Abel William

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Barcelona fans

[Barça Worldwide @BarcaWorldwide]

🚨 Paul Scholes on Cristiano Ronaldo:

— “At 41 years of age… I think there’s only one position where you should be starting a game, and that’s goalkeeper.”

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

For 90 minutes Bruno Fernandes didn't create a single chance.

His first chance created came in the 92nd minute 😮

[The Fútbol Zone | FZ @TheFutbolZoneX]

🚨 Jamie Carragher Blasts Ronaldo After "Hall of Shame Performance" Against DR Congo

🗣️: "After watching Portugal today, I think it's fair to ask a difficult question: what exactly is Cristiano Ronaldo offering this team right now?

He missed chances, drifted offside too often, and looked disconnected from Portugal's attacking play. This isn't about disrespecting a legend, it's about being honest about what we're seeing on the pitch.

If Portugal are serious about winning the World Cup, they have to stop treating Ronaldo as untouchable. Reputation doesn't win football matches. Performances do. Based on what we saw today, I'd seriously consider using him from the bench.

Then you look at Messi. In his first game, he scores a hat-trick and transforms the entire team. That's always been the difference between them. Messi solves problems. Ronaldo doesn't solve your problems anymore; he adds to them. Messi raises the level of everyone around him and makes average players look world-class.

Portugal have a talented squad, but they'll only reach their potential when they start picking players based on what they offer today, not what they achieved ten years ago."

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Cristiano Ronaldo is goalless in his last 10 Portugal games at major tournaments:

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩:
❌ vs. Uruguay
❌ vs. South Korea
❌ vs. Switzerland
❌ vs. Morocco

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬:
❌ vs. Czechia
❌ vs. Türkiye
❌ vs. Georgia
❌ vs. Slovenia
❌ vs. France

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩:
❌ vs. Congo DR

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Spain against Cabo Verde

[The Fútbol Zone | FZ @TheFutbolZoneX]

🚨💣 Jamie Carragher blasts Real Madrid's "Barcelona obsession" after Bernardo Silva and Cucurella signings

🗣️: "At some point, people have to stop pretending this is a coincidence. Every time Barcelona identify a player, Real Madrid suddenly become interested too.

Barcelona wanted Bernardo Silva, and now Real Madrid have signed Bernardo Silva. Barcelona looked at Dumfries, and Madrid rushed to give a 30-year-old a long-term contract. Hansi Flick reportedly prefers Gvardiol, and suddenly Madrid are pushing for Gvardiol. Barcelona worked on Julian Alvarez, and Madrid responded with a ridiculous €150 million bid that they made sure the whole world knew about. Now Marc Cucurella has become another target the moment Barcelona showed interest.

This is not strategy; this is obsession.

The biggest clubs create their own path. They don't spend every summer looking over their shoulder to see what their rivals are doing. If your transfer policy is 'Whatever Barcelona want, we want too,' then maybe you don't have a real project at all.

I have seen rivalries all my life, but this goes beyond rivalry. It feels like some people in Madrid are more concerned about blocking Barcelona than building Real Madrid.

When a club starts defining itself through its rival, it has already forgotten what made it great in the first place."

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇮🇹 Italy used to be the 4th largest economy on Earth in 1991, behind only the USA, Japan and Germany, however unsustainable budget deficits and massive public debt eventually caught up to them, flatlining their economic growth.

[Richard @afc_richard]

2004 🏆 vs 2026 🏆

22 years later, but we did it Nan ❤️

[Robert Lewandowski @lewy_official]

After four years full of challenges and hard work, it's time to move on.

I leave with the feeling that the mission is complete. 4 seasons, 3 championships.

I will never forget the love I received from the fans from my very first days.
Catalonia is my place on earth.

Thank you to everyone I met along the way during these beautiful four years.
A special thank you to President Laporta for giving me the chance to live the most incredible chapter of my career.

