🚨Kylian Mbappé share message Cristiano Ronaldo sent him after France booked their place in the World Cup Semi-finals.
🗣️The first message I received after the match was from Cristiano Ronaldo.
He wrote: 'Congratulations, Kylian. Missing a penalty and still finding the strength to score is what champions do. The greatest players are not remembered because they never failed they're remembered because they always responded. Keep believing. France needs your leadership. Good luck for the rest of the tournament.'
🗣️Receiving that message meant more to me than people can imagine. Growing up, Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't just my favourite player he was my idol. To me, he was like a god. I spent countless hours watching his matches, studying every movement, every goal, every celebration and every sacrifice he made to become the greatest.
🗣️A huge part of the footballer I am today comes from everything I learned by watching Cristiano. His mentality taught me that talent alone is never enough hard work, discipline and resilience are what create legends.
🗣️To receive words of encouragement from the man who inspired my dream is something I'll carry with me forever.
🚨 VAN GAAL 🇳🇱: "They laughed at me three years ago, but look NOW, it's happening again. I get that FIFA wants Messi to advance for marketing, but football is for EVERYONE, not just one player. Let's not forget, the same player got a free Club World Cup invite for no reason.”
🗣️ Kylian Mbappé:
“Ronaldo not winning the World Cup doesn’t make him any less of a player. He has achieved great things in football; he has basically won every other major trophy and individual award available. Not winning the World Cup doesn’t make his career questionable he was simply unlucky.
I have learnt a lot from him. He has helped me greatly, and he still checks up on me. He is the greatest of all time, with or without a World Cup. If you ask me, I just want to keep watching him play; I don’t want him to retire, but that’s his personal decision to make. He will always be my inspiration.”
🚨🎙️Sergio Ramos 🔴
"To be honest, I don't really care about this World Cup anymore. It doesn't feel like a real World Cup to me. Football should be decided by the players on the pitch, not by inconsistent officiating and endless controversy. Every match seems to bring more questionable decisions, and that's taking the joy away from the game.
The biggest concern isn't money—it's the growing belief that poor officiating and the lack of accountability are damaging the tournament. When fans around the world keep asking the same questions after every match, football has a serious problem to address. If FIFA wants to protect the integrity of the game, it must ensure fairness, transparency, and consistent refereeing for every team."
🚨Sergio Ramos on the difference between Messi and Ronaldo:
🗣️ “The difference is very clear. When Ronaldo is winning, the world talks about Ronaldo. Even when Messi is winning, the world still talks about Ronaldo.”
🚨🗣 Deco:
"Cristiano won 3 International trophies with Portugal without Corruption. That's really the most impressive Achievement in Football History". ❤️
One thing Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy has taught me is that it's better to lose with honor than to win by deceit. Ronaldo was never handed a World Cup the way Messi was. No matter where life takes me, Cristiano Ronaldo will always be my GOAT. 🐐
🚨Paul Scholes on Mo Salah and Egypt being eliminated by Argentina.
🗣️“This is the greatest robbery in football history I’ve ever witnessed, from the beginning of the game till the end there wasn’t any favorable decision for the Egyptian national team. You don’t have to bring in excuses for such controversial decisions in the end.”
“It’s sad and you can see how emotional and heartbreaking the fans look after the game, it’s not what we expected from the game today. A false penalty and many other decisions that isn’t meant to be taken, we just have to admit the fact that it was rigged and there’s nothing we can do about this.”
“It’s Lionel Messi and we all know why this happened today against the Egyptian team, this wasn’t how football is supposed to be played but they ruin everything with their favorite decisions.”
🚨 Peter Drury Breaks Silence: Questionable Calls, Cancelled Goals & FIFA Favouritism – Has Football Become a Scripted Show?
🗣Peter Drury
“After years spent analyzing football matches and commentating on the game at the highest level, I can honestly say that what we witnessed today between Argentina and Egypt was unlike anything I’ve seen in my entire career.
How that was awarded as a penalty remains a complete mystery. The contact, if any, looked minimal at best, yet the decision stood. It’s becoming harder and harder to watch the sport without feeling that the beautiful game is slowly turning into something of a joke for millions of fans around the world. The officiating has been strangely “clean” almost suspiciously so yet it leaves serious questions about consistency and impartiality.
