27 games in the World Cup so far and only 4 penalties have been given
To put it into context, Argentina got 5 penalties in 7 World Cup games in 2022
Yeah, it wasn't rigged 🤣🤣
Conor McGregor spoke about his return fight on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
"I'm born for this I'm not born for anything else. Fighting is my bread and butter, it's what lights a fire in my belly. It's the best version of me, I'm happy to be back."
Bro we’ve seen Cristiano Ronaldo score a World Cup hat-trick against Spain in a game where Portugal went behind three separate times.
Now I’m supposed to be moved by a hat-trick vs Algeria in a one-sided game? 😭
And don’t get me started — Lionel Messi should’ve been sent off. This is a fugazi hat-trick.
As brilliant and utterly irrepressible as Lionel Messi is, there have been a few occasions during his illustrious career when opponents — and certainly opposition fans — have suggested that he has received “special treatment” from referees.
What is certain is that, between scoring his first and second goals against Algeria, he got lucky. A challenge on Algeria captain Aissa Mandi, who was caught by Messi on his right calf and Achilles tendon, could have earned at least a yellow card — and plausibly a red card — but Polish referee Szymon Marciniak was content to award a free kick.
It was a strange incident. Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position. To make a lunge like that, with his studs up, seemed incomprehensible, never mind dangerous.
Special treatment? At the very least it was lenient refereeing. A yellow card would perhaps have been the most widely expected outcome — a red card second — but Messi was certainly lucky to get away scot-free.
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Brilliant performance by Messi last night - but he should have been sent off for this outrageous studs-up foul on Algeria’s Mandi. The fact he didn’t even get booked is ridiculous - could have broken the guy’s leg.
Ale wiecie, że Messi powinien otrzymać tutaj czerwoną kartkę i nie wystąpić w kolejnych 2
grupowych meczach?
Wiecie, prawda?
Tylko słynny sędzia Pierluigi Collina umiałby wysłać go do szatni, bo jedyny miał cojones.