A drone farewell was done for Cristiano Ronaldo in his hometown in Madeira after he played his last game for Portugal 🇵🇹 against Spain in the World cup …… He really put them on the map❤️
Mbappe’s pen put France in the QF, Haaland’s goals put Norway in the QF, Bellingham & Kane’s goals put England in the QF. Very rarely in World Cups u see so many superstars being so clutch. Usually u have 1-2, this WC has seen so many of them absolutely stamp their authority.
🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: A further Royal Belgian Football Association statement on the Folarin Balogun case:
🗣️ "Following its previous statement, the RBFA wishes to publicly explain the events of the past few hours.
After learning through media reports of FIFA’s decision to lift the automatic suspension of player Balogun, the RBFA sent a letter to FIFA requesting a copy of the decision, an explanation of the process that had been followed, and setting out its position regarding the applicable regulations.
As its only response, FIFA sent a letter to the RBFA stating that it considered this correspondence to constitute an appeal, that a judge had been appointed, and that the RBFA had only a few hours to complete that appeal. No information whatsoever was provided by FIFA.
For an appeal to be admissible, FIFA’s own regulations state that the reasoned decision must first have been communicated to the appellant. While the RBFA was merely seeking legitimate explanations, FIFA itself created an appeal and immediately ensured that it would be declared inadmissible.
All of this occurred while FIFA simultaneously refused to respond to the RBFA’s legitimate requests.
Furthermore, during the match coordination meeting, FIFA deliberately removed the section concerning the automatic suspension of players from its presentation. This topic had nonetheless been part of all such meetings before each of the previous four matches. The RBFA questioned FIFA, both orally and in writing, about the reasons for this change, yet once again received no response.
To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match.
Regardless of the sporting outcome of this match, the RBFA is deeply concerned by the course of events and will continue to fight in the coming hours, days and months in defence of the fundamental principles of ethics, fair competition, and the interests of football as a whole."
(Source: @RoyalBelgianFA)
I love Mark Goldbridge for a reason. Unbiased and hes the priper football fan not the hater even if its a rival team/player he is always spot on! The way he speaks about Mo Salah is class😇❤️ @markgoldbridge
Mohamed Salah, by the way. Carrying an injury, but when the game demanded decisiveness, he took it upon himself to deliver. The cross for Rabia would have been the winner but for the goalkeeping brilliance of Beach. He drove Egypt on in extra time, calling for movement to supply, creating space for himself to have a crack…
Then that cold-as-ice penalty. Powered through his usual run up only to surprise everyone with a Panenka finish 😮💨
He said he “wanted to give the team confidence” by doing that. “I decided last minute… I didn’t know if that was my last World Cup action or not … but I *had* to do it!”
Diogo Jota's wife, Rute Cardoso, has written a letter to Scotland captain Andy Robertson ahead of the World Cup.
She thanks Robertson for his friendship, and for preserving Diogo's memory. Robertson adds he'll have Jota at the forefront of his mind.🙏