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[Football Factly @FootballFactly]

🗣 Zlatan Ibrahimovic – "Cristiano was shouting 'I'm back' after scoring against Uzbekistan. That's nice. But against Colombia he played the whole game, had one shot, scored zero goals, and finished with a 0-0 draw."

🗣 "Then I watched Messi. He didn't even start the match against Jordan. He came on after 60 minutes, looked at the free-kick, and did what only geniuses do.
Goal, Match won."

🗣 “Another record broken. Seven consecutive World Cup matches with a goal.That's the difference."

🗣 "Some players tell the world they're back. Messi never left."

🗣 "While others are busy making announcements, Messi is busy making history. At 39 years old, he walks onto the pitch and treats football like it's a training session.Free-kicks, records, trophies, goals — just another day at the office."

🗣 "Greatness doesn't need a microphone.
Greatness wears No.10 for Argentina." 🐐🇦🇷👑🔥

[ᜰ 🇦🇷 @markklfc]

Lionel Messi on the 100-year-old fan holding the “100 YEAR OLD MESSI FAN” banner:

🗣️ “When I saw her in the stands… I honestly had to hold myself together. In that moment, football disappeared for me. It wasn’t a stadium anymore, it wasn’t noise, it wasn’t pressure it was just emotion.”

“Someone who has lived a whole century of life… through wars, through generations, through everything the world has endured… and she is still here, smiling, holding my name in her hands. I don’t even know how to explain what that feels like.”

“It made me think about everything my first steps in football, the dreams I had as a child, the sacrifices my family made… and somehow, through all those years, my name reached someone like her. It’s overwhelming.”

“I don’t deserve something like that. No player does. Because this goes beyond football. This is love from a lifetime, not just a moment.”

“I looked at her and I just wanted to stop time for a second… to say thank you properly. Not as a footballer, but as a human being who understands how rare it is to be loved like that for so long.”

“There are goals that make noise, trophies that make headlines, but this… this was something completely different. Pure, unconditional connection between two lives that were never meant to meet, but somehow did through football.”

“If I could give her anything, it wouldn’t be a shirt or a photo. It would be time. Because the fact she spent part of her life supporting me… I will carry that forever.”

“When I retire, I will remember nights like this more than anything else. Because at the end of everything, football is not about records… it is about hearts that connect without even speaking.”

“And in that moment, I realized something very simple… I am not just playing for trophies. I am playing for people like her.”

[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🚨 Rio Ferdinand on Lionel Messi's performances at the World Cup so far:

🗣 “Watching Messi at this World Cup feels like watching the 2022 World Cup all over again. It's the same story, the same impact, the same man carrying the expectations of an entire nation and delivering when it matters most."

Just think about it for a second,every Argentina goal in this tournament has come through Messi. He's scored every single one. At his age, on the biggest stage in football, that's absolutely ridiculous.

We always talk about talent, but what separates Messi is the longevity. Year after year, tournament after tournament, he keeps turning up and producing moments that nobody else can. Most players slow down with age; Messi is still deciding games and leading his country.

I don't think people fully appreciate how difficult that is. Defenders know everything about him, teams set up specifically to stop him, yet he still finds a way to be the difference.

"And that's why, for me, he's the greatest footballer we've ever seen. Not just because of the trophies, not just because of the goals, but because of the level he's maintained for so long."

"If Argentina are among the favourites to win this World Cup, a huge reason is him. His presence gives the entire team belief, and when you've got a player like Messi in this kind of form, anything is possible.”

[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🅾️🅾️ Wayne Rooney: On Lionel Messi performance against Austria:

“I’ll say this now, what we’re witnessing right now is just completely mental. I’ve played at the absolute highest level, I know what the physical toll of this game is, and Messi scoring twice today to break the all-time World Cup goal record? It’s just insane.

How are we all sitting here acting like this is normal? The man is 39 years old. At 39, most lads are sitting on a beach, or struggling to get out of bed for a Sunday league kickabout, let alone dominating the biggest tournament on Earth. It defies logic.

He’s out there gliding past players, reading the game three steps ahead of everyone else, and finishing like he’s still in his mid-twenties.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: anyone who still doubts Lionel Messi as the greatest to ever play the game simply is not mentally OK. It’s that simple.

