🫂🇵🇹🇨🇴 James Rodriguez: “Cristiano is a role model. When I arrived at Real Madrid, he was one of the first people to welcome me. He invited me to his house, and we became close friends”.
“He’s a wonderful person and an example for everyone. Just look at his physique at 41 years of age”.
🏆 THE KNOCKOUT BRACKET IS LOCKED! 🌍🔥
The road to World Cup glory is set! The Round of 32 brings an absolute blockbuster clash as the Netherlands prepare to take on Morocco in the ultimate matchup of the round.
Meanwhile, Argentina look to have a heavily favored, rather “easy” path forward on their side of the bracket, kicking off their knockout campaign against Cape Verde.
Who has the toughest route to the final? 👇
Historical World Cup for African teams. 🌍✊🏿
✅🇿🇦 South Africa
✅🇨🇻 Cape Verde
✅🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
✅🇲🇦 Morocco
✅🇸🇳 Senegal
✅🇬🇭 Ghana
✅🇪🇬 Egypt
✅🇨🇩 RD Congo
✅🇩🇿 Algeria
❌🇹🇳 Tunisia
9️⃣/🔟 teams have qualified to World Cup Round of 32 👏🏾✨
🌎🏆🏆 OFFICIAL: Jude Bellingham, back to back Man of the Match for England.
Last time he said: “I didn’t deserve the award, a Ghana player should have won”.
Today…
💥 Goal + assist
🥇 Most ground duels contested (15)
🥇 Most ground duels won (11)
🥇 Most tackles (4)
🥇 Most fouls won (4)
🥇 Most chances created (4)
🥇 Most attempted take-ons (4)
🥇 Most successful take-one (3)
🥇 Most goal involvements (2)
[@StatmanDave]
Not bad. 🫲🏽🫱🏽
8 African teams have QUALIFIED for the round of 32.
Senegal 🇸🇳
Ghana 🇬🇭
Egypt 🇪🇬
DR Congo 🇨🇩
South Africa 🇿🇦
Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
Morocco 🇲🇦
Cape Verde 🇳🇿
Tunisia OUT ❌️
Waiting for Algeria
🚨🌎 World Cup RO32 so far.
🇩🇪 Germany vs Paraguay 🇵🇾
🇫🇷 France vs Sweden 🇸🇪
🇿🇦 South Africa vs Canada 🇨🇦
🇳🇱 Netherlands vs Morocco 🇲🇦
🇺🇸 USA vs Bosnia 🇧🇦
🇧🇷 Brazil vs Japan 🇯🇵
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast vs Norway 🇳🇴
🇦🇷 Argentina vs Cape Verde 🇨🇻
🇪🇬 Egypt vs Australia 🇦🇺
🇵🇹 Portugal vs Croatia 🇭🇷
🇲🇽 Mexico vs Ecuador 🇪🇨
🏴 England vs DR Congo 🇨🇩
🇨🇴 Colombia vs Ghana 🇬🇭
Two more to be confirmed ahead of full bracket.
We are heading into the knockout phase where there is no second chance.
Defend till rapture or attack into the wilderness, there must be one winner.
This is when the World Cup starts 🔥
Cristiano Ronaldo wearing his new gold boots in Portugal training 😮💨💫
Nike are commemorating Ronaldo becoming the first player to score a goal in six consecutive World Cup tournaments with this special "Gold Scorpion” Mercurial Superfly 11 release 🤩
Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Brazil, Belgium, England, and Netherlands are on the same side of the bracket
And Argentina is on the other with Australia, Cape Verde, and Egypt
Make it make sense 😭😭