Argentina’s tactics this year is to allow the fans panic, allow the haters get some hope then win in the end.
This is not safe for my mental health but guess what??
INTO THE FUCKING SEMI FINALSSS BABY!! 😭
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović slams Rio Ferdinand's VAR comments
🗣️: "I expect emotional fans to complain after every match, that's football. But I never expected someone with Rio Ferdinand's experience to make a statement as foolish as "I've never seen VAR review a yellow card." This isn't even the first time we've seen it. Amiron was sent off after receiving a second yellow for simulation in this same World Cup. The law didn't suddenly change because Argentina were playing.
What surprises me even more is the obsession. Ronaldo fans don't watch Argentina because they support football, they watch every Argentina match hoping to find someone to blame. They don't celebrate their own team; they spend ninety minutes studying Messi, the referee, VAR, FIFA, and every replay, praying for a controversy. If Argentina win comfortably, they say it's rigged. If Messi scores, it's the referee. If he doesn't score, they still find a conspiracy. They lose more sleep over Messi than some Argentina fans do.
At some point, you have to ask yourself: are you supporting Ronaldo, or are you following Messi's career full-time? Because it looks like Messi has millions of unpaid analysts who never miss a single Argentina game. That's not rivalry anymore, that's obsession.
Football is simple. Sometimes referees get decisions right, sometimes they get them wrong. But when the exact same type of decision happens in another match and nobody cares, then suddenly it's the biggest scandal in football because it benefits Argentina, you've stopped looking for the truth. You're just looking for excuses.
Messi doesn't need people to rewrite the rules for him. His football has spoken for over twenty years. If every Argentina victory forces you to invent another conspiracy, maybe the problem isn't Messi. Maybe it's that you're still struggling to accept what the world has already accepted."
I’m obviously an Argentina hater, but let’s not be silly here. Simulation is a yellow card any day of the week, regardless of whether it happens inside or outside the box. Talk about Embolo being stupid rather than shouting “corruption” again.
Our future grandchildren will try to convince us that whoever is the best player during their lifetime clears Messi but I strongly believe that will never be the case, I think it‘s impossible to reach Messi‘s level and there‘s no shame in that. We‘re lucky to witness him
I’m sorry, but I have no sympathy for Embolo. He let his team down massively, one of the most unnecessary cases of simulation I’ve ever seen.
Doing that already on a yellow, in the VAR era… beyond baffling.
🗣️Granit Xhaka: "we played against the best player in the world and the World champions
We played well but they were the better side. I hope Messi wins the World Cup again”
🚨🎙️ Thierry Henry after Argentina beat Switzerland to qualify for the next round at the World Cup
🗣️ “You can see Messi can’t move the way he always moves. I’m sad, he’s getting old. I don’t think he will play in the next Copa America. He will probably retire after the World Cup. The players are fighting for him, he has already earned their respect, he’s not fighting for their respect like the other guy(Cristiano Ronaldo)
Lionel Scaloni is not a great tactician, but the players respect him. I see them going to penalties against England. England are very bad at controlling the tempo of the game. The only players I love there are Kane, Jude and Reece. Anderson is good too, but I think Enzo will school him. It will be a tough match
I love what FIFA did. They saw the fans complaining about refs supporting Argentina every game. Then FIFA intentionally brought a referee from Cristiano’s country and Messi still won. They are clearly favored by God not FIFA”. 👏