Kike Almiron

Sic transit gloria mundi.
Literatura & Fútbol.

[Lore Cárdenas. @LoreCardenasX]

Un psiquiatra de Stanford afirma que la ansiedad moderna no la provoca el peligro, sino pequeños hábitos diarios que te hacen entrar en pánico.

6 hábitos que están disparando tu ansiedad sin que te des cuenta:

1. Coger el móvil en cuando te sientes incómodo.

[.🇳🇴 @Ndiayee0]

Quand Maradona a infligé à Messi l’échauffement le plus absurde de sa carrière.

[MatchReport @MatchReportH]

🚨🇦🇷🇪🇬 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

[Juez Central @Juezcentral]

Termina el partido y Paraguay está eliminado. Mati Galarza está triste, pero se le alcanza a dibujar una sonrisa en el rostro. Hay orgullo.

Galarza fue muy criticado en River y justo antes del Mundial se supo que el club ya no contaría con él. Tras la goleada sufrida en el debut contra USA, se dijo que Galarza estaba deprimido y que no iba a jugar más. Sus compañeros y Alfaro lo sostuvieron. Y Galarza respondió. Gol contra Turquía y de los mejores contra Alemania y hoy contra Francia.

Hoy en rueda de prensa, Alfaro defendió a su pupilo: "Dicen que no puede jugar en River... ahh, pero puede jugar contra Francia y contra Alemania. Galarza puede jugar en cualquier equipo del mundo."

A las críticas y momentos difíciles se responde con el apoyo de los tuyos, levantándote y dejando todo lo que tengas. Como Galarza Fonda. Cabeza alta, Matías🫡.

[Boya @bartolomerulli]

El mundial es una payasada:

1: Nos metieron 4 tiempos de 25 minutos, directamente se llevaron puesto el deporte.

2: Una selección no pudo alojarse en el país anfitrión.

3: No dejaron entrar al mejor árbitro de Africa designado por FIFA

4: Le perdonaron una tarjeta roja a un futbolista por un llamado del emperador

5: Se juega en 3 países a la vez

6: No dejaron participar a Rusia por la guerra mientras el país anfitrión invadió 3 países el último año.

7: Todo es timba, están apostando hasta en los conventos.

8: Tocó Maná

[Nuel @LfcNuel]

🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on FIFA overturning Folarin Balogun's red card following Donald Trump's intervention:

"Everyone is acting so shocked today. Everyone is crying about politics and Donald Trump making phone calls to Gianni Infantino to change the rules. But why are we surprised? The integrity of this tournament was thrown in the trash in the very first week.

All this started when FIFA let Lionel Messi escape a clear red card for a studs-up challenge. When you decide that the rules do not apply to the poster boy, you open the door for everyone else. If the referee's monitor can be ignored for Argentina's captain to protect the brand, why can't a suspension be ignored for the United States President?

Folarin Balogun gets a red card, Trump makes a call, and suddenly FIFA finds a magic 'Article 27' to let him play against Belgium. It is a circus. We are no longer watching a World Cup, we are watching a political reality show where the rulebook is just a suggestion based on who you are and who is watching."

[Erling Haaland @Erling]

Worth the 28-year wait! 🇳🇴❤️

[MARCA @marca]

‼️ ¿El último Mundial de Cristiano? Ronaldo es un Bicho... hasta en rueda de prensa

#FIFAWorldCup #Mundial2026

[Adolfo Zableh @azableh]

Solo hay dos formas de ver fútbol: en el estadio, o en la casa solo. Nada de ir a sitios públicos o verlo en grupo en casa de alguien. A lo sumo, verlo con uno o dos amigos igual de futboleros y amargados que uno. Todo lo demás es inaceptable

[Uncle Ade 👑 @Uncle_Ade77]

"We didn't lose to Portugal, we lost to biased refereeing....I have played football all my life and never have I imagined a strand of hair touching the ball could determine if a team stays in the world cup or not"

- Luka Modric

[Gol Garra @ElGolGarracol]

— REPORTERO: “¿Cuál es el mayor aprendizaje de Zlatan Ibrahimovic de este Mundial?”

— ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ: “El fútbol sudamericano sigue siendo el estándar más alto.”

[Diego Marini @diegomarini]

Se hallan los de Palmeiras, los de Lanús, los curepas, los colombianos, se sienten orgullosos los sanlorenzanos y los cuervos, nos hallamos los repolleros, todos los paraguayos. El que dejó Paraguay mira a su hijo nacido lejos y piensa que puede ser el próximo Cubas o Mauricio. Se “toca” bomba en Buenos Aires, se embotella todo el país, cerristas y olimpistas gritan juntos. Todos buscamos vínculos con la selección, con la vieja Albirroja, la que nos hizo llorar tantas veces, la que ayer me salvó del que pudo haber sido hoy, el peor de mis cumpleaños. Pero no es así, aunque extraño a mis afectos más cercanos, estoy feliz. Gracias a la vida. Quiero todo lo que tengo.

[Daniel Schteingart @danyscht]

What a curious country Paraguay is.

Small, landlocked, no major league of its own. And yet football there is both ancient and total: it swallows nearly all the sporting talent, and has for over a century.

The most extreme version of why South America punches so far above its weight.

