Martin Ødegaard leads the way for Norway in several different metrics at the 2026 World Cup.
Haaland has been stealing the headlines, but Ødegaard deserves his flowers.
I just submitted an op-ed on this to Washington Post, discussing how technology cannot substitute human accountability. We must have transparency, or all the new rules and reviews create more opportunities for interference. With all due respect to one of the best referees in history I have to confront this assessment. It was technically BEFORE the goal in absolute time but not IMMEDIATELY before. It's quite a stretch of the normal logic to directly connect an accident near the goal area of one team to the action on the opposite side of the field. And since there was no arbiter's whistle to stop the game (wrong decision, agreed!), this violation cannot justify the decision to disallow the goal. And regarding the second incident in question, you are again correct stating that there was no violation of the rules against Salah, but this conclusion is reached after careful examination of the video footage from various angles. The referee during the game could not instantly verify it and considering the similarities of these two cases HAD to go to the monitor to confirm the assessment. By not doing so he simply reiterated our understanding that the game is being run by anonymous partisans behind the screens.
في البرتغال ..
قاموا بتجميع فيديو مدته 4 دقائق يعرض أبرز الفاولات والعنف والايذاء البدني الذي مارسه لاعبي الأرجنتين ضد مصر وكيف تهاون معهم وانحاز لهم الحكم
واكتفوا بالتعليق بعبارة :
"فضيحة عالمية وقذارة غير مسبوقة"🤢
الفيديو حصد 30 مليون مشاهدة و35 الف مشاركة خلال 3 ساعات 👇
Ballon D’or rigged
Copa rigged
World cup rigged
Champions league against chelsea rigged
Laliga being questioned in law.
And they tell you it’s cristiano’s legacy that is in danger.
History will be way kinder to Ronaldo.