đ¨đŁď¸New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup:
âPeople are shocked that VinĂcius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place.
Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match.
For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going.
And FIFAâs idea is to shove a microphone in the playerâs face and ask, ���How do you feel?â
How do you think he feels? Heâs exhausted.
This is modern footballâs biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasnât even finished and theyâre already trying to manufacture headlines.
They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable.
Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. Thatâs where games are won. Thatâs where tactics change. Thatâs where injuries get treated. Thatâs where leaders speak. It is not a media circus.
And donât tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package.
VinĂcius understood that. He chose football over public relations.
The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, Iâd pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money.
If FIFA really had their way, theyâd put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation.
Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed.
For once, a player pushed back. And thatâs exactly why so many people are angry.â
For the past year Slot has moaned about how PL teams don't want to play football and always references PSG as an example of a team which plays football "the right way". Now he has the chance to play PSG again and he comes out with a back 5, parks the bus and plays like Tony Pulis
Working families pay more council tax, more income tax, higher energy bills â all from Monday.
The reward goes to households where nobody works.
This is not a government.
Itâs a redistribution machine that punishes effort and subsidises inactivity.
Just remember whilst we are all struggling to pay our bills because of our politicians, they have given themselves a ÂŁ3,300 payrise to help them with the cost of living whilst also claiming expenses & also given 6.2% for people claiming benefits.
Now try telling me they care about the hardworking people of this country who have to get out of bed every morning to pay for all this whilst getting nothing back in return.
You couldnât despise this government enough.
đWayne Rooney says he doesnât understand the criticism of Arsenal and admits he enjoys watching the Gunners.....
đŁ âIâve heard a lot of people talking about Arsenal and the way theyâre playing but I think theyâve been brilliant.
âFootball is played in different ways. Man City have had spells when they were absolutely incredible, the same for my Man United team
But Arsenal have got a good mix, theyâve got different players who score goals, theyâre hard to play against, they keep clean sheets. I actually enjoy watching them play.
âThe set-pieces are part of football â why would you not use it? They put bodies in the box, if teams arenât clever enough or havenât got the players to deal with it, why wouldnât Arsenal continue to do that?
âI would be doing it even more if I was Mikel Arteta. Itâs part of the game and I love it â they donât have to change anything.
âThey maybe havenât scored as many goals from open play as they would like but theyâve made up for it in other ways.
âThe last league title we won, we wasnât great as a team, but nobody is talking about that now. I donât think Arsenal have been as bad as people are saying, I really donât.
âIâm not saying this because I like Arsenal, Iâm saying this because I think the criticism theyâre received is very unfair.��
Insult to British people. 40k is a house deposit for most people and weâre giving it away to make people leave the country who have no right to be here in the first placeđ¤Ł
Guehi on Salah, and Lacroix on Cunha.
The fouls are in basically identical areas of the pitch. The nearest covering defender is in basically the same position for both. Yet one is âdenial of a clear goalscoring opportunityâ and a red card, but the other isnât???