🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING — World Cup “Disaster”
Mohammad Mohebi and Mehri Taremi Say:
“Not to Make Excuses but This Is Not a Fair Competition.”
Iranian Players argued they should arrive 2 days before matches instead of traveling, training, and playing while exhausted by 5 hours in Immigration Controls and Transit.
Tarihin her noktasında Müslümanlar büyük bedeller ödemiştir ve bunun tek sebebi Müslüman olmaktır. Dün Bosna bugün Filistin, Doğu Türkistan. İsimler değişti ama hikayeler aynı. Dün unuttuk bugün tekrar ediyor. Aliya İzzetbegoviç'in de söylediği gibi; "Unutulan zulüm tekrarlanır."
Morocco national team player Zakaria El Ouahdi missed the initial squad flight to the U.S. after his visa was denied.
Concerns have been raised that the issue may have had nothing to do with football, with alleged questions around his father’s appearance, including his beard.
Denying him entry was one thing but they're literally calling this innocent man a TERRORIST now and tarnishing his image in front of the whole world. Sick bastards.
Iranian Football Federation announces the 8% ticket quota allocated to Iran has been revoked by the U.S., leaving the federation currently unable to distribute tickets to supporters.
A case study in political interference, discrimination and FIFA looking the other way.
Nommé par la FIFA pour officier durant la Coupe du Monde, l'arbitre somalien 🇸🇴 Omar Artan s'est vu refuser l'entrée sur le territoire américain
Vu ses difficultés pour obtenir un visa, il avait bénéficié du soutien de l'ambassade somalienne de Nairobi qui lui a notamment permis d'avoir un passeport diplomatique
Insuffisant pour les autorités américaines qui l'ont immédiatement renvoyé...
Pour rappel, Artan a dirigé la finale retour de Ligue des Champions de l'an dernier entre Pyramids FC et Mamelodi Sundowns tout en étant élu meilleur arbitre africain 2025 par la CAF
It’s been a while since I’ve gone in-depth, but I have a lot to say…
The Gordon deal took me on quite the emotional ride, but in the best way possible. What started with confusion and scepticism gradually turned into acceptance, appreciation, and now something close to genuine gratitude. Let me take you on this journey!
At the centre of that journey sat one question: is Gordon ‘unnecessary’? It’s the question that frames everything I’m about to say, and one I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about.
No.
Marcus Rashford was signed to backup Raphinha, and he more than did his job; he was a great loan signing. Yet there were certain dynamics he simply couldn’t recreate. Flick resorting to starting Fermin out wide in some hugely important games felt telling in that regard.
And that’s where Gordon comes into play. He’s both Raphinha’s ‘compensator’ and his potential successor. In terms of dynamics, they enable you to play without compromise, and while some think that’s redundant, I’d call it fail-proof, and that’s exactly what makes it such a savvy signing.
To elaborate further, there are certain dynamics a Hansi Flick system simply cannot function without. And Raphinha, or the idea of Raphinha, is one of them. However, players who only have one gear are rarely sustinable over the course of the entire season, and in Raphinha’s case, that single gear is precisely what makes him indispensable.
He is relentless, physically exhaustive, and tactically non-negotiable to the way Flick wants his side to function. At nearly 30, asking that burden to remain permanent without insurance would be reckless.
So yes, in conclusion, Gordon may be a stylistic replica, but deliberately so. Because if Raphinha is the dynamic, then the only way to guarantee it is to sign another version of the idea itself.
Mesut Özil confirms Arsenal closed the door on him after he posted about the Uygur genocide to his social media.
Some things are bigger than football ❤️