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[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly speaking facts:

"Africans can’t have their people" at the World Cup because of US travel bans.

Every other team gets their fans. But Global South teams like Senegal get blocked while the West lectures everyone about "inclusion" and "human rights".

This is the same empire that bombs, exploits, and restricts — then cries when others resist.

Football should unite people, not separate them with racist visa policies and double standards.

Stand with Koulibaly. Stand with the fans. Stand with the Global South.

No bows. Just raw truth. 💪🏿🇸🇳

[Martien 🇳🇱 @MartienBall]

The way the US is treating World Cup squads is honestly disrespectful.

They let people buy guns at Walmart but treat World Cup squads full of professional, world-famous athletes as if they’re criminal suspects.

I genuinely hope they never get to host an event like this again.

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

"What a load of meaningless virtue-signalling old tripe!"

"Football cannot supersede those challenges!"

Simon Jordan reacts to Gianni Infantino's speech to the Iranian team after their draw with New Zealand.

[The Overlap @WeAreTheOverlap]

"It's a stealth ad break!" 💧

Where do you stand on hydration breaks at the World Cup? 🤔

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

Gabby Agbonlahor responds to news that Iran were forced to leave the USA instantly after World cup opener 🚌

#fifaworldcup

[Harry ⭐️⭐️ @Harry_Green10]

World Cup is great until you come into the office and people who don't know anything about football speak about it

[Mr Melancholy @chakravartiiin]

I wish I could show vozinha to all kids who take their life after one failed exam he literally picked Garbage at 25 then started playing in his late 20s and now at 40 he's delivered his best game at fifa world cup event against one of the most domiant teams.

People would have you believe that your life is over if you don't XYZ thing by a certain age but the truth is that It just takes just one BIG WIN to cancel out all the loses of life but you have to believe, work and live for that WIN.

[Oyindamola🙄 @dammiedammie35]

Iranian fans cr!es out inside the stadium yesterday after their flags were reportedly taken from them by FIFA official 🥹💔🏟️

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

Mauricio Pochettino said that ‘American sports reward losers’ when asked about the style of play in top European nations vs. in the U.S. 😯🇺🇸

QUESTION: “We know how England, France, Spain play… Players from countries with a strong tradition have a recognizable style. What is the style of the US team? What kind of football do the Americans want to play?”

ANSWER: “Their culture is playful. They want to play. We told them, “Guys, playing soccer is one thing, competing is another.” They’re two completely different sports. They grow up in a culture of playing. Why? If you start in MLS and you haven’t won a game in three months and you’re at the bottom, what’s the consequence if there’s no promotion or relegation, no international competition? American sports reward losers! But soccer is different: if you reward those who don’t win… If you don’t have goals, you don’t fight. If I lose, what happens? Nothing. They just fire the coach. Also, the American player is disciplined. But with a sense of complacency that isn’t good in soccer. It took us a year and a half to change that mentality.”

[EL PAIS]

[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🚨Roy Keane on Virgil van Dijk speaking about hydration breaks at the current World Cup:

🗣Roy Keane:

I actually agree with Van Dijk on this.

Look, if players are speaking about something that affects the game, people should listen. But for me, some of these changes in football are getting ridiculous.

We all understand the weather is hot, fine. But football has always been played in different conditions. You don’t keep stopping the game every few minutes for hydration breaks. It kills the rhythm, it kills the intensity, and that’s a big part of football gone.

Let’s be honest, a lot of this doesn’t feel necessary. It feels like the game is being adjusted around everything except the football itself. And now you’ve got constant stoppages, cameras cutting in, adverts everywhere… it all feels a bit over the top.

If Qatar could deal with the heat by actually improving stadium conditions, then surely there are better solutions than breaking up matches every 20 minutes.

At the end of the day, football should be about the game. Not interruptions, not commercials, not stopping every time there’s a chance to squeeze something else in.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong:

“I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines.

We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem.

Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico?

Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed?

The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others.

Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible.

Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish.

If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.”

“FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Fuck FIFA and fuck every TV channel on the planet who shows ads mid-game.

[Martien 🇳🇱 @MartienBall]

This World Cup is already exposing the western hypocrisy.

First there were reports of shootings near the English camp and now their equipment has been stolen.

Yet the same people who made a big deal about Qatar not allowing alcohol in stadiums haven’t said a single word about any of this.

They want to fly halfway across the world and lecture other countries on how to run things, but stay silent when it’s a Western country dealing with serious safety concerns.

Funny how it works, right?

[Sudanalytics @sudanalytics_]

⚠️⛔️ Atención a las palabras de Jürgen Klopp CONTRA LAS PAUSAS DE HIDRATACIÓN:

“ESTO ES EL FÚTBOL SIENDO TOMADO COMO REHÉN POR EJECUTIVOS EN OFICINAS CON AIRE ACONDICIONADO.

Estos supuestos 'descansos por el calor' nos los vendieron como un escudo para el bienestar de los jugadores, una noble espada contra el calor. ¿Pero en realidad? No es más que una jaula dorada construida para patrocinadores.

Cuando vi a los jugadores parados durante un descanso por calor mientras los tiempos de televisión dictaban el ritmo del partido, no pude evitar preguntarme: ¿a quién está sirviendo realmente la Copa del Mundo? ¿A los aficionados?, ¿A los jugadores?, ¿O a los anunciantes?

Un partido de la Copa del Mundo debería fluir como un río. En cambio, estamos construyendo presas en medio de él para que los comerciales puedan pasar. Eso es peligroso para el espíritu del juego. El fútbol alguna vez fue el evento principal, pero ahora corre el riesgo de convertirse en la música de fondo de un espectáculo publicitario.

Nos dicen que estos descansos son por el bienestar de los jugadores, y por supuesto la salud de los jugadores importa. Pero cuando el juego empieza a doblar sus rodillas ante los tiempos de la televisión, la gente va a hacer preguntas. El balón se supone que es la estrella. No un descanso comercial.

La Copa del Mundo es la catedral del fútbol. Sin embargo, a veces da la sensación de que la hemos convertido en un centro comercial donde la caja registradora recibe más respeto que el propio partido.

Si este es el futuro, entonces el fútbol ya no está siendo interrumpido por los anuncios. EL FÚTBOL SE ESTÁ CONVIRTIENDO EN LA INTERRUPCIÓN ENTRE LOS ANUNCIOS”.

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨JUST IN: Jurgen Klopp on cooling breaks:

"Football is being held hostage by executives in air-conditioned offices. These so-called 'cooling breaks' were sold to us as a shield for the players' well-being. It's nothing more than a gilded cage built for sponsors."

[Ioan Grillo @ioangrillo]

That is not crazy. It’s totally predictable unless you have never left the United States.

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

How about we celebrate the great signings without disrespecting the PL champions?

[Wolves @Wolves]

Diogo Jota has been inducted into the Wolves Hall of Fame 💛

It's a tribute that honours both his remarkable achievements for the club and the deep impact his passing has had on the footballing world.

[𝙉𝙚𝙤🌪🇦🇷 @LFC_NE0]

The best decision I ever made in life was to support this beautiful football club.❤️