"La Francia sta giocando malissimo, non riesce a creare azioni pericolose"
Deschamps rendendosi conto che durante il cooling break ha dato le indicazioni tattiche ai giocatori del Senegal
🚨💣 BREAKING: Carlo Ancelotti will bring CHANGES to his starting XI vs Haiti!
He will choose his #9 with a COIN TOSS.
• Heads means Cunha starts.
• Tails means Thiago starts.
• If it lands VERTICALLY, ENDRICK WILL START. @globosport via @BrasilEdition
It’ll be interesting to see how the big man for Portugal responds tomorrow.
Messi isn’t human. But if anyone can put up a similarly-dominant performance for his nation, it’s the only player who is in that same class— Bruno.
#RealMadrid have shown interest in #Benfica’s centre-back Tomas #Araujo. Josè Mourinho loves him and would like to have him at Madrid after the very brillant experience together at Benfica. #transfers
As brilliant and utterly irrepressible as Lionel Messi is, there have been a few occasions during his illustrious career when opponents — and certainly opposition fans — have suggested that he has received “special treatment” from referees.
What is certain is that, between scoring his first and second goals against Algeria, he got lucky. A challenge on Algeria captain Aissa Mandi, who was caught by Messi on his right calf and Achilles tendon, could have earned at least a yellow card — and plausibly a red card — but Polish referee Szymon Marciniak was content to award a free kick.
It was a strange incident. Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position. To make a lunge like that, with his studs up, seemed incomprehensible, never mind dangerous.
Special treatment? At the very least it was lenient refereeing. A yellow card would perhaps have been the most widely expected outcome — a red card second — but Messi was certainly lucky to get away scot-free.
✍️ @OliverKay
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