🚨🗣️ New: Gareth Bale reacts to the Argentina vs Algeria match and the Messi incident:
“I’ve been around this game long enough to know when something doesn’t feel right. Argentina against Algeria wasn’t just another group game. Messi scored a hat-trick, Argentina won comfortably, and the headlines will focus on that. But what happened around the 30th minute told a bigger story about where football is heading.
Messi went in on Algeria’s captain. Studs up, right across the calf and down toward the Achilles. In real time it looked bad. In slow motion it looked worse. That’s a red card on most days, against most players, in most competitions. The referee and VAR had a clear look. They chose not to act.
I’m not here to pile on the officials. I wouldn’t want to be the man who shows Messi a red card in a World Cup and potentially derails Argentina’s group stage. The heat that would come with that decision is something no referee signs up for lightly. But that’s exactly the problem. When the fear of the consequences starts influencing what happens on the pitch, the game stops being decided by the players and the laws.
This World Cup is already the most commercialised version we’ve seen. Games paused for television breaks, extra stoppages dressed up as player welfare when everyone knows it’s about fitting in more ads. Now we’re seeing officiating decisions that protect the biggest names and the biggest storylines because knocking Argentina out early in the groups would hurt the narrative FIFA and the broadcasters have built.
What happens to the ‘script’ then? The defending champions gone before the knockout stage. Messi missing matches. Sponsors and rights holders suddenly watching their investment lose momentum. The product they’ve spent billions packaging suddenly looks very different.
I’ve played in big tournaments. I know how much money and pressure sit behind every decision now. But football used to have a rhythm and a soul that came from uncertainty. You never knew what was coming next. When protecting commercial interests and keeping the stars on the pitch starts overriding clear red-card incidents, that soul gets chipped away a little more.
The game deserves better than this. Players deserve rules applied the same way every time. Fans deserve to watch a sport that isn’t afraid of its own outcomes. If we keep letting money and narratives dictate what we see on the pitch, we’re not watching football anymore. We’re watching a show that happens to have a ball on it.”
@DjMaRiiO Si hubiese sido la falta sobre Messi todos pedían la roja y el reglamento se aplicaría tal cual es, ahora fue al revés, Messi cometió la infracción, por lo que tiene su propio reglamento y ni siquiera vio la amarilla. La realidad que fue falta dura, imprudente y revisable
@imtransito la inauguración de un súper en Batlle y Ordoñez y Garzón genera embotellamientos porque la salida del mismo complica el tránsito. A nadie se le ocurrió realizar una senda de giro tanto de entrada o salida al mismo? Espacio hay. La IMM no controla?
@OrsiYamandu Está bueno comparar la situación actual con el de una pandemia MUNDIAL, donde no solo en Uruguay se vio afectado el ingreso sino en todo el mundo? Pero bue cada uno compara lo que quiere o puede según su capacidad. mejor comparar épocas similares y reconocer la recuperación post
@TelemundoUY Insisto, si hubiese sido un presidente de la oposición ya sabemos cómo habrían actuado pero ellos siempre justifican todo, lo peor la prensa que da voz a quien no tiene autoridad moral para opinar. La tribuna no pensante aplaude y festeja.
@OrsiYamandu Anuncios, solo anuncios. Cuando estén terminados avisa. Mientras tanto habría aclarar transferencias, rifas, etc. Que gobierne le honestidad.
@elpaisuy Como cambia todo dependiendo de que lado estás del mostrador, no? Ahora hay que cuidar la institucionalidad! Si alguien pregunta por la definición de la palabra hipocresía, acá tenes el significado.
@ObservadorUY piensa que haciéndose el mecenas va a tapar todo? Mostró los comprobantes de la transferencia? Cómo es el tema del auto que se rifaba? El pueblo necesita saber. Con reuniones solo a los medios o videitos como los de ayer no arregla nada. Solo quedan conformes los mononeuronales