Candace Bowen

Winners never quit and quitters never win

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

🇪🇸 Mikel Merino vs Portugal:

⚽ 1 goal
🎯 1 shot
⚠️ 1 touch in the opposition box
📈 100% pass accuracy
👣 8 touches
⏱️ 6 minutes played

Impact.

[B/R Football @brfootball]

31'—Malik Tillman scores another free kick
33'—De Ketelaere gets his second

What a game 🍿

[UF @UtdFaithfuls]

Wait, Tchouaméni earns £200k weekly at Real Madrid?

I agree we have to try and make him take a pay cut, but at 26, this will likely be his last big contract so anything near £200k shouldn't be a problem for us, also considering his experience.

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🥹🙏 We need to give a special mention to Elliot Anderson for his performances at this World Cup for England. Just before the tournament, he lost his biggest fan, his mum. She sadly passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 59.

Elliot was asked after the Mexico match if if this win was an emotional one given all he has had to deal with this year:

🗣️ “It is. It is. There’s a lot of stuff going on in my mind and I think my escape is just getting on the pitch. It frees my mind and hopefully we can keep continuing this.

“She would have been here celebrating with my family and singing along with the songs at the end. So, yeah, proud.” ❤️

Stay strong Elliot, you've been an absolute monster for your nation this tournament, your mum would be super proud of you. 💪

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

Racism has no place in football. It’s a disgrace that one of our players has to go through this.

There is no excuse for abuse or discrimination, on or off the pitch. Football should unite people, not divide them. We stand against racism in all its forms.

We are with you, @KMbappe. ❤️✊🏿

[FC Barcelona @FCBarcelona]

ONE WEEK TO GO 🔜
Back to work in 7 days. Let's get started. 💪

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🚨🇪🇸 This is incredible. Spain have kept 5 CLEAN SHEETS in 5 matches at the World Cup. 🤯

⚖️ 0-0 draw vs Cape Verde
✅ 4-0 win vs Saudi Arabia
✅ 1-0 win vs Uruguay
✅ 3-0 win vs Austria
✅ 1-0 win vs Portugal

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

Amadou Onana suffered a serious injury against the USA...

After scoring, Romelu Lukaku dedicated his goal to him by holding up his shirt to the crowd 🥹🫶

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Cristiano Ronaldo breaking down in tears as his World Cup career is over 💔🥺

[Madrid Universal @MadridUniversal]

🚨 Thibaut Courtois: "To be honest with you, Senegal are better than the USA. It was proven today."

"In the end, I understand they want to give a lot of publicity to the United States, but today I felt much more certainty that we were going to win than against Senegal."

"The kind of disrespect we received in the last few days, that the United States was going to beat us easily because we're not the same team and all that."

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

Bernardo Silva wasn't happy after Rodri celebrated his big chance missed in the final minutes of the game 😬

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Bukayo Saka has more assists (3) than any other England player at the World Cup so far. 🅰️

[Statman Dave @StatmanDave]

Jude Bellingham’s first half vs. Mexico by numbers:

89% pass accuracy
7 duels contested
5 duels won
3 defensive contributions
2 fouls won
2 shots
2 shots on target
2 goals

On another planet. 🙌🙌🙌

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

England's Jordan Henderson has been taken to hospital with a wrist injury suffered during Mexico World Cup celebrations.

[Premier League @premierleague]

Gabriel 🆚 Erling Haaland

We’ve seen this before…

[BarçaTimes @BarcaTimes]

🚨🎙️| Cristiano: "Lamine? He has a very bright future. I haven't watched Spain's matches, just a little against Cape Verde. He's doing really well, he has a bright future." ❤️

[Squawka @Squawka]

Only three players have been named in six men's World Cup squads:

◉ Lionel Messi
◉ Cristiano Ronaldo
◉ Guillermo Ochoa

Happy retirement, Memo. 💚

[Barça Universal @BarcaUniversal]

🚨 DID YOU KNOW: 14 La Masia graduates went to the World Cup this summer.

Lamine Yamal — Spain
Leo Messi — Argentina
Pau Cubarsí — Spain
Gavi — Spain
Dani Olmo — Spain
Eric García — Spain
Marc Cucurella — Spain
Alejandro Grimaldo — Spain
Víctor Muñoz — Spain
Chadi Riad — Morocco
Ronald Araujo — Uruguay
Toni Sanabria — Paraguay
Takefusa Kubo — Japan
Hamza Abdelkarim — Egypt

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🏅🏅🏅 Three Man of the Match Awards in five World Cup games. Four goals, one assist.

Jude Bellingham. 🤫🔇

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🚨 Jude Bellingham: "I said I wanted to be James Bond, and tonight I was "Specter" the way I sneaked in for the goals? Could've been, yeah, maybe tonight was my first audition." 🤣