SHOCKING. 🚨
Abdul El-Sayed of the Democratic Party has defeated Mike Rogers in the US Senate election in Michigan, becoming the first Muslim to be elected to the Senate.
Congratulations to America. In just a few years, it will have to compete with Europe for the top spot in radical extremism.
US it's Done Broo. 🙌
Barcelona lost Messi in 2021 because they were €1.2 billion in debt and La Liga slashed their wage cap from €347 million to €97 million. The emergency fix was fielding children. Four years later those children won La Liga, and one of them carries a €1 billion release clause.
The cap crisis meant Barcelona couldn't register signings. Academy kids on entry-level wages were the only players they could afford to put on the pitch. So Lamine Yamal debuted at 15 years and 9 months. Pau Cubarsí debuted at 16. Gavi, Pedri, Balde, and Casadó all got minutes a healthy club would never have risked on teenagers.
Then the desperation play turned out to be the best roster strategy in football. Yamal joined at age 7 from CF La Torreta, a local youth club. Transfer fee zero. Barcelona turned down a €250 million bid for him. He made 106 senior appearances before turning 18. Messi made 9.
The cap math makes it even better. Real Madrid operates with a €761 million squad cost limit. Barcelona's is €432 million. They won the league anyway, because half the starting lineup was developed in-house at academy cost.
Messi's final Barcelona contract was worth over €500 million. His replacement cost nothing.
Those 11-year-olds in the video are the next batch. A pipeline that began as a bankruptcy workaround is now the entire plan.
Argentina is doing this with no 1v1 wingers.
Argentina is doing this with two CBs who recently got back from injuries.
Argentina is doing this with two fullbacks who aren't regular starters for their team.
Argentina is doing this with a 39 year old captain.
Talk is cheap.
Messi is a dangerous player. If you watch that first goal again, you’ll notice he deliberately delayed the pass to Enzo until he had drawn every England player to himself. Only then did he release it. My God. It really is true that no one sees the game like he does.
🚨Lautaro Martínez was asked about Lionel Messi’s influence during Argentina’s World Cup semi-final victory over England.
🎙️ Reporter: “Lautaro, can you tell us what Lionel Messi said to you after you came on?”
🗣️ Lautaro Martínez:
“People see the assists, the dribbles and the magic, but they don’t see what Leo does with his words.
When I came onto the pitch, he walked over to me and said, ‘Attack the space between the defenders. Go for the headers. Keep making those runs.’
I tried it the first time and it didn’t work. I looked at him, and instead of telling me to change, he kept giving me signs to keep believing. He knew the opportunity would come.
We were 1–1 with less than five minutes to play. Leo looked at the scoreboard, then looked straight at me and nodded. He didn’t even have to speak. I knew exactly what he wanted. I knew the assignment.
That’s what makes him different. He sees the game before everyone else. He knows where the space will open, and he gives you the confidence to attack it without hesitation.
Playing with him is incredible because he doesn’t only create chances with his feet. He creates belief in every player around him.
At 39 years old, he’s still leading Argentina in the biggest matches, still deciding games and still showing us why he’s the greatest footballer I’ve ever seen.
We’re in another World Cup final because once again, when Argentina needed someone to guide us, Lionel Messi was that man.”
After this World Cup, anyone you see arguing that Ronaldo is better than Messi, don’t waste your time with him. Just understand that he has an iq of a camel.
For YEARS they have been lecturing us about how physical the Premier League is. Only to complain like a bunch of clowns when they actually meet a physical side. Go cry in that corner.
Bellingham this
Kane that
Tuchel this
Proceeds to introduce Dan Burn at 70s and pray for a close out
Can’t even score a goal
Has to rely on a Barça blood Anthony Gordon for any chance
English PR really is great