🚨 Lionel Scaloni: “Was the refereeing unfair? No, no. We lost because they were the better team. We have to acknowledge that they played better.
"We probably arrived at the final running on empty, that’s the reality.
"But sometimes it’s good to recognize that they were better, and I think doing so will make us better.”
تتصدى حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الكويتية لهجمات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة معادية ، إثر العدوان الإيراني الاثم.
تنوه رئاسة الأركان العامة للجيش أن أصوات الانفجارات إن سمعت فهي نتيجة اعتراض منظومات الدفاع الجوي للهجمات المعادية.
يرجى من الجميع التقيد بتعليمات الأمن والسلامة الصادرة عن الجهات المختصة.
#الجيش_الكويتي
Just think about these things for a moment. Was everything really normal?
1. Messi's family did not come to the stadium.
2. Argentina's President was expected to attend but never showed up.
3. Diego Simeone was seen in the stands during almost every Argentina match, yet he was absent from the final.
4. Lautaro Martínez was not even shown on screen for a single minute, let alone given any playing time.
5. Enzo received two yellow cards and was sent off
6. Lisandro Martínez's injury. He is the kind of player who has continued playing even while bleeding in ordinary matches, yet in a World Cup final he got injured without any apparent contact from an opponent.
7. Cristian Romero's injury.
8. Scaloni's strange substitutions.
9. Argentina failed to register a single shot on target in the first 90 minutes. Even after 120 minutes, they managed only two shots on target.
10. Spain completed nearly 800 passes, while Argentina completed fewer than 300. It is difficult to believe.
11. Argentina kept losing possession. Even when they managed to win the ball back, they often gave it straight back to Spain with their very next action. Time after time, they would bring the ball out from their own penalty area, reach midfield, and then immediately surrender possession.
12. Cristian Romero did not shake hands with Trump.
13. As of now, Messi, Julián Álvarez, De Paul, Lautaro Martínez, Enzo Fernández, and Lisandro Martínez have still not returned to Argentina.
14. Finally, Messi was not awarded the Golden Ball. By what statistical measure did Rodri deserve it over Messi?
All things considered, I have to say something happened here, just like what happened in the era of Maradona in 1990.
The Brazilian FIFA president back then simply snatched the World Cup away from Maradona. Maradona cried and said that Havelange (the then FIFA president) had taken the World Cup away from him.
Today, Infantino has perhaps done the exact same thing. Since false narratives like 'Messi, FIFA boy, rigged' were spreading throughout the entire World Cup, maybe they did this so that FIFA's image wouldn't be tarnished and the billion dollar business across Europe wouldn't be ruined.
I don't know what the truth is here, but sooner or later it will come to light. Until then, we wait....
And Ronaldo fans, listen
You guys spread anti-Messi agenda throughout the tournament. We will never forget you guys. Shame on you Loser FC.
❗️Leo Messi gave World Cup match tickets to people who couldn’t afford them, including the family of Cape Verde goalkeeper Josimar Vozinha. @yanilatorre 🇦🇷❤️🇨🇻
رغم تجرّع مرارة الخسارة أمام منتخب إسباني مكتمل، أظهر تفوقاً و اكتساحاً في كل شبر من الملعب و في كافة الجوانب التكتيكية و البدنية إلا أن التاريخ لا يُكتب بصفحة واحدة، و سقوط الملوك لا يعني اندثار العرش.
لقد واجه ميسي منظومة كروية إسبانية جبّارة فّرقت بين الحلم و الواقع، لكن هذا التعثر لا يقلل إطلاقاً من كونه من أفضل من وطأت قدمه الساحرة المستديرة.
إن القيمة الكروية لـ ليونيل ميسي أكبر بكثير من مجرد شوطين أو كبسة زر في تاريخه الممتد؛ عبقريته التي أذهلت العقول لعقود، و لمساته التي تجاوزت حد الخيال تبقى عصية على النسيان أو التشكيك.
لقد انتصرت إسبانيا باستحقاق وبسطت هيبتها، لكن ميسي يظل الأسطورة الخالدة التي تحلّق فوق حسابات الفوز و الخسارة، و الاسم الذي سيبقى مرادفاً لسحر كرة القدم إلى أبد الآبدين.
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi not winning the World Cup Golden Ball:
🗣️: “What else did Messi have to do to win it? I genuinely don’t understand the criteria anymore. If you look back at 2018, Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball without winning the World Cup. So what changed now?
“Messi carried Argentina throughout the tournament, delivered when it mattered most, and was once again the player everyone feared. If that wasn’t enough, then tell me what is.
“It feels like the standards are always different when it comes to Messi. Every other player gets judged one way, but with him, people suddenly move the goalposts. It’s always against Messi.
“I’m happy for Rodri, but from a football perspective, I don’t think anyone had a stronger case than Messi.”