Argentina's normal path if everyone had held their own
1/16: Uruguay 🇺🇾
1/8: Belgium 🇧🇪
1/4: Portugal 🇵🇹
1/2: England 🏴
Final: France 🇫🇷
But apparently it's because of MESSI that the others are choking for the moment.
1/7. JUSTICE FOR UMMULKHAIRI 💔
HOW MANY MORE LIVES MUST BE LOST TO MOB VIOLENCE?
Ummulkhairi was a devoted wife of 14 years, a mother of four, a teacher, and a student of Islamic knowledge. On Sunday morning, she left her home to attend a da'wah program in Mararaban Jos, Kaduna
All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:
Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player - 18
Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual - 28
Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 18
Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 2,489
We are witnessing history.
6 - Lionel Messi is the third player to score in six successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup after Just Fontaine in 1958 and Jairzinho in 1970.
Super.
Confirmation that Messi is still one of the best players in the world. He went to MLS because he wanted to chill with his mates (Busquets,Alba,Suarez) whilst earning mega money, boosting his global brand like Beckham did & enjoying an amazing city. He already completed the sport.
💎 | Almost perfect
🇪🇸 Pau Cubarsí's passing stats at the #FIFAWorldCup so far:
👟 107/109 v Cape Verde
👟 98/99 v Saudi Arabia
Among 76 players at this World Cup who have attempted 100+ passes, he's the one with the fewest inaccurate passes (3) of them all. 🔥
🥇 | Indescribable
Lionel Messi at the #FIFAWorldCup since 1966:
• Joint-most goals (16)
• Joint-most assists (8)
• Most goal involvements (24)
• Most goals from outside the box (6)
• Most big chances created (16)
• Most key passes (77)
• Most successful dribbles (112)
We might never see another like him. 🐐
Gavi is the 6th player to feature in two World Cup's at or below the age of 21:
◎ Pelé
◎ Norman Whiteside
◎ Rigobert Song
◎ Salomon Olembe
◎ Samuel Eto'o.
◉ Gavi
What a talent. 👏
[@OptaJoe]
🇪🇸 | A special performance despite the result
Pedri among all players on the pitch in #ESPCPV:
• Highest xA (1.23)
• Most key passes (5)
• Most accurate crosses (3)
• Most successful dribbles (3)
• Most possessions won in attacking third (6)
• Most ball carries (59)
• Second-most accurate passes in final third (63)
• Second-most touches (129)
He won't be happy with how this game ended, but we still witnessed some Pedri magic today 🪄
#FIFAWorldCup
Incorrect. He had a visa. From the US Embassy in Nairobi. It was valid. They vetted him there, and gave him a visa.
Then he landed in Miami, was detained for 11 hours, and deported to Istanbul.
THEN they branded him a terrorist.
A FIFA referee, simply because he’s Somali.