I’m still waiting for journalists to question American players about Trump’s actions and foreign policy. You know, bombing schools and stuff like that.
Seems like political questions are only reserved for Asian, African and Arab players.
You can chat to me about Turkiye and Czechia all you want…
But Uruguay failing to get out of a group containing Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde in a World Cup where 8/12 3rd-place teams progress is comfortable the biggest underachievement of the tournament.
Hideous campaign.
To paraphrase Mohammed Al-Kurd:
In one part of the world, we have mothers complaining about being threatened by some words on a tshirt.
In another part of the world, we have mothers searching through the rubble for their dead children.
Guess who receives more attention?
Her name was Marion Stokes and in addition to being an amateur archivist, she was also a civil rights activist and got fired from her job as a librarian for being a communist.
This isn’t a proper World Cup. A proper World Cup is when you turn the telly on and there’s non-stop matches between 12noon and 10pm. This 1am rubbish isn’t proper.
Congolese fans were excited to see Vea standing in support of the team, but the US turning him back isn't surprising b/c his presence is a direct indictment of what the gov't and CIA did to Lumumba, and the present day exploitation and subjugation of Congo, her people, and Africa
France are going to win the World Cup then hire Zinedine Zidane.
Their croissant too flaky, wine too fermented, cheese too stinky, their Saint Laurent too tailored.