Retro▪️▫️

Reliving the beautiful game one day at a time 🌍⚽

[Retro▪️▫️ @_ninetyplus]

The referee for the very first World Cup final in 1930 had serious trust issues...
Carried a revolver prepared in case of a different shoot out.

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Fabián Ruiz will likely become the first man since Modrić & Varane in 2018 to start both a UCL Final & World Cup Final in the same calendar year.

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A player once got a red card before the match even started. Lee Todd muttered “F*** me, that was loud” right after the referee’s opening whistle in 2000. He was sent off immediately

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Most random memorable pre season clash..
In 2006, English Championship side Plymouth Argyle ended up playing Real Madrid after a hotel mix-up in Austria!

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Messi out here waiting for Portugal in the final for the second time in a row like it’s a scheduled meeting… Only for them to ghost again

[Retro▪️▫️ @_ninetyplus]

@EnglandFootball how do you expect to win the world Cup with a foreign coach, has never happened!!

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Back to Back World Cup winner signing announcement happened today.

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Speak for your self

[Janty @CFC_Janty]

We’re all South Africa today aren’t we ? 🇿🇦

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

Today I feel very Mexican.

[Retro▪️▫️ @_ninetyplus]

We were introduced to Mexican telenovelas by our mothers, they will be disappointed if we support South Africans.

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@MrBrainke_

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...A French Ballon d’Or winner fresh on the books, is destiny pointing toward another Argentine triumph? 👀⚽🇦🇷

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Argentina lifted the trophy, every time Nigeria missed the World Cup 1978, 1986, and 2022. When a Frenchman claimed the Ballon d’Or Platini in 1985 and Benzema in 2022 Argentina followed with World Cup glory the very next year. With Nigeria absent again in 2026

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Only country to participate in all editions of the World cup @CBF_Futebol

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2026 Edition is here, Enjoy.

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

One day to go… @FIFAWorldCup 2026 ⏳🤩

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11th June 2010
South Africa vs Mexico, 1st game of the tournament.

11th June 2026
Mexico vs South Africa, 1st game of the tournament.

Will the repeat go all the way?

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Or Ronaldo’s still playing just to stop tourists from asking: ‘Hey, where’s the World Cup section?’"

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Cristiano Ronaldo at 41...
still chasing that one missing trophy. Why? Maybe because back in Madeira, there’s a museum with his Ballon d’Or, his Golden Boot, every medal you can imagine… but the World Cup shelf is emptier than England’s trophy cabinet since 1966.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.