Manuel Guemez

[José Ramón Fernández @joserra_espn]

¿PARA QUÉ JUGAMOS?

“Diré lo que pienso sin importar las consecuencias. Este fue claramente un partido amañado y todo el mundo lo vio. Si tanto quieren que Argentina gane, ¿por qué llaman a todos a venir a participar?”. Hossam Hassan

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Pressure continues to mount on Gianni Infantino following the decision to suspend USMNT striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban at the World Cup, with more than 70 European lawmakers calling for an investigation into FIFA and its president regarding the principle of political neutrality.

Balogun was sent off in the U.S’. round-of-32 game against Bosnia and Herzegovina and was set to be banned for the round-of-16 game against Belgium, though FIFA’s independent disciplinary committee suspended the ban and the 25-year-old subsequently started in the 4-1 defeat.

Before the match, Belgium appealed the decision but it was dismissed by FIFA, global soccer’s governing body.

More from @AdamCrafton_ and @samjoseph_17 ⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/9n3IaKrkR2

[The Football Feed @TheFootballFeed]

🚨NEW: Egypt vs Argentina recorded 23 referee mistakes. The highest at a 2026 world cup game All of them were in favor of Argentina

[Martien 🇳🇱 @MartienBall]

If Argentina beat Switzerland, they’ll become the first team in World Cup HISTORY to reach the semi finals without facing a single top 10 ranked nation.

Just another coincidence, of course...

[Fanbrizio Rovaldo @FabrizioRomaxno]

🚨BREAKING: Egypt vs Argentina recorded 23 referee mistakes. The highest at a 2026 world cup game

All of them were in favor of Argentina

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: Egypt’s goal against Argentina should never have been ruled out, a former referee writes. "Argentina’s collective failure to defend their goal because they allowed Ziko to run past them is not part of the decision-making process." https://t.co/AlmLb8xqLH

[MisterChip (Alexis) @2010MisterChip]

El camino de Argentina hacia las semifinales (con su ranking FIFA antes de empezar el torneo):

Argelia (28º)
Austria (24º)
Jordania (63º)
Cabo Verde (67º)
Egipto (29º)
Suiza (19º)

El ranking promedio de los rivales de Argentina (38º) es el más alto de cualquier equipo, camino de unas semifinales, en TODA la historia de la Copa del Mundo.

[The Touchmine | 𝐓 @TouchmineX]

🚨 Argentina could become the first team in World Cup history to reach the semifinals without facing a single opponent ranked inside the FIFA top 10! 🇦🇷

[Salah Updates @SalahUpdates]

🚨 FIFA ARE ACTIVELY TAKING DOWN VIDEOS THAT SHOW EVIDENCE OF INJUSTICE AND CORRUPTION!

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

​A controversial referee decision from FIFA!

​FIFA formed the refereeing team for the France-Morocco quarter-final entirely from Argentine officials.

​Don't bother this much, just give the trophy to Messi and don't tire anyone out...

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

This is one of the funniest things I’ve been sent:
“Not even the British Museum has taken as much from Egypt as FIFA just did.”
Thank you for sending this to me, LS!
#worldcup

[Óscar Guevara @osigs]

Oficialmente México 🇲🇽 termina en noveno lugar del Mundial 2026.

Mejores participaciones de 🇲🇽:
Sexto lugar en México 1970
Sexto lugar en México 1986
Noveno lugar en 2026

[Financial Times @FT]

The football body was once riven by bribery and corruption claims. Now it faces accusations of interfering in the game itself. https://t.co/dz5dD31p7L

[Forbes @Forbes]

Ticket Prices Collapse Nearly 60% For World Cup Quarterfinal Match After USA, Portugal Eliminated
https://t.co/uSBqkeF8Ae

[Rado dos Ovie Mendes 🎈 @thee_ovie]

Do you know what’s absolutely crazy?

Argentina’s third goal stood for the very same reason Egypt’s goal was disallowed.

Why are they making the beautiful game so fraudulent?

[grandson @Grandsoncr7]

🚨 Jose Mourinho:

Argentina have been heavily favored over the past two World Cups, and it’s starting to look like everything was planned for Messi to win it. They won the 2022 World Cup with so many questionable refereeing decisions, so many penalties, and countless controversies, and now we’re witnessing it again. When is FIFA going to say something about it?

They refused to give Messi a red card in the first group-stage game. Against Cape Verde, the match was full of controversies, and today, Egypt’s goal was disallowed for no reason. The same sequence happened before Argentina’s last goal, yet it wasn’t even reviewed. Argentina committed 13 fouls, and not a single card was issued to any of their players not even a yellow.

I think if this continues, people will have to start asking what’s really going on and whether it’s all being planned for Messi to win it again.

[André Fran @andrefran]

Vimos mexicanos abraçando coreanos e ingleses, alemães aplaudindo paraguaios, japoneses desejando sorte a brasileiros, franceses brincando com noruegueses.... Sempre que tem violência, racismo e confusão é com argentino. 🇦🇷

[¡Hala Madrid! @MadridCFyB]

9 penaltis de Messi en mundiales

NUEVE

Brasil ha tirado en toda su historia 15

Inglaterra 14

Messi NUEVE

[David Ornside @David_Ornside]

🚨🗣 Marcelo wasn't happy with Egypt's disallowed goal:

"I don't know if football is becoming too soft or the referee was picking sides, who gives that as a foul? The referee allowed it but VAR called him, isn't that suspicious?

"If this was played 10 years back, no referee will give that as a penalty"

[Wine Enthusiast @Cloud_Wine1]

Unfortunately France will need a perfect game against Morocco. FIFA appointing 5 Argentinian referees is a big statement. FIFA is trying by all means to get France out. We all saw it against Paraguay.