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[SP @SpAnalytic]

3 cheers for Messi

[SP @SpAnalytic]

@yagamiliti @killeures Who's better?

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

One of the best post-match interviews you will EVER see! Rest up, Harry :)

[OptaJohan @OptaJohan]

0 - Since the introduction of yellow and red cards at the 1970 edition, no player has ever received a red card and gone on to play in his team's next match at the FIFA World Cup.

Unprecedented.

[SP @SpAnalytic]

Belgium team talk vs USA

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

BREAKING @TheAthleticFC

Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium with his one-game red-card ban suspended. Extraordinary development.

Story with @Dan_Sheldon_

https://t.co/oQ61J9btzT

[SP @SpAnalytic]

Is Ronaldo's penalty vs Croatia the first penalty in the world cup that's been put down the middle?

[SP @SpAnalytic]

What I'll be telling myself for the next 5 days before Mexico vs England

[SP @SpAnalytic]

@nffc_tim @TimesSport 13 years at Newcastle, but those 2 years at Forest, under Nuno, Ange and Dyche 😃

[SP @SpAnalytic]

@mixedknuts Betting the unders is not healthy

[SP @SpAnalytic]

I disagree. You can't tell accurately if it was a great save (right in the corner) or a poor pen (a yard inside the post). Have to wait for the replay to be sure. Often remember changing my opinion on the quality of the penalty after a replay.

I feel I can still judge the trajectory.

Remember the first time they used this angle, thinking how great it is and would be annoyed when they'd use the standard match cam.

Personal preference though.

[SP @SpAnalytic]

@larssivertsen You can see where they put the ball and instantly if its a good pen.

The standard match cam angle was terrible for that. Always had to wait for a replay to see.

[SP @SpAnalytic]

@DaleJohnsonBBC Tuchel better be ending the press conference 'Free Palestine'

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@NateSilver538

[SP @SpAnalytic]

Reminds me of England in the 90s without the goal

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

There were 110 (yes, 110!) passes in the build-up to Riyad Mahrez's goal for Algeria last night.

Algeria had the ball in continuous possession for over 5 minutes 😂

Clearly didn't get the message that a draw would have been fine for both

[SP @SpAnalytic]

Hope this fixes X today

[SP @SpAnalytic]

@omid9

[SP @SpAnalytic]

Referee rightly overturned a wrongly given France corner.

Good process.

[SP @SpAnalytic]

Some people are really this stupid

[dethective @dethective]

Did we just have the first World Cup game completely rigged for money on Polymarket?

"Fishalive" made ~$9 million by betting on Spain not winning against Cape Verde.

> First trade: Bet $4.5M against Spain 8 minutes before the game began

> Everything came from a network of freshly funded Coinbase wallets with no previous activity

This is just a conspiracy theory, but it's really odd.