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The famous SAVE OF THE CENTURY! Gordon Banks vs Pelé

u/OweeeeeL — 15 hours ago

Most international goals (146) Most international appearances (233) Most World Cup goals for Portugal (11) Only player to score in SIX different FIFA World Cups Most goals scored at Euros (14) Cristiano bows out of international football as a living legend

u/Available_Pace_8742 — 16 hours ago

Finally someone with a backbone. Jürgen Klopp led a furious backlash against Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who now faces calls to resign after overturning Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension.

Jürgen Klopp led a furious backlash against Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who now faces calls to resign after overturning Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension.

“This is our sport, not theirs. If Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino really sorted this out between themselves, it is madness; it calls everything into question.”

u/Available_Pace_8742 — 16 hours ago
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Tonight’s VAR review team are in their positions and ready to give their unbiased officiating of the game. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has personally approved today’s officials.

u/Dangerous_Spring3028 — 17 hours ago
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Now France have submitted an appeal to rescind Micheal Olise's yellow card against Paraguay. 😂 This is what happens when you lick a President's boots. Congratulations, Gianni Infantino.

Belgian FA is forced to teach FIFA it's own rules: "To date, the RBFA has still not received any grounds for this decision, nor has it received the information it has been requesting since the start of this procedure id est a copy of the decision and the motivation declaring the player eligible .

The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has received the decision of the FIFA Appeal Committee, signed by its member Mr Salman Al-Ansari, which declares the RBFA's case inadmissible and confirms the earlier decision allowing United States player Folarin Balogun to play.

To date, the RBFA has still not received any grounds for this decision, nor has it received the information it has been requesting since the start of this procedure id est a copy of the decision and the motivation declaring the player eligible as well as the referee's report. Which is a breach of FIFA regulations.

The RBFA has informed the United States Soccer Federation that it contests the eligibility of the player, should the player be listed on the referee's team sheet. 
This leaves all further actions open. https://www.rbfa.be/en/news/update-rbfa-statement-regarding-folarin-balogun

u/SouthPrudent3911 — 21 hours ago

Celeste Amarilla (Paraguayan senator), on Kylian Mbappé: "This brute hasn't even learned to write. Instead of breastmilk, he grew up sucking on coconuts, and the most educated creatures he ever heard were chimpanzees.

You should've given him the middle finger, Orlando Gill (Paraguay GK).

A colonized Cameroonian, pretending to be French, resentful, newly rich, arrogant, and ugly.

He was nervous and scared to death all game, like his whole team. They didn't even manage to score a single goal, until they got lucky with a penalty.

The only thing many of us blame the team for is not giving him a full-handed slap at the end of the game. I'm not even a football fan."

u/Available_Pace_8742 — 21 hours ago

Mere months after making his USMNT debut as a 17-year-old, Christian Pulisic approached Jürgen Klinsmann with a request: Can I leave camp for a night to attend my hometown senior prom?

“I don’t know how important something like that is, I didn’t grow up in the U.S.,” Klinsmann told The Athletic. “I told him to give me a couple minutes.”

Klinsmann called his wife, Debbie, who is U.S. born and raised, to get her thoughts. He wasn’t sure just how much a prom can mean to a kid. She quickly explained and, in fact, she implored her husband to say yes.

Are you serious? Klinsmann asked his wife. She insisted: Absolutely you have to let him go.

Klinsmann took her guidance to heart. He relayed to Pulisic: You’re clear to go as long as you’re back in time the next morning.

Prom was the day before the USMNT faced Bolivia. That night, Pulisic became the youngest goalscorer in USMNT history.

u/Tony-Stank__ — 15 hours ago
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0 - Since the introduction of yellow and red cards at the 1970 edition, no player has ever received a red card and gone on to play in his team's next match at the FIFA World Cup. Unprecedented.

u/OneOriginal8727 — 1 day ago

Before the game, he announced this will be his last World Cup. The King will retire without football's greatest crown.

u/sinister_iam — 19 hours ago

Paraguay officially condemns senator Celeste Amarilla for her diabolical statement against Kylian Mbappe.

u/Tony-Stank__ — 15 hours ago

Jordan Henderson is set to play no further part in the World Cup as he needs surgery on the freak wrist injury he suffered in England’s last 16 victory over Mexico.

The Brentford midfielder landed awkwardly as he slipped while climbing over the advertising hoardings during the celebrations after the thrilling 3-2 win at the Azteca Stadium.

After leaving the field on a stretcher and receiving oxygen, Henderson was taken to hospital in Mexico City and did not travel back to England’s training base in Kansas City with the rest of Thomas Tuchel’s squad.

u/matrix_2905 — 1 day ago

🚨 Donald Trump confirms he called Gianni Infantino about Flo Balogun's red. "Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I'm the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep." Openly admitting to corruption.

u/sinister_iam — 1 day ago

17 - Most shots on record (since 1966) at a single edition of the FIFA World Cup without creating a single chance for a teammate: Cristiano Ronaldo, 17 (2026) Alberto Garcia Aspe, 15 (1998) Jerzy Gorgon, 13 (1974) Katlego Mphela, 13 (2010) Denis Cheryshev, 13 (2018)

u/National-Total-3380 — 19 hours ago
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Gianni Infantino talks about his call with Donald Trump: “During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies.”

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u/Kr_bm — 1 day ago