There’s no footballing argument left to have. Even if your brain has been completely disconnected, your eyes alone just sitting there watching what he is doing on that pitch should tell you absolutely everything you need to know. You don't need a tactical breakdown. You just need to look at the screen. To do what he’s done throughout his career was incredible, but to reach the pinnacle of the World Cup record books at 39?

We will never, ever see anything like this again. We just need to stop trying to analyze it and appreciate that we're looking at the absolute best to ever lace up a pair of boots”

[Unpopularfootyx @Unpopularfootyx]

🚨🎙️ ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ ON LIONEL MESSI'S INFLUENCE ON ARGENTINA AFTER THEIR WIN OVER AUSTRIA:

“I'm obsessed with watching Messi.

Not because he's my friend.

Not because of nostalgia.

Because after all these years, I'm still trying to understand how one player can control a football match without touching the ball every minute.

I watched Argentina today and the first thing I noticed wasn't the scoreline.

It was the way Austria reacted whenever Messi moved.

One step to the left, defenders follow.

One drop into midfield, the entire shape changes.

One glance over his shoulder panic.

That's not football.

That's psychological warfare.

And that's why I laugh when people reduce him to goals and assists.

They don't understand what they're watching.

Messi isn't just Argentina's best player.

He's Argentina's system.

He's their confidence.

He's their belief.

He's the reason every teammate walks onto the pitch thinking the impossible is possible.

People ask me about the GOAT debate.

What debate?
Seriously.

What debate?

For me, there isn't one.

The debate exists because television needs content and social media needs arguments.

When I watch football, I don't see a debate.

I see Messi.

Then I see everybody else.

That doesn't mean other legends weren't incredible.

It means I've never seen another player influence a match, a team and an entire generation of football the way Messi has.

And today was another reminder.

He didn't need a hat-trick.

He didn't need to score from 40 yards.

He just needed to be Lionel Messi.

And suddenly Argentina looked like a completely different team.

That's greatness.

Not when everything depends on you.

When everybody becomes better because you're there.

I've played against great players.

I've played with great players.

But Messi is the only player I've ever watched and genuinely thought:

'This isn't normal.'

The scary thing?

Opponents know exactly what he's going to do.

And they still can't stop it.

That's why I don't waste my time with comparisons anymore.

Some players become legends.

Some players become icons.

Messi became a category of his own.

And after today's performance, if you're still asking me who the greatest footballer of all time is...

You're asking the wrong question.

The right question is:
Will football ever produce another one like him?”

[Ibrahim Sannie Daara @SannieDaara]

After Messi scored a hat-trick and walked off to a standing ovation, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni sat on the bench with tears in his eyes. He tried to stay strong, but the emotion was too heavy. Then Messi came over, hugged him, and Scaloni completely broke down. 🇦🇷🥺

He later explained why he was crying:

"I cried because it's Messi's last World Cup, it's coming to an end, and every time I think about it, I start to cry. It's a privilege to watch this guy play."

For almost two decades, Messi has made millions of people fall in love with football.

Now even his own coach cannot hold back the tears because he knows we are watching the final pages of a story we may never see again.

Enjoy Messi while he is still here. One day, we will tell our children we watched magic live. 🐐💔⚽️

#FIFAWorldCup

[Nick Collins @nickcollins1953]

40 years in shipping gave me one unusual qualification as a historian: I had no academic orthodoxies to protect.

When I began researching the history of maritime trade, I followed the sea lanes backwards into deep antiquity. Without exception, they converged on the Indian subcontinent. This was not the book I had intended to write.

I must give credit to my editor, who gave an unknown author with a controversial approach, an opportunity. His first attempts to find peer reviewers encountered significant resistance. The argument that India sat at the centre of ancient world trade, not its periphery, was considered, to put it gently, inconvenient.

What I found, and what I could not stop finding, is that placing India at the centre of world history does not simply revise one chapter. It cascades. Correct the starting assumption and you are forced to reconsider the origins of mathematics, medicine, philosophy, linguistics, religion. Each conclusion leads to another. I came to call these the collateral heresies.

