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Playing football is very simple, but what's difficult is to try playing simple football -Johan Cruyff

[Juan Pablo De la Roche @delarochejp]

Ya está el rebranding de todas las selecciones Conmebol clasificadas al Mundial 2026
Ya está el rebranding de todos los campeones del Mundial FIFA clasificados este 2026
Llevo rebranding de 22 selecciones y creo que no alcanzaré a hacer de todos los clasificados 😔

* Solo tengo pequeñas ideas para el de Japón, Bélgica, Bosnia y Herzegovina y Costa de Marfil

[Rezzan Yetiş Yönetci @rezzan_yetis]

2026 Dünya Kupası'na çok az kaldı. Birçok gazete/dergi/platform, turnuvaya özel rehberler hazırladı. En iyilerinden biri yine The Athletic ofisinden çıkmış...

Grup grup incelemeler oldukça detaylı, hepsini toparlayıp çevirdim. Maçlar başlamadan okuyalım, hazırlanalım... 🤓⬇️

[Nuhu Adams @_NuhuAdams]

THERE WILL BE 8 PAIRS OF SIBLINGS AT THE @FIFAWorldCup

🇨🇮 Guéla Doué
🇫🇷 Desiré Doué

🇬🇭 Iñaki Williams
🇪🇸 Nico Williams

🇬🇭 Derrick Luckassen Brobbey
🇳🇱 Brian Brobbey

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Souttar
🇦🇺 Harry Souttar

🇫🇷 Lucas Hernandez
🇫🇷 Théo Hernandez

🇳🇱 Quinten Timber
🇳🇱 Jurriën Timber

🇨🇻 Laros Duarte
🇨🇻 Deroy Duarte

🇨🇼 Leandro Bacuna
🇨🇼 Juninho Bacuna

[Motivaciones Fútbol @MotivacionesF]

¡PFFFFF, AQUÍ SOLTAMOS UNA LÁGRIMA!

Lionel Messi acaba de presentar los botines que usará para disputar el último mundial de su carrera.

Se llaman "El Último Tango", oficialmente son los botines con los que Messi jugará su sexta y última Copa del Mundo. El diseño es un homenaje a la camiseta con la cual debutó Lionel Messi en su primer mundial hace 20 años.

Lo que inició en 2006 con apenas 18 años. Termina este 2026 con casi 39 años. Después de 20 años, el mejor futbolista de todos está listo para disputar el último mundial de toda su carrera. Es el verdadero "Árbitro, no pites el final, que Messi se nos va".

EL ÚLTIMO TANGO Y NOS VAMOS, GOAT.

[Juez Central @Juezcentral]

Esto es espectacular y NO es IA. La selección de Noruega presentó su foto oficial antes del Mundial. Todos disfrazados de vikingos en un ambiente que rememora aquella época.

El fotógrafo David Yarrow contó que a los jugadores les encantó la idea de tomarse la foto así. Alquilaron una playa cerca a Oslo y ahí ambientaron toda la escena vikinga. Estos tipazos ya ganaron. Al menos nuestro corazón 🫀

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

An incredible bit of sports journalism by The Guardian here. A short summary of the playing style of all 48 World Cup nations and a short profile of all 1248 World Cup players. Bookmark and refer to the resources when watching the obscure matches: https://t.co/tdLGq8en0o

[Lucas Prata Fortes (Caju) @lpfortes]

Saiu o EXCELENTE guia de todos os jogadores da Copa do The Guardian. Um parágrafo bonito sobre a história de cada reservinha de Cabo Verde ou Curaçao. Vale salvar nos favoritos pra dimensão do que vem aí.

https://t.co/RgXwlYe3y4

[Nike @Nike]

It was all going to plan until instincts took over…

Rip The Script

[Michael Cox @Zonal_Marking]

This is great and makes a good case that attendance figures are vital. Everything flows from that. Take out Arsenal (huge outlier) the Everton (probably less-than-hoped-for Goodison bounce) and crowds are on the slide. The WSL has wasted a couple of years.
https://t.co/qIwFHjQRWC

[These Football Times @thesefootytimes]

Pick your dream front two: the France ‘98 edition.

It’s the nineties, it’s four-four-two or nothing, and you’re the gaffer.

Which pair are you picking?

[Dapboy⚪🔴 @Dapboy_AFC]

After watching this, every Arsenal fan should apologise to Wenger for saying Wenger out🥹

All the top four finishes, all the moments we sold our big players, it was all because he had to clear the clubs debts. No oil money was there to save us, that is why Chelsea, Man United, Liverpool and Man city left us behind for all these 20+ years.

He crawled so that Arteta could walk.
Tup ur hats off to the professor 🫡🥺

[Kenzy @inHighburyN5]

To set the record straight, when Arsenal won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1994 it 𝗪𝗔𝗦 a UEFA sanctioned competition. It became the UEFA Cup in 2000 and transformed into the 𝗨𝗘𝗙𝗔 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 in 2009.

It was Arsenal’s second European trophy.

But we’ve never called ourselves “𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒“ because that would be stupid.

