Everyone says FIFA favors Messi… Joe says it’s actually Ronaldo.
🗣Trevor: This tournament has a lot of people feeling like it’s scripted.
🗣Trevor: There are many people who feel like Argentina and Lionel Messi are the darlings of FIFA… and Infantino does everything in his power to make sure they have an easy path in the tournament.
🗣Joe: I disagree.
🗣Trevor: You disagree because you love Messi.
🗣Joe: No, I disagree because of facts. Argentina was supposed to play either Spain or Uruguay… but Uruguay bottled it. Football isn’t scripted. The big teams mess up. Argentina takes care of business.
🗣Joe: So now, when you talk about Messi… this is going to sound biased, but if anything…
🗣Joe: FIFA favors Ronaldo.
🗣Trevor: Wow.
🗣Joe: Ronaldo got a red card before the World Cup. He was supposed to have an automatic three-match ban.
🗣Joe: But what did FIFA do? They gave him one match and suspended the other two.
🗣Trevor: You’re right. We’ve never had a suspended sentence in football. Cristiano Ronaldo is the first recipient.
🗣Joe: Imagine if Messi had received that preferential treatment of having his bans suspended.
So Messi's superpower is controlling UEFA, FIFA, CONMEBOL, France Football, referees, VAR, and journalists... but somehow he couldn't stop PSG from getting knocked out every year? 😭
FIFA wanted Messi to win” 🤣
So FIFA also told France to score twice, force extra time, and make Argentina suffer until the final whistle? The excuses are endless, but the history books are permanent. 🏆
People 2 days ago: "Why didn't they check the most minimal touch on Salah for 10 minutes bro its so unfairrr"
People today: "They took more than 3 seconds to check the penalty on Mbappe and made him miss. Rigged for Argentina!!!!"
France wins = FIFA rigged so that Messi faces France in the final again and beats them.
Morocco wins = FIFA scripted is so that Messi has to play against easy teams like Morocco.
We are prepared for the cries either way.
For those who think FIFA deliberately cancelled Egypt’s goal because of a foul earlier in the build-up, here is a similar situation: Messi had a goal cancelled against Paraguay for the same reason.
Same scenario, but this time the decision went against Argentina.
So stop turning every referee decision into a conspiracy.
The same VAR FIFA used to disallow Colombia's goal against Portugal and ignore a clear penalty for Colombia wasn't "biased."
The same VAR FIFA used to disallow Croatia's last minute goal against Portugal in the Round of 32 wasn't "biased."
But the same VAR FIFA used to disallow Egypt's goal against Argentina yesterday is suddenly "biased."
If you celebrated every VAR decision that favored Portugal in this tournament before they were knocked out, but now want to act biased because you're a Ronaldo fan..
It shall not be well with you for 82 years.
Argentina's fault that:
Italy didn't qualify
Portugal didnt top their group
Uruguay got disqualified
Colombia lost
Brazil lost
Opponents drop the ball and they blame Argentina for having an easier bracket.
If your evidence for saying Argentina are playing weaker opponents in this world cup is based on FIFA rankings then you’re stupid, why didn’t Germany use their ranking to beat Paraguay or Portugal use their ranking to beat Dr Congo
GOAT means "Greatest of All Time"
And 'Greatest' is, by definition, a singular superlative, not a category. If two people are equally great, then neither is the 'greatest'
Words have meanings.