🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović:
“I’m going to be honest here. Even as someone who loves Messi, this World Cup has looked like a tournament prepared for Argentina to win. When I watch other matches and then watch Argentina’s games, it makes me wonder whether the rules are different for Argentina’s players. They don’t play like a team that came to play football; they play as if it’s a karate competition. Yet despite all of that, the referees don’t give them cards.
I have seen so many challenges that deserved yellow or red cards, but the referees refused to show them. For Argentina’s second goal, Messi stepped on Spence, and VAR didn’t review it. Yet against Egypt, VAR disallowed Egypt’s goal for the exact same reason. The same thing has happened in other matches they have played.
I don’t think it’s fair to say this World Cup has been fair because everything points to the fact that they want Argentina to win so badly. It’s very shameful that FIFA has not looked into all of this.”
🚨 Jude Bellingham on what he said to Lionel Messi during the game:
🗣️: “I went over to Messi and said, ‘I’ve been seeing all the complaints from other countries throughout the tournament… now I’m experiencing it first-hand.’
“Every 50/50 tackle went in their favor, their equalizer was an offside goal, Enzo Fernandes should have been sent off in the first half and it should be concerning to every one of us.
Congratulations to Argentina, now I believe everything the Egyptian players and coach said.”