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[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🚨 Thierry Henry on Neymar's impact against Scotland:

🗣“The game changed the moment Neymar came on. That's what the very best players do. They don't need 90 minutes to leave their mark on a match.

He played around 20 minutes and still managed to create three chances. That tells you everything about his quality. It's not just about goals or assists, it's about how he sees the game and how quickly he can unlock a defence.

Every time he received the ball, Scotland had to adjust. He was asking questions, finding spaces and creating opportunities for his teammates. Brazil immediately looked more dangerous in attack.

What I always look at is influence. Can a player change the rhythm of a game? Can he make the opposition uncomfortable? Neymar did exactly that tonight.

For all the talent Brazil have, Neymar still brings something unique. Sometimes a short cameo is enough to remind everyone why he's been one of the most important players for this generation of Brazilian football.”

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Messi is unbelievable.

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:

Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player - 18

Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual - 28

Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 18

Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 2,489

We are witnessing history.

[Telemundo Deportes @TelemundoSports]

¡¡¡DOBLETE DE LIONEL ANDRÉS MESSI!!! ¡¡¡18 GOLES EN COPAS DEL MUNDO!!! ¡¡¡EL RÉCORD AUMENTA!!!

En una serie de rebotes, Leo la manda a guardar y hacen el segundo sobre Austria en los minutos finales.

¡Estarán en la siguiente ronda!

[That's My Michelle @JamelleMyBelle]

Somebody said that World Cup is just the US having a giant sleepover with the cousins we never see because our parents hate each other. 😂

[Tyler DeLuca @TylerDeLuca]

Genuinely the best thing that can happen to American soccer culture is to lean in to what makes us unique with our college football culture opposed to doing our version of European soccer culture

College gameday style atmospheres is a great start

[Jon Elder @BlackLabelAdvsr]

The World Cup has transformed the United States into the world’s most overwhelming Discovery Channel special.

And the visitors are not coping.
In the absolute best way possible.

Here’s what they’re uncovering:

Public restrooms you can actually use without paying.

Water that shows up at the table for free.

Unlimited refills on coffee, soda, and sweet tea.

Chips and salsa arriving before you even ask.

Warm bread served with dinner, no extra charge.

Ice in every drink like it’s a basic human right.

Air conditioning that’s standard everywhere—not a climate crime.

Parking right next to the building you’re visiting.

Drive-thrus that deliver food straight to your car.

Ranch dressing available by the jug.

Tex-Mex that defies description and demands to be experienced.

Dentists who actually fix things.

And Buc-ee’s… which simply breaks language.

Then they discovered American grocery stores.
Five colossal ones within a single mile, each the size of an airplane hangar.
A single refrigerated aisle offering every cut of beef, pork, lamb, veal, and poultry known to humanity—at 10 a.m. on a random Tuesday.

The Germans stood motionless in the meat section for nearly an hour.

Silent.

Rebooting.

Suddenly, the lack of passenger trains makes perfect sense.

Why bother with trains when the roads are wide enough for the vehicles we actually drive, parking lots stretch like small nations, and decent airports dot every city worth going to?

The Germans are now smuggling ranch dressing home by the bottle.

The Dutch tasted queso and temporarily forgot how to form sentences.

The Japanese are documenting H-E-B like it’s the Sistine Chapel.

The Czechs have been spotted openly weeping with joy in West, Texas.

Welcome to America. 🇺🇸

The greatest country on Earth.

[Travis Yost @travisyost]

United States really should’ve put all of the knockout round games in SEC towns.

“Oh you wanna beat America in the round of sixteen? Great. You’ll do it in Tuscaloosa.”

[Brasil Football 🇧🇷 @BrasilEdition]

🚨Neymar to the media as he resumes regular training with the national team:

“Were you missing me?” 😭

[Telemundo Deportes @TelemundoSports]

¡DOBLETE DE LEO MESSI!

El 10 aprovechó un mal rechace del portero de Argelia para definirla y mandarla a las redes para ampliar la ventaja de Argentina .

[Ayo 🇦🇷 @SireAyo]

The commentator for the Netherlands vs Japan match just said "There is no need for the hydration break if the game is indoor" And it absolutely agree. @FIFAWorldCup is ruining this sport to fit the Americans 💔 all of these just so some cry babies can run their ads in our faces

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the USA vs Paraguay stoppage for TV commercials:

“I’ve spent my entire life in this beautiful game — as a player at the highest level, as a fan, and now as someone who analyses it every week — and what unfolded during that USA versus Paraguay match left me deeply frustrated. The fourth official standing there on the touchline, arm raised high, instructing the referee to hold the restart… not for any injury, not for tactical reasons, and not even primarily for player hydration in that scorching heat. No. It was because the broadcast team hadn’t finished airing all their commercials. That’s not football. That’s a television show pretending to be a World Cup match.

The beautiful game is being strangled by greed. Players are out there in the heat, ready to restart, momentum building like a storm about to break — and we pause everything so the sponsors can cash in. It’s like stopping a symphony mid-crescendo because the advertisers want their jingle heard. Football didn’t conquer the world by turning into American sports with endless timeouts and ad breaks. We had rhythm, flow, emotion that flowed like a river. Now? It’s dammed up for dollars.

This isn’t about hydration or player welfare anymore — it’s a slippery slope where the soul of the game is sold piece by piece. Fans deserve better. Players deserve better. The referee on that pitch looked like a puppet on strings controlled from some broadcast truck. Enough is enough. We need to protect what made this sport the greatest on Earth before it disappears completely.”

The World Cup should be football’s cathedral. Instead, we’re turning it into a shopping mall with a pitch in the middle.

And here’s the question nobody wants to answer: if the fourth official is waiting for commercials, then who is really running the game? FIFA? The referee? Or the broadcasters?

Because the moment football starts asking advertisers for permission before asking the players, you’ve crossed a line.

The World Cup is supposed to be the showcase of football. Not the showcase of who paid the most for airtime.”

[Telemundo Deportes @TelemundoSports]

¡GOLAAAAAZO DE BRASIL! ¡GOLAZO DE VINICIUS JR!

La estrella brasileña, con el sello de la casa, se mete al área y define con un tremendo derechazo.

La ‘Canarinha’ empata ante Marruecos 1-1.

[H’ur @Hur1]

There was more outrage in the Qatar World Cup for alcohol being banned than there is in this World Cup for people being banned.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

📺 Telemundo TV commentator: "We are one of the only networks in the world to NOT show ads during the World Cup cooling breaks."

"We prefer the old school way. We should be able to see what the players do. We show fans, people enjoying, not the corporate direction of football."

[oompa loompa @plankt0nfart]

football really is this serious btw