GavrailBatalov

Once sports writer at @Gong_bg (when it mattered). Now watching and breathing football for pure pleasure. I have no restrain here!!! #LFC #YNWA

[SPORF @Sporf]

Erling Haaland's side quest is officially complete. 😂

The world's most feared striker was once in a parody rap group called Flow Kingz... and after Haaland's World Cup goal against Brazil, Norwegian DJ Kygo gave the group's childhood song an official remix. 🇳🇴🎵

Why does this bang! 🕺

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Happy birthday, Conor 🥳

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Mourinho on Portugal:

🗣️ Reporter:
“Have Portugal’s midfielders underperformed?”

🗣️ Mourinho:

“I watch Bernardo every week. I know what he looks like when he’s free to play. I watch Bruno every week. I know what he looks like. Vitinha. Joao Neves.

These players didn’t all forget how to play football at the same time. When your best players all stop looking like themselves… that’s usually where I stop looking at the players.”

[GavrailBatalov @GavrailB]

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[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨⚠️ FIFA president Gianni Infatino clarifies his position on Folarin Balogun red card.

“I have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFA’s governance.

“FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.

“Yes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.

“I read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree.

“What I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.”

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Statement from UEFA on FIFA overturning Folarin Balogun's one-match suspension:

"Yesterday's decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the
implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line."

"Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not."

"A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension."

"When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition."

"Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole."

"We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision."

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

“I’m extremely flattered and humbled. Thank you.” ❤️

Steven Gerrard's reaction to being voted No.1 in the countdown of Liverpool's Greatest:

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Steven Gerrard is Liverpool's Greatest ❤️

[Out Of Context Erling Haaland @ErlingNoContext]

This is getting better and better🤣

[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🚨💣 BREAKING: This is INSANE.

A PR agency reportedly reached out to several major football accounts and influencers on X, offering paid campaigns to push anti-Argentina narratives during the World Cup. 🇦🇷

One large Football X account claims they were approached and asked to post content portraying Argentina’s run as “rigged.”

It could explain why so many unrelated accounts suddenly started flooding the timeline with the exact same “rigged” narrative. 👀

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

"Using the actual physical memorials within the form is very important to me."

Emma Rodgers, the sculptor of the new permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva explains the creation.

[Eddie Gibbs @eddiegibbs]

https://t.co/nsM0sIMEBG

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🚨 He was broke. His wife and newborn son nearly died. Today, Orlando Gill is Paraguay's World Cup hero. 🇵🇾

His story is one of the most incredible in football.

In 2022, Gill's wife, Melissa, suffered a cardiac arrest while giving birth to their son, Lautaro Daniel. Doctors said their baby was just 10 minutes away from dying.

Both survived, but the road ahead was brutal.

With barely enough money to support his family, Gill sold almost everything he owned — including his boots, training gear and even memorabilia from his time with Paraguay's youth national team — just to pay the bills.

His wife later revealed:

🗣️ "When our son was born, we had nothing."

Between 2021 and 2023, Gill barely played competitive football.

Now, he has beaten his childhood idol, Manuel Neuer, in a World Cup penalty shootout and is about to face France in the last 16.

What a story. ❤️🇵🇾

[GavrailBatalov @GavrailB]

"Just bring Jota on!"
That bit got me... got me good...

RIP legend! 🙏

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

In love and memory of Diogo.

Remembering our lad from Portugal ❤️

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

In love and memory of Diogo.

Remembering our lad from Portugal ❤️

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

We have installed a permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, on the eve of the first anniversary of their tragic passing ❤We have installed a permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, on the eve of the first anniversary of their tragic passing ❤We have installed a permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, on the eve of the first anniversary of their tragic passing ❤We have installed a permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, on the eve of the first anniversary of their tragic passing ❤We have installed a permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, on the eve of the first anniversary of their tragic passing ❤We have installed a permanent memorial at Anfield in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, on the eve of the first anniversary of their tragic passing ❤️

[GavrailBatalov @GavrailB]

@ITKSpace That last sentence:

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

We have completed the signing of defender Jeremy Jacquet from Stade Rennais on a long-term contract, subject to international clearance 👌

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

If you didn't know...

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Have a great birthday, Trey 🥳