🥇 2015: De La Fuente wins u19 EUROs with Spain
🥇 2019: De La Fuente wins u21 EUROs with Spain
🥇 2023: De La Fuente wins Nations League with Spain
🥇 2024: De La Fuente wins EURO 2024 with Spain
In 47 matches as senior manager of Spain, he's only lost 2. CRAZY record. 🇪🇸🤯
I have seen a lot of Peter Obi supporters, say things like 'Southeast will not vote for Atiku"
If we want to condemn this type of statement, it should apply to everyone.
🇮🇷 The father of Ayatollah Khamenei's 14-month-old granddaughter Zahra, kneels over her tiny coffin.
She was one of 4 family members killed in the February 28 U.S.-Israeli strike that took out Khamenei and set off the war.
Writer: Julie
£50m for Andrey Santos*
£30m for Trevoh Chalobah*
£48m + £4m for Cucurella.
£4m for Jimmy Jay-Morgan.
£17m for Maresca.
£18m + £6m for Tyrique George.
If Andrey Santos ends up being sold (sigh) and the deal to Italy goes through for Trev, that will be £177m raised for Chelsea this summer (if all potential add-ons are met). Movement, soon.
Sidney Lopes Carbal’s story is amazing:
— In the 24/25 season he was playing in the 3rd division in Germany.
— 1st of July 2025 he signs for CF Estrela Amadora.
— He performs really well for CF Estrela Amadora getting 6 goals and 4 assists and earns a move to Benfica and officially joins the club on the 1st of January!
What’s funny is he even scored in his first start for Benfica against his old club Estrela and wins MOTM.
After the Prestianni racially abusing Vini Jr incident, Carbal asked for his Vini’s shirt after the game & they phased him out of the team.
Before the tournament started he joined Trabzospor in Turkey for £6M
He’s now just gone and scored the goal of the 2026 World Cup to make it 2-2 against the World champions Argentina.
What a mental last 18 months he’s had. Also worth pointing out that’s he’s two footed and can play LB, LWB, RW, LW.
The lack of movement within Portugal’s structure AHEAD of the ball is a joke. Honestly, the worst brand of possession-based football I’ve seen esp with this level of quality at one’s disposal too, up there with Netherlands vs Japan. No depth, no space being made, no improvisation just horse shoe balls and in swinging crosses.
Why is everyone scared to call out the problem of this team?? It’s Bruno.
Vitinha is doing his job by setting tempo and controlling rhythm.
For me, the biggest issue is Bruno. He’s an outstanding creator in chaotic, transition-heavy matches, but in a controlled possession system he’s not as effective. That’s why he’s struggling here
Portugal spend long periods circulating the ball against a settled defense, and that demands patience, positional discipline, and precise combinations. Bruno naturally wants to force the killer pass early, which can disrupt the rhythm and lead to rushed attacks.
That doesn’t mean he’s a bad player, it means his strengths are different. In a stable possession system, you need a creator who manipulates space with patience. Bruno is at his best when the game is open and unpredictable, not when he has to unlock a deep block through sustained possession.
How are people just realizing Bruno can’t create in a stable system like the likes of Ozil, KDB? He needs chaos to thrive.
He’s at his best when the game is stretched, transitions are constant, and he’s allowed to take high-risk passes over and over again. That’s where his volume of chance creation comes from.
Put him in a team that values control, positional discipline, and patient circulation, and some of his biggest strengths become limitations. He isn’t the type to dictate tempo, manipulate blocks with subtle passing, or constantly find solutions against a settled defence the way Ozil or De Bruyne can.
That doesn’t make him a bad creator. It just means he’s a different profile. Bruno is an elite transition creator, not a control creator, and there’s a big difference between the two.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka played every minute of DR Congo's four World Cup matches, including against Portugal, Colombia and England.
He wasn't dribbled past once 😳🇨🇩
Q: I hope the new uniforms of the NYSC will be produced in Nigeria.
“It’s Ankara, it’s Adire. So, Adire is being produced in Nigeria. We have them in Ogun, we have them in Kwara, we have textile industry. Let’s put our money back into the country.”
- Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande
£100m for Tonali
£85m for Fernandes
£55m for Van Hecke with a year left on his contract & sold Brighton one of the best CB prospects in the world for £47m.
Put all of these on insanely high wages too.
What the fuck are Tottenham doing?