Marcia Medeiros

Manchester United
🔴 Red Till I Die
🏆 Glory Glory United

[SethOfficial🇵🇹 @UTD_Seth001]

🚨Arsène Wenger on Galarza’s challenge on Kylian Mbappé:

🗣️ “I have watched the incident several times, and I honestly don’t understand how that wasn’t punished more severely. Football is a physical game, yes, but there is a difference between being competitive and making a challenge that puts another player’s safety at risk.

For me, Galarza was never in control of that challenge. There was no real attempt to win the ball cleanly, and when you go into a tackle like that, you accept the risk of seriously hurting your opponent.

In my opinion, it should have been a straight red card. That is exactly why VAR exists—not to create controversy, but to correct obvious mistakes and protect the players.

What worries me is the inconsistency we’ve seen with officiating throughout this World Cup. One match, a similar incident is punished immediately. In another, the referee allows play to continue. Players deserve clarity. Coaches deserve consistency. Supporters deserve confidence that the same rules apply to everyone.

Mbappé was fortunate to continue, but next time another player may not be so lucky. These decisions have consequences, and I believe the officials should have acted much more decisively.”

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

• Is there any specific player you would want to swap shirts with from Portugal?

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Pau Cubarsí: "Cristiano Ronaldo, but surely there will be a queue for him."

"We know all of the history he made, and what he did for football."

"I have never played against him and it will be special to share the pitch with him."

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

❤️‍🩹 Leo Messi: “I cried after the first goal, yes… but it was something completely unrelated to football”.

“I went through some difficult days, but I’m grateful to the entire delegation and my teammates because they were always by my side, giving me a lot of strength”.

[Actu Foot @ActuFoot_]

🚨 Daniel Riolo : « CE QUE FAIT LE MAROC 🇲🇦 DEPUIS QUELQUES ANNÉES EST ADMIRABLE. 👏

Le Maroc 🇲🇦 est devenu UNE NATION PHARE DU FOOTBALL parce que le travail qui a été fait est BON et a été récompensé.

BRAVO À EUX. »

🎙️ @AfterRMC

[BarçaTimes @BarcaTimes]

🚨🎙️| Gavi: "Cristiano holding down his team? I always hear this talk, but it comes from people who aren't inside the national team or from the fans. As for his teammates on the national team, it's certain that they hold him in great respect. And of course, Cristiano is one of the greatest players in football history, and he can make the difference at any moment." 🇪🇸🇵🇹

[Actu Foot @ActuFoot_]

Le football. 🥹

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Deschamps on Desire Doue:

🗣️ Reporter:
“Why did you bring Doue on?”

🗣️ Deschamps:

“Because Paraguay had started defending our football. I needed someone they couldn’t defend. He got the ball. Beat one. Then another. Then another. By the end of it, the only way left to stop him was to foul him. That’s exactly why he came on.”

[All Fútbol MX 🇲🇽 @AllFutbolMX]

Make it happen.

[Simon Forrest @SimonForrest11]

Hope. 🙏💙🕊
We've been back in Scotland for a few days.
On the flight home, what struck me was just how welcoming Americans are. I had reservations before going because of Trump, ICE, Palestine, etc. But what we found was that it didn't matter whether black/white, left/right, rich/poor, all the Americans we met were extremely hospitable & welcoming. (Thank you!🙏)
I think if we could get more common people talking with common people, & get the politicians out of the way, we would have a much better world.
America, the football results didn't go our way, but to paraphrase Casablanca, "We will always have Boston." 😘
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🇺🇸🌎🙏

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🇨🇻🧤 Vozinha: "IT WAS THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. 🤩

"Today, we're leaving a little disappointed, but also proud and with our heads held high.

"We showed the whole world that we have a great team." ❤️

[Sky Sports Football @SkyFootball]

England will play Mexico in World Cup last-16 tie at the Azteca Stadium at 1am UK time on Monday as originally planned .

FIFA were considering bringing the game forward by six hours and were in discussions with the English and Mexican FAs due to forecasted thunderstorms around kick-off 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇽

[Indie LFC @indielfc]

🚨 Wataru Endo is already back at the AXA Training Centre.

While Liverpool's squad isn't due to report for pre-season until July 13, Endo has returned early to impress new head coach Andoni Iraola.

After missing the World Cup through injury and retiring from international football, the Japanese midfielder is wasting no time proving he still has a big role to play at Anfield.

This is the mentality every manager loves to see. ❤️🔴

#LFC

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Didier Deschamps becomes the first head coach to win 10 World Cup knockout ties 🇫🇷

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

In 2022, Morocco made history by becoming the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final.

Now they're one game away from reaching that stage once again 👏

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Leo Messi was handed his MOTM award by former teammate Maxi Rodríguez 🤗

[The Footy Feed @TheFootyFeed]

England reportedly have FIFTEEN hotels booked in Mexico City... 😂

[Ryan Lee @honorablesaint]

I cannot fathom the hate Paraguay is getting. Even if they are irritating and can be floppers and divers.

