๐ธ Jose Mourinho: โI remember this photo a lot with great affection. Itโs a funny one, of me, Pep, Lucho. I was a young assistant. Pep and Luis, at that time, were just playersโ ๐ต๐ด
โI was very far at the time from where I am now, and I think Pep and Luis only thought about their player careers and not about their career as coaches. Now we are all Champions League winners and we have come this farโ ๐
โIn the end, I don't deny that I love Real Madrid, and that's why I came back. But I don't hold any resentment towards Barcelona. I enjoy playing against them because in football, one enjoys playing against the bestโ #FCB ๐
I feel like Haaland is a victim of his own success.
The man won another Premier League Golden Boot last season and there wasnโt much fuss about it.. Now in his first ever World Cup, scores back to back braces to drag Norway to the knockouts, and everyone just acts normal๐
If any other striker on earth did this, the internet would melt. His standards are just too high.
๐จ๐ฆ๐ท ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐๐๐๐: 8 years ago, the FIFA commentator said this after Messi's elimination vs France in the 2018 World Cup:
"It was surely Lionel Messi's LAST World Cup match. And maybe even his final game for his country, he will be 35 at the next World Cup."
Now, 8 years later: he won the World Cup in 2022 and is the leading goalscorer in the 2026 World Cup.
These Argentine players donโt give a fuck about club footy / the UCL, but once theyโre within a 50 meter radius of the midget they start playing peak ball & itโs a must watch. Incredible stuff
๐ฆ๐ท๐ซ๐ท Kylian Mbappรฉ: โI don't look at what Leo does. He's always scored, he scores, and he will always score. I've already said it!โ.
โIf I want to look at what he does, I'll have to do even moreโ.
Messi completed the sport four years ago. And this isnโt hyperbole, it isnโt a glorification, itโs a matter of fact. Couldโve absolutely continued playing in Europe, but what was the incentive?
MLS has been great for him, in pretty much every way possible.
๐จ๐ฆ๐ท Leo Messi: โI honestly donโt play thinking about how old I am but rather about how I feel physicallyโ.
โFrom there, I just try to give my maximum, regardless of my age, and give everything I have. The truth is that I feel physically goodโ.
Erling Haaland has scored 4 World Cup goals in 2 games for Norway.
But I was told by Ronaldo fans that you need a stacked national team to shine at the World Cup. ๐ญ
That record will almost certainly be Mbappeโs, but I am genuinely very curious to see how he ages.
History and logic dictates that a player so reliant on his PnP + quick twitch movements will almost certainly age poorly - barring an adaptation.
Will Mbappe be the exception?