🚨 Roy Keane on Nico Williams disallowed goal against Argentina:
“I’ve just seen the biggest robbery of this World Cup. The ball comes into the box, nobody touches anybody, everyone goes up for it, then one Argentina player starts shouting. The next thing you know, two defenders are on the floor appealing,
Nico Williams has scored, and Emiliano Martinez … who wasn’t even touched… is somehow lying there as well asking for a foul.
The referee blows immediately. No VAR review. No replay. No check to see if there was actually any contact. Just disallowed. Apparently if enough Argentina players fall over at the same time, that’s now considered conclusive evidence.
If we’re being honest, Paredes shouldn’t even still be on the pitch after some of the tackles he’s made today. Yet somehow the only thing the referee managed to spot instantly was an invisible foul.”
🚨Pep Guardiola on Rodri winning the FIFA World Cup Player of the Tournament award.
🎙️ Reporter: “Pep, do you think Rodri deserved to win the Player of the Tournament award?”
🗣️ Pep Guardiola: “One hundred percent. I don’t think there should even be a debate. Rodri was the most complete player at this World Cup. He didn’t just play well in one or two matches—he was outstanding from the first game to the final.
“People always look at the players who score goals, but football is much more than that. Rodri controlled every match he played. He dictated the tempo, protected the defence, recovered possession, started attacks and gave every player around him the confidence to play their football.
“The World Cup final against Argentina showed exactly why he’s so important. Against a team with players like Messi, you need intelligence, discipline and composure in midfield. Rodri had all three. He never panicked, never hid from the ball and always made the right decision under pressure.
“The best players don’t always make the headlines, but they make everyone around them better. That’s what Rodri does. He allows attacking players to express themselves because they know he’s behind them doing the hard work.
“For me, he was Spain’s leader throughout the tournament. Winning the World Cup was a team achievement, but if you ask me who had the biggest influence on Spain lifting that trophy, my answer is Rodri. He fully deserved to be named the Player of the Tournament.”
Pakistan has always had a connection to football, from making World Cup footballs in Sialkot to finally lifting a trophy of its own.
As the world watches the biggest tournament in the game, Pakistan is writing its own football history.
When the perpetrator is a white Christian man and the victim is a brown Sikh woman, funny how all of those details are left out of western media headlines.
Theres an epidemic in Britain thats on the raise, and that’s Far right nationalism/racism and violence.
Black and Brown people, We all need to look out for one another.
Rest in Peace Kirandeep Kaur 🕊️
Yesterday a 14 year old was arrested for plotting to attack 2 mosques in London.
On the weekend, 12 people were arrested in connection with an alleged terror plot against thousands of Muslims in Suffolk at a prayer gathering.
Far-right extremism is out of control in the UK.