Mr B for short

Journalist and editor who loves travel, languages, music. CELTA qualified teacher.

[Maz @mzar_c]

“You shouldn’t support a nation that isn’t yours”

Me after that cape Verde draw 😭❤️😭

[BroBro🇦🇺🏇🏻 @realRick_AUS]

They nail it every time 🤣

They are so good

.@shepmates

[ᜰ 🇦🇷 @markklfc]

Vozinha after his heroic performance against Spain national football team:

🗣️ “People saw the saves, the celebrations, and the emotions after the final whistle. What they didn't see were the faces I was thinking about the entire match.

I grew up with my grandparents. They sacrificed so much for me when we had very little. They believed in me before anyone else did.

When the referee blew the final whistle, I looked into the stands hoping to see them, but then reality hit me again. They're gone. They passed away a few years ago.

I also wanted my mother to be here. She deserved to witness this moment more than anyone. Unfortunately, because of visa issues and the financial difficulties involved, we couldn't make it happen in time.

That is why I cried. Not because of the result. Not because of the saves. But because the people who helped me reach this stage could not be there to share it with me.

Every save I made tonight was for my grandparents. Every minute I played was for my mother.

Football gives you beautiful moments, but sometimes those moments also remind you of the people you miss the most.

And as I stood there after the game, I wasn't thinking about being a hero. I was thinking about how much I wished my family could have been there to see it.”

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🇨🇻💙 The moment Vozinho realises his performance against Spain has earned him over 1.5 million new followers online. Pure and wholesome.

[Sebastian Hassett @sebth]

France is the only European nation to have defeated Australia at a World Cup in the past decade.

The Socceroos have beaten Turkey (2026) & Denmark (2022) in that time, also drawing the Danes (2018).

Six straight World Cups.

Perennially written off globally.
Maybe not anymore.

[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

Still thinking about that Pat Beach fingertip save 🤯🧤

#Socceroos #FIFAWorldCup

[Guilherme Azevedo @guiazevedo31]

É a Copa mais bizarra da história. Ou pelo menos da era moderna, com certeza.

Nem na ditadura catari foi feito isso. Nem na Rússia de Putin.

Mas vai ter gente querendo justificar o injustificável, passando pano. Só porque é nos Estados Unidos.

Fifa rendida ao dinheiro.

[ᜰ 🇦🇷 @markklfc]

Luis Figo on Vozinha’s performance against Spain national football team:

🗣️ “If you watched that match, you cannot talk about a normal goalkeeper performance. Vozinha didn’t just make saves he changed the entire game.

Spain could easily have been 3 or 4 goals up. I’m talking about clear chances, not half chances. But every time they thought it was in, he produced something unbelievable.

At this level, when a team like Spain gets that many opportunities and still doesn’t score, you have to look at the goalkeeper first and he was outstanding.

What impressed me most was his confidence. It felt like nothing was getting past him. The more Spain attacked, the stronger he became.

People will talk about Spain missing chances, but the truth is simple: Vozinha stopped a game that should have been decided early.

That is a performance that wins you respect from everyone in football.”

[Invictos @InvictosSomos]

Ufff, miren nada más lo que es esta secuencia. En cuanto se escuchó el silbatazo final del partido entre España y Cabo Verde, Vozinha NO pudo contener las lágrimas. Todos sus compañeros fueron a abrazarlo después de su IMPERIAL ACTUACIÓN y él simplemente no pudo contener la emoción. Debutó en la Copa del Mundo a sus 40 años de edad y siendo portero en la Segunda División de Portugal. Y así, contra todo pronóstico, logró ser el MVP ABSOLUTO en un partido mundialista en el que enfrentó a talentos como Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Nico Williams, Mikel Oyarzabal y Ferran Torres. El fútbol es el deporte más hermoso del planeta por historias como ésta. HONOR ETERNO PARA VOZINHA.

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

Disgraceful.

Players have worked their whole lives for this moment.

And loved ones denied the chance to be there.

People who’ve raised them, supported them, been an indispensable part of their personal journey to this moment at the pinnacle of world sport.

It’s not football.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: Cape Verde’s Vozinha says U.S. visa issues stopped his mother from witnessing his World Cup heroics in person. The 40-year-old goalkeeper was visibly emotional on the pitch after the game. https://t.co/754zUIylGZ

[Juan Arango @JuanG_Arango]

Achraf Hakimi basically told FIFA to fuck off. He'll answer questions in whatever language he wants.

[Bilim Dünyası @dunyasalbilim]

Çinde iki ögretmen, statik elektriği eğlenceli şekilde ögretiyor.

[Misinformation Fact Checker. @MisinfoFact]

I see Pauline Hanson has not congratulated the Socceroos on their 2-0 victory over Türkiye, or player of the match Nestory Irankunda. Not very patriotic, and certainly not prime minister material.

#Socceroos #FIFAWorldCup

[Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) @Malachians]

Hairs on the back of my neck. Absolutely incredible

[friendlyjordies @friendlyjordies]

My "far left" views have been picked up by the One Nation crowd... Nice try with your AI slop

[K @I_am_da_BOM]

The greatest beaches in Australia #Socceroos

[Rick @colonelhogans]

Cheer this young man while he’s scoring goals for Australia.

Blame him for high house prices and crime when he walks down the street.

The sheer fucking racist hypocrisy of white Australia and One Nation.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong:

“I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines.

We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem.

Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico?

Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed?

The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others.

Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible.

Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish.

If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.”

“FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”

[ᜰ 🇦🇷 @markklfc]

Roy Keane on Turkey losing 2-0 to Australia national soccer team in their World Cup opener:

🗣️ “I don't want to hear excuses. Before the match, everyone was talking about Turkey as if the three points were already in the bag. Well, football doesn't care about predictions.

Australia looked like a team playing for their lives. Turkey looked like a team waiting for something to happen. That's the difference. One side competed, the other side expected.

What annoys me most is the attitude. You can forgive mistakes. You can forgive missed chances. But you cannot forgive a lack of urgency at a World Cup.

Australia won the physical battle, the mental battle, and in key moments they won the football battle too. That's embarrassing if you're Turkey because they were supposed to be the team making the statement tonight.

Some players will look at the tactics, some will blame luck, and some will point fingers elsewhere. Nonsense. Start by looking in the mirror. World Cups are not won by talent alone.

The harsh reality is this: Australia arrived believing they could win. Turkey arrived believing they should win. One mindset creates history. The other creates headlines like this.”