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Meh

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Matt Smith reacts to Keanu Reeves being spotted watching ‘MORBIUS’ on a flight.

“Jesus Christ he must have really went through the airplane library to get to ‘Morbius’”

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Maybe, just maybe, at the highest levels of competition where even the tiniest differences in mentality can result in vast competitive differences, *maybe* having a national team made up of people who instinctively think of themselves as people from that nation would provide a slight competitive advantage over talented Congolese, Ivorian and Senegalese teams where half of the players think they're from France, and another third think they're from Belgium.

Maybe the fact that Harry Kane has no such identity crisis or colonial complex inside his head gives him that extra 0.1% of mental clarity to deliver when his country needs him. Maybe the fact that Yoan Wissa on the other hand has a head full of all this mental clutter contributes just a tiny little bit to dulling his output right when it needs to be sharpest.

Maybe football is a reflection of society, and a national football team reflects the character of the nation it represents. Maybe it is not possible for a society that genuinely takes no pride in itself to have a football team that takes pride in itself. Maybe it's no coincidence that in the entire history of the world cup, the competition has only been won by teams whose coach is indigenous.

Maybe the world cup is not about how individually great your Bayern Munich and Liverpool superstars are. Maybe it's about finding out whether those Villareal and Olympique Lyon stars can emotionally connect with the aspirations of the national team shirt they're wearing. Maybe neocolonial stalemate societies with zero state ambition and no shared sense of national project are never going to be anything other than colourful also-rans at the FIFA world cup.

Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about and I'm just a dickhead who overthinks everything. Maybe I shouldn't even bother posting this because what fucking needle does it move anyway.

[☆ @V6MPLRE]

ghanard and cape verde being the only west african countries left and it’s bc they haven’t played yet

[- @BlackVelvvett]

me right now with Senegal’s loss. absolutely devastating

[Joy @Je_Suis_Joyy_]

What makes these African teams getting knocked out even worse is how condescending the commentators are when talking about them from beginning till end. I can’t take it anymore.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Here we are.

Anyway you wouldn't be African if denying obvious material realities wasn't your thing. Some of us just choose to believe the evidence of our own eyes.

There is clearly a very deep psychological gap. Until it is addressed, let's just support Morocco.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

The last time an African team south of the Sahara won a world cup knockout game was 4 world cups ago.

Uncomfortable conversations must be had.

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

Jaylen Brown hopped on his podcast soon as the season was over and REPEATEDLY called Joel Embiid a shameless FLOPPER

NOW THEY ARE TEAMMATES 😂😂😂

[c @Bulletnboots]

OH

[𝐈𝐜𝐲 ⭐️ @icy4rejoice]

she’s bad asf woah #loveisland #loveislanduk

[🌟🌟MJ🇭🇹(Truly Humble Under God) @ATLienMJ]

Supporting African teams at the World Cup

[c @Bulletnboots]

Watched all the African teams lose in the same damn way wtf

[JB @jb2forty]

Bro Belgium didn’t have an ounce of belief that they’d actually come back uno. They’re probably more shocked than anyone else. Why did Senegal do that

[MOTHERS. @francemothers]

And this is why —you know what —nvm.

[OK Then @okaythenfuture]

Black African teams have a general psychology issue playing against Euro sides,

they have greatly improved in skill and performance,

but too many times in knockout games once up a goal, its like they can't believe they're actually winning, so they just then self-sabotage and lose out.

This is really the story of Africa in general.

Gotta reject self imposed Ls.

[Issybeatz @Issybeatz_]

the older you get the more you understand why people disappear into art, music, books and quiet living

[fucking every word @fuckeveryword]

fucking cracker

[Tomi @tomiwebstr]

african teams have done nothing but ragebait me this whole tournament

[JB @jb2forty]

Do African nations understand they’re allowed to win? You don’t have to crumble bro. You’re allowed to succeed

[c @Bulletnboots]

I have no words

['Dayo @_Paash_]

I genuinely can’t believe what I have just witnessed. They sat back against this mediocre Belgium team cos they didn’t believe in their own juice enough to keep playing.

This is pathetic.