🚨🎙️ Thierry Henry on Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal’s current midfield:
🗣️ “Honestly, when I look at Cristiano Ronaldo now, I feel a bit sorry for him because I think he was unlucky at international level.
This should have been Portugal’s midfield when Cristiano was still in his prime.
Imagine having this version of Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, and João Neves behind a prime Cristiano Ronaldo.
I genuinely think Portugal would have had a 90% chance of winning the World Cup.
But let’s leave emotions aside.
At his age, Ronaldo being a guaranteed starter can be a disadvantage for the team at times, because he simply can’t do the things he used to do in his prime.
That’s not criticism — that’s just the reality of football and getting older.”
Our pre-season schedule is set! 🫡
Sat 18 July: Wrexham in Helsinki 🇫🇮
Fri 24 July: Rosenborg in Norway 🇳🇴
Sat 1 Aug: Atleti in Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sat 8 Aug: PSG in Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Wed 12 Aug: Leeds in Dublin 🇮🇪
Sat 15 Aug: AC Milan in Wroclaw 🇵🇱
🚨 Arsenal players wanted to use some negative football tactics against PSG but got outsmarted by Luis Enrique's genius. Look at how Raya, Gabriel and Rice wasted energy trying to intimidate Vitinha and then Dembele coldly came out of nowhere to break Arsenal fans' hearts 😂😂
🚨🎙️ Wayne Rooney:🔴
"I said it before and people attacked me for it — I'm not a fan of Mikel Arteta's style of football. Today, everyone has seen exactly what I was talking about.💣
You don't play a cup final with fear. You don't play a final looking scared to make mistakes. Finals are for brave players and brave teams.👀
Arsenal spent the whole night playing with panic, passing responsibility, and looking afraid to take risks. They did it against Manchester City and today again they did it against PSG tonight, and we've seen the same thing happen in big games before.
For all the possession and tactical talk, when the pressure is highest, they freeze. That's not the mentality of champions.
You can have all the patterns of play in the world, but if fear controls your football in a final, you'll always come up short."