🇺🇸 The U.S. men's soccer humiliation ritual just refuses to end.
The team lost 4-1 to Belgium, got eliminated, and STILL banked $16 million, almost half of which goes to the women's team not playing until 2027.
That's $6.4 million for a tournament they aren't in.
That's roughly 246K for EACH player...
Cue the old Rapinoe clip about there being no evidence men are better at sports, made while one team's results bankroll the other's😂
Source: NYP, @libbyemmons / Writer: Daniel
@Brifree123@Excaliburn_9@NorwayTransfers Think you’re gettin a little bit confused the Kroner is the Norwegian monetary unit of currency Bri….
Anyways its £70million, hope it clears that up
🚨🗣️NEW: Zlatan Ibrahimović on FIFA’s new mouth-covering red card rule: as Almiron was given a red card for covering his mouth in the game between Paraguay and Turkey
“I have seen football at its highest level, the real football. Not this watered-down version they are serving us now. What happened with Almirón? A straight red card for covering his mouth? This is not football anymore. This is a circus run by bureaucrats in suits who have never felt the fire of the pitch.”
“Covering your mouth is now a red card? What is this, Big Brother on the field? FIFA wants to read lips, punish thoughts before they even become words. Next they will put muzzles on players like dogs. Players cannot even talk, cannot even breathe passion without some VAR robot or referee deciding your emotions are illegal. This is dystopian. Football is dying.”
“This rule was born because some players cry every week. One incident in the Champions League and suddenly the whole world must change. But elbow a man, break his leg, or spit — sometimes you get a yellow and a pat on the back. Two-tier football. Protect the protected, punish the rest. I have played in every league and I have seen it.”
On the softness of the modern game:
“Maradona would be sent off in the tunnel. Roy Keane? He would laugh at the referee and walk off with a smile while the stands burn. Pepe would have collected five reds before half-time. Today? Players are becoming actors, not warriors. They fall, they cry, they hide behind rules. Where is the masculinity? Where is the character? Football is not ballet. It is war. And they are turning it into a polite conversation with red cards as punctuation.”
“I, Zlatan, have scored goals that made stadiums shake and said things that made opponents tremble — without hiding. This generation is being raised soft. If you cannot handle words on the pitch, how will you handle life? FIFA is not protecting football. They are burying it. And one day, the real fans will rise and say: enough. Bring back the game.”
🤬 Pic 1 - ‘Top of the foot’
🤬 Pic 2 - ‘Not seen enough to give a penalty’
🤬 Pic 3 - ‘It definitely hits the arm’
That’s 3 utterly embarrassing decisions and the VAR review show was amateurish, at best.
So what’s the solution?
First up, Iain Maxwell, Chief Exec of the SFA, says nothing. Does nothing. He’s a puppet.
What about Willie Collum?
The former referee has been in charge of our officials for TWO YEARS.
Our referees are getting worse under his watch, in my honest opinion.
What should happen?
COLLUM NEEDS SACKED.
#WillieCollum #Referees
Apart from you being a rather rude and unpleasant young lady whose parents must be so proud ..
I am concerned, that you are tad simple, hopefully I am wrong.
What you are suggesting I say about other clubs doing it, I actually said ..
Do better , not paying attention is unlikely to advance you far in life .
@DerekMillerTime That's Robertson standing on the 18 yard line. Whilst the clock is showing 97.43. he or 4th official directly say McInnes wants game stopped. 4th official then tells O'neill there's still a minute. Then Ref asks if games to continue..Police tell him no. @ScottishFA is fucked
@ScotlandSky Sucha wee rat of a man…. You’ll find video evidence all over social media proving the assaults, deflect and deny from these horrible cunts time and time again
After George Square in 2021 every SNP politician and their dug were out of the blocks to condemn it. Susan Aitken arrived on the scene like she was visiting the frontline.
Managing to keep their mouths shut this weekend, eh? Establishment victims; two cheeks, same arse.