Barça is back where it belongs.
Visca el Barça. Visca Catalunya 💙❤️

@fcbarcelona

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Robert Lewandowski leaves Barça as free agent. 👋🏼

👟 190 games
⚽️ 119 goals
🅰️ 24 assists
🌟 143 goal contributions
🏆 3x La Liga
🏆 1x Copa del Rey
🏆 3x Spanish Supercup

[FB eye @StillFeechi]

Mbappe, Ronaldo and Salah. Worst players to give a mic when things are not smooth

[CHIMAOBI 🐅 @chimaobi_saint]

🚨🎙Nasser Al-Khelaifi said 🗣️ :

"If Mbappé had left instead of Messi, we would have 4 Champions Leagues now." Messi is an incredible player, he should have never left Paris, he didn't get the respect he deserved, but I regret not doing more to make him stay with us. "

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🎙️Iker Casillas thoughts on Florentino Perez’s press conference yesterday:

“I love Florentino Pérez. I owe him part of my career, part of my history, part of my life at Real Madrid. But because I love it, I cannot sit quietly and pretend everything is normal anymore.

“People are scared to say it because Florentino built the modern Real Madrid, but somebody has to be honest now… this is no longer the club we fought for in the dressing room.

What I watched yesterday wasn’t leadership. It was a man at war with everybody, the media, UEFA, referees, journalists, even his own shadows. Real Madrid used to intimidate Europe with football. Now we hold press conferences blaming conspiracies every time things go wrong.

Yesterday I saw a man fighting shadows instead of facing the truth.

The dangerous part? Madridistas are starting to normalize it.

You cannot call every failed season a robbery. At some point you look in the mirror and admit the planning failed. The old generation carried this club for years and covered cracks that are now impossible to hide. Ramos, Modrić, Kroos, Benzema, Marcelo, Cristiano… they protected the institution with personality. Today I see a club hiding behind excuses instead of standards.

And honestly, the obsession with politics is becoming bigger than football itself. Super League wars, Negreira dossiers, media enemies, presidential drama… meanwhile the team lost identity on the pitch. Real Madrid fans don’t care about 500-page documents. They care about winning and respecting the badge.

What shocked me most was hearing Florentino speak like a man defending his throne instead of defending the club. Real Madrid should never revolve around one person. Not even Santiago Bernabéu acted like he was the club.

The saddest thing? Many Madrid fans know this already but won’t admit it publicly because they’re afraid of sounding ungrateful. Yes, Florentino gave Madrid galaticos and trophies. But success from the past cannot become immunity from criticism forever.

And if we’re being serious… the Mourinho rumors tell you everything. Bringing Mourinho back in 2026 would prove this club is emotionally stuck in the past. Madrid used to lead football into the future. Now it feels like we’re desperately trying to relive old wars and old glory.

This doesn’t look like the strongest club in the world anymore.
It looks like a giant slowly losing control while pretending everything is under control.”

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid have realized there are MANY problems in this squad:

- A lack of FOOTBALL
- A lack of LEADERSHIP
- A lack of MATURITY
- BAD ATTITUDES even from YOUNG footballers that JUST came
- Lack of PROFESSIONALISM
- VERY HIGH EGOES with no actual success on the pitch
- The INDIFFERENCE of certain players even when the team loses.
- Multiple long-serving club employees say that the competitive standards of professionalism and sacrifice that were set by the previous generation (Modric, Kroos, Nacho...) have PLUMMETED under these players.

@el_pais

[Barça Universal @BarcaUniversal]

🚨 Hansi Flick: "You can have the best players but to win titles, you need to have the best team."

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Japan's 10-year government bond yield rises to 2.52%, the highest since 1997.

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

UK 10-year government bond yields surge to above 5%, the highest since 2008.

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

Brent crude, now trading at over $120, is at the highest price since mid-2022.

[Football VAR @Footy_VAR]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Premier League - ✅
🇮🇹 Serie A - ✅
🇩🇪 Bundesliga - ✅
🇪🇸 LaLiga - ⏳

Joao Cancelo is set to become one of the only players to ever win all top 4 European leagues! 🤯👀🏆