@aliciakearns Good on Declan Rice for going in for the hug - He acted matured and recognises that innocent until you're convicted.
There, fixed it for you.
The only England player to NOT shake the hands of an accused serial rapist tonight was our first Muslim player, Djed Spence.
As white British men swarmed me with abuse because I think it’s an insult that an accused rapist played.
But “protect our women”?
Fucking hypocrites.
Okay, since you asked, here’s my American opinion.
Soccer will never be as popular in America as football for 3 reasons:
1. The Fake Injuries
Players are incentivized to flop because the other team is more likely to get a penalty.
In football, it is the opposite. If a player has a real injury, play toughs it out and plays through it, it is seen as heroic.
Americans like toughness and grit.
2. Chance Goals
Many goals are scored by chance as opposed to skill. The chaos at the net when the ball is near is remarkable. Defenders blocking the goalie’s line of sight. The ball bouncing and ricocheting off of random body parts often determines if the ball goes in the net or out of bounds.
In football, there are some elements of chance, but because players are allowed to use their hands, the points are primarily scored based on skill. Less is left to chance.
Americans like control.
3. Low Scoring
In football, it is still challenging to score, but it happens much more often. Also, every play has a chance for gratification and excitement: a first down, a big catch, a big hit, a sack, an interception, etc
American like constant excitement.
🎙️| Pedro Neto on why Portugal players are not passing to Cristiano Ronaldo:
“People keep asking why some of the players don’t pass to Ronaldo as much anymore.
The truth is, sometimes it feels like everything is about one thing: reaching 1,000 goals. Every attack, every chance, every decision on the pitch ends up going back to that number.
We are at the World Cup. The priority should be Portugal, not personal records.
I think some players are frustrated because they want to play for the team, while Ronaldo is always thinking about scoring the next goal. That’s why you see certain players choosing different options instead of forcing the ball to him every time.
Cristiano is a legend, nobody can deny that. But right now it feels like the 1,000-goal record is more important to him than winning the World Cup, and the players can see it too.”(@talkSPORT_)
We had zero expectations from any other nations to support Bafana Bafana. If your country didn’t qualify for the World Cup you have every right to support whoever you like.
@TweetMagic4 The only cowards here are the migrants running here to burden our resources instead of fixing the problems they have in their own countries. We fought to fix our problems during apartheid, we didn’t run away to the rest of Africa.
@TweetMagic4 The only cowards here are the migrants running here to burden our resources instead of fixing the problems they have in their own countries. We fought to fix our problems during apartheid, we didn’t run away to the rest of Africa.
They only claim to hate South Africa online, but offline they wish they were South African. How can you hate something you didn’t help build? How can you hate something that built you up?
The hate directed at South Africa after the loss to Mexico is becoming so excessive that it's pushing even South Africans who were once sympathetic toward illegal immigrants to rethink their position
@jackson_rem This all proves they never loved us, but only came to enjoy our resource like blood-sucking leeches. Guess what, the World Cup will come to an end, but our fight against these leeches won’t! ABAHAMBE!!