[SportsCenter @SC_ESPN]

¿Cómo se le patea un penal a Neuer? Cómo Matías Galarza Fonda. Que tranquilidad, por favor... 🔥😎

⚽ #ESPNMundial
📺 Mirá los mejores partidos de la #FIFAWorldCup por ESPN, en el Plan Premium de #DisneyPlus

[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🚨Oliver Kahn on Germany crashing out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeat to Paraguay:

🗣️ “This is a bitter night for German football. When you wear the Germany shirt, you carry the responsibility of generations who built a winning mentality, and tonight that mentality was missing. Paraguay deserved to go through because they showed greater conviction, discipline and courage when it mattered most.”

“I'm disappointed by the way Germany responded under pressure. At this level, talent alone is never enough. You need personality, leadership and players willing to take responsibility in the biggest moments. Too many heads dropped when the game became difficult, and that should never happen in a World Cup knockout match.”

“The coaching staff must also look at themselves. The team lacked clear ideas once the momentum shifted, and the substitutions failed to change the direction of the game. When you compete for the biggest prize in football, every decision has to make a difference.”

“Credit must go to Paraguay. They fought for every ball, defended with incredible commitment and never stopped believing they could eliminate one of the world's biggest football nations. They earned this victory through hard work and togetherness.”

“This defeat has to be a turning point. Germany cannot accept performances like this as normal. Everyone involved,from the players to the coaching staff,must honestly analyse what went wrong and take responsibility. That is the only way to rebuild the standards expected of German football.”

[MatchReport @MatchReportH]

🚨🇵🇾 Zlatan Ibrahimović: “Paraguay Didn’t Make History—They Took It.”

“People love to talk about history, but history doesn’t protect you when the whistle blows. Germany arrived carrying four World Cups, decades of success and a reputation that intimidates almost every opponent. Paraguay didn’t care about any of that. They came to write their own chapter, and now they will be remembered as the first nation ever to eliminate Germany on penalties in a World Cup knockout match. That is not luck—that is courage.”

“Everyone expected Germany to find a way. They had the possession, they had the chances, they even thought they had found the winning goal before VAR took it away. Then came the penalty shootout, where pressure separates men from legends. Paraguay never blinked. They stood there, looked Germany in the eye and refused to surrender. That’s the mentality I respect more than anything.”

“People will spend days debating the VAR decision or the missed penalty, but football doesn’t remember excuses. It remembers winners. Paraguay didn’t ask for sympathy, they didn’t ask anyone to believe in them. They earned everything with discipline, sacrifice and absolute belief. Every tackle, every block, every save and every penalty carried the weight of a nation that refused to accept defeat.”

“I also have to give enormous credit to Orlando Gill. Goalkeepers dream of nights like this. He gave his defenders confidence, frustrated Germany for 120 minutes and then became even bigger in the shootout. Those are performances that change careers forever. The entire back line defended like warriors because they trusted the man behind them.”

“This victory is bigger than reaching the next round. Generations of Paraguayan players will grow up knowing that this team achieved something no other country had ever done. They stood on the biggest stage in football and defeated Germany in a World Cup penalty shootout. That record belongs to Paraguay forever. Nobody can erase it.”

“Germany will recover because great football nations always do. But tonight belongs to Paraguay. They didn’t beat Germany with fear, they beat them with belief. And when a small football nation believes harder than a giant, history changes. That’s exactly what happened tonight.”

#GERPAR

[Luis Bareiro @LuisBareiro]

Lo de Chipi me parece una exageración de lFIFA. Estuvo mal, se calentó y se pasó de la raya (me pasó mil veces), pero reconoció el error y pidió disculpas. Sacarlo de toda la cobertura del mundial es una injusticia, es desconocer sus años como excelente profesional

[Motivaciones Fútbol @MotivacionesF]

Mientras el negocio del fútbol sigue creciendo a pasos agigantados, Telemundo decidió defender algo que cada vez parece más escaso: la esencia del juego. ⚽❤️

Durante la transmisión del partido entre Canadá 🇨🇦 y Bosnia 🇧🇦, uno de sus comentaristas lanzó un mensaje que no pasó desapercibido:

🗣️ “Somos una de las pocas cadenas en el mundo que NO muestra anuncios durante las pausas de hidratación de la Copa Mundial. Preferimos el estilo de la vieja escuela. Deberíamos poder ver lo que hacen los jugadores. Mostramos a los aficionados, a la gente disfrutando, no la dirección corporativa del fútbol”.

En una época donde cada segundo de transmisión parece estar en venta, la cadena estadounidense apuesta por mostrar lo que ocurre dentro y alrededor de la cancha.

[DW Español @dw_espanol]

Paraguay atrae inmigrantes e inversiones en medio de un boom inmobiliario

En busca de una menor carga fiscal o de mejores oportunidades para rentabilizar su capital, miles de inmigrantes de Brasil y Argentina, pero también de Estados Unidos y Europa, están llegando a Paraguay. El país sudamericano registró en el último año un aumento de casi el 60 % en las solicitudes de residencia. El fenómeno coincide con un boom inmobiliario que también ha despertado alertas por estafas y denuncias de lavado de dinero, acusaciones que el Gobierno paraguayo rechaza.

[literland @literlandweb1]

"La felicidad no depende de lo que uno no tiene, sino del buen uso que hace de lo que tiene".
Thomas Hardy
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