❤️ What a story this is. 🇨🇻
Just days after Vozinha broke down in tears revealing his mother couldn't afford to travel to the World Cup, his dream is now set to come true. 🥹
She is completing the final paperwork and is expected to fly to the United States in the coming hours, with plans to be in the stands for Cape Verde's historic clash with Uruguay this weekend. ✈️🇺🇸
Imagine seeing a World Cup embrace between mother and son. Football really can be special. ❤️
🚨 Jamie Carragher on the defending at the FIFA World Cup after Argentina thrashed Algeria 3-0 and Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick in their 2026 World Cup opener:
🗣️ “I have to ask a serious question.
What are some of these defenders doing?
Because if that’s the level of defending we’re going to see at the FIFA World Cup, then the top attackers in this tournament are going to have a field day.
Lionel Messi was brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
But some of the defending made his job far too easy.
You cannot give a player like Messi time on the ball.
You cannot stand off him.
You cannot let him drift into dangerous areas and expect nothing to happen.
That’s football suicide.
Every defender in the world knows what Messi wants to do.
The problem is stopping him.
And tonight, Algeria didn’t even make that part difficult.
The positioning was poor.
The communication was poor.
The awareness was poor.
At times it looked like they were terrified of getting close to him.
And when you defend like that against one of the greatest players in football history, you get punished.
The scary thing is Messi didn’t even look like he was playing at full speed.
He was just reading the game, finding space and picking Algeria apart.
A hat-trick in a World Cup opener is special.
But some of those defenders will not want to watch the replay tomorrow morning.
Because they’ll realise they helped create the highlights.
Messi deserves all the credit in the world.
But from a defensive point of view, that was a nightmare.
And if other teams defend like that in this tournament, Messi and Argentina are going to have a lot more fun before this World Cup is over.”
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🚨🎙️ Thierry Henry on Amad Diallo & Noussair Mazraoui’s national team brilliance vs their average Manchester United performances;
Amad Diallo… listen, when he wears that Ivory Coast jersey, it’s a different player. At the Africa Cup of Nations he was outstanding, and even this weekend, coming off the bench to score that dramatic 90th-minute winner against Ecuador in the World Cup — pure quality, pure confidence. That’s the Amad we all know he can be.
But at Manchester United since the AFCON? Average. Just average. The spark isn’t quite there the same way.
You saw exactly the same thing with Noussair Mazraoui against Brazil for Morocco — suddenly driving forward, winning duels, looking like a top-class player again. So I have to ask: what are these national teams feeding these boys? What belief, what freedom, what environment are they creating that unlocks their very best version?
Manchester United need to find the answers to these questions, and they need to find them fast. Because right now, the national teams are getting the real Amad… and the club is still waiting
🚨Eric chelle on the player that impressed him most yesterday:
“Look, everyone probably expects me to say Ronaldo — and to be fair, he’s a fantastic player. But Bruno Fernandes… my word, what a footballer. He’s world-class. My players really struggled to contain him; he was always a step ahead. At one point, Bassey turned to me and said we’d have to break his legs to stop him (laughs).
With him in the team, I have zero doubt — Portugal are winning the World Cup.”
🤍⚡️ Endrick: “Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Real Madrid made me want to come to Real even more”.
“He’s my idol, he’s my reference and I could never say no to the greatest club in the world”.
Currently on a call with a senior man I just met. He is based in Portugal.
He said Terem Moffi’s parents are so rich. Growing up , he only had the football to focus on.
But of course, he put in the work.