@GawlyFady@imkikosuarez Also they still factored in European audiences when setting the kickoff times. Most of the games should be around 6pm US time but instead there are some 3pm ones to be more accommodating.
🚨🗣️ Uzbekistan manager Fabio Cannavaro: "I saw photographs on the front pages of the newspapers showing the searches we were subjected to at the airport, as members of the Uzbek national team. I've also seen misleading headlines, so I'd like to set the record straight. These were routine, standard checks."
"People don't realise one thing: when World Cup national teams travel, they don't go through the airport terminals like ordinary travellers, but are taken directly to the tarmac in buses reserved for the teams."
"The checks that ordinary travellers undergo in the terminal, we undergo directly on the tarmac. Exactly the same ones. It's standard procedure."
"So there's no scandal. No undignified or disrespectful treatment. The same applies to the matches. Before the friendly against the Netherlands, we were screened at the stadium, and this too was expected: before every match, teams undergo screening either at the hotel just before setting off (as happened with the Netherlands) or directly at the stadium, as happened to us."
"The truth is that we found the organisation to be flawless."
@TheTartanScarf@ReadOnlyDroid Katz's is okay, but if you want a real food experience in NYC you have to take the trek out to Queens. Try Astoria, it's a short hop from Manhattan and you'll almost immediately be surrounded by a lot of different cultures
@Jarebear81787@PhilAkaDirk@MaxRadwan Yeah that's another issue as well. I do think the current image of the US could've benefitted from some good old fashioned World Cup sport washing, especially in relation to our hospitality and welcoming of foreigners.
@meltalkschels Don’t forget 2030 which will ‘held’ across 3 continents to ensure that the red carpet was rolled out for Saudi Arabia’s bid for 2034. It’s a FIFA thing at this point
@PhilAkaDirk@MaxRadwan Saw someone describe it in the perfect way - this current administration is so egotistical they don’t think they need to sportwash
@cfcjust1ce Honestly I wish fifa had just done Copa America-like kickoff times for the World Cup. It would’ve been wonderful to watch games at 8pm. Sadly they had to cater to the euro audience
@balondorig1@Azeralisback@assna_maz you're still buying into the narrative that all Americans don't understand anything about football. As the previous commenter said, there are stupid fans from all countries.
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I want Jules Kounde to have a great World Cup, a nice summer break, and then come back to Barcelona better than ever.
I know he was bad last season, but class is permanent. and what’s more he’s a genuinely good human being, which is all too rare in football.
@czimba_f@BSRK10000 A man who celebrated the appointment of a manager who will lead them back into further obscurity as a trophy is talking about self awareness, whew