Alexander T.G.

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[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️NEW: Zlatan Ibrahimović on FIFA’s new mouth-covering red card rule: as Almiron was given a red card for covering his mouth in the game between Paraguay and Turkey

“I have seen football at its highest level, the real football. Not this watered-down version they are serving us now. What happened with Almirón? A straight red card for covering his mouth? This is not football anymore. This is a circus run by bureaucrats in suits who have never felt the fire of the pitch.”

“Covering your mouth is now a red card? What is this, Big Brother on the field? FIFA wants to read lips, punish thoughts before they even become words. Next they will put muzzles on players like dogs. Players cannot even talk, cannot even breathe passion without some VAR robot or referee deciding your emotions are illegal. This is dystopian. Football is dying.”

“This rule was born because some players cry every week. One incident in the Champions League and suddenly the whole world must change. But elbow a man, break his leg, or spit — sometimes you get a yellow and a pat on the back. Two-tier football. Protect the protected, punish the rest. I have played in every league and I have seen it.”

On the softness of the modern game:
“Maradona would be sent off in the tunnel. Roy Keane? He would laugh at the referee and walk off with a smile while the stands burn. Pepe would have collected five reds before half-time. Today? Players are becoming actors, not warriors. They fall, they cry, they hide behind rules. Where is the masculinity? Where is the character? Football is not ballet. It is war. And they are turning it into a polite conversation with red cards as punctuation.”

“I, Zlatan, have scored goals that made stadiums shake and said things that made opponents tremble — without hiding. This generation is being raised soft. If you cannot handle words on the pitch, how will you handle life? FIFA is not protecting football. They are burying it. And one day, the real fans will rise and say: enough. Bring back the game.”

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

If you do not understand that this is a WORLD Cup and not a “World” Series, this video of the Scots may clarify the difference. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙⚽️

#TOVO
#thebeautifulgame

[Frente Atlético @FA82Oficial]

Gracias a TODOS por dar un paso al Frente y escribir juntos otra página en la historia del Atlético de Madrid. ♥️🤍

JUNTOS SOMOS INVENCIBLES.

[Dario Grabusic @dariograbusic]

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[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Primer asalto 🍿

[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Puro Atlético de Madrid.

[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Las entradas para la ida de semifinales de la Champions, a la venta el lunes 20 de abril.

Habrá 72 horas de venta exclusiva para socios.

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[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

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[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Nunca dejes de creer.

[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Puro Atlético de Madrid ❤️🤍

[Paul Spacey ⚽️ @PaulSpacey]

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[Jamie Birch @JB_SoccerCoach]

Most grassroots players scan before receiving the ball.

But they have no idea what they’re actually looking for.

Use this 4 point checklist to fix this.

It’s called BOTS 👇

[Alexander T.G. @windhorseWinner]

@SuperBookNV Is there any chance you guys could bring back the Super Contest Reboot next season ?

[Camus @newstart_2024]

David Goggins dropped a truth bomb that will rewire how you see your entire life:

Even billionaires pull him aside after talks and quietly admit:
“I have everything money can buy… but I still feel like something’s missing.”

His response is ice-cold and life-changing:
“You’re missing the version of yourself that only shows up when you voluntarily walk through hell.
The one you meet when you stop making excuses and start making yourself unbreakable.”

In this electric 3:18 clip, Goggins lays it out plain and simple:
Real peace isn’t bought.
It’s forged.
In the dark mornings.
In the moments you want to quit but don’t.
In the relentless decision to keep expanding your mind, body, and soul when everything screams stop.

That’s where the emptiness ends.
That’s where you stop living at 40% and finally step into 100%.
That’s where you become the rare human who never has to ask, “Is this all there is?”

No shortcuts. No hacks. Just you choosing to become the hardest, strongest, most alive version of yourself—every single day.

Watch this clip. Let it hit you. Then go do the hard thing you’ve been avoiding.

The version of you that’s waiting on the other side is worth it.

[D1 Scholarship @d1scholarship]

Athlete A might be better than Athlete B today, but if college coaches believe Athlete B will be better than Athlete A in 2 years, they'll recruit Athlete B.

It's not just about talent now, but talent in 2 years.

This is often referred to as an athlete's "ceiling" or potential.

[Tom Pelissero @TomPelissero]

Wiener Circle promised free hot dogs for everyone in Chicago if Ben Johnson took off his shirt during or after a game.

Eat up, Bears fans.

[The Sporting Resource @TheS_Resource]

Every coach has seen it, the player who used to love football.

The one who arrived early, smiled through every mistake, and left muddy and proud.

➟ Then, one day, they stop smiling. 👇

They still turn up, but something’s gone.
You see it in the way they pass, safe now, not free.
You see it in how they glance at you after every mistake, checking if they’re still enough.

We say “they’ve lost confidence,” but often it’s the environment that took it.

➟ Too many corrections.
➟ Too much noise.
➟ Too little space to breathe and belong.

Somewhere along the way, we confused helping with controlling.
◍ We built structures that reward compliance, not curiosity.
◍ We told them what to do so often they forgot how to think.

✲ Every child starts with creativity.
⚠️ Coaching either protects it or conditions it out.

So when you spot that player losing love, don’t simply fix their technique.
⇢ Fix their joy.
⇢ Remind them what football felt like before it became performance.

❌ You don’t rebuild confidence by instruction.
👍 You rebuild it through safety.
😎 And once they feel safe again, they’ll play free again.

That’s the job.