Lamine Yamal grew up the son of a Moroccan house painter and an Equatorial Guinean waitress, in a neighborhood where he was taunted as a kid and where his own father was later stabbed. Nico Williams is the son of two Ghanaians who crossed the Sahara on foot, his mother pregnant, and entered Spain as asylum seekers. Today they won the World Cup in the same arena attended by men who've built careers keeping people like their parents out.
"Gordon, f*** you!". 😂
“I'd just run their full-back down the line, so it was a bit of a compliment from him. He seemed like a funny guy. There was a lot of tension in the game, so I quite liked it.”
- Anthony Gordon on Javier Aguirre. 🏴🏆
The video BBC made to remember what was one of the greatest matches in World Cup HISTORY.
Mexico vs. England.
An ALL-TIMER at the Estadio Azteca. 🏆🏴🇲🇽 https://t.co/aAsFM9gScf
Seeing a black immigrant devote his life to the Mexico national team and then proceed to the show the world that he’s an absolute DEMON was so special to me man. Quiñones you’re my fucking hero man 😭
That little boy was in tears, yet he was still consoling his father. This might be the most emotional moment I’ve ever seen in football🥹❤️❤️
https://t.co/uS6md7MAcm
Le mataron al abuelo en plena guerra de los Balcanes y aprendió a jugar al fútbol en el campo de refugiados. Siempre me llamaron la atención sus ojitos asustados, como si el horror pudiera quedarse congelado en tu cara para siempre.