There were ZERO shooting in the Qatar World Cup.
There were ZERO women harassed in the Qatar World Cup.
There were ZERO racial incidents in the Qatar World Cup.
Despite all that, everyone including the German team was protesting.
Where are all those voices now???
Damn. Didn’t notice the contact to his left leg. That’s A LOT of (too much) force to absorb and perform the next action.
Everybody on the TL me included would spin 360 and wake up on a hospital bed.
🗣️ wayne Rooney :
« Je vais être totalement honnête, Arsenal s’est clairement fait voler ce soir, il n’y a pas d’autre façon de le dire. Regardez cette faute sur Noni Madueke dans la surface : c’est un penalty évident, indiscutable, à 100 %. Je ne comprends pas comment l’arbitre ou la VAR n’ont pas pu le siffler, ça change complètement la dynamique d’une finale de Ligue des Champions.
Mais pour moi, le moment qui a vraiment tout révélé — celui où tu comprends exactement ce que fait l’arbitre — c’est le coup de sifflet de la mi-temps. Siffler alors qu’Arsenal est littéralement en train de se préparer à tirer un corner ? J’ai joué longtemps à ce jeu, et on voit rarement ça sauf en cas de parti pris flagrant. C’était choquant, et ça a donné le ton pour tout ce qui a suivi.
En deuxième mi-temps, le match est devenu totalement différent, et pas à cause du football. L’arbitre a clairement fait en sorte que chaque duel, chaque petit contact, chaque grosse décision aille directement en faveur du PSG. Ça a complètement cassé le rythme d’Arsenal. Mais honnêtement, je ne suis même pas surpris. On a vu exactement la même chose contre le Bayern Munich plus tôt dans le tournoi. L’arbitrage était déjà très orienté à ce moment-là, et ça s’est reproduit sur la plus grande scène.
Le PSG peut bien soulever le trophée, mais ils ne peuvent pas honnêtement se regarder dans le miroir et être fiers de la façon dont ils ont gagné cette finale. Remporter le plus grand trophée du football de clubs de cette manière ? Ça laisse un goût amer. Arsenal méritait tellement mieux ce soir.»
Lots of lower IQ folks lambasting Arsenal’s performance in the Champions League Final.
These lower IQ sorts forget that Arsenal’s game plan and advantage was always its world-best defense.
To hold PSG to just a penalty goal was a high quality result.
Now they need to add just a bit more creative firepower. PSG’s defense didn’t need so much respect.
So the ref signalled for the corner at 6:05
Ruiz then threw the ball away (for the 5th time) and Arsenal didn’t get it back till 6:15
He then blew the whistle for half time at 6:27 meaning he allowed Saka just 13 seconds to walk over and take the corner
🚨 Mikel Arteta: “I watched all the penalties in the competition in the last 72 hours to understand what is a penalty and what is not…
…that one on Madueke can easily be a penalty”.
Thierry Henry on why Arsenal divide opinion in football:
🗣️ “People keep asking why Arsenal get so much attention, so much criticism, so much reaction… it’s actually very simple.
Arsenal are not a club people can ignore.
When they win, it becomes a global conversation. When they lose, it becomes a global celebration. That doesn’t happen to small clubs.
That happens to clubs that matter.
And Arsenal matter.
That’s why every decision, every mistake, every defeat gets amplified beyond normal football discussion.
Look at what happens after a night like the Champions League final against PSG. It’s not just PSG fans celebrating you see rival fans, neutral fans, even people who don’t watch Arsenal regularly suddenly very interested.
That tells you everything.
Nobody spends that much energy reacting to a club they don’t care about.
And yes, part of the noise comes from the size of the fanbase. Arsenal supporters are everywhere, and when a fanbase is that big, opinions become louder, arguments become bigger, and rivalries become more personal online.
But let’s be honest… every top club in the world behaves the same way when they’re successful.
People say they don’t like Arsenal fans, but what they really don’t like is the visibility that comes with success and expectation.
Because Arsenal are back in conversations for the biggest trophies, every result now carries weight.
That’s not hatred. That’s relevance.
And the truth is simple clubs that nobody talks about don’t get loved or hated.
Arsenal get both.
And that alone tells you exactly where they are in football.”
🚨🎙️| Thierry Henry calls out Qatar and PSG robbery. 🔥🔥
🗣️“if I speak about that performance from the referee tonight, Qatar will knock on my door tomorrow morning. the last time I witnessed something like this in a final was against Barcelona. For how long are PSG allowed to do this to teams? I do not wanna speak”
Mesut Ozil:
🗣️ “Nobody expects referees to be perfect…”
But if that challenge on Madueke isn’t a penalty, then what exactly is a penalty?
Funny how the rules seem to change depending on the shirt being worn. 🤔🍿🔴
A team that’s already strong is hard enough to beat. When the referee seems to be on their side too, the challenge becomes even greater.
See how referees have carried PSG throughout this season’s UCL.
Emmanuel Petit on Premier League clubs mocking Arsenal after the final defeat:
🗣️ “I have to say, I found it embarrassing.
The second Arsenal lost, some Premier League clubs couldn't wait to jump on social media and remind everyone about their European trophies.
That tells you everything.
Instead of supporting an English club representing the league on the biggest stage in club football, they were busy celebrating Arsenal's pain.
For me, that's not rivalry. That's insecurity.
Arsenal were 90 minutes away from doing something special, and rather than show respect, people were desperately searching through the history books for old trophies to post online.
Why? Because they were terrified of seeing Arsenal join that club.
Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach.
The jealousy was obvious.
The moment Arsenal fell short, they treated it like they had won something themselves.
That's the mentality of people who would rather see Arsenal fail than focus on their own success.
The trophy may have slipped away, but the reaction from some rivals showed exactly how much Arsenal still live rent-free in their heads.”
Not an Arsenal fan at all but they were robbed. From the moment the second half kicked off the referee was shocking towards them. It setup PSG’s momentum & made it tougher than the game already was. Something was said to him at HT 100%. Even talking to Gabriel before that penalty