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[Scott Patterson @R_o_M]

To overturn a correct decision with an incorrect decision and then apologise during the game for that incorrect decision is absolutely crazy. Cheating bastards.

[💎 @TJayyyy_1]

£106m Barcola, £116m Wirtz, and £125m Isak couldn’t get the job done against a Fulham team that hates their coach

[TOMISIN🏅 @tomisinfcb]

🚨 BREAKING: Luís Figo has reportedly claimed that 10 journalists from the 100-member Ballon d'Or voting panel have been removed after allegedly attempting to coordinate votes in favour of Lionel Messi.

Figo allegedly said the journalists tried to influence the award ahead of other contenders, including Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane.

He was also quoted as saying: "For the past 15 years, the awards have been rigged in Messi's favour. Only three of the eight Ballon d'Ors he has won were truly deserved. I don't know what relationship he has with FIFA, but I hope the truth comes out one day."

[BASITO @itzbasito]

Yes, he voted for Salah 1st, Mane 2nd and Mbappe 3rd for the Ballon D’or but when the results came out after Messi’s announcement, FIFA published how coaches voted and it showed that he voted Messi 1st which he never did. He posted his ballot online to back his claim.

[Santi @PeakSxnti]

Messi blocking everyone that criticised him or Argentina on Instagram.
His fans creating groups to take accounts down.
His country threatening Lawsuits against influencers.

FIFIA World Cup 2026 will be remembered for revealing the true colour of the humble Messi and his intellectual fans.

[Fran @frabigol]

Hace cinco días Paredes había jugado mal la final del mundial porque tenía una COSTILLA ROTA que no lo dejaba respirar.

Hoy es titular en la bombonera, que locura lo que MIENTEN los periodistas con tal de justificar los partidos de mierda de algunos. Le hacen daño a Argentina.

[San Yorch @Sanyorchv]

A los argentinos cuando Maradona metió un gol con la mano no les pareció sospechoso. Cuando los argentinos le dieron agua con somníferos a Brasil no les pareció raro. Cuando su dictadura robó el mundial de 1978 todo estaba bien. Los 5 penaltis en 7 partidos de Qatar tampoco les pareció sospechoso. No les pareció sospechoso robarle a Egipto o a Suiza. Pero perder una final en la que tiraron 0 veces en 120 minutos les esta pareciendo un robo y todo muy conspiranoico. Te tienes que reír 😆

[Najoola ⓯ ㊱ @najnoja]

🎙️المراسل: لطالما انتقد زلاتان إبراهيموفيتش كريستيانو رونالدو. ما رأيك في ذلك؟

🎙️سيرجيو راموس: كمحلل رياضي، إذا أردتَ جذب انتباه الناس، فإن الحديث عن كريستيانو رونالدو هو أسهل طريقة لذلك.

[MADRID SPOT @MadridSpot]

“Cutie” Romero:

Premier League: 23 matches, 1.4 fouls per game, 9 yellow cards, 2 red cards.

For Argentina in this world cup: 1.5 fouls per game, 0 yellow cards, 0 red cards.

Same player. Higher foul rate. Yet one record is full of cards, while the other is completely clean. Not even a single yellow card.

[SethOfficial @UTD_Seth001]

🚨Thierry Henry on Argentina eliminating Egypt from the FIFA World Cup:

🗣️ “For me, this feels like football robbery in broad daylight.

I’m not taking anything away from Argentina’s quality because they have world-class players, but I don’t think they deserved to win this match. Egypt worked incredibly hard to build a two-goal lead. They defended with courage, attacked with confidence and earned every bit of that advantage.

The turning point, in my opinion, was the refereeing. I didn’t agree with the penalty that was awarded to Argentina earlier in the game, and after that it felt as though every important decision was going against Egypt. Whether people agree or disagree, those moments changed the rhythm of the match and gave Argentina the momentum they desperately needed.

Egypt will leave this tournament feeling heartbroken because they were so close to one of the greatest victories in their history. Sometimes football is decided by brilliant moments, and sometimes it’s decided by controversial decisions. Tonight, I believe the officiating will be discussed just as much as the football itself.”

[Nuel @LfcNuel]

Even the commentators got tired of watching Messi and Argentina rob teams that he exposed them on live TV. https://t.co/vx7PkCtcXO

[H 𖦏 @hugoknowsball]

🚨Wayne Rooney:

“FIFA have become too lenient with Argentina. They don’t get booked or penalized for the most obvious offenses and it’s raising so many eyebrows.”

“Very soon a lot will be revealed”

[Ceejay @Sir_jaay01]

The highest assist in a season has been 31 for as long as possible until someone tries to get past that and it started rising.

Not just only rising but the person trying to break the record loses an assist for every one he makes now.

Like I said, Messi is one of the 2 greatest players ever but he is way too favored all his career by the ref, media, pundits, football officials and others.

