🚨 Chicharito: “I never viewed Cristiano Ronaldo as ‘arrogant’. What people don’t understand is that he ALWAYS needed to FIGHT.
So when he achieves things and you ask him “are you the best?”, he DESERVES to say “YES”, because he PROVED IT.
What is arrogant is when you say you’re the best without proving it.” @RioMeets
If this was Ronaldo’s last game for Portugal, he leaves having played most international games in history (233), scored most international goals (146), and become the only man to score in SIX different World Cups. Congrats, @cristiano - you’ve done your country & family so proud.
Eddie Hearn just went off after seeing Sean O’Malley made $600K at the White House 😬
“There’s a guy fighting on a boxing undercard that’s making more than you. You need to grow some balls and start fighting for what’s right for you.”
(via @arielhelwani)
As brilliant and utterly irrepressible as Lionel Messi is, there have been a few occasions during his illustrious career when opponents — and certainly opposition fans — have suggested that he has received “special treatment” from referees.
What is certain is that, between scoring his first and second goals against Algeria, he got lucky. A challenge on Algeria captain Aissa Mandi, who was caught by Messi on his right calf and Achilles tendon, could have earned at least a yellow card — and plausibly a red card — but Polish referee Szymon Marciniak was content to award a free kick.
It was a strange incident. Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position. To make a lunge like that, with his studs up, seemed incomprehensible, never mind dangerous.
Special treatment? At the very least it was lenient refereeing. A yellow card would perhaps have been the most widely expected outcome — a red card second — but Messi was certainly lucky to get away scot-free.
✍️ @OliverKay
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Open letter to the @WestHam owners:
You’ve killed the soul of West Ham. Loyal fans, who’ve bled claret and blue for decades, are now filled with resentment 🤬
This club was built on working-class values, a community that stood together. But now? It feels like a circus 🎪, with clowns 🤡 running the show.
Relegation is looming, and yet matchday tickets soar to £130. How can you expect fans to keep supporting a club that seems to have lost its way?
Future fans are turning their backs, and can you blame them? The club is dying ⚰️ right before their eyes, and it’s heartbreaking 💔. The owners don’t care, the players don’t care, but the fans? Are the ones carrying this club on their backs, once again.
It’s time to wake up and remember what West Ham truly stands for.
🚨 Vincent Kompany on people appreciating him: “Don't believe the hype, don't believe the drama”.
“When I arrived here at Bayern, I'd been promoted with 101 points, then relegated with 20, then won the league here – two years ago I was the worst manager and today I’m the very best”.
“If you let yourself be influenced by all that noise, you’ll end up getting worse. It’s nicer this way, but I can live with criticism. It really doesn't matter to me”.