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[grootman @billman_gd]

@Shuuuugaaaaah Bayahlanya bonke! Bamfuzile uCiara shame

[Logan Paul @LoganPaul]

I’ve never been a Soccer fan but WOW I’ve watched most of the tournament and this World Cup has amazed me. Here are some things I’ve realized about the sport:

1.) Soccer is wildly physical. These players push, shove, and beat the shit out of each other & a lot of it goes unnoticed by the refs. You gotta be extremely durable to thrive on the pitch

2.) So much theater. These guys sell being “hurt” better than some of my peers in the WWE

3.) Penalty kicks are fkn insane. PK’s gotta be the most exciting/fucked thing in all of sports. Imagine being a goal keeper?? Soccer goes from team sport to individual sport QUICKLY, probably a mental nightmare for the athletes who lose on behalf of an entire country from a tiny mistake

4.) The referees can completely screw the game, the players, and entire nations with one call. That sucks

5.) This event may be the closest thing to world unity. All eyes on these athletes on the biggest stage in the world. Superstars are made. Careers forever changed

New fan 🙋🏼‍♂️

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

The Egyptian Football Association released a video titled: “The Secret to Victory.”

They openly declare that the key to victory is to begin each match by cursing Christians and Jews.

Before every game, the team gathers to recite Quranic passages describing Christians and Jews as infidels under Allah’s wrath.

Coptic Christians make up 15% of Egypt’s population, yet they are not allowed on the national team.

Now, the Islamic team of Egypt has been eliminated by the ‘infidel’ nation of Argentina. Allah was not on their side.

[Mukudzei Mlambo @mukudzeimlambo_]

You're too kind. He ended it in 2012

[grootman @billman_gd]

@mukudzeimlambo_

[grootman @billman_gd]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Thandubuntu @Solphendukaa]

God DECIDES . Not the crooks at @FIFAcom

Argentina OUT !!! At the hands of an African team . How poetic ! ❤️

[Yannick Bolasie @YannickBolasie]

😂 you defo only started supporting DRC this World Cup….don’t forget who made it cool to run that shirt worldwide in football terms, they were saying they were French before! repped in premier league, terrorised teams playing with only the local players, go to sleep 🤣

[grootman @billman_gd]

The tears we are drinking from Ciara7’s camp? We are well fed 🙌🏽 #Messi

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

5 - Lionel Messi yesterday was the oldest player (38 years, 363 days) on record since 1966 to record 5+ shots (7) and 5+ dribbles (5) in a FIFA World Cup match.

The previous oldest was... Lionel Messi in 2022 against Poland, aged 35.

Vintage.

[CHIMAOBI 🐅 @chimaobi_saint]

Messi accidentally celebrated the goal with TyC Argentina journalist Joaquin Bruno.

Joaquin Bruno: "To this moment, I'm still shaking... Leo came over here to celebrate the second goal, he saw me screaming in celebration, so he came closer and shook my hand... I touched his hands! I honestly can't believe it."

"I need a photo of the celebration. Someone must have taken one, right? I need it."

[Memories like this, money can't buy]

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

@LukeEdwardsTele where did I lie? I said Julián wants to go, as he just confirmed. I said Barça want him and up to Atléti, and that’s the case. Lies? Zero. You did 500 tweets saying Isak was gonna stay… or Trafford going NUFC same day went City. Think about yourself, then you talk about me. 🤗

[Space | ™ @ITKSpace]

Alexis Mac Allister is painting masterpieces across the World Cup stage with every touch of the ball, and with every passing performance he is turning Arne Slot’s treatment of a footballer blessed with such rare brilliance into one of the most humiliating managerial indictments of the modern era.

[grootman @billman_gd]

It’s Sdumo‘s time man 🔥

[Jabulani Macdonald ⚡️ @Jabu_Macdonald]

Etv has released the official promo for Tshedza Pictures’ new telenovela ‘The Four of Us’

The new telenovela officially takes over the 8 pm timeslot from 29 June 2026.

