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Doing Hard Things 🤖 🧠 ||💙❤️||

[sam @masamedee]

Overtly grateful ☺️

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Marc Cucurella made 21 backwards passes against Cape Verde, the most of any player in a single game at the World Cup so far. 🔙

[BarçaMuse @Barca_Muse]

Chances created in the World Cup:

5 — Pedri today
4 — Jude Bellingham in Qatar

[Som I Serem FCB @Somhiseremfcb]

💥Pedri creó más ocasiones contra Cabo Verde hoy (5) que Jude Bellingham ha creado en toda su carrera en la Copa del Mundo (4)

[Vía @KalshiEPL ]

[Barca Xtra @Barcaxtr]

🇪🇸 Pedri vs Cape Verde:

🥇 5 chances created
🥇 3/3 successful dribbles
🎯 13 passes into the final third
📡 7/7 accurate long balls
💪 8 recoveries
⚔️ 6 duels won
⭐ 8.6 rating

Pedri didn't just play.

He controlled the entire game. 🎻🇪🇸

Best midfielder in the world? 👀⬇️

(via @Sholynationsp )

[Winna F.C. | Football Time @WinnaFC]

🚨| Pedri is Spain's highest-rated player tonight.🪄

[Reshad Rahman @ReshadRahman]

❗️Lamine, via IG: “First game of the World Cup and we get a point. We know this is a long competition and that the goal is still far away, we will keep working and everything will come out as we want, no hesitation. I want to thank God for allowing me to play again after the injury, and also to my family for always being by my side, supporting and accompanying me every step of the way” #ESP 🇪🇸

[Kalshi EPL @KalshiEPL]

🚨CRAZY STAT: Pedri created more chances against Cape Verde today (5) than Jude Bellingham has created in his entire World Cup career (4). 😳

[Rising Stars XI @RisingStarXI]

🇪🇸🎯 𝐏𝐀𝐔 𝐂𝐔𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐈́ (𝟏𝟗)’s passing stats vs Cabo Verde:

- 107/109 Passes Completed (98%)
- 80/81 Passes in Opp. Half (99%)
- 27/28 Passes in Own Half (96%)
- 3/3 Long Balls (100%)

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐁 ⭐️

[Sholy Nation Sports @Sholynationsp]

🇪🇸 Pedri 🆚 Cape Verde:

😳 5 chances created 🥇
😮 1 big chance created
👟 88% pass accuracy
💨 3/3 successful dribbles 🥇
🥇 13 passes into the final third
🎯 7/7 accurate long balls
💪 8 recoveries
⚔️ 6 duels won
⭐️ 8.6 match rating 🥈

Midfield maestro! ❤️

[Sofascore Football @Sofascore]

🇪🇸 | A special performance despite the result

Pedri among all players on the pitch in #ESPCPV:

• Highest xA (1.23)
• Most key passes (5)
• Most accurate crosses (3)
• Most successful dribbles (3)
• Most possessions won in attacking third (6)
• Most ball carries (59)
• Second-most accurate passes in final third (63)
• Second-most touches (129)

He won't be happy with how this game ended, but we still witnessed some Pedri magic today 🪄

#FIFAWorldCup

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Pau Cubarsí completed all 59 of his passes in the first half vs Cape Verde. 📊🎯

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Gavi has won more aerial duels (4) than Cape Verde’s entire team (3) in the first half. 🤯✈️

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Vinícius Júnior attempted eight dribbles against Morocco, the most of any player at the World Cup so far. 🤤

The Brazilian forward failed to complete a single one. 😲

[sam @masamedee]

@IhejirikaS48939 Lmao stay with me ooo because it’s coming home. All these signings no move me 😂😂

[sam @masamedee]

@demetrius3244 @OCnine9 Lmao na deeper life member get my own primary school back then 😂😂

[Big Cuz @imohumoren]

In 1966, All African counties boycotted the World Cup to protest apartheid and how black South Africans were marginalized

In 2026, All African countries supported Mexico against South Africa in protest against their xenophobia

Live long enough

[Reshad Rahman @ReshadRahman]

🚨 Rodri: “Gavi’s stomp? We know that Gavi is energetic. He has no filter, he doesn't care. We really like his personality, although we do try to tell him that in training it's different. I didn't know they were recording, but I shat myself completely” #ESP 🫂⭐️

[chiyenre @sukky_lalu]

Get your xenoph0bic a$$$ to the bottom of the table. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[Eduardo Hagn @EduardoHagn]

With all due respect, Nigeria should have been in this tournament.

South Africa are TRASH.

[Gimba Kakanda @gimbakakanda]

A Black man scoring the first goal of the 2026 World Cup to silence the African continent’s most hostile nation towards Black foreigners is absolutely poetic. Thank you, Mexico! 🇲🇽