Roy Keane on The referee disallowing Egypt’s goal after a VAR review:
🗣️ “I don’t agree with that decision at all. That’s a World Cup knockout game, and you’ve just wiped out a massive goal for something that, in my opinion, doesn’t justify overturning it. Football is becoming obsessed with finding reasons to disallow goals instead of rewarding attacking play.”
“The referee has made himself the biggest talking point of the match. If you’re going to cancel a goal in a moment this big, it has to be absolutely obvious. For me, that wasn’t clear enough. The players have done their job, and now they’re paying the price for another controversial VAR intervention.”
“This is exactly why fans get frustrated with VAR. Instead of talking about Egypt’s brilliant finish, everyone is debating the officials. Decisions like this can change the entire course of a World Cup, and if they’ve got this one wrong, it’s a decision that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.”
Ahead of today's game, Egypt coach Hossam Hassan appealed to the world to "let the Palestinian people live." Israel responds by killing the head of public relations for the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza:
I'm crying with Egyptians right now because they're leaving this World Cup with their heads held high, as they absolutely should. They were the better team for large stretches of that game, barring the final ten minutes, where decisions once again swung unfairly against them.
I'm crying with the rest of Africa too. Because the pattern is impossible to ignore. Fouls overlooked. Officiating one-sided. And a growing frustration that African teams are consistently on the wrong end of these moments.
At this point, it's no longer a coincidence, it's a pattern. The theory that FIFA want Argentina in the latter stages of the last two World Cups is no longer a conspiracy. It's a conclusion drawn from repeated evidence. There's simply no other way to explain the imbalance.
Gianni Infantino and the rest of FIFA's decision-makers should be ashamed of themselves. Deeply ashamed. Because what we witnessed tonight wasn't football. It was a rigged spectacle. And the world saw it.
Why is Messi crying !?! What the fck are you crying for !? Your cheating Bastard of a country has robbed another Nation a chance of a World Cup.
Not even an ounce of shame.
The United States which has nuclear weapons threatening to use nuclear weapons to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons because having nuclear weapons is dangerous.
The world finally sees the true nature of an Apartheid state that has terrorized, displaced. executed, jailed and tortured millions of Palestinians for decades. Israel won’t stop until States and people force it to stop.
#StopArmingIsrael#NoTradeWithIsrael
Netanyahu's criminal trial resumes on Sun. A region-wide ceasefire, incl in Lebanon, would hasten his jailing.
If the U S. wishes to crater its economy by letting Netanyahu kill diplomacy, that would ultimately be its choice. We think that would be dumb but are prepared for it.