Erling Haaland says he is impressed by USA hosting: “Everything with the World Cup so far has been amazing, from the games to stadiums to training grounds. I am super happy and it’s been impressive”
Belgium announces they will try to steal victory if the US wins. If the US wins, Belgium says a complaint will be filed to a FIFA Tribunal, and to CAS alleging Folarin Balogun ineligible demanding compensation and overturning the match results.
Croatia sends letter to FIFA protesting referee decisions in Portugal game. “We believe that the VAR protocol was applied completely incorrectly in the penalty awarded to Portugal, and that the referee should never have been called to review the incident on the pitch-side monitor”.
Ecuador announces they filed a formal complaint with FIFA against Mexico saying their flight was mysteriously delayed by several hours and civilians harassed them at their hotel attempting to cause maximum disruption through loudspeakers, horns and motorcycles.
Canada rejected over 50% of all World Cup tourist visas. Tourists from Africa, as well as India and Pakistan, had their visas rejected at a far higher rate than European and most South American tourists.
Iran’s Football Federation has requested FIFA to prevent any “ceremonies or promotional activities” in support of the LGBT community at the match in Seattle, as well as restricting symbols or representations of the Pride movement.
Iranian MP Nabavian reveals ‘top-secret’ Khamenei objections to US talks on state TV. Nabavian began excerpts from what were described as top-secret letters by Iran’s Supreme Leader on state TV, claiming he opposed US talks, before he was interrupted and the program was abruptly cut off.