The incompetent @FIFAWorldCup host, USA, is failing to fulfill its responsibilities properly.
We are guests of @FIFAcom, and it is FIFA’s responsibility to ensure that visas for all members are issued.
US Denies Visas to Iran National Football Team Officials Ahead of World Cup
https://t.co/sXw74OzmIt
“Ask Messi” 😭
This guy faced Messi four times in his career, lost three finals to him, and the only time he actually beat him was in 2008 a tie in which Messi completed 24 successful dribbles.
The audacity to say “ask Messi” after that is embarassing.
John Terry and Roman Abramovich have got some serious pull 😳
🗣️ "We went to Russia. Took us ages to land. We were circling around the airport, but we couldn't land.
It was the Russians, so John Terry actually phoned Abramovich from the plane and said, 'Roman, we can't land. For some reason, we are not landing, and we are going round and round in circles.'
Five minutes later, all of a sudden, we landed. I thought, 'That's influence for you.'"
(via Steve McClaren on the High Performance Podcast)
Iraqi striker Ayman Hussein flies 12 hours to the United States, lands in Chicago, and is then detained for 7 hours by authorities for questioning.
Not a single news outlet sharing this btw
Everyday I read something that makes me less excited for this World Cup. Shame on FIFA for picking such cruel and greedy hosts.
🚨 Pep Guardiola: “What is Barça missing to win the Champions League? The Champions League is a competition that DESTROYS projects, and I hope that’s not the case at Barça”.
“We must not think that just because you don’t win it, everything that has been built is no good. The league is the competition that gives you consistency and continuity. In the Champions League, you need to reach the decisive stages in good condition, without injuries, and refereeing also has a huge impact”.
“What matters is that the daily work is excellent, that the team keeps growing and improving, and that they don’t believe the season is a failure just because they don’t reach the Champions League final or win it. The league is what sets the foundation for judging whether a season has been good or not”.
🚨 Federico Chiesa: “I want to play regularly, if I don't find continuity in Premier League I have to look elsewhere”.
“The first year of Liverpool I practically didn't play… I'm going to pre season tour in the USA, then I'll talk to the club and the new coach Iraola and we'll see”, told Gazzetta.
🚨 Toni Rüdiger: “Two seasons without a trophy is not normal. But what do you want us to do, keep crying?”.
“Move on. What's lost cant be recovered”, told AS.
🚨 Enrique Riquelme: “The manager we want for our Real Madrid project is Jurgen Klopp”.
“On Monday, if we win the elections, our director Raúl will get in touch with Klopp”.