What a great lesson

18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi in his WC debut vs Brazil: -91% pass accuracy (60/66) -100% pass accuracy in the final third (16/16) -6 ball recoveries -5 interceptions -9 duels won A star is born 💫

🇲🇦⚽️🏟️🇧🇷 Achraf Hakimi a offert son maillot à Neymar après le match des Lions de l’Atlas face au Brésil.

¿Saben con cuántos votos terminará ganando Keiko? A las 8:35 am del día Sábado 13 de Junio solo quedan 1,552 actas en el JEE. El modelo las proyecta desde el día 1. Lo notable: desde las 8pm del domingo 7 de junio el modelo la dio como ganadora y nunca cambió de veredicto, ni cuando la brecha real llegó a -42,190. 🧵 (1/3)x.com/osalasmo/status/206379…

🚨📊 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Most international G/A per game among 2026 World Cup players.

The World Cup kicked off last night. Even though Israel didn’t make the cut, that didn’t stop the entire country from tuning in. Even combat deployment wasn’t an excuse to miss the opening matches. For soldiers stationed in the trenches of southern Lebanon, the IDF’s C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate streamed the games using “Z-TUBE”—a highly secure, encrypted military intelligence platform, just to bring the pitch to the front lines. This isn’t even the first time Israel has pulled something like this. The 2014 World Cup happened to coincide exactly with the buildup and execution of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, and to keep morale up among the tens of thousands of reservists and active-duty soldiers staged along the border, the IDF set up mobile screens and logistics tents so troops could catch matches between operational briefings and combat deployments. This does appear to be the first time the IDF has gone the streaming route. Z-TUBE is an advanced military network designed to rapidly distribute operational footage—according to published reports, “from the moment footage is captured until it is viewed