18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi in his WC debut vs Brazil:
-91% pass accuracy (60/66)
-100% pass accuracy in the final third (16/16)
-6 ball recoveries
-5 interceptions
-9 duels won
A star is born 💫
Mbappe was having the season of his life, leading the league and being the top scorer in both the UCL and La liga. He was the fore runner for the ballon d’or at some point this season.
Suddenly the coach was sacked and the media pushed an agenda saying he was the reason for the sack. His teammates started a “we are one family” campaign in his absence. Millions of fans signed a petition wanting him out. He endured all these in silence
Now he is speaking up and he is still the villain 😂
Talk your shii my guy 😂😂😂
🚨🎙️| Thierry Henry on how Real Madrid’s problems started was due to that Vini Jr.’s reaction to being subbed off in El Clásico as the TURNING POINT in the club’s internal atmosphere:
🗣️ “Everyone will blame tactics. Some will blame injuries. Others will say Barça simply found another level. But if you actually watched Real Madrid closely this season, you know exactly when the collapse started. It started the moment one player decided his ego was more important than the manager’s authority.
Madrid were flying. Seven points clear of Barça, second in the Champions League, Mbappé looked locked in, the dressing room was together, they’d won 13 out of 14 games and Xabi Alonso finally had the team playing with structure, discipline and intensity.
Then came El Clásico.
Madrid are winning 2-1, Xabi makes a tactical decision, takes Vinicius Jr. off… and instead of reacting like an elite professional, he reacts like someone whose ego got bruised in front of the cameras. That moment changed EVERYTHING internally. You could literally feel the atmosphere shift around the club after that.
Top players don’t always like being subbed, but the smartest ones understand the bigger picture. Vinicius didn’t. That’s the difference. Cristiano Ronaldo hated coming off, but he still understood the manager’s authority. Vinicius made it about Vinicius. And once a dressing room starts questioning whether the manager is actually in charge, it’s over.
Vinicius never had the tactical IQ Xabi Alonso was demanding, from his wide players. Xabi wants control, discipline, positional awareness, pressing triggers… Vinicius plays on emotion and chaos. Brilliant in moments, yes, but when the game requires sacrifice and structure, he struggles with it. That’s why the relationship cracked.
And Florentino Perez made it even worse. Instead of backing the manager who had Madrid dominating for months, he panicked. Absolute impatience. Bringing in Álvaro Arbeloa into that environment was madness. Managing Real Madrid isn’t a youth academy experiment. The role swallowed him whole because it was too big, too political, too demanding.
Madrid didn’t lose the title because Barça were unstoppable. They lost it because the club lost control internally. One emotional reaction from Vinicius exposed fractures that Xabi Alonso was trying to keep hidden. From that moment onward, the project started eating itself alive.
That’s the brutal truth Madrid fans don’t want to admit.”
🚨 Official Announcement by the Referees' Technical Committee (CTA) on the foul against Kylian Mbappé vs Girona
The Referees' Technical Committee considers the play to be reckless; due to the defender's use of his arm, which ended up colliding with the attacker's face during the challenge.
The defender, with his arm extended backward to gain space after being dribbled by the attacker, struck the attacker's face in a reckless manner, creating an obstacle for the attacker who lost the opportunity to continue with the ball that was within his reach.
Therefore, according to the Committee's opinion, this situation was eligible to be awarded as a penalty kick.
Since we are discussing a case that relies heavily on "interpretation and personal judgment," and there is no clear, explicit, and evident error in the decision made by the on-field referee, the "VAR" report acted correctly by NOT intervening.
And according to the "VAR" protocol, intervention for review is only when there is irrefutable, indisputable evidence that allows for the correction of a completely wrong decision.