They beat Germany. They didn't let France, the best attack in the world, score a goal besides questionable pk.

France has 70 million people, tons of academies, tons of money, a recruiting pipeline from African countries that were once French colonies, the Ballon D'or winner, one of the best players in the world in Mbappe, and a team depth that basically only 1 other team can rival.

Yet people are clapping seals for them and ripping on how Paraguay played? A country of 7 million people, a country ranked like 100 in terms of GDP and wealth, ranked 41st in the world via FIFA rankings, and zero stars.

I think only Almiron and Encisco played in the EPL at some point lol. Yet people expect them to go toe to toe with the best team in the world? "But but but anti-football!" They're trying to win. Only people who have never played the game would have the gameplan to play an open game against the best attacking team in the world. Genius.

Well done Paraguay. You guys may have some cheap tactics too, but that's how you take it to the tournament favorites.

Terrible look for France tbh.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Football is everywhere in Mexico City. It’s embedded in this vibrant city, in these people, in the fabric of life here. Its stars’ images adorn billboards on buildings. Its stories dominate conversations about the selection, opposition, ambition and now this epic collision with England at Azteca for a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup co-hosted by Mexico.

Football is on everyone’s lips, and on every street. Racks of Mexico shirts are pushed along the side of the road, blending in with traffic-slowed cars, some of which already have green flags flying from the windows. People go about their work in Mexico shirts as if it’s the office uniform. Two dogs are led through town wearing miniature replica shirts. That’s normal. That’s life here.

A group of triumphant schoolboy footballers, still in full kit, stand on a street corner posing for pictures with their trophy and passing fans in Brazil, Colombia or USA shirts. Yards away, workers erect huge security barriers to prevent fans climbing on bus shelters and monuments for better views of the many public screens showing footage from Azteca.

Football is everywhere from the moment you enter Mexico. In the immigration official who wanted to talk Raul Jimenez’s exit from Fulham. In the bakery with celebratory team cakes adorned with green icing. In the art exhibition with a centre-piece of 10 footballs painted by children. In the waitress in a side-street café promising access to match tickets for a couple of England fans. Not cheap.

Football seeps from the cracks in the pavements, from every pore of this city of chaos and charm. Visitors from US venues are immediately struck by the feeling of moving up a level. “I felt the passion straight away,” Thomas Tuchel said. “As soon as we landed in Mexico City, you feel the energy of the place, you see the people on the side of the street, getting a glimpse of the bus, people in front of the hotel. It makes you feel alive. It makes you sharper. I see the excitement in the players’ eyes.”

And so they should be excited. They get to perform on one of world football's great stages, the Azteca, where Pele and Diego Maradona lifted the World Cup, playing in front of 72,000 fans, all but 8,000 of them imploring Jimenez and the dangerous left-sided Julian Quinones to wreak havoc on England’s uncertain defence. Forget the feared meteorological storm; England face an early whirlwind blowing towards them as Mexico love to start strong, drawing on their bodies' greater connection with the altitude.

England are out of their comfort zone, at altitude, and so far out of their usual time zone that they play a game on a Sunday their fans back home watch on a Monday. They face hosts who have lost only two of 89 competitive internationals at Azteca. It’s all about whether England get tied up emotionally in all the talk of altitude and the Azteca’s reputation as a serial ambush site. Or just focus on the job in hand, beating a decent but not great team ranked below them in the Fifa standings.

“The stadium can create momentum and belief in the home team,” Tuchel added with a strong caveat. “We have very experienced players, who play up against the toughest teams for their clubs. It takes a lot of courage to get a top performance in Azteca stadium, against Mexico, but we have a brave team. You're in such an iconic place. It makes me feel very alive. It brings out the best of myself.”

Tuchel is aware of England’s last visit, 40 years ago, and the Hand of God of Argentina’s Maradona. Different opposition, same venue. “That was just painful, still hurts, but we're not here for revenge. We’re here to write our own chapter and we are ready. We have the spirit, we have the commitment to be together, to compete, to give everything for the nation back home to be proud.” If they raise their defensive game, England have a chance. #ENG #MEXENG #FIFAWorldCup

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Tuchel: “We’re not here for revenge, we’re here to write our own chapter & we are ready”
🚨 Henderson: “It doesn’t get much bigger than playing Mexico at this stadium - no words”
🚨 Tuchel on #England / viagra reports: “That is not true”
@TheAthleticFC
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[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

❤️🇺🇾 While many World Cup stars are greeted by luxury cars when they arrive home, Uruguay's Maximiliano Araújo's ride was a little different.

His family turned up to collect him from Carrasco Airport in their pickup truck. 🛻

He threw his bags in the back, climbed into the truck bed, and headed home with the people who have been there from the very beginning.

A brilliant reminder that no matter how far football takes you, you should never forget where you come from. 👏