Zinedine Zidane sobre la controversia de la tarjeta roja a Lionel Messi contra Argelia:
🗣️ “He visto el incidente con Lionel Messi varias veces ya, desde diferentes ángulos, y honestamente no entiendo cómo algunas personas están pidiendo una tarjeta roja.”
“Sí, hay contacto. Nadie lo niega. Pero el fútbol es un deporte de contacto, y cada contacto no se convierte automáticamente en una expulsión solo porque las redes sociales quieren una historia más grande.”
“Lo que me decepciona es que la gente esté pasando más tiempo hablando de un momento accidental que hablando de la obra maestra futbolística que Messi produjo durante noventa minutos.”
“Un jugador marca un hat-trick, rompe récords, domina un partido de la Copa del Mundo, y de alguna manera la conversación se convierte en un desafío que duró unos segundos. Eso lo dice todo.”
“Para mí, la intención importa. El contexto importa. La velocidad de la acción importa. Y cuando miro el incidente, veo una acción de fútbol, no a un jugador tratando de lastimar a un oponente.”
“Creo que algunas personas ya se habían formado una opinión antes de que se mostrara la repetición. Si ese mismo incidente involucrara a otro jugador, no creo que todavía estuviéramos discutiéndolo horas después.”
“La verdad es simple: Messi no escapó de una tarjeta roja. No había una tarjeta roja de la que escapar. El árbitro lo vio, el VAR lo revisó, y llegaron a la misma conclusión.”
“En lugar de buscar controversia, tal vez deberíamos apreciar lo que presenciamos esta noche: uno de los mejores jugadores en la historia del fútbol entregando otra actuación inolvidable en la Copa del Mundo.”
4 similiar challenges, 4 consistent consequences, No complaints from either teams, yet only one "controversy".
I wonder who exactly is calling it controversial?
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi crying after scoring for Argentina:
“People are surprised when they see Messi in tears, but I’m not. That’s what happens when football is part of your soul.”
“Some players score goals and celebrate for the cameras. Messi scores and feels the weight of an entire nation on his shoulders.”
“He has won everything there is to win, yet the World Cup still touches him differently. That is because playing for Argentina is not a job to him, it is a responsibility.”
“The tears were not about one goal. They were about sacrifice, expectation, and years of fighting for that badge.”
“When you see that emotion, you understand why he has stayed at the top for so long. Talent can make you great, but love for the game is what keeps you there.”
“That moment reminded everyone that even legends are human.”
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović Defends Messi Amid Red Card Controversy
🗣️: "People screaming for a red card clearly do not know the rules of football. According to IFAB, stepping on a player's Achilles tendon is not automatically a sending-off. The referee must judge the level of force used and whether the challenge endangered the opponent's safety.
A red card is for excessive force or serious foul play. This incident was neither. For me, it is not even a yellow card. Football is a contact sport. Every little touch is not a crime.
The loudest people crying for a red card are Ronaldo fans. They spend more time praying for Messi's downfall than enjoying football. Every tournament they wait for something, anything, that can damage Messi's reputation.
The truth is simple: if that challenge was committed by Ronaldo, they would call it passion and fighting spirit. Because it was Messi, they want a red card and a five-match ban.
Ronaldo is finished, and that reality hurts them. Messi is still the name everyone talks about, so they keep searching for ways to bring him down. This red-card campaign is just another desperate attempt."
Jalen Brunson is now the first player in NBA history to win Finals MVP, Conference Finals MVP, and NBA Cup MVP.
In just one season, he became a Knicks legend.
Kendrick Perkins on Jalen Brunson:
"This man has become the greatest Knick of all time. He will never spend another dime on another meal, another drink. I don't know if he's even gonna have to pay his mortgage in the city of New York. This is Mr. New York. He is the new Derek Jeter of this generation. All time great run"
He’ll probably never pay for another meal in NYC. He’ll never need a reservation. He’ll be at every NY team’s games in the best seats. When you take one for the team, you always win.
🗣️CULERO CULERO CULERO!!
Korean fans mocking the refs by learning new Mexican words taught to us by our Mexican friends last game.
Cultural exchanges. Too funny. 😂😂
Credit - @tuh0n