When Cape Verde started taking control, every major decision suddenly went Argentina’s way.
When Egypt looked ready to go three goals clear, the referee found a reason to wipe one off.
When Switzerland threatened to complete the turnaround, a Swiss player was conveniently sent off.
You can look away all you want, but the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. The favouritism is glaring, and the stench of corruption is everywhere.
🚨 Embolo commits a foul but the Ref wasn't going to show him a Yellow Card But Messi Talks angrily to the Ref and demands a Yellow for Embolo and the Ref Obliges
Switzerland starts dominating the game and as soon as they score
VAR steps in & gives a RED Card to EMBOLO. Shame 😤
Quisieron que fuera reconocido y recordado como el mejor futbolista de todos lo tiempos, pero lograron que el mundo lo repudie y vea en él la corrupción personificada. Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini pasará a la historia como la prueba fehaciente de que la pelota sí se mancha.
🚨 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘: The controversy refuses to die.
• Algeria filed a complaint.
• Egypt filed a complaint.
• The European Parliament is demanding an investigation into the FIFA president.
• Garry Kasparov spoke about the scandal.
• José Mourinho spoke about the scandal.
• Jamie Carragher spoke about the scandal.
• Alan Shearer spoke about the scandal.
• Rio Ferdinand spoke about the scandal.
• Roy Keane spoke about the scandal.
Whether people agree or not, the perception that Argentina have been favored is no longer coming from just one fanbase—it's now part of a much wider debate.
🚨🗣️New: Mohamed Salah on the controversial officiating decisions in Egypt and Argentina game, Messi and Argentina are being favored:
“People will say Argentina showed the mentality of champions. Fine. But tell me this: when exactly did Egypt get the same protection from the officials?
We scored a second goal. The stadium exploded. The world saw it. Then suddenly VAR became an archaeologist, digging through the ruins of football history to find a foul from another lifetime.
Funny how they could rewind the game Five minutes to cancel our goal, but when I was brought down in the box, everyone suddenly forgot where the replay button was.
That’s what hurts. Not losing. Not Argentina.
The inconsistency.
One decision gets examined under a microscope. Another gets buried under the carpet.
We were told football is decided on the pitch. Tonight it felt like it was decided in a control room.
And let’s talk about those final minutes.
Two penalty appeals. Two moments that could have changed everything. Nothing. No review. No urgency. No explanation.
Then Argentina go down the other end and score the winner.
That isn’t a plot twist. That’s the kind of script that leaves millions of people asking questions.
Egypt fought for every blade of grass. We defended. We believed. We earned our moments.
But every time we climbed the mountain, someone moved the summit.
The disallowed goal.
The ignored penalty shouts.
The cards flying around our bench because people who dedicate their lives to this game couldn’t understand what they were witnessing.
And now we’re expected to smile and say football won?
No.
Football wins when the rules are applied equally.
Football wins when VAR is a shield for fairness, not a sword that appears only when convenient.
Because from where I’m standing, Egypt didn’t just lose 3-2.
Egypt lost a goal, lost two penalty appeals, lost faith in consistency, and eventually lost a place in the quarter-finals.
Maybe Argentina deserved to advance.
Maybe they didn’t.
That’s football.
But what will make people angry isn’t the result.
It’s the feeling that one team was forced to play against eleven men, the clock, and a set of decisions that seemed to change shape whenever the game demanded it.
And that’s why this match will be remembered long after the scoreline is forgotten.”
🚨Sir Alex Ferguson on Cristiano Ronaldo:
🗣️ “I hear people saying Cristiano needed to win the World Cup to complete his career. I don’t agree with that. Cristiano Ronaldo has spent more than two decades proving himself on every stage football has to offer. He’s won league titles in different countries, conquered Europe, broken records people thought would stand forever and completely transformed the mentality of the Portuguese national team. Before Cristiano, Portugal hoped to compete. With Cristiano, they expected to win. That’s the difference true greatness makes.
People forget that one tournament doesn’t define a footballer. If it did, we’d have to question the careers of many of the greatest players the game has ever seen. Cristiano doesn’t need a World Cup to validate what he’s has achieved because his legacy was secured a long time ago. The World Cup would simply have been another chapter. The real story is twenty years of relentless professionalism, unmatched ambition, sacrifice and an obsession with improving every single day. That’s what separates him from almost everyone else.
🇵🇹 Portugal had never won a single major trophy in its entire history… until a boy from Madeira, born on the 5th of February 1985, changed everything. When young players ask me what greatness looks like, I don’t point to medals first. I point to commitment. I point to sacrifice. I point to Cristiano Ronaldo. Because that’s what true greatness is.