De Gaulle: “Ustedes los ingleses, solamente pelean por dinero. Deberían aprender de nosotros, los Franceses, que solo peleamos por el honor y la dignidad “
Churchill: “ Bueno, cada uno pelea por lo que le hace falta “
Norway’s World Cup shirt has sold out across Europe.
Look closer at it. The pattern woven into the stripes is Urnes style, the last great Viking art form, taken from 11th century carvings on a Norwegian stave church. The numbers use a typeface built on Elder Futhark runes, a script so old it predates the Vikings themselves.
Nike’s first attempt was rejected by FIFA. Referees couldn’t read the runes.
🚨🗣️ Pep Guardiola: "I love Messi, but I feel like Argentina is being favored too much in this World Cup. They commit so many fouls without even getting a yellow card, while Argentina gets penalties for similar challenges. If this continues, it could ruin football".
Claims the World Cup has been “fixed” in favour of Lionel Messi’s Argentina have reached fever pitch following their controversial win over Egypt.
Telegraph Sport looks at some of the claims that Argentina’s name is already on the trophy 👇
https://t.co/H5E0hAmMs3
From @TheAthleticFC: The World Cup's final 8:
🇫🇷 France vs. Morocco 🇲🇦
🇪🇸 Spain vs. Belgium 🇧🇪
🇳🇴 Norway vs. England 🏴
🇦🇷 Argentina vs. Switzerland 🇨🇭
We predict who will win it all: https://t.co/lI0EPg9ReV
🚨Argentina have reached the last 8 at the World Cup without beating a team ranked better than 23rd in the World:
🇩🇿Algeria (29th)
🇦🇹Austria (23rd)
🇯🇴Jordan (73rd)
🇨🇻Cabo Verde (64th)
🇪🇬Egypt (24th)
Interesante 🧵 del Prof Hairabedian y la posición del TEDH. Obviamente que en nuestro país no podría ser castigado por un delito de encubrimiento (C.P. art 292 Frustración de la Persecución y Ejecución Penal) porque está expresamente excluido en el texto de la ley
🚨 José Mourinho on Argentina vs. Egypt:
“This is daylight robbery. It’s a shame what football is becoming. How do you let the play continue, allow the goal to be scored, and only then decide to go back and cancel it? If there was a foul, stop the game immediately. Don’t wait until after the goal.
Then I ask another question—why wasn’t Argentina’s first goal reviewed with the same attention when it looked very close to offside? Why was every incident involving Argentina checked, while Egypt didn’t seem to get the same treatment?
VAR is supposed to bring fairness, not confusion. Today, it looked like every important decision went in Argentina’s favour. Football deserves better.”
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović: on Cristiano Ronaldo's final FIFA World Cup:
"This wasn't the ending Cristiano Ronaldo wanted, and it certainly wasn't the ending football fans expected. But that's football. It doesn't care about your name, your records, or everything you've achieved before. Every World Cup asks the same question: What can you do today?
Ronaldo arrived at this tournament carrying the hopes of an entire nation once again. Even at this stage of his career, defenders were still organizing their entire game plan around stopping him. That alone tells you the level of respect he commands.
Was this his best World Cup? No. Did Portugal expect more from him? Of course. That's the price of being Cristiano Ronaldo. Average players are judged differently. Legends are expected to deliver miracles every single time they step onto the pitch.
People will remember the elimination, but history won't be written by one tournament. History will remember the player who spent two decades competing at the highest level, breaking records, inspiring millions, and refusing to accept limits that others believed were impossible.
If this was truly Cristiano Ronaldo's final World Cup, then football is saying goodbye to one of the greatest competitors the game has ever produced. Every generation gets icons. Very few get legends. Ronaldo belongs in that second category.
One disappointing tournament cannot erase twenty years of greatness. The World Cup moves on, but Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy was secured long before this final whistle."