🚨 Tottenham agree deal to sign Jan Paul van Hecke from Brighton, here we go! 💣
New defender wanted by De Zerbi joining on £52m deal, agreement club to club done after player accepted #THFC conditions last week.
All done and Vuskovic separate case, as @David_Ornstein reports.
I know this might sound harsh, but that was genuinely one of the biggest managerial disasterclasses I've ever seen.
This man called up 4 wingers and 3 strikers, only to bench all of them and start the opening World Cup game with a 5-3-2 that he hadn't used even once during the friendlies. He benched all of his forwards and lined up with 5 defenders and 5 midfielders against Sweden.
It gets worse. He played a defensive full-back who is basically a hybrid CB profile like Kounde for example and he played him as a wing-back, used our backup left-back, who arguably didn't even deserve a call-up, as a left centre-back, and after going 2-0 down by halftime, he didn't make a single substitution until the 72nd minute.
And when the changes finally came, they somehow made even less sense.
He brought on a central midfielder to play wing-back, and a left winger to play on the right, and then took off both of his defensive midfielders for an attacking midfielder and a striker. We literally finished the game with a double pivot made up of two number 10s.
I'm serious when I say this is the kind of squad management you wouldn't even see in FIFA Career Mode.
We've faced teams like England, Belgium, France, and Spain at World Cups before. We've always been underdogs. Yet somehow, our biggest defeat in World Cup history came against Sweden.
That alone should tell you everything you need to know about how badly this game was handled.
I know most of you probably don't care about Tunisia's tactical disasters, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
🚨 S. Korea Squad Boycotts Domestic Media at World Cup
An unprecedented rift has erupted in Guadalajara, forcing the national team into a total media blackout.
• The Incident: Domestic reporters caught on a hot mic mocking Son Heung-min’s military service.
• The Boycott: In solidarity with Son, players are refusing all domestic interviews (including Son & Hwang In-beom).
• The Fallout: KFA issued a severe public warning to its own media, and the Korean press corps chief has resigned.
🔥 The Twist: The hostility has backfired, creating a fierce "siege mentality."
Team morale and unity are at an all-time high as they rally around their captain.
🔗 [https://t.co/WZxVa8j7dk]
Gravaram os repórteres coreanos a sair da sala de conferência, foram os repórteres mexicanos?
Eles não brincam em serviço....isso está melhor que "uma novela mexicana". 😅
💔🇰🇷 ¡LA RELACIÓN ESTÁ COMPLETAMENTE QUEBRADA!
La selección de Corea del Sur decidió romper vínculos con la prensa de su país tras la filtración de un audio en el que varios periodistas se burlaban de su capitán, Heung-min Son.
La respuesta del plantel fue inmediata: silencio total. Tras la victoria ante República Checa 🇨🇿, Son ignoró todas las consultas en zona mixta y la federación canceló las entrevistas individuales que ya estaban programadas.
El conflicto escaló a tal punto que la Federación Coreana tuvo que reprender públicamente a los medios desplazados al Mundial.
Además, el jefe de prensa de la delegación presentó su RENUNCIA, asumiendo la responsabilidad por no haber podido controlar la conducta de los periodistas que acompañaban al equipo.
🚨 La fractura entre la selección y la prensa surcoreana parece estar en su punto más crítico.
Cucurella came out publicly and spoke against how Chelsea was being run. He spoke a lot of what us Chelsea fans were thinking. He went from being booed at the Bridge to being a fan favourite. He is in no way a snake
Good luck in Madrid Marc.