🚨📱| Gary Lineker’s Emotional Message to Lionel Messi
🗣️: “Forget football for a moment.
Imagine walking onto a World Cup pitch knowing your father is seriously ill. Imagine carrying that fear in your heart while millions watch you, judge you, abuse you, and even send you death threats.
Lionel Messi still played. He still carried Argentina. He still gave everything.
And now, after all of that, he has lost his father.
People will remember the goals, the trophies and the performances. But behind all of it was a son worrying about his dad while trying to do his job on the biggest stage in football.
That puts everything into perspective.
No football rivalry, no argument, no player debate is bigger than this.
My deepest condolences to Lionel Messi and the entire Messi family. May Jorge Messi rest in peace. 🕊️❤️
Be kind. You never know what someone is carrying behind the scenes.”
Cuando tienes que suplicar por lo que debería nacer de manera natural, ya tienes la respuesta: si tienes que rogar por respeto, atención o claridad, ese no es tu lugar.
🚨🎙️ Salah, em entrevista após o jogo: "A gente fez tudo que foi possível, mas existe um cara chamado Messi que pode desequilibrar o jogo a qualquer momento e vencer a partida sozinho. Messi está em um nível muito acima dos outros jogadores de futebol, eu tenho que admitir isso."
Zlatan Ibrahimović on Hossam Hassan's claim that Argentina were favoured because of World Cup marketing:
🗣️ “Every time Messi wins, people suddenly start talking about conspiracies. It's the same story over and over again. Instead of accepting defeat, they look for excuses.
“If you're leading 2–0 and still don't win the match, don't blame marketing, the referees, or the tournament. Look at yourselves first. Football doesn't forgive mistakes, especially at the World Cup.
“I have no respect for excuses like that. A national team manager should be setting the example by taking responsibility, not creating narratives that take attention away from what happened on the pitch.
“Argentina fought until the end and earned their result. If you lose, accept it, learn from it, and come back stronger. That's what football is about.”