@Lorenz_KO Arrogant! Just because he qualified the team doesn't mean we must tolerate his mediocre tactical decisions. Setting up to defend with 5 was madness. He must go and enjoy his pension after the WC.
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Fresh off landing Neo Rapoo, Orlando Pirates have beaten Mamelodi Sundowns to the signature of Golden Arrows sensation Siyanda Ndlovu!
The 23-year-old attacker has agreed to terms and is set to become the Buccaneers' latest signing for the 2026/27 campaign.
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🔴 FIFA have extended Themba Zwane’s suspension to 3 games for breach under article 14 of FIFA’s Disciplinary Code
🔴 The decision is subject to appeal to the FIFA Appeal Committee
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Journalist Janine di Giovanni:
"If a missile hits a hospital in Ukraine,
Europe calls it a war crime."
"But if missiles hit a hospital in Gaza and 100 people die, it’s Israel's right to defend itself."
Marcelo Bielsa s'exprime sur sa photo officielle de la Coupe du Monde qui est devenue virale :
"Je n’ai aucune explication à donner. Ils m’ont pris en photo comme ils l’ont fait.
JE NE SUIS PAS UN MANNEQUIN.
J’étais face aux photographes et c’est cette photo qu’ils ont obtenue de moi.
Nous n’avons pas l’obligation de jouer les mannequins pour respecter des prétentions qui n’ont aucun fondement."
(CP)
🤬🇪🇸 Rodri's words after drawing with Cape Verde:
🗣️ "We knew it was a game of patience. THEY DROPPED BACK VERY QUICKLY. We couldn't put it in.
It's tough against such a physical and compact team. The positive thing is that THEY DIDN'T CREATE ANYTHING AGAINST US. THEY PLAY LIKE THAT IN THE END AND DON'T EVEN GET PAST THE MIDFIELD."
He might just be one of the most unlikable players in football after a statement like that. 😤
1 - Despite Spain having 74% possession, Cabo Verde conceded just one foul in this match - the fewest by any team in a FIFA World Cup match on record since 1966.
Disciplined.
▪️ World Cup debutants
▪️ World ranked 64
▪️ Smallest country by land area to ever qualify
▪️40-year-old goalkeeper who plays in Portuguese second division
▪️ Central defenders who play in League of Ireland and UAE Pro League
THE MIGHTY CABO VERDE JUST HELD SPAIN TO A GOALLESS DRAW 🤯🇨🇻
I know this might sound harsh, but that was genuinely one of the biggest managerial disasterclasses I've ever seen.
This man called up 4 wingers and 3 strikers, only to bench all of them and start the opening World Cup game with a 5-3-2 that he hadn't used even once during the friendlies. He benched all of his forwards and lined up with 5 defenders and 5 midfielders against Sweden.
It gets worse. He played a defensive full-back who is basically a hybrid CB profile like Kounde for example and he played him as a wing-back, used our backup left-back, who arguably didn't even deserve a call-up, as a left centre-back, and after going 2-0 down by halftime, he didn't make a single substitution until the 72nd minute.
And when the changes finally came, they somehow made even less sense.
He brought on a central midfielder to play wing-back, and a left winger to play on the right, and then took off both of his defensive midfielders for an attacking midfielder and a striker. We literally finished the game with a double pivot made up of two number 10s.
I'm serious when I say this is the kind of squad management you wouldn't even see in FIFA Career Mode.
We've faced teams like England, Belgium, France, and Spain at World Cups before. We've always been underdogs. Yet somehow, our biggest defeat in World Cup history came against Sweden.
That alone should tell you everything you need to know about how badly this game was handled.
I know most of you probably don't care about Tunisia's tactical disasters, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
0 - Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal is the first player on record since 1966 to play the first 30 minutes of a FIFA World Cup match without touching the ball once.
Peripheral.