🚨🇦🇷🇪🇬 Rio Ferdinand: “Football Needs Fairness, Not Different Rules For Different Teams”
🗣️ “I’ve sat here and watched football for many years, both as a player and as a pundit, and what frustrates supporters the most is inconsistency.
When Argentina go down under a challenge, the whistle seems to come immediately. The officials are quick to spot the foul, quick to stop play and quick to protect them. But when Egypt are on the receiving end of similar incidents, suddenly the game is allowed to continue and everyone is told to move on.
That’s the issue people have tonight. Not the result itself, but the lack of consistency in the decision-making.
Then you look at the build-up to Enzo Fernández’s winning goal. Egypt were screaming for a foul, their players were surrounding the referee, and millions watching expected VAR to at least take a proper look at it. Instead, it felt like everyone in the VAR room had gone to sleep.
What exactly is VAR there for if not to review the biggest moments in the biggest matches?
If that incident happened against Argentina at the other end of the pitch, do you honestly believe it wouldn’t have been checked? I find that very difficult to believe. We’ve seen much softer incidents reviewed throughout this tournament.
That’s where the frustration comes from. Fans just want the same standard applied to every team.
And let’s talk about the disciplinary side of the game. Argentina seem to get away with an awful lot. There are challenges that would normally bring yellow cards, yet the referee appears reluctant to reach for his pocket. It’s almost as if officials are afraid of making decisions that might upset Argentina.
When you look at some of Argentina’s matches in this tournament, there have been several moments where opponents felt hard done by. One incident can be debated, two incidents can be debated, but eventually people start noticing a pattern.
Football cannot afford that perception. The integrity of the game depends on supporters believing that every nation is treated equally.
Whether you’re Argentina, Egypt, Brazil, France or anyone else, the laws of the game should not change depending on the badge on your shirt.
The officials tonight had a responsibility to be fair, balanced and brave. Instead, they have left millions of people questioning why some decisions are given so easily for one side while similar incidents involving the other side are ignored.
Football deserves better than that. The players deserve better than that. And the fans certainly deserve better than that.”
#ARGEGY
Cortemos con la hipocresía. A este fenómeno le gritaron, pegaron, y prepotearon todo el partido. Ojo, es válido
Igual de válido que, cuando te hace un gol y te gana el partido, te la devuelva con la misma moneda a su manera
Domó Mbappé, le duela a quien le duela
🚨🚨 Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill offered to shake his hand but Kylian Mbappé completely IGNORED him. ❌
Mbappé spent the final minutes laughing at the attempts of the Paraguay players to antagonise him, reports @SkySportsNews.
⛔️🇩🇪 El momento en el que Kimmich pregunta quién quiere patear y GORETZKA SE NEGÓ.
⚠️ Anton, Brown y Thiaw TAMPOCO QUISIERON PATEAR.
Se tuvo que hacer cargo Jonathan Tah que NUNCA había PATEADO UN PENAL. 😳
[@iMiaSanMia]
➤ En la mañana, partidazo entre Brasil y Japón.
➤ En la tarde, hazaña histórica de Paraguay eliminando a Alemania en penales.
➤ En la noche, Marruecos eliminando a Holanda con un gol sobre la hora para forzar el tiempo extra y los penales.
🚨 Lothar Matthäus on Germany crashing out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeat to Paraguay:
🗣️ “I am absolutely furious. This is not the Germany I know, and it’s certainly not the Germany I fought for. To be eliminated from the World Cup like this is unacceptable. Every player, every coach and every person involved with this team has to look in the mirror after tonight because this performance was nowhere near the standards expected of Germany.”
“You cannot wear the Germany shirt and play with so little urgency, so little aggression and so little belief. Paraguay fought for every ball like their lives depended on it, while Germany looked nervous, passive and completely out of ideas when the pressure arrived. We had enough quality to win this match, but football isn’t won by talent alone. It’s won by character, mentality and the willingness to suffer for your country.”
“I don’t want to hear excuses about bad luck, referees or penalties. Champions don’t hide behind excuses—they take responsibility. This defeat should hurt for a very long time because it was completely avoidable. Germany have let an entire nation down tonight. Credit to Paraguay, they deserved every second of this victory because they showed courage, discipline and heart. Germany forgot what it truly means to fight for this badge, and for me, that is the most painful part of all.”
{@SkyNews }
Joshua Kimmich: "It feels terrible. We didn't play well against any of our opponents. We struggled badly in all three matches against teams that aren't world-class. That's a fact. We deserved to be eliminated." [@berger_pj]
Se pueden retirar del fútbol, pero el fútbol nunca se retirará de ellos.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic y Thierry Henry divirtiéndose mientras trabajan como analistas.
Cuánta gloria 🇸🇪😮💨🇫🇷