Messi Legacy

Lionel Messi and Tiki Taka enthusiast

[Martien 🇳🇱 @MartienBall]

Are national teams going to protest over how unsafe America is? If this was Qatar, we wouldn’t hear the end of it. The hypocrisy is pretty hard to ignore.

[La Catrina Norteña @catrina_nortena]

#ULTIMAHORA
🚨 LLEGA LA SELECCIÓN DE IRÁN A MÉXICO

Y son recibidos como todo unos héroes...

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

Imagine Qatar in 2022 held an American or English player for seven hours at the airport.

The tournament would be immediately cancelled and taken to a different country.

This competition is going to be the worst ever. Ever.

[Pamphlets @PamphletsY]

🚨🇮🇷🇲🇽 BREAKING — Welcome Brothers!

Iran’s National Team Arrives In Mexico to a Crowd of Cheering Fans!

[Team Melli Analysis ⚽️🇮🇷 @TmMelliAnalysis]

🇲🇽 Mexican hosts welcome Team Melli to their training base in Tijuana ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The banner reads: “Welcome to Tijuana, Iranian Tigers.”

Thank you to our Mexican brothers for your hospitality. 🇮🇷🤝🇲🇽

[Fútbol Iraní @damavand1921]

🇮🇷🇹🇷 Embajada de Irán en Turquía: "Negar visados a miembros del equipo es la peor forma de injerencia política en el deporte."

Si esto lo hiciera Rusia, el Mundial estaría cancelado. Pero lo hace EEUU, con Irán, y no es noticia.

La hipocresía de Occidente.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

#Scotland — A vigil was held in Glasgow to pay tribute to Palestinian footballers killed by Israel.

[African @ali_naka]

FIFA had enough time to move this tournament from USA! This fool is compromised and is to blame for the mess! This will be the Worst World Cup ever!!

[HispanTV @Nexo_Latino]

🇲🇽Mexicanos reciben con banderas de Irán a la selección nacional persa en Tijuana

🔺Un grupo de iraníes residentes en México y habitantes locales de Tijuana recibió a la selección nacional de fútbol con banderas de Irán a su llegada, en un ambiente de bienvenida y apoyo.

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Breaking | An elderly Lebanese man, Abu Ali Kamel Salman, survived an Israeli airstrike that targeted his vehicle in southern Lebanon after he had stepped out of the car to distribute bread to displaced families in the area.

[Fútbol Iraní @damavand1921]

Irán es el único equipo de los 48 del Mundial al que EEUU prohíbe quedarse en su territorio antes o después de cada partido.

Llegas el día del partido. Juegas. Y esa misma noche, de vuelta a México.

Sois una mafia @FIFAcom

[LPC @landpalestine]

Famous footballer Hakim Ziyech changed his Instagram profile picture to photo of Palestinian child holding his book and looking back at Israeli IDF soldiers in Palestine

[Fútbol y Política @FutboliPolitica]

🇮🇷 Los jugadores de Irán aterrizaron hoy en México con una insignia en su traje con el número 168, en recuerdo de las víctimas de la escuela de Minab, bombardeada por Estados Unidos el pasado 28 de febrero.

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

This is clear discrimination and political interference in sport. No team should be made to compete under conditions no other country would ever accept.

FIFA has a lot to answer for.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Iran’s World Cup squad has been notified they must enter and leave US soil on the same day of their matches played in America, says Tehran’s ambassador to Mexico.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/lBTjnhOsT3

[Hayder @hay23ds]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 فضيحة ثانية..

السلطات الأمريكية أحتجزت المصور 'طلال صلاح' (المصور الرسمي للمنتخب العراقي) لمدة 12 ساعة، وبالنهاية تم منع دخوله الى الولايات المتحدة ❌🇺🇸

لهذا السبب حساب المنتخب العراقي الرسمي لم ينشر أي صور عند وصوله الى شيكاغو، ببساطة لا يوجد مصور 😳

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

We all knew these situations were going to happen, and so did FIFA. Yet they still allowed the World Cup to go ahead in the U.S. They are not receiving anywhere near the level of scrutiny they should.

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

The United States has denied a visa for Iran's national team manager Mehdi Mohammadnabi.

He will be barred entering the U.S. for their the Fifa #WorldCup 2026 matches.

He & others also denied visas will travel to the team camp in Mexico whilst efforts to obtain visas continue.

[IRAQ FRA @IraqFootFR]

Félicitations à la FIFA pour avoir attribué la Coupe du Monde à un pays capable de retenir pendant 7 heures un joueur qui n’a jamais fait parler de lui autrement que par ses performances sur le terrain.

Quand le meilleur buteur de l’Irak, qualifié pour le plus grand événement sportif de la planète, peut être traité comme un suspect à son arrivée, difficile de ne pas s’interroger sur l’accueil qui sera réservé à certaines sélections (Iran) et à leurs supporters.

Pendant des années, chaque aspect de l’organisation au Qatar a été scruté, commenté et critiqué. J’espère que les États-Unis feront l’objet du même niveau d’exigence et de la même couverture médiatique.

Bravo, Monsieur Infantino.

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

Kylian Mbappé: "Messi or Ronaldo? I've played with both! Well, I played with Messi and I played against Ronaldo. Cristiano is my idol, but I also played with Leo. And having played against both, the truth is they are really different. They aren't the same.

"The rivalry between them was good because everything completely opposes them. You know: [Ronaldo] right-footed/[Messi] left-footed, [Ronaldo] tall/[Messi]short, [Messi] more elegant/[Ronaldo] more raw, [Ronaldo] more explosive/[Messi] with more vision/playmaking.

"If I agree with the saying: 'One is hard work, the other is pure talent?' That is a take from someone who doesn't play football. In all my debates, I say this. No, that’s a take from a guy who doesn't play football! Because if you can sit there and tell me that Ronaldo has no talent, or that Messi doesn't work hard, it means you've never in your life put on boots to go train every single day. I just can't understand how someone who has put on boots to train every day could think that way." @Sorare