๐ต๐๐ผ Xabi Alonso: โThe potential of the team and squad made me really excitedโ.
โItโs beautiful to find a squad to work with, create a football idea, bring excitement to the stadium and connect with the fansโ.
Supporting corruption just shows the kind of person you are.
If you are as good as you are win genuinely
Thatโs why we support the player we support. Win or lose we go it genuinely
Argentina is going home. No matter how much the officials try to help them, theyโre still going home. Theyโre playing trash football, and Messi has been too slow.
If this was Ronaldoโs last game for Portugal, he leaves having played most international games in history (233), scored most international goals (146), and become the only man to score in SIX different World Cups. Congrats, @cristiano - youโve done your country & family so proud.
๐จ Cristiano Ronaldo: โI will not be โmore Cristianoโ if we win the World Cup, or โless Cristianoโ if we donโt win itโ. ๐๐ต๐น
โIโm grateful to life. Iโm enjoying every single day, Iโve been lucky. I learned to enjoy day by dayโ.
Nana Akofena broke down in tears after the High Court declared him the rightful leader of the Kristo Asafo Church following the reading of the final will.
๐จโ ๏ธ FIFA president Gianni Infatino clarifies his position on Folarin Balogun red card.
โI have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFAโs governance.
โFIFAโs judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.
โYes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFAโs independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFAโs system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.
โI read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree.
โWhat I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.โ