Mide Lee

Bookaholic || Thriller Connoisseur || Sapiosexual || Christ Lover || Historian || World Analyst || Weird

[Mide Lee @OlumideOluseun]

This is a period to binge-read
novels. John Sanford, Tom Clancy, @cjboxauthor, @robertcrais, @danielsilvabook, @MarkGreaneyBook,@LeeChildReacher,@Connellybooks,@BradThor,@BradTaylorBooks,@VinceFlynnBooks/@KyleMillsAuthor before the year runs out...

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Which one of these four scenarios will happen? 👀

Argentina: First back-to-back World Cup champion since Brazil (1958, 1962) 🇦🇷
England: First title in 60 years. It's home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
France: Kylian Mbappé two World Cup trophies before turning 28 🇫🇷
Spain: Lamine Yamal World Cup and Euros winner at 18 🇪🇸

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: France will play in blue vs Spain, while Spain will play in white.

[Erling Haaland @Erling]

It’s been quite a row, thank you for making it so special 🚣🏼🇳🇴❤️

[Nandi 🤍💜🤍 @pallnandi]

People hating Argentina actually have a valid point. You can’t watch these matches and honestly say there isn’t bias or favoritism.

[Fondre @UTDFondree]

🚨 Every major refereeing controversy that has gone Argentina’s way at the 2026 World Cup… and somehow it looks even worse than Qatar.

🇩🇿 Algeria: Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with his studs. No card. No VAR review.

🇦🇹 Austria: Mac Allister appeared to foul Schlager before Messi’s goal. Austria protested, but VAR allowed the goal.

🇨🇻 Cape Verde: Tagliafico’s challenge in the build-up to Argentina’s second wasn’t reviewed despite appeals.

🇪🇬 Egypt: A brilliant Egyptian goal was ruled out for an alleged foul at the very start of the move, over 80 metres from goal.

🇪🇬 Egypt (again): Egypt appealed for a penalty before Argentina’s late winner. Play continued, and Argentina scored moments later.

🇨🇭 Switzerland: Embolo was sent off after VAR intervened for an alleged dive near midfield, one of the most unusual VAR decisions fans have seen.

One controversial decision can happen. But when the same team benefits from them in almost every round, people are naturally going to ask questions.

[Mal @UtdMaI]

When Cape Verde started taking control, every major decision suddenly went Argentina’s way.

When Egypt looked ready to go three goals clear, the referee found a reason to wipe one off.

When Switzerland threatened to complete the turnaround, a Swiss player was conveniently sent off.

You can look away all you want, but the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. The favouritism is glaring, and the stench of corruption is everywhere.

[MatchReport @MatchReportH]

🚨🇳🇴 Alfie Haaland Blames Crucial Sørloth Decision For Norway’s Heartbreaking Exit

“People will talk about the spidercam controversy. People will talk about the disallowed goal. But for me, the biggest moment came when Norway had the chance to kill the game.

Alexander Sørloth had runners around him. He had options. He had teammates screaming for the pass. Instead, he chose to go alone.

At this level, against a team like England, you do not get many opportunities to put the game beyond doubt. That was one of them.

If Norway score there, we’re probably talking about Norway in the semi-finals today.

England were struggling. They looked vulnerable. But when you leave a team alive, players like Jude Bellingham punish you.

Football is cruel. One decision, one pass, one moment can change an entire tournament.

Norway were brave and they should be proud, but when I look back at this match, I keep thinking about that attack. It felt like the chance to put the nail in England’s coffin.

They didn’t take it, and England made them pay for it.”

#NORENG

[Miss Jo @therealmissjo]

It was the middle of the night, at about 1.30am, when Norway lost to England.

Yet thousands of Norwegians went to the Palace in Oslo and celebrated with one final Viking row.

They did not riot. They did not burn cars. They did not smash bus stops or glass windows of shops.

They smiled. The laughed. They saw the positive in their performance. They celebrated their heritage. They were proud of who they have been in the past and who they are today.

Norway might be out of the World Cup 2026 but they are in our hearts.

In the last three weeks, I think we have all fallen a little bit in love with Norwegians.

