🚨New: Pep reacts to Jude Bellingham’s comments criticizing Thomas Tuchel after England’s 2-1 win over Norway at the 2026 World Cup:
🗣️ “First of all, Jude is an exceptional player. Exceptional. I love his mentality, I love his courage, I love that he always wants responsibility. This is why he is where he is. So this is not criticism of Jude as a player.
But I have to defend Thomas because I know what it means to be in that position. People think when a coach speaks after a victory, he should only celebrate. No. This is not the job. The job is to improve the players, improve the team, improve every detail. This is the responsibility.
Thomas is one of the best coaches in the world. His standards are incredibly high. If he says the performance was not good enough after winning, maybe he is not attacking the players. Maybe he is protecting the future of the team.
The players, the players… they always think about today. The coaches, we have to think about tomorrow, next week, the next knockout game. This is the difference.
People misunderstand demanding coaches. They think if we speak critically after winning, we are unhappy. No, no, no. We are happy with the result. But football is not only about the result. Football is about the process that gives you the result again and again and again.
Winning one game can happen in many ways. Winning tournaments consistently happens because your standards never go down.
Sometimes people say, “You have to win dirty.” Maybe. Sometimes football is ugly. Sometimes you suffer. Sometimes you defend your box. Sometimes you survive. This is part of football.
But if your philosophy becomes winning dirty, then one day you will lose dirty as well.
Our ambition should always be to control the game. Control the ball. Control the spaces. Press together. Attack together. Defend together. Reduce transitions. Make the opponent run. Make the game belong to you. This is what the great teams try to do.
Perfection does not exist. I have said this many times. It is impossible. But every single day we chase it because in chasing perfection, maybe we arrive at excellence.
After victories, I am often more demanding than after defeats. Why? Because after defeats everybody listens. After victories, everybody relaxes. That is the dangerous moment.
The players, the players… they need honesty. Not comfort. Honesty.
If Thomas tells his team, “We won, but we can play much better,” that is a gift. It is not punishment. It is respect. He believes they are capable of more.
The greatest players I have worked with never stopped accepting difficult conversations. They wanted more information, more details, more corrections. Why? Because they understood that feedback is not the enemy of confidence. Feedback is the path to becoming even better.
When an elite coach challenges an elite player, it is because he sees another level that maybe nobody else sees yet.
So I understand the emotions after the match. I understand defending your teammates. I like that. But Thomas deserves enormous respect because coaches who demand more are usually the ones who help players become the very best versions of themselves.
At the end, football is simple. You can celebrate the victory tonight. Tomorrow morning, you start improving again. That is football. That is why we love this game.
—@ResiFootball
🚨 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.”
@HFTVSports Hi everyone, Jakub’s gone, unfortunately. MC are getting a new player and Price can be happy… and the manager definitely isn’t backing Jakub 100% anyway!! That’s why he’s leaving…🥂
@servustv,Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wie kann jemand @Nebelstefan beschäf.als co Kommentator?!Der sogenannte Experte ist total ungeeignet für diesen Job. Warum?Weil er als „Journalist“ objektiv sein muss!Er will den Zuschauern eine unsportliche Aktion als sportlich verkaufen
Last weekend we gathered in Miami to celebrate an extraordinary milestone — our beloved Babi turning 99. ✨🎂
Four generations filled the backyard with love: her grandchildren and her beautiful great-grandchildren, all here to honor the woman who has been the heart of our family. Though her only child, my mother, is no longer with us, her spirit was present in every moment and shared memory.
Having Babi live with us is one of life’s greatest blessings, and each day I’m grateful for the chance to return even a small measure of the love, comfort, and care she’s given me throughout my life.
Happy 99th Birthday, Babi ❤️ We love you endlessly. May we celebrate many more of your birthdays together !
Das klingt verdammt nach Steuererhöhungen, was Friedrich Merz hier sagt. Zumal er die Erhöhung einer Steuer ausschließt, die es gar nicht gibt (Einkommenssteuer für Unternehmen).
Heute ist der Geburtstag meines Vaters Max. Er wäre 95 geworden. Er war ein starker Löwe, selbstständiger Maurermeister und ein guter Familienvater! Natürlich war mein Vater ein Kind seiner Zeit, geboren 1930, und er musste zu seinem Vater noch „Sie“ sagen. Aus heutiger Sicht war diese Vätergeneration natürlich weniger empathisch und nahbar, aber trotzdem haben sie ihre Kinder geliebt. Wir waren uns in meiner Jugend weniger nah als es heute Standard ist. Eltern fragten damals weniger danach, wie es den Jungen geht – Hauptsache kein Ärger und die Schule läuft. Erst später kamen wir uns nahe – vor allem, als er im Alter krank wurde. Wir führten unsere richtigen und guten Gespräche erst in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens. Ich bin sehr froh, dass ich das erleben konnte. Daher mein Rat: Es lohnt sich, sich um die eigenen Eltern zu kümmern, und es ist ein Riesenverlust, wenn sie für immer gehen. Denn sie sind ein Teil von uns – so wie unsere Kinder heute. Ich denke jedenfalls heute besonders an ihn und werde das Grab meiner Eltern besuchen. Happy Birthday, alter Herr!