Just like with housing and transportation, politicians have successfully convinced Ghanaian parents it's their responsibility to provide their children with private school basic education so they could neglect the public basic school system without much public outcry.
People will think I'm crazy for this take, but I'm a big believer in the psychological impact of narratives on teams. Yes, Belgium looked so much better tonight and we looked lost. But this team had a boatload of good vibes behind them, and in the last 48 hours that vanished, and replacing it was a story of implicit political corruption that turned them into the bad guys, or at least the beneficiary of the corruption. You can't tell me that doesn't put pressure on the team, change the vibe, and take a psychological toll that impacted what happened on the field. American fans, serious and casual, should be pissed at this interference. We overturned a red card and our reward was losing what made this team so much fun until now.
Egypt national team head coach Hossam Hassan: “We are living through a time where, in Europe, around the world, and in America, if an animal is mistreated or harmed, human rights organizations, animal rights groups, and everyone else speak out. But every single day, thousands of human beings are being killed, including children and women, while we sit comfortably in air-conditioned homes with food in front of us, and entire families are forced to live in tents through winter and summer. How can we not feel for children who cannot find food and are suffering from disease and epidemics?”… “If I cannot feel this as a human being, then there is no point in me living. Any person who does not feel what is happening in Palestine, regardless of whether they are Muslim, Christian, or Jewish, has lost their humanity.”… “It is a disgrace for all of us. A disgrace for the entire world, not only the Arab or African world. It is a disgrace for those in positions of power who allow people just like us to be killed. We are all the same; we all have eyes, faces, heads, and bodies.”… “I am speaking about humanity, regardless of religion. I am not talking about Islam, Christianity, or Judaism. I am speaking from my heart because I am a human being before anything else—before my identity, my religion, or my nationality.”… “Please, through football—the world’s greatest soft power—and through athletes and journalists of every religion and every country, send one message: Let the Palestinian people live. They are not asking for anything except the chance to live. We want respect for every human being’s right to live, and we want fairness in life.”
كل يوم يطلع بني آدمين بالآلاف يتقتلوا، وأطفال وستات، وإحنا قاعدين في تكييف وقاعدين في قصور وشقق وعاملين الأكل قدامنا، وفي شعوب قاعدة في خيام في الشتاء والصيف، ما بيصعبش علينا الأطفال اللي مش لاقيين ياكلوا والمرض والوباء؟”… “أنا لو ما حسيتش كبني آدم، يبقى ماليش لازمة إني أعيش، وأي بني آدم على وجه الأرض ما حسش باللي بيحصل في فلسطين.
COMMUNIQUÉ DE LA FFF :
Les propos racistes de la Sénatrice paraguayenne Celeste Amarilla visant Kylian Mbappé sont totalement abjects et inacceptables. Comment peut-on tenir un tel discours ? Ces propos sont délictueux et condamnables. Ils doivent être poursuivis ici comme ailleurs. La FFF procède à un signalement au parquet à des fins de poursuite judiciaire.
La Fédération apporte son entier soutien à son capitaine, ses joueurs et plus généralement à toutes les victimes de tels propos odieux. Plus que jamais la FFF entend lutter contre le racisme et toute forme de discriminations. Ces propos déshonorent ceux qui les tiennent et ceux qui les diffusent. Les joueurs de l’Équipe de France représentent la France, c’est notre pays qui est insulté.
Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.