@berlich Scaloni acaba de frenar a un periodista en seco cuando le preguntaron por esto y dijo “es un partido de futbol no es otra cosa y vamos a jugar un partido”
Zlatan Ibrahimović on Argentina reaching the FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
🗣️ “This is why the world fears Argentina. You can criticise them for 90 minutes, you can say they didn’t play their best football, but when the moment of truth arrives, they always find a way to survive. That’s what champions do.”
“Look at those celebrations. Look at the tears in the stands. That’s not just a football victory—that’s the heartbeat of an entire nation. Millions of Argentinians will remember this night for the rest of their lives because their dream is still alive.”
“People doubted them during this match. They said Switzerland were the better team, they questioned Argentina’s performance and wrote them off. Well, football doesn’t hand out trophies for playing beautifully. It rewards the team that delivers when everything is on the line, and Argentina did exactly that.”
“And Lionel Messi… once again, when history called, he answered. Great players don’t always score the winning goal, but they leave their fingerprints all over the biggest matches. That’s why his name will live forever in football.”
*“Now let me warn every team left in this tournament. If you think Argentina have reached the semi-finals by accident, you’ve learned absolutely nothing. This team grows stronger under pressure, and once they smell the World Cup trophy, they become dangerous in a way very few nations ever have. The dream is alive, the belief is alive, and Argentina are only two victories away from football immortality.”
Estamos en las semifinales de la Copa del Mundo.
Contra todos y hasta donde sea.
Argentina vuelve a protagonizar y estar a la altura de otro Mundial.
No se queda a mitad de camino.
🚨 “If You Don’t See It as a Red Card, Then Football Is Not for You” — Thierry Henry on Embolo’s Dismissal
🗣️ :“First of all, I want to give a lot of credit to the referee. In moments like this, under pressure, with the intensity of the game rising, it’s not easy to make big decisions — but he handled the situation very, very well. Calm, composed, and most importantly, consistent. That’s exactly the kind of discipline football needs.
Now, when you look at the incident… I really don’t understand why Embolo goes into that challenge like that. Your team has just started to dominate the game, you are building momentum, everything is going in your favor — and you are already on a yellow card. You have to be smarter than that. You have to read the moment.
There is no need to dive into a situation like that. You’re risking everything — not just for yourself, but for your team. At this level, that lack of control can cost you the game, and it did.
And let me be very clear — if there are people who think that is not a red card, then football is not for them. The rules are there for a reason. Discipline is part of the game. You cannot complain when a player crosses that line and gets punished.
For me, the referee got it absolutely right.”
"Davoo Xeneize"
Por su opinion de que Argentina quede contra Inglaterra en semifinales en la Copa del Mundo:
"Lo que logró Argentina es algo histórico. Estamos viendo historia del futbol. Estamos ante la mejor generación de la historia de la Selección Argentina. Festejémoslo, disfrutémoslo. [...] Nunca Argentina perdió una Semifinal en el Mundial, y jugó 5."