[Sleeper @SleeperHQ]

Tell her Messi still doing it

[Inter Miami News Hub @Intermiamicfhub]

🚨🚨 | Lionel Messi at the FIFA World Cup:

🏅 Most World Cup Tournaments Played (6)
🏅 Most Games Played (26)
🏅 Most Games Started (24)
🏅 Most Games as Captain (19)
🏅 Most Games with a Goal (12)
🏅 Most Games with a Goal AND an Assist (4)
🏅 Most Minutes Played (2314+)
🏅 Joint-Most Games Won (17)
🏅 Most Goal Involvements (24)
🏅 Joint-Most Goals Scored (16)
🏅 Most Goals by an Argentinian (16)
🏅 Most Assists (8)
🏅 Most Goals on Penalty (4)
🏅 Most Opening Goals in World Cups (8)
🏅 Most Goals to Put His Team Ahead (10)
🏅 Most Man of the Match Awards (11)
🏅 Most Dribbles Attempted (188+)
🏅 Most Successful Dribbles (112+)
🏅 Most Shots Attempted (108+)
🏅 Most Shots on Target (49+)
🏅 Most Chances Created (75+)
🏅 Most Big Chances Created (16+)
🏅 Most Key Passes (75+)
🏅 Most Accurate Passes in Opponent’s Half (824+)
🏅 Second-Most Goals From Outside the Box (4)
🏅 Second-Most Touches (1931+)
🏅 Second-Most Duels Won (222+)

🎯 1214+ Passes Attempted
✅ 39+ Accurate Long Balls
🎖️ 74+ Fouls Won
🔄 76+ Balls Recovered
🛡️ 37+ Defensive Actions

🎖️ Most goals for Argentina at the FIFA World Cup (16)

🎖️ Joint all-time top scorer in FIFA World Cup history (16)

🎖️ Most assists for Argentina at the FIFA World Cup (8, tied with Maradona)

🎖️ Only player to score at the World Cup in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s.

🎖️ Only player to assist in 5 different FIFA World Cups.

🎖️ Only player to score AND assist in 4 different FIFA World Cup matches.

🎖️ First player to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball twice (2014 & 2022).

🎖️ First player to score in all 5 rounds of a single FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ First Argentine to score in 5 & 6 different World Cup matches in a single tournament.

🎖️ First Argentine to score in 3 & 4 different knockout matches in a single World Cup.

🎖️ Youngest and oldest player to record a goal and assist in a FIFA World Cup match.

🎖️ Youngest player to play for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ Youngest player to score for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ Youngest player to captain Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ Oldest player to score a FIFA World Cup hat-trick.

🎖️ Oldest player to score 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 World Cup goals.

🎖️ Oldest player to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball.

🎖️ Biggest gap between first and latest FIFA World Cup goal: 20 years.

The most complete World Cup career in football history. 🐐🇦🇷🏆

[Yazz LFC @YazzLFC]

Virgil Van Dijk scoring in a World Cup at 34 years of age.

At this stage of their careers:

• Rio Ferdinand was playing at QPR.
• Nemanja Vidic had already retired.
• John Terry was 31 and had already played his last game for England.

Yet Van Dijk is still captaining club and country, competing at the highest level, and delivering on the biggest stage.

Longevity. Consistency. Leadership.

The greatest centre-back of his generation isn't a debate anymore.

It's Virgil Van Dijk 🐐

[grootman @billman_gd]

Slot made all these hitters look below average

[Squawka @Squawka]

Most Goals + Assists at the #FIFAWorldCup so far by club:

◉ 7 - Liverpool
◉ 4 - Arsenal
◉ 3 - Bayern
◉ 3 - Stuttgart
◉ 2 - Real Madrid
◉ 2 - Dortmund
◉ 2 - Monaco
◉ 2 - Brighton
◉ 2 - Frankfurt
◉ 2 - Feyenoord

Alexander Isak extends Liverpool's lead. 🇸🇪

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

No player has more direct goal contributions than Alexander Isak ( 3 - 1G + 2A) at the World Cup so far. 🔥

[Out of Context Football Manager @nocontextfm1]

Me preparing to watch:

- 20:00 - Qatar vs Switzerland
- 23:00 - Brazil vs Morocco
- 02:00 - Haiti vs Scotland
- 05:00 - Australia vs Türkiye

And falling asleep at HT of the Brazil game