๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ท
๐๏ธ "For one week... I didn't hear football. I heard a podcast."
"Bellingham talked. Terry talked. Joe Cole talked. Tuchel talked. Beckham talked. Kane talked. Rice talked..."
"So I stayed silent... because I wanted to see if their football was as loud as their mouths."
"Then England scored..."
"And after that?"
"They forgot how to play football."
"Ninety minutes of confidence... disappeared after one Argentina attack."
"They said Argentina were just a normal team."
"Funny... because a 'normal team' just sent all of you home."
"They said England had better players."
"Then why did Argentina have the better football?"
"They said Messi was the only reason Argentina were dangerous."
"Exactly... and you still couldn't stop him."
"He didn't even need to score. He created both goals, won the MVP, controlled the game... while England chased shadows."* ๐
"Here's some free advice..."
"๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ... ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ."
"๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐... ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ."
"๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐... ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค. ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ."
๐ฆ "๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ... ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ'๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ."
Sadar gak sih kalau kita punya proyek seni paling nekat di dunia? Nyoman Nuarta butuh waktu 28 tahun buat nyelesaiin patung GWK di Bali, yang tingginya (122 meter) resmi ngalahin Patung Liberty di Amerika (93 meter) ๐ญ
Yang bikin proyek ini di luar nalar tuh logistiknya. Patung seberat 3.000 ton ini gak dibuat langsung di Bali, tapi dicor berupa 754 modul panel tembaga di Bandung.
Jadi, ratusan kepingan raksasa itu diangkut pake truk kontainer jalur darat, nyebrang selat, baru dirakit satu-satu kayak Lego di atas bukit kapur Ungasan.
Karena ukurannya yang segede gaban dan posisinya di tebing pantai, desainnya bahkan harus diuji tiupan angin badai di laboratorium kedirgantaraan Kanada sama Australia dulu biar gak roboh ditiup angin laut. Dedikasi gila hampir 30 tahun yang akhirnya lunas.
A few weeks back, Olise wiped his entire Instagram. Everyone assumed it was a power move amid the Real Madrid links and pressure on Bayern. But the real story hit different.
Olise has a personal photographer, Florence Pernet, who travels with him and captures his matches in her own unique style. He only posts her photos. During the World Cup, U.S. authorities denied her entry. So Olise made a decision: no more professional shots, no 4K glamour, just her work.
Now his feed is filled with screen grabs she takes while watching from home. Heโs deliberately ignoring the high end official photos to spotlight hers.
Thatโs not PR. Thatโs a man who doesnโt forget the people in his corner.
Respect to Olise and to the parents who raised a real one. โค๏ธ
Jรผrgen Klopp on meeting Lionel Messi after his masterclass against Austria and breaking Miroslav Kloseโs World Cup goalscoring record:
๐ฃ๏ธ โIโve just come from the dressing area after watching something I honestly struggle to describe properlyโฆ because what Lionel Messi did tonight against Austria was not just a performance, it felt like history being rewritten while the game was still going on.โ
โWhen you break Miroslav Kloseโs record at a World Cup, you are not just passing a number you are passing years of World Cup history, generations of strikers, and moments that were once considered untouchable. And he has done it in a way that feels almost effortless.โ
โWhat I saw against Austria was a player who never looked like he was chasing a record at all. He was just playing football at the highest level, making the right decisions every single time, and the record simply followed him like it was inevitable.โ
โThe most frightening thing for opponents is that he doesnโt force anything. He doesnโt look desperate to score. He just waits, reads the situation, and when the moment comes, it is already too late.โ
โI met him after the game and you canโt even see pressure on him. No shaking, no emotion like someone who just broke a historic World Cup record. It is almost like for him, this is normal. And that is the most abnormal thing of all.โ
โPeople will talk about Kloseโs record for years, and rightly so, but what Messi has done is take a record that survived generations and make it look like just another step in his career.โ
โAt this level, scoring goals in World Cups is supposed to be the hardest thing in football. But he has turned the hardest thing into something he repeats under pressure like it is routine.โ
โIโve seen many great players, many great strikers, but Iโve never seen someone make history feel this natural while everyone else in the stadium is fully aware they are witnessing something special.โ
โWhen people look back at this night, they will not just say he broke a record. They will say they watched the moment football history quietly changed its owner.โ
Christian Bale on Heath Ledger as the Joker
โHeath Ledger, what a performance, what a pleasure to have gotten to work with him and just to see him and how much he put himself into the Jokerโ
โI was watching it going, yeah, this is absolutely fantasticโ
โWhen Christopher Nolan and I first sat down, we said, do you know what the problem with Batman is? The villains are always more interestingโ
โSo Batman actually, he's very close to being a villain himself. So let's never let him become dull by comparisonโ
โUnfortunately I was sitting there going, I'm feeling a little bit dull in comparison cause Heath is just like crushing this but I'm so proud of that filmโ
โI love it. The Dark Knight is absolutely extraordinary and it was such a pleasure to have gotten to work with Heathโ
Scaloni started tearing up and got emotional after Messi was subbed off and the crowd was applauding him, look at his reaction after Messi hugs him ๐ฅนโค๏ธ