By far the MOST shameless act in this World Cup tournament.
Gavi has always been a rascal and aggressive player... Peredes and the Argentina players played right into his hands... and got a red card.
Very shameful act.
Grand Welcome for Norway national team. Over 90 thousand people gathered after a beautiful run to the World Cup Quarter-finals. ๐ณ๐ณ
The Prince of Norway played the drum and the whole city did the "Norwegian rowing."
The Norwegians continue to win the world's hearts... even after their elimination. ๐๐๐
Football is beautiful ๐.
BTW, this is a solid buy for @Atleti. He's going to add balance and technical intelligence to their midfield setup.
It was once rumoured that Mourinho was planning to bring him to Real Madrid.
All good, tho. Congrats, Alectico Madrid ๐๐
Early predictions from quarter-finals to final.
๐ซ๐ท France 2- 1 ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England 3-2 Norway ๐ณ๐ด
๐ช๐ธ Spain 2-1 Belgium ๐ง๐ช
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Semi-Finals
๐ซ๐ท France 2-1 Spain ๐ช๐ธ
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina 1 - 2 England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Final ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ซ๐ท France 2 - 0 England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
What would you change?
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป.
Now, he's the face of the greatest night in Norwegian football history.
Two goals to knock out five-time champions Brazil.
Norway are through to their first-ever World Cup quarter-final after years of watching the tournament from home.
A nation that disappeared from the World Cup for decades is now among the last eight teams on the planet.
And when history came calling, Erling Haaland answered.
Two goals. A captain's performance. A night that every Norwegian football fan will remember for generations.
Brazil fought until Neymar's late penalty, but tonight belonged to Norway.
This is exactly why the World Cup is football's greatest competition.
Every edition gives one nation the chance to stop being part of history...
...and start making it. ๐ณ๐ดโจ
โ ๏ธ๐ด "๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง?"
One thing many football fans don't know is that FIFA's disciplinary rules aren't always as straightforward as they seem.
A red card is generally an automatic one-match suspension, but FIFA's Disciplinary Code also contains a provision that allows its Disciplinary Committee to suspend the enforcement of a sanction in exceptional circumstances.
That's exactly where the controversy lies.
Belgium aren't just upset that Balogun is available.
They're arguing that FIFA has used one article of its rulebook while seemingly overlooking another that specifically governs World Cup suspensions.
This isn't just a USA vs Belgium story.
It's a debate about something every tournament needs:
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐?
Whatever your view, this case could end up shaping how future World Cups handle suspensions.
@FabrizioRomano The Germans are about to go bonkers ๐ฅ๐ฅ in the coming European competition.
Germany automatically becomes a formidable force in Europe.
Welcome, Klopp!
What do you think @grok