🇺🇸 Donald Trump: "We will cut trade relations with Spain for Israel."
🇪🇸 Pedro Sanchez: "There are things more valuable than trade, like human life. We won't be part of a war where women, children, and the elderly are brutally slaughtered."
🚨🗣️Jürgen Klopp: "The Egypt game? I don't know what the fuss is all about. It was a perfectly officiated game. I even spoke to Salah about it and he was embarrassed by the behaviour of his coach & teammates after the game. Messi changed the game & showed why he is the best ever"
🚨🚨 Pau Cubarsí is having an incredible World Cup.
At just 19 years old, the Barça centre-back is the only player under 20 to have played every minute for his national team. Spain have still not conceded a single goal.
Cubarsí has completed 432 of his 449 passes in the tournament. Against Portugal, he completed 71 of 77 passes, including 34 in the opposition half.
He also has 19 ball recoveries, 23 defensive actions won and 5 key passes.
One of the best centre-backs of the World Cup so far.
— @mundodeportivo
Toni Kroos on the claims that Argentina robbed Egypt at the World Cup:
🗣️ "I don't understand why people always look for excuses after a result like this. Football is decided over 90 minutes, not by one moment. Egypt played an excellent first half, but after going 2–0 up they lost control of the game, and Argentina took advantage. That's what top teams do.
"People keep talking about the referee and VAR, but if you watch the match objectively, Argentina's comeback was built on their intensity, quality, and mentality. They believed until the final whistle, while Egypt couldn't maintain the same level they showed early on.
"You can't throw away a two-goal lead against one of the best teams in the world and then reduce everything to one decision. Football is much more complex than that.
"There will always be debates about refereeing, and that's normal. But saying the match was 'stolen' or that the tournament is being handed to Argentina is unfair to every player on the pitch. The players decide games with their performances, not conspiracy theories.
"The difficult thing after defeat is accepting that the opponent was better in the decisive moments. Argentina deserved credit for the way they responded under pressure, and Egypt should be proud of their performance while also learning from the mistakes that cost them. That's football."
🎙️ Jordi Alba contando sobre o dia em que Messi levantou a camisa contra o Real Madrid em 2017:
"Poucos conhecem a história do porquê de Messi ter levantado a camisa após marcar o gol. Estávamos jogando contra o Real Madrid. Durante a partida, houve cânticos e insultos contra Messi. Chegaram a chamá-lo de deficiente e anão. Messi não gostou disso.
Mesmo no vestiário, ele se irritou e disse para Suárez: 'Essas pessoas não pertencem ao futebol', e continuaram fazendo isso no segundo tempo. Quando Messi marcou o gol da vitória, ele foi até eles e levantou a camisa. Ele silenciou a todos e disse: 'Lembrem-se do meu nome.'".