🚨🗣️ Harry Kane: "I just hope Argentina doesn't get favored by the referees in this match like they did previously. If that doesn't happen, we can beat them easily."
🚨Lisandro Martínez on the greatest player between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi:
🗣️ “People expect me to say Lionel Messi because of everything we’ve shared with Argentina, and I’ll always be grateful to him. Leo is more than a teammate to me. He’s a leader, a friend and someone who has always looked after everyone in the dressing room. Playing alongside him has been one of the greatest honours of my career.
But if you’re asking me to choose the greatest player, my answer is Cristiano Ronaldo.
I played with Cristiano at Manchester United and I saw something that television can never fully capture. His obsession with improving every single day is unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed. First in training, last to leave, always demanding more from himself and everyone around him.
People talk about talent, but Cristiano built his legacy on discipline, mentality and consistency. To dominate football for so many years in different leagues, with different teammates and under different managers takes something extraordinary.
Messi is a genius. He sees football in a way very few players ever will. But Cristiano showed the world that with relentless work, sacrifice and belief, you can reach the very top and stay there for almost two decades.
So for me, Messi will always be my captain, my friend and someone I admire deeply. But if I have to choose one, I’m choosing Cristiano Ronaldo because of what I’ve seen with my own eyes every single day. His mentality is second to none.”
🗣️ Charles De Ketelaere:
“Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player of all time. He’s my idol, and I grew up watching him in Belgium. I wish he had ended his career with a World Cup, but not winning one doesn’t take anything away from what he has achieved. He’s my one true inspiration.”
🚨 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.
🚨 🎙️Ronaldo Nazário on the controversial refereeing in Argentina vs Egypt;
Interviewer: Ronaldo, what did you make of that dramatic comeback by Argentina today?
Ronaldo Nazário: Look, Argentina are a very strong team with real champions’ mentality. To come back from 2-0 down like that shows quality and character — no doubt about it. But if we’re being honest, the refereeing had a big influence on how this game unfolded.
If it was a different team playing against Egypt today, ask yourself if those decisions could have been different. Be honest with yourself and that’s all you need to know.
Let’s go through them one by one. First, Egypt score on the counter — Zico finishes it brilliantly after Salah��s work. They celebrate, the momentum is with them, and then VAR steps in and disallows it for a so-called foul in the build-up. A soft little challenge on Martínez, nothing clear and obvious. In most games, that goal stands. Tonight it didn’t.
Then the penalty awarded to Argentina. Marginal contact at best. You see those incidents week in, week out and they’re waved away. Here it was given. Messi missed it, okay, but the decision itself shifted the psychological balance when Egypt were in control.
And it wasn’t just those two. Throughout the match, the consistency wasn’t there — fouls called one way, advantage not played at key moments, little things that add up. Egypt were fighting for something historic. They went 2-0 up with real quality and heart. With fair, consistent officiating, this match could easily have gone either way — and without all the controversy afterwards.
Argentina showed they can win ugly, but football deserves better. The big calls shouldn’t feel like they’re protecting one side. Respect to Egypt — they played a great game and pushed the champions all the way.
Interviewer: Strong words…
Ronaldo Nazário: I say what I see. That’s it.
DECLARAÇÕES FORTES!
O técnico do Egito, Hossam Hassan, fez duras críticas.
“Vou dizer o que penso independentemente das consequências. Esta foi claramente uma partida manipulada e o mundo inteiro viu isso.”
“E quero dizer mais uma coisa: se eles querem tanto que a Argentina vença, por que chamam todo mundo para vir e participar?”