[Roberto Parrottino @rparrottino]

Mikel Arteta tiene 18 años y llega al París Saint-Germain. Sólo jugó en el Barcelona B. Por delante, se le abre un mundo desconocido. Es enero de 2001. En los primeros seis meses juega apenas 11 partidos. Le cuesta hacer pie. A mediados de año, antes del inicio de la temporada 2001/2002, Gabriel Heinze se suma desde el Valladolid de España al PSG del español Luis Fernández (y también se incorpora un tal Ronaldinho). Heinze –23 años, cuatro mayor que Arteta– lo adopta poco a poco como si fuese un hermano menor. Los une el idioma, sentir el fútbol hasta las vísceras y el rictus serio. El argentino está todo el tiempo a su lado. Y también detrás, porque lo guía en el camino profesional. Arteta se siente inspirado por Heinze. Ya entre 2005 y 2007 coinciden en la Premier League. Heinze en el Manchester United y Arteta en el Everton. Viven a 30 kilómetros. Arteta, soltero, pasa más horas en la casa de Heinze y su esposa Florencia que en la suya. En más de una noche se queda a dormir. Cuando nazca su primer hijo, eligirá el nombre “Gabriel”.

[Roberto Parrottino @rparrottino]

Heinze es más que el especialista defensivo del Arsenal campeón de la Premier y finalista de la Champions. “Insaciable”, según Arteta –quien llamó a su primer hijo Gabriel por él–, ejerce una influencia central. “¡A correr y a darlo todo!”. En @tiempoarg. https://t.co/Bf0IZv9ChC

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

“My relationship with my club began the same way it does for most football fans: before I was old enough to understand what I was getting myself into. When I was nine, my uncle introduced me to a team with a cannon on its shirt, a grizzled captain named Tony Adams, and players like Nwankwo Kanu who had been born in Africa but now lived somewhere else, just like me. Arsenal felt familiar before I even understood why.

“And then there was the manager, a man who I initially thought had been named after the club and then believed that somehow the club must have been named after him. Arsene Wenger may have struggled with his raincoat, but rarely with his orchestra. The football his teams played sang.

“But what was once the nostalgia of the past has become the beauty of the present.

“We won. We are champions of England. And we are just one game away from being crowned champions of Europe too.”

@ZohranKMamdani, mayor of New York City, writes for The Athletic on what Arsenal means to him.

FREE READ 🔗 https://t.co/ge64qWmVuz

[Erling Haaland @ErlingHaaland]

A coach who never stopped teaching. It sounds crazy to say this, but you made greatness feel normal. Even after hat-tricks, wins and trophies, there was always another lesson, another challenge and another level to reach. That mentality changed this club forever and changed me too. The honour of a lifetime to work with the best. Thank you for everything, boss 🙏🏻 🩵

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🥹 Pep Guardiola was left emotional after watching heartfelt video messages from Man City supporters thanking him for everything he has done for the club. 💙

A special bond between a legendary manager and the fans. 🫶

[Alec Cutter @AlecCutter]

Three years ago, I asked a group of friends and colleagues to follow me down an insanely ambitious idea for a documentary series… for the chance that maybe one day, it might end up on Netflix.

I’m indebted to every single one of them as I announce that this collective dream has come true. On June 20th, our documentary series “The Root of the Game” will premiere worldwide on Netflix!

This series is a love letter to Brazilian football, to the favela communities, and to the people whose stories are rarely told—but who are the soul of what this game truly means.

There’s so much more to come (and I promise to be better about posting more 😬!!) - but I wanted to first just say ‘thank you,’ to every single person who has believed in my career and in this project. Thank you to Netflix and specifically Elisa Chalfon, who has believed in this project from the very beginning!

More soon!

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

“I had a great conversation with (former Arsenal defender and academy manager) Per Mertesacker after the final in Baku,” says Arsenal co-chair Josh Kroenke.

“I made a comment about Virgil van Dijk, who had arrived at Liverpool a year or two before. I said, ‘How do we get one of these guys into our system?’”

Mertesacker explained that unless Arsenal were prepared to pay £100million, they shouldn’t even think about the likes of Van Dijk. Undeterred, Kroenke asked the former German international who he considered the best young defender in Europe.

“He turned without hesitation and said, ‘William Saliba.’”

Within a matter of months, Saliba had signed for Arsenal. It would be three years before he made his Premier League debut, and Kroenke admits to fretting over whether the signing would get his opportunity.

“I was sitting over in America laughing, going, ‘Please let this kid work out!’,” he says.

Read @gunnerblog’s full interview with Josh Kroenke for free: https://t.co/Jtkqf1znAO

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Luis Enrique broke with continuity when he took charge of Paris Saint-Germain. He transformed a football club.

It is a rare feat in football. Identities are almost impossible to change once they take shape. A club’s DNA very often cannot be altered. Cultures become immovable. Stereotypes stick. Enrique unstuck them.

@JamesHorncastle on how Enrique became one of, if not the, best football manager in the world.

🔗 https://t.co/psm3QBkl2N