My three books explain the architecture of how they connect.

If you work in a field where received wisdom is protected by institutional interest rather than evidence, you will recognise the pattern. The question is whether the evidence eventually wins.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

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[Comman Man @CommanMan777589]

Salute to the hard work of CRPF jawans From sensitive booths to tense streets thank you for ensuring clean, fair, fear-free voting in Bengal 2026.

Democracy won because of you !!

[Rohit Jaiswal @rohitjswl01]

Turning point for Bengal Election -

There was a day during the RG Kar protests when people tried to march across Howrah Bridge towards
Nabanna and the state responded with barricades, tear gas, and water cannons.

And then one old man stood there.
No shield. No fear. Just defiance.

The water slammed into him with full force, but he didn’t move an inch. Instead, he raised his hand and mocked the very system trying to crush him questioning their courage in the most humiliating way possible….

That image burned into the minds of Bengal’s youth. That was the day many realized enough is enough…..

I don’t know his name. But that old man did more in a few seconds than most leaders do in years. That wasn’t just a protester standing tall. That was the moment fear lost and Bengal began to change….. #WestBengal #ElectionResults

[Dr. Datta M.D. (Radiology) building CRASHLab.in @DrDatta_AIIMS]

❤️In the heart of Kolkata, seven doctors sit quietly on the frontlines of a battle, not with stethoscopes, but with empty stomachs.

🚨Some haven’t eaten in over 14 days, many for 8 days, others for 5!

🚨They’re fighting for justice, for dignity, for every doctor who feels unheard in this broken system. Each day of their hunger strike is a plea that echoes across the silence of those in power.

🫡These are not just doctors—they are heroes, sacrificing themselves for a cause that affects us all.

🆘Will you stand with them?

[Dr. Abhinaba Pal @drabhinabapal7]

Hare Street Police Station have arrested 3 poor matador drivers of the Abhaya Parikrama. It is completely evident now that the entire state machinery is trying to suppress anyone who tries to help the Doctors, even the poor and needy ones 🥲 SHAME!
#justiceforRGKar #RGKarProtest

[antara @antara_rg]

Kindly share every where 🙏

[drpurpleready @epicnephrin_e]

Two indomitable women, dauntlessly shutting up a vile voice who was under the delusion that he is all powerful. All hail,the Queens of the Court👑
@karunanundy
@IJaising

#JusticeForRGKar
#KolkataDoctorDeathCase
#kolkatahorror

[Dr. Anupam Hazra ডঃ অনুপম হাজরা @tweetanupam]

#justiceForRGKar

[Dr. Datta M.D. (Radiology) building CRASHLab.in @DrDatta_AIIMS]

Dear Indians 🙏

Brave Junior doctors in Bengal are on road for 35 days, not only fighting for #JusticeForAbhaya but also to prevent one more #Abhaya!

They are out against all arms of state machinery which were complicit in allowing this murder to happen!

They need our support!

[Dr.Dhruv Chauhan @DrDhruvchauhan]

Reminder to the Doctors Across Nation :

The Doctors of West Bengal are still fighting for justice and needs our support

Everyone of you to kindly do at least 1 post In their support and show that we are united and still standing with them 🙏🏼

[Chaitali Mukherjee 🇮🇳 @IamChaitali321]

And that's how our Doctors, drenched in rain ,were begging in front of CM today just to do the recording of the meeting to maintain transperancy of the entire discussion..
Kudos to them that they have not compromised themselves in front of power 🙏
#RGKarProtest
#JusticeForRGKar

[Anindita Sinha🇮🇳 @AninditaSinha09]

Let’s not forget only 27 minutes of CCTV footage was handed to SC instead of 2 hours..how can such be trusted..can any #lawyer please reconfirm how this meeting recording is against the SC on going case #JusticeForRGKar

[Dr. Abhinaba Pal @drabhinabapal7]

I have never felt so helpless & frustrated! Look how my seniors are drenched in the rain. All they want is a transparent,fair, open discussion. The entire State is looking forward to this meeting but our CM #MamataBanerjee is creating all the mess!
#RGKarProtest #JusticeForRGKar