🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup:
“People are shocked that Vinícius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place.
Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match.
For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going.
And FIFA’s idea is to shove a microphone in the player’s face and ask, ‘How do you feel?’
How do you think he feels? He’s exhausted.
This is modern football’s biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasn’t even finished and they’re already trying to manufacture headlines.
They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable.
Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. That’s where games are won. That’s where tactics change. That’s where injuries get treated. That’s where leaders speak. It is not a media circus.
And don’t tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package.
Vinícius understood that. He chose football over public relations.
The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, I’d pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money.
If FIFA really had their way, they’d put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation.
Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed.
For once, a player pushed back. And that’s exactly why so many people are angry.”
🚨Fernando Zuqui renueva contrato con la Universidad Católica hasta fin de año.
*️⃣Su vínculo vencía en junio y todo está acordado ya. Será oficial en las próximas horas.
🚨 La FIFA permitirá tandas comerciales dentro las pausas de hidratación durante los partidos del Mundial 2026, según informó @TheAthletic esta mañana.
⚽️ Cada encuentros contará con dos pausas de hidratación (una por tiempo) de tres minutos cada una.
📺 Los canales tendrán la posibilidad de interrumpir la transmisión del partido con una tanda comercial (de hasta 2' 10''), aunque no están obligados a hacerlo.
📺 Las otras opciones habilitan dividir la pantalla para mostrar publicidad (similar a lo que vimos en el Mundial de Clubes 2025), enfocar a los periodistas o simplemente mantener la transmisión oficial del partido.
🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.
Es realmente increible el gol que les anularon porque fue en la bombonera , mientras revisaban asumi que era gol y que 5 minutos despues nos hacian el 2-1
Estoy fascinado con el ritmo de los cánticos de los chilenos. Meten remix, acelere, cambio de ritmo, enganchados, un contador, frases tipo Daddy Yankee. Es la pieza musical de todos los tiempos.
El partido de hoy es muy importante. Para mí el torneo ya está perdido, pero es fundamental para el proyecto futbolístico, meternos de nuevo en Libertadores