[Cristiano Ronaldo Türkiye @cristianocomtr]

🚨

Marcel Sabitzer:

Eğer birini şampiyon yapmak istiyorlarsa açıkça söylesinler. Her Dünya Kupası'nda aynı adama kazandırma çabaları var. FIFA sorgulanmalı.

[Kimi Regal @RegalKimi]

After Ronaldo won EURO 2016 while Messi was still without a senior international trophy, a common argument across football media, punditry and mainstream football discourse was that international trophies were not essential to determining individual greatness. Football was said to be a team sport, and a player’s legacy should not be reduced to what he won with his national team.

At the time, Messi had lost four major international finals with Argentina and had even retired from international football after the 2016 Copa América final defeat to Chile.

A few months later, Messi returned. What followed was an unusually busy Copa América schedule. The tournament was played in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021, four editions in just six years. Many observers could not help but notice that a player who had repeatedly fallen short was being given more opportunities to win in a short period and rightly so. Eventually, Messi won the 2021 Copa América.

For years, the football world had been told that international trophies were not necessary to be considered the greatest of all time. When Messi lacked an international trophy, the importance of international success was routinely downplayed.

Similarly, when Messi lacked a World Cup, it was not considered essential to being the GOAT. Once he won it in Qatar, however, the World Cup was elevated from being one achievement among many to the achievement that supposedly settled the GOAT debate forever.

To many Ronaldo supporters, this is the clearest example of shifting goalposts in football history. The standards appeared to change at every stage until they aligned perfectly with Messi’s résumé. What was once irrelevant became important. What was important became essential. And once Messi achieved it, the debate was declared over.

In Qatar, Argentina received five penalties during the tournament, a World Cup record for a single team in one edition. Several refereeing decisions involving Argentina remain debated to this day, including Messi’s handball incident against the Netherlands that some believe warranted a second yellow card.

For many critics, these were not isolated incidents but part of a wider pattern they believe has followed Messi throughout his career, where controversial decisions repeatedly seem to fall in his favour. They point to numerous moments over the years where they believe punishments that would have been applied to other players were overlooked when Messi was involved. Some supporters have even argued that similar concerns resurfaced only recently, after another incident in which they believe Messi was fortunate to avoid a red card.

Whether one agrees with that view or not, it has become a significant reason why many Ronaldo supporters remain sceptical of the narrative surrounding Messi’s achievements and the way they are discussed by the football establishment and mainstream media.

For many Ronaldo supporters, the issue has never simply been about preferring one player over another. It is about what they perceive as inconsistent standards. They see achievements weighed differently depending on who accomplished them. They see one player protected from scrutiny while the other is subjected to it at every turn.

That is why many continue to side with Ronaldo. Not because to many he is the greatest to ever kick a ball or he has won every trophy or because he is beyond criticism, but because they believe the standards applied to him have often been harsher than those applied to his greatest rival.

They would rather support a player who loses with his honour intact than celebrate victories they believe are surrounded by unanswered questions.

As José Mourinho once said: “If I have to win in that way, I would be ashamed.”

For them, the issue is not simply who won. It is whether the criteria for greatness remained consistent throughout the debate. In their view, they did not.

[(fan) Alex⁸ @UTDAlex8]

🚨 Gareth Bale on calls for Cristiano Ronaldo to be dropped from Portugal’s starting XI:

🗣️ “We all know that many of the people calling for Ronaldo to be dropped are not his fans. They’re his rivals and critics who never wanted to see him succeed in the first place.

No true Ronaldo supporter would be asking for him to be left out of such an important tournament. They know exactly what he can still do, and they know Portugal are a completely different team when he’s on the pitch.

The criticism didn’t start because he’s 41. Ronaldo has faced it throughout his entire career. When he scores inside the box, they call him a tap-in merchant. When he scores a hat-trick, they say he’s selfish. When he doesn’t score, they claim he’s being carried by his teammates.

No matter what he does, there will always be criticism. That’s the reality of being Cristiano Ronaldo.
For me, the biggest mistake Portugal could make in this tournament would be dropping him.”

[Ariana Jasmine @arianajasmine__]

America bombed their homeland and then forced them to camp at Tijuana and travel 5 hours just to get to their match.

This is discrimination. THIS IS DISCRIMINATION!!!!!!!!!

[Preeti @MadridPreeti]

The reason behind Henry's hatred towards Cristiano was best explained by Arsenal's best player ever

🚨 Dennis Bergkamp: “Back then, everyone even our opponents stood in awe of Henry. For he was the league’s undisputed superstar. Yet, in that particular match, a mere kid who had barely emerged from adolescence became the very reason Thierry Henry ended up punching the lockers in the dressing room.”

And Zlatan has 0 World Cup goals, so who cares about him anyways