A reminder that Japan put in a performance like that without Mitoma, captain Wataru Endo and Takumi Minamino who all missed the World Cup due to injury.
They are gonna be a tough out 🇯🇵
🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the USA vs Paraguay stoppage for TV commercials:
“I’ve spent my entire life in this beautiful game — as a player at the highest level, as a fan, and now as someone who analyses it every week — and what unfolded during that USA versus Paraguay match left me deeply frustrated. The fourth official standing there on the touchline, arm raised high, instructing the referee to hold the restart… not for any injury, not for tactical reasons, and not even primarily for player hydration in that scorching heat. No. It was because the broadcast team hadn’t finished airing all their commercials. That’s not football. That’s a television show pretending to be a World Cup match.
The beautiful game is being strangled by greed. Players are out there in the heat, ready to restart, momentum building like a storm about to break — and we pause everything so the sponsors can cash in. It’s like stopping a symphony mid-crescendo because the advertisers want their jingle heard. Football didn’t conquer the world by turning into American sports with endless timeouts and ad breaks. We had rhythm, flow, emotion that flowed like a river. Now? It’s dammed up for dollars.
This isn’t about hydration or player welfare anymore — it’s a slippery slope where the soul of the game is sold piece by piece. Fans deserve better. Players deserve better. The referee on that pitch looked like a puppet on strings controlled from some broadcast truck. Enough is enough. We need to protect what made this sport the greatest on Earth before it disappears completely.”
The World Cup should be football’s cathedral. Instead, we’re turning it into a shopping mall with a pitch in the middle.
And here’s the question nobody wants to answer: if the fourth official is waiting for commercials, then who is really running the game? FIFA? The referee? Or the broadcasters?
Because the moment football starts asking advertisers for permission before asking the players, you’ve crossed a line.
The World Cup is supposed to be the showcase of football. Not the showcase of who paid the most for airtime.”
🗣️ Ibrahimović: “You didn’t beat Thierry Henry in a race. Even I’m faster than you!”
🗣️ Speed: “WHAT?? I’m way faster than you. You’ve only got 80 pace on FIFA.”
🗣️ Ibrahimović: “You know what? Maybe you are faster than me, but I think much faster than you.”
🗣️ Speed: “That has nothing to do with speed.”
🗣️ Ibrahimović: “You can’t understand because you don’t understand the game. Titi, explain it to him... I don’t make fast runs, I make intelligent runs.”
Classic Ibra. 😂😂
🚨 Carlo Ancelotti on why Paolo Maldini could never be compared to most modern defenders:
“Today, many defenders think passion means diving into tackles, shouting, and playing with constant aggression. Paolo showed that true greatness comes from control.”
“I remember one Serie A match where a striker spent the entire first half trying to provoke him pushing, talking, looking for reactions. Maldini never responded once.”
“At halftime, I asked Paolo if the striker was annoying him. He looked at me and said: ‘If he is talking this much, it means he already lost focus on the football.’”
“In the second half, Maldini completely dominated him without making the game dirty. That was his mentality. He defeated opponents mentally before he defeated them physically.”
“That is why he was special. He defended with elegance, intelligence, and authority not chaos.”
🚨 The financial power of the Premier League is becoming RIDICULOUS. 💰🌍
Wolves are set to earn almost FIVE TIMES more from getting relegated than Inter Milan will earn for WINNING Serie A this season. 🤯
🔸 Wolves are expected to receive around £120M through Premier League TV revenue and parachute payments after relegation. 💰
🔸 Inter Milan are set to earn around £25M from winning Serie A and domestic TV distributions. 🏆
A relegated Premier League club earning massively more than the champions of Italy says EVERYTHING about the current state of European football finances. 📈
🚨 And now Burnley will earn more than THREE TIMES the amount Inter received for winning Serie A just by getting relegated from the Premier League. 😭💰
European football has completely lost the plot. 🌍
🚨 The financial gap between the Premier League and the rest of Europe is getting ABSURD. 💰🌍
Burnley earned MORE from finishing 19th and getting relegated from the Premier League than Barcelona earned for WINNING La Liga this season. 🤯
🔸 Burnley are set to receive around €160M through Premier League TV revenue and parachute payments after relegation. 💰
🔸 Barcelona are expected to earn around €155M from winning La Liga and domestic TV distributions. 🏆
A relegated Premier League club earning more than the champions of Spain says EVERYTHING about the current state of football finances. 📈
Meet Piotr Zieliński.
The 31-year-old Inter Milan and Poland midfielder has quietly done something remarkable away from football. Using his own money, he bought two buildings, fully renovated them, and turned them into children's homes through a foundation he created called Peter Pan — Piotr being the Polish equivalent of Peter.
The homes provide safety and stability for children from extremely difficult backgrounds, including families affected by alcohol and substance abuse. Both are run and supervised by his own parents, keeping everything personal, hands-on, and grounded in the right values.
When he is not playing for Inter or representing Poland, he visits regularly and spends time with the children in his foundation's care.
And here is the part that matters most. He does not publicise it. No PR campaigns, no constant social media posts. He just shows up, does the work, and gets on with it.
Making Poland a better place, one child at a time.
69'—Sučić ➡️ Çalhanoğlu
86'—Sučić ➡️ Çalhanoğlu
89'—Çalhanoğlu ➡️ Sučić
Inter complete a second-half comeback to beat Como 3-2 and reach the Coppa Italia final 💪