🚨 Peter Drury Breaks Silence: Questionable Calls, Cancelled Goals & FIFA Favouritism – Has Football Become a Scripted Show?
🗣Peter Drury
“After years spent analyzing football matches and commentating on the game at the highest level, I can honestly say that what we witnessed today between Argentina and Egypt was unlike anything I’ve seen in my entire career.
How that was awarded as a penalty remains a complete mystery. The contact, if any, looked minimal at best, yet the decision stood. It’s becoming harder and harder to watch the sport without feeling that the beautiful game is slowly turning into something of a joke for millions of fans around the world. The officiating has been strangely “clean” almost suspiciously so yet it leaves serious questions about consistency and impartiality.
Then there was Egypt’s goal, ruled out for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Why was it disallowed? In the same match, when Argentina scored their decisive goal, there appeared to be a clear foul in the build-up that neither the referee nor VAR chose to review properly. These are the moments that make supporters feel the outcome is no longer decided purely on the pitch.
There’s a growing narrative out there and it’s hard to ignore that Lionel Messi is being protected as FIFA’s golden boy. With Cristiano Ronaldo no longer part of the international scene, some believe the powers that be are determined to keep Messi’s story alive for as long as possible because his presence still drives massive global interest and viewing figures. Whether that’s true or not, the pattern of decisions in key moments only fuels that conversation.
passion, and the unpredictable nature of who wins on any given day. But when decisions repeatedly go one way, when valid goals are chalked off and questionable ones are given, and when VAR seems to miss obvious incidents, it starts to feel like something else is at play. The game deserves better. Fans deserve transparency, consistency, and the simple belief that the result is earned not influenced.
These are the moments that test our love for the sport. And right now, that love is being stretched thin.“
سمین رانا ن�� لاہور قلندرز کی برقرار رکھنے والی فہرست کے بارے میں کہا:
"جب کھلاڑیوں کی برقرار رکھنے کی قیمتوں کو حتمی شکل دینے کا وقت آیا تو میں نے شاہین آفریدی کو اُن کے معاہدے پر بات کرنے کے لیے فون کیا۔ انہوں نے ہنستے ہوئے مجھ سے کہا، ‘سمین بھائی، لگتا ہے آپ آدھی نیند میں ہیں۔’
میں نے جواب دیا کہ میں اسے ہلکا نہیں لے سکتا کیونکہ مجھے حتمی اعداد و شمار پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ کو جمع کروانے ہیں۔ اس پر شاہین نے کہا، ‘بس ایک ڈالر لکھ دیں۔’ میں نے کہا یہ ممکن نہیں، لیکن وہ اصرار کرتے رہے اور یہاں تک کہ کہا، ‘یا تو فون بند کریں یا میری بات مان لیں۔’ اس بات سے اندازہ ہوتا ہے کہ اُن کے لیے پیسے سے زیادہ ٹیم اہم تھی۔
اسی طرح کا واقعہ سکندر رضا کے ساتھ بھی پیش آیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ انہیں چالیس ہزار ڈالر سے زیادہ کی ضرورت نہیں۔ حالانکہ میں انہیں ایک لاکھ ڈالر دینا چاہتا تھا، اس لیے میں نے ایک لاکھ ڈالر لکھ کر پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ کو بھیج دیا۔ جب انہیں منظوری کا ای میل ملا تو انہوں نے مجھے پیغام بھیجا، ‘نہیں سمین بھائی۔’
بعد میں شاہین آفریدی نے انہیں قائل کیا، اور بالآخر وہ ایک لاکھ ڈالر قبول کرنے پر آمادہ ہوگئے۔
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Empty standsss on Pak vs Ind match….seriously I can’t believe this,,,,,
Thanks @JayShah for this special gift to Spectators 🥹🥹🥹
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🇮🇳 ISRO
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🇮🇳India
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🇮🇳 ISRO - India
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