[Arojinle @arojinle1]

The last time I had back-to-back sexual dreams was when I read the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy, in 2014. I finished all the three books in a week. I just dey paste dey go for dream.

That's why I don't read romance. My brain is too imaginative. Give me crime novels make I dey fight action film for dream.

[Michael @michaelmovie]

1 legend. 1 story. $1 billion at the box office. 

To every fan who bought a ticket, sang along, dressed up, and returned to the big screen again and again: thank you. This milestone belongs to you. #MichaelMovie

[BigMoh jr @Koladoskidculer]

🚨 Jurgen Klopp on Sørloth’s wasted chance:

“This is exactly why it’s not always advisable to play with two strikers. Yes, it can work, and when it works it looks brilliant — but there are moments like this that show the risk.

Strikers, by nature, think about goals first. It’s instinct. When you have two of them, there is always that small competition in their minds — ‘I want to score, I want to be the one.’ It’s completely normal, I understand it, I was around strikers my whole life.

But in that situation, 2 against 1, it has to be a goal. This is something every team in the world trains every single day. If that’s a winger in that position, the first thought is usually the pass. That’s the difference.

And look, I also understand the other side — when you have someone like Haaland in your team, of course you want to work for him, you want to score yourself, you want to be part of it. That’s football, that’s emotion.

But chances like this, in a knockout game, you don’t joke with them. You simply cannot.

Imagine Norway go 2–0 up in that moment — the whole game changes. The confidence, the belief, the energy… it explodes. And suddenly England are in real trouble, maybe even questioning everything they planned.

These are the moments that decide big matches. Not tactics on the board — decisions in seconds on the pitch.”

[Anonymous @YourAnonOne]

AI predictions for the 2026 World Cup semi-finals.

Claude:
🇫🇷 2 - 1 🇪🇸
🇦🇷 2 - 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Gemini:
🇫🇷 2 - 1 🇪🇸
🇦🇷 2 - 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

ChatGPT:
🇫🇷 2 - 1 🇪🇸
🇦🇷 2 - 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Grok:
🇫🇷 2 - 1 🇪🇸
🇦🇷 2 - 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🚨 NONE of England’s goals in the 2026 World Cup have come from a player who played in the Premier League last season.

Only from La Liga and Bundesliga.

[𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 ✨ @Floydchels]

🚨🎙️ Thierry Henry after Argentina beat Switzerland to qualify for the next round at the World Cup

🗣️ “You can see Messi can’t move the way he always moves. I’m sad, he’s getting old. I don’t think he will play in the next Copa America. He will probably retire after the World Cup. The players are fighting for him, he has already earned their respect, he’s not fighting for their respect like the other guy(Cristiano Ronaldo)

Lionel Scaloni is not a great tactician, but the players respect him. I see them going to penalties against England. England are very bad at controlling the tempo of the game. The only players I love there are Kane, Jude and Reece. Anderson is good too, but I think Enzo will school him. It will be a tough match

I love what FIFA did. They saw the fans complaining about refs supporting Argentina every game. Then FIFA intentionally brought a referee from Cristiano’s country and Messi still won. They are clearly favored by God not FIFA”. 👏

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🇦🇷 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗭𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧: Argentina have won ALL the semifinal games they have played in the World Cup:

✅ 1930 vs. USA
✅ 1986 vs. Belgium
✅ 1990 vs. Italy
✅ 2014 vs. Netherlands
✅ 2022 vs. Croatia

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

English football can never be great on the world stage, like the World Cup.

The primary reason is their useless media.

Your country won & you've descended the conversation to Tuchel vs Bellingham.

Unbelievable.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: For the first time since the 1990 World Cup, all 4 semifinalists have been World Cup champions.

· Argentina (3 World Cups) 🇦🇷
· France (2 World Cups) 🇫🇷
· England (1 World Cup) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
· Spain (1 World Cup) 🇪🇸

[Global Box Office @GlobalBoxOffice]

MICHAEL has crossed the $1 BILLION mark at the global box office.

It’s the first biopic in history to hit that milestone, making @Lionsgate the first independent studio to own a $1 BILLION film.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

The latest all-time top scorers ranking 📊

#FIFAWorldCup

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Semi-final match-ups 👀

#FIFAWorldCup