👀 "How often have you gone 12 intense rounds in training and how confident are you in a fight that goes that distance?"
Moses Itauma: "If I'm being completely honest, I don't know if I've done a 12-round spar. I might have but I wouldn't recall."
"Is there any part of you that thinks that I'd like to do 12 rounds just to see what it's like?"
Itauma: "Absolutely not. There's no need to be in the ring longer than you need to be. Whether I knock Filip Hrgovic out in the 1st or the last, I'm still going to get paid the same."
[📽️ @talkSPORT]
A word about the so-called snicko graph that “proved” croatia striker matanovic touched the ball.
Darren Cann (referee decisions commentator on the BBC and, unfortunately for him, one of the least convincing men ever to see a microphone) said he was “100% certain” there was a touch that caused pasalic to be offside.
He based that certainty on “snicko” technology as this proved the touch.
This is what referee and VAR used to rule out the goal.
But even if you think snicko is a good idea (I don’t) there’s a massive problem with the snicko graph.
IT’S DOESN’T LINE UP WITH THE PICTURES!
Snicko shows one spike and we’re asked to believe that was the matanovic touch.
But there are 4 or 5 touches on the ball in a few seconds (the cross - matanovic? - portugal defender veiga - croatia’s pasalic - then gvardiol scoring).
Snicko shows one?
They have to show a graph where all five touches (if there are five) are represented and where the graph spikes line up perfectly with the footage.
That would remove all doubt.
The way it was presented makes no sense and looks corrupt to the core.
@Deasiinho Om det ens fanns en uns av sanning att Gvardiol var på väg bort borde inte någon journalist med kredibilitet ha rapporterat om det vid det här laget?
@CroatiaFooty Sneaky bid from Boban? Kova has played in top top clubs in Italy, Spain and England since he was 18. Won tons of titles and earned a lot of money.
Not everyone has to return home at the end of the career, would be such a fresh thing to come home when you're still in your prime
@KingCroat1950@aloeclothing@anton_pavelich@TheCroatian_ Some players grow/develope muscles faster than others. Just because he's stronger at 18 doesn't necessarily mean he will continue to get even stronger. Perhaps he just hit his physical prime earlier. Time will tell, we should be happy if he reaches even close to VVD prime level
Luka Vuskovic, 18, arrived on loan at Hamburg from Tottenham Hotspur as one of the great centre-back prospects in European football.
Six months on, his impact has been so profound that there is an open discussion in the German media about how Bayern Munich can sign him, how much it might cost, and whether Vuskovic will ever play a competitive game for Spurs.
A simple development move has, in effect, become an advertorial for a player that Tottenham would — presumably — dearly like to keep and build a future around.
📝 @SebSB
https://t.co/qGrAZFdz7V
🚨🆕 Hamburger SV are fighting to secure another loan deal for Luka #Vuskovic, but Tottenham’s clear plan is to bring him back in the summer.
18 y/o with an incredible season. Most recently, he has recorded the best duel success rates of all centre-backs in Bundesliga matches, both on the ground and in the air. #HSV
It remains to be seen what offers Tottenham will receive after the World Cup. Top clubs from England are keen on him.
@SkySportDE 🇭🇷
@Gkal502@TouchlineX 😂 What an epic fail of a tweet (the original quoted one I mean).
Although Modrić played in WC 2006 actually, only as a sub but he still participated. So it was 2 out 2 WC's without him in 98 and 02
Croatia qualify for WC 2026. That's 14 out of 16 possible tournaments since our independence. Great achievement for any European nation, an absolute extraordinary achievement for a nation this size and population.
@W0llin Hans målfacit är helt sinnessjukt också:
Hajduk Split: 11 matcher 1 mål
Radomiak Radom: 14/3
Westerlo: 36/7
HSV: 5/1
På 65 seniormatcher under åldern 16-18 år har han alltså redan hunnit göra 12 mål. Som MITTBACK.
11 U21-landskamper och 2 mål på dessa också 😂
@DavidssonoMann@Rahbinjoe@ErikNiva Kan tillägga Mladen Petrić som också valde bort schweizarna samma era. Faktum är att det är inte säkert att Schweiz ens haft varken Xhaka eller Shaqiri om det inte vore för att Kosovos landslag inte fanns då. De blev ju Uefa-medlemmar efter att de redan börjat lira med Schweiz
@DavidssonoMann@Rahbinjoe@ErikNiva Schweiz vann verkligen inte alla dragkamper de heller på den tiden. De gråter fortfarande över Rakitić än idag t.ex.