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Journalist: “I'm to your left, really the far left.” Kylian Mbappé: “Luckily you weren't on the other side.” (Mbappé is one of the footballers who is against the far right.)

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🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa responds to Cristiano Ronaldo’s claim that the World Cup is just a ‘seven-game tournament’ ahead of Mexico’s clash with South Africa: “Seven-game tournament? That’s like calling Mount Everest a short walk because it only takes one climb. Cristiano can say whatever he wants, but the World Cup is the one stage where football stops being a sport and becomes history. Billions watch. Nations stop. Generations remember. And let’s be honest, these comments didn’t appear from nowhere. Funny how the tournament became ‘just seven games’ after Messi lifted the trophy. Before that, every great player dreamed of touching it. After Messi won it, suddenly it’s being treated like a weekend cup competition. The World Cup is football’s crown jewel. You don’t shrink the crown because someone else wears it. Some trophies decorate a career; the World Cup defines eras. That’s why people still talk about Maradona, Pelé, Zidane, and now Messi through their World Cup moments. If the World Cup is only seven games, then why do legends spend twenty years chasing those seven games? To me, this sounds less like analysis and more like a man arguing with his own shadow. The trophy he couldn’t catch is now being measured with a smaller ruler. Ronaldo is one of the greatest players ever. But when you call the World Cup a seven-game tournament, it feels like sour grapes served in a golden cup.”

Vfynn_'s tweet photo. 🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa responds to Cristiano Ronaldo’s claim that the World Cup is just a ‘seven-game tournament’ ahead of Mexico’s clash with South Africa:

“Seven-game tournament? That’s like calling Mount Everest a short walk because it only takes one climb.

Cristiano can say whatever he wants, but the World Cup is the one stage where football stops being a sport and becomes history. Billions watch. Nations stop. Generations remember.

And let’s be honest, these comments didn’t appear from nowhere. Funny how the tournament became ‘just seven games’ after Messi lifted the trophy. Before that, every great player dreamed of touching it. After Messi won it, suddenly it’s being treated like a weekend cup competition.

The World Cup is football’s crown jewel. You don’t shrink the crown because someone else wears it.

Some trophies decorate a career; the World Cup defines eras. That’s why people still talk about Maradona, Pelé, Zidane, and now Messi through their World Cup moments.

If the World Cup is only seven games, then why do legends spend twenty years chasing those seven games?

To me, this sounds less like analysis and more like a man arguing with his own shadow. The trophy he couldn’t catch is now being measured with a smaller ruler.

Ronaldo is one of the greatest players ever. But when you call the World Cup a seven-game tournament, it feels like sour grapes served in a golden cup.”

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🎙️ | leah williamson on the lack of openness around sexuality in men’s football: “if i was male player would i subject myself to the potential of 60,000 people singing a homophobic chant at me? it doesn’t sound appealing. i think you have to be really, really brave to do that. i’m not surprised that more haven’t come out. do i think that more exist? of course i do. would i encourage them to come out? how could i possibly do that knowing what they would possibly face? the world is changing but it’s not changing quickly enough for those players. unfortunately i think freedom in today’s world is a luxury. i don’t know how much more progressive that’s getting, i think it’s receding. i think about how powerful it would be if somebody did come out but i would never encourage them to. you’d be committing your life to being ‘that person.’” [via the london standard]

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