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🇺🇸🇦🇷 Donald Trump talking about how Messi got the upper hand against the England defence in the World Cup semi-final:

🗣️ "Even though I don't know much about soccer, I saw that Messi was under very tight marking. He suddenly switched to the right side and made that pass. Maybe it was a perfectly measured pass, calculated to the millimetre. You understand what I'm talking about, right? No one talked about it, it just caught my attention."

He might be the best pundit in the world right now. 🤣🤣

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

"We have to take the next step and play better football" 💪

Thomas Tuchel praises the togetherness within the England squad but admits that expectations need to be changed in future tournaments 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Raul Jimenez was repping Harry Kane's World Cup shirt on holiday 👀👕

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Marcus Rashford is expected back in Man United training at the beginning of August, reports Fabrizio Romano 👀

An exit hasn't been ruled out, although Michael Carrick is open to working with him next season.

[Messi Fanatic @MessiFanatic_]

Bellingham was taught a football lesson.

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Next up, the World Cup Final 👀

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🚨 Here’s why Leo Messi is the greatest player in football history 👇

👕 1,163 matches.
⚽️ 919 goals.
🎯 418 assists.
📊 1.15 goal contributions per match.
✅ 3 World Cup finals.
✅ The competition’s all-time leading scorer and assist provider.
Barcelona 🇪🇸:
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 La Liga titles.
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Copa del Rey titles.
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Spanish Super Cups.
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Champions League titles.
🏆🏆🏆 UEFA Super Cups.
🏆🏆🏆 Club World Cups.

PSG 🇫🇷:
🏆🏆 Ligue 1 titles.
🏆 Trophée des Champions.

Inter Miami 🇺🇸:

🏆 MLS Cup.
🏆 Supporters’ Shield.
🏆 Leagues Cup.
Argentina 🇦🇷:
🏆 World Cup.
🏆🏆 Copa América titles.
🏆 Finalissima.
🏆 U20 World Cup.
🏆 Olympic Games.
Individual awards:
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 8 Ballon d’Or awards.
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 8 FIFA Player of the Year awards.

👟👟👟👟👟👟 6 European Golden Shoes.

🎖️🎖️ 2-time World Cup Player of the Tournament.
🌎🌎 2 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards.

🇦🇷 16-time Argentine Player of the Year.

🌟 9-time La Liga Player of the Year.
🔥 8-time La Liga top scorer.
🇪🇺 6-time Champions League top scorer.

👶 1 Golden Boy award.

🇦🇷 Record goalscorer for Argentina with 125 goals.
🇦🇷 Record assist provider for Argentina with 65 assists.
🌎 Record for goal contributions in Copa América history with 32.
💥 Record for most goals in a calendar year with 91.
🔥 Record for most La Liga goals with 474.

🎯 Record for most La Liga assists with 192.

🇪🇸 Record for most goals in a single La Liga season with 50.

⚽️ Record for most La Liga hat-tricks with 36.

💥 Record for scoring in the most consecutive La Liga matches with 21.

🥅 Record for most direct free-kick goals in La Liga with 38.

⚔️ Record goalscorer in El Clásico history with 26.

💫 Record for most goals in official finals with 35.

Absolutely monstrous. 🤩

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At just 22-years-old, Jhon Durán has already played for these clubs:

- Envigado
- Chicago Fire
- Aston Villa
- Al-Nassr
- Fenerbahçe
- Zenit Saint Petersburg

And is reportedly set to join Benfica on loan 🤯

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇪🇸 Rodri: “Argentina is much more than Leo Messi…

…but we are the team that plays the BEST FOOTBALL at a collective level”.

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If Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise, Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue can’t beat Spain, who can?

The answer is Scotland.

In March 2023, they defeated Luis de la Fuente's side 2-0 at Hampden Park, with Lyndon Dykes, most recently of Championship club Charlton Athletic, playing on his own up front. No side has emulated that achievement over 90 minutes since.

Spain, on that night, did not possess the aura they now have as reigning European champions.

In fact, when they arrived in Glasgow it felt like the world of football was spinning away from them.

Key to victory was frustrating the maestro, Rodri.

“It’s the way they play, we have to respect it but for me it’s a bit rubbish, always wasting time, provoking you, they always fall. For me, this is not football,” he said afterwards.

📝 @JordanC1107

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🧵 THREAD: Just as Pep Guardiola predicted, Rodri is back to his best at the World Cup. Has he been the player of the tournament? 🇪🇸🤔

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🧵 THREAD: England’s record in previous World Cup third place play-offs. How do you think they will get on against France? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💬

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Alexis Mac Allister has become the player with the longest unbeaten run in World Cup history 🇦🇷

Will that record continue against Spain on Sunday? 👀🏆

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Alexis Mac Allister has still never lost a World Cup match. He's played in 13 games. A new record for the competition 🏆

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Going forward, Argentina do not possess natural width across their attacking line, aside from right midfielder Giuliano Simeone, who has started two of their seven World Cup games.

That means that their full-backs — most commonly Nicolas Tagliafico (on the left) and Nahuel Molina (right) — are typically the ones to stretch the pitch.

Pinning both full-backs towards their own goal can be a useful tactic to reduce that threat, but Lionel Scaloni’s side thrive off the combinations in central areas with the technical quality of Lionel Messi, Enzo Fernandez, Julian Alvarez and Alexis Mac Allister.

Their narrow approach is largely by design as they look to slice through the opposition where possible, with 40 through balls attempted being the most at this World Cup.

A large part of this is down to Messi.

📝 @MarkCarey93

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Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi are the only players to complete 20+ dribbles so far at the World Cup 🔥