🚨 Peter Schmeichel on Senne Lammens:
🗣️ Reporter:
“I think Lammens should’ve done better there.”
🗣️ Schmeichel:
“Football doesn’t work like that. People judged one moment. I looked at everything before it. Senne hadn’t played a single minute in this World Cup. Then all of a sudden he’s facing Spain in a knockout game after Courtois goes off injured.
Goalkeepers also need rhythm. They need confidence. I didn’t see a goalkeeper who wasn’t good enough. I saw one who was asked to replace the best goalkeeper in the world in Belgium’s biggest game of the World Cup after spending the entire tournament on the bench.”
Group stage is the best stage. The tournament is young, summer is young. You’re inundated with an endless marathon of games. All the teams, including yours, are in so anything can happen. Once you get to the quarters you’re reminded that it will all be over soon and you’ll die
In 2026, I cannot believe we are being asked to respond to the suggestion that the descendants of the enslaved should pay for the machinery that oppressed them.
The Caribbean does not owe Britain for slavery, for colonial extraction, or for laws that treated African people as chattel. We are not asking for charity. We are asking for justice, and history itself has already told the truth.
Those who wish to speak on this matter should first take the time to read enough history to understand it. The Caribbean will not be used as a prop for anyone’s politics. We know who we are, we know what was done, and we will continue to speak for repair with clarity and dignity.
You’re mature when you learn that confrontation isn’t always necessary. Sometimes you just observe people’s behavior, accept what they keep showing you, and set boundaries without making an announcement.