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🚨 Rodri’s Bold Message to Argentina: Respect Messi, But Spain Is Ready to Dominate:
🗣️Reporter: Rodri, how prepared is your team for the final against Argentina, especially facing Messi?
🗣️Rodri: We’re in excellent shape we’ve been preparing at the highest level, with great focus and confidence. We’re ready for a tough, high-quality match.
As for Messi… look, he’s a legendary player, one of the greatest of all time, no question. But right now, in this moment, I don’t see him as a threat that keeps me up at night. I’ve won the Ballon d’Or, I’ve won major trophies with club and country, and we’re going into this final determined to lift the World Cup. If we’re talking about what a player has won, we’re coming to match and surpass that.
Facing Argentina is always special, but we’re not scared we’re excited. If it were a prime Ronaldo at his absolute peak, maybe I’d say it carries a different kind of fear because of his explosiveness. But Messi and this Argentina side? We respect them deeply, yet we believe in ourselves more. No need for any special circumstances just football, the best team on the day will win.”
🚨 Top 15 Greatest Players that Never Win the FIFA World Cup:
1. Szoboszlai 🇹🇯
2. George Best 🇬🇧
3. Zico 🇧🇷
4. Michel Platini 🇫🇷
5. Maldini 🇮🇹
6. Neymar Jr 🇧🇷
7. Frank Lampard 🏴
8. karim Benzma 🇫🇷
9. Ronaldinho🇧🇷
10. Steven Gerrard 🏴
11. Cristiano Ronaldo🇵🇹.... love
🚨Jamie Carragher blasts Lionel Messi’s foul on Djed Spence before Lautaro Martínez’s winner for Argentina against England.
🗣️ Jamie Carragher: “I’m sorry, but that’s a disgrace. Messi clearly fouls Djed Spence in the build-up and somehow the referee waves play on. Then VAR checks it and still allows the goal? What is the point of VAR if it can’t overturn something as obvious as that?
“I don’t care that it’s Lionel Messi. I don’t care if he’s the greatest player of all time. The rules have to be the same for everyone. If that’s any other player, people are screaming for a foul.
“This is the inconsistency that drives everyone mad. We’ve seen goals ruled out this season for far less contact, yet in a World Cup semi-final they ignore a clear foul and it leads directly to the winning goal. How do you explain that?
“England have every right to feel furious because that goal should never have counted. The referee got it wrong, VAR got it wrong, and those mistakes have cost England a place in the World Cup final.
“Football fans deserve consistency. Either it’s a foul every single time, or it isn’t. You cannot change the standard because Lionel Messi is involved. That’s not how the game should be officiated.”
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🚨England Manager Thomas Tuchel on Jude Bellingham’s approach to Messi:
🎙️Reporter: “Thomas, what did you make of Jude Bellingham’s approach to Messi during the match?”
🗣️Thomas Tuchel: “I told Jude afterwards that this wasn’t smart. You can’t challenge Messi in that provocative way. You can’t wake the beast in him and expect nothing to happen. The moment you give him that extra motivation, he’ll punish you. That’s exactly what we saw. Against players like Messi, sometimes the smartest thing you can do is stay disciplined and not give them a reason to raise their level.”