1 and their fans STILL stayed behind to clean the stadium, and IShowSpeed grabbed a bag and joined them.
The most famous streamer alive picking up trash with heartbroken fans.
The class of Japanese supporters is contagious.
Iran's football federation chief said visa issues for staff and limited preparation time in the U.S. before each match contributed to the team's early exit from the World Cup https://t.co/qucLQVp5RW
This eye ball to eye ball contact between Jan Paul van Hecle(Dutch/Tottenham and Ismael Saibari(Morocco/PSV Eindhoven) has strong racail/nationalism undercurrent and is a mere replay of what happens in typical Dutch streets between children of Moroccan migrants and Dutch natives
🚨 Lothar Matthäus on Germany crashing out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeat to Paraguay:
🗣️ “I am absolutely furious. This is not the Germany I know, and it’s certainly not the Germany I fought for. To be eliminated from the World Cup like this is unacceptable. Every player, every coach and every person involved with this team has to look in the mirror after tonight because this performance was nowhere near the standards expected of Germany.”
“You cannot wear the Germany shirt and play with so little urgency, so little aggression and so little belief. Paraguay fought for every ball like their lives depended on it, while Germany looked nervous, passive and completely out of ideas when the pressure arrived. We had enough quality to win this match, but football isn’t won by talent alone. It’s won by character, mentality and the willingness to suffer for your country.”
“I don’t want to hear excuses about bad luck, referees or penalties. Champions don’t hide behind excuses—they take responsibility. This defeat should hurt for a very long time because it was completely avoidable. Germany have let an entire nation down tonight. Credit to Paraguay, they deserved every second of this victory because they showed courage, discipline and heart. Germany forgot what it truly means to fight for this badge, and for me, that is the most painful part of all.”
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This reporter explains the insane process of turning American football stadiums into natural-grass soccer fields for the World Cup.
Some of these stadiums normally use artificial turf, but FIFA requires World Cup matches to be played on natural grass.
Holy shit.
Maradona in 2018 on the day the World Cup 2026 was awarded to USA, Mexico and Canada, goes on saying:
“They will do 4 quarters of the game instead of two halves so to put commercials, you’ll see”
Siaya Governor @orengo_james: I never knew in my life I would see a situation where public officers ride in 10, 20 choppers at public expense and then, within 1 hour, contribute Sh35 million, and next to the venue of that event is a bridge that was swept by storms in Migori, and for 8, 9 months, that bridge has not been repaired.
@thejesserogers
#KTNPrime
🇵🇾🇩🇪 Paraguay celebrated knocking Germany out of the World Cup by giving the entire country the day off.
President Santiago Peña's official announcement:
"PARAGUAY NEVER SURRENDERS! HOLIDAY DAMN IT!"
Some wins deserve more than a trophy.
Writer: Julie
🚨 FIFA president Gianni Infantino has attended 25 World Cup matches across 16 different cities since June 11. 🤯✈️
He has travelled more than 50,000 km aboard his private jet. 🥵
His travel since the start of the tournament is estimated to have generated the equivalent annual carbon footprint of 78 people. 😳
(Source: BBC Sport)
McDonald's loses lawsuit against chef Jamie Oliver, who proved that the food they sell is unfit for human consumption because it is highly toxic.
Chef Jamie Oliver won a lawsuit against the world's largest fast-food chain.
Oliver demonstrates how hamburgers are made.
According to Oliver, fatty cuts of meat are "washed" with ammonium hydroxide and then used to fill the hamburger patties. Even before this process, the TV presenter says, this meat was unfit for human consumption.
Oliver, a radical activist chef taking on the food industry, says:
"We are talking about meat that is sold as dog food and then served to humans. Aside from the quality of the meat, ammonium hydroxide is harmful to health." Oliver calls it "the pink slime process."
What sane person would put a piece of meat soaked in ammonium hydroxide into a child's mouth?
In another initiative, Oliver demonstrated how chicken nuggets are made: After the "best parts" are selected, the rest—fat, skin, cartilage, eyes, bones, head, feet—is subjected to a mechanical separation process called "Canica"—a euphemism used by food engineers. This blood-pink paste, which is deodorized, bleached, refreshed, and re-colored, is then coated in flour and deep-fried. It is typically fried in partially hydrogenated oils—in other words, toxic substances.
The food industry uses ammonium hydroxide as an antimicrobial agent, allowing McDonald's to use meat in its hamburgers that is unfit for human consumption. Even more alarming, however, is the fact that these ammonium-hydrogen-based substances are considered "legal components of the production process" in the global food industry, with the approval of health authorities. Consequently, consumers will never know what substances are in their food.
Please stop giving this fake food to your children.
A emoção da jornalista japonesa Kiyomi Nakamura ao perguntar ao Vini Jr sobre as dificuldades que enfrentou e ele tenta acalmá-la: "Está tudo bem".
Ela depois conta em uma entrevista que é fã dele e se não existisse o racismo, tudo seria perfeito.