Then there was Egypt’s goal, ruled out for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Why was it disallowed? In the same match, when Argentina scored their decisive goal, there appeared to be a clear foul in the build-up that neither the referee nor VAR chose to review properly. These are the moments that make supporters feel the outcome is no longer decided purely on the pitch.
There’s a growing narrative out there and it’s hard to ignore that Lionel Messi is being protected as FIFA’s golden boy. With Cristiano Ronaldo no longer part of the international scene, some believe the powers that be are determined to keep Messi’s story alive for as long as possible because his presence still drives massive global interest and viewing figures. Whether that’s true or not, the pattern of decisions in key moments only fuels that conversation.
passion, and the unpredictable nature of who wins on any given day. But when decisions repeatedly go one way, when valid goals are chalked off and questionable ones are given, and when VAR seems to miss obvious incidents, it starts to feel like something else is at play. The game deserves better. Fans deserve transparency, consistency, and the simple belief that the result is earned not influenced.
These are the moments that test our love for the sport. And right now, that love is being stretched thin.“
🚨🗣️New: Mohamed Salah on the controversial officiating decisions in Egypt and Argentina game, Messi and Argentina are being favored:
“People will say Argentina showed the mentality of champions. Fine. But tell me this: when exactly did Egypt get the same protection from the officials?
We scored a second goal. The stadium exploded. The world saw it. Then suddenly VAR became an archaeologist, digging through the ruins of football history to find a foul from another lifetime.
Funny how they could rewind the game Five minutes to cancel our goal, but when I was brought down in the box, everyone suddenly forgot where the replay button was.
That’s what hurts. Not losing. Not Argentina.
The inconsistency.
One decision gets examined under a microscope. Another gets buried under the carpet.
We were told football is decided on the pitch. Tonight it felt like it was decided in a control room.
And let’s talk about those final minutes.
Two penalty appeals. Two moments that could have changed everything. Nothing. No review. No urgency. No explanation.
Then Argentina go down the other end and score the winner.
That isn’t a plot twist. That’s the kind of script that leaves millions of people asking questions.
Egypt fought for every blade of grass. We defended. We believed. We earned our moments.
But every time we climbed the mountain, someone moved the summit.
The disallowed goal.
The ignored penalty shouts.
The cards flying around our bench because people who dedicate their lives to this game couldn’t understand what they were witnessing.
And now we’re expected to smile and say football won?
No.
Football wins when the rules are applied equally.
Football wins when VAR is a shield for fairness, not a sword that appears only when convenient.
Because from where I’m standing, Egypt didn’t just lose 3-2.
Egypt lost a goal, lost two penalty appeals, lost faith in consistency, and eventually lost a place in the quarter-finals.
Maybe Argentina deserved to advance.
Maybe they didn’t.
That’s football.
But what will make people angry isn’t the result.
It’s the feeling that one team was forced to play against eleven men, the clock, and a set of decisions that seemed to change shape whenever the game demanded it.
And that’s why this match will be remembered long after the scoreline is forgotten.”
🚨🗣 Salah on the match officiating:
"The less I say about it, the better. I don't want to end up with a hefty fine from FIFA... but you know what it is." 🇪🇬🇦🇷
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović: "I don't understand how Argentina always gets favoured by FIFA, they clearly disallowed a legal goal of Egypt and they gave Argentina 8 Penalties in the last 12 World Cup games, I don't understand why the other countries are letting it happen".
Incredible Egyptian goal is disallowed because of a foul far away, then same situation a few minutes later and goal for Argentina not disallowed! No VAR, nothing? FIFA again looks like a corrupt joke, playing favorites for stars.
🗣️Xavi Hernández:
“The Portuguese players looked absolutely clueless. How can you have the player with the most headed goals in football history and not put a single quality cross into the box? That’s something no one seems to be talking about.
You have the greatest goalscorer in the history of football, yet there wasn’t a single meaningful through ball played to him. At the same time, your midfield is rated among the best in the world.
Bruno looked lost, and Vitinha was playing it too safe very few risky or forward passes that could create real chances. After a performance like that, the team owes Ronaldo an explanation. They need to have an honest conversation with him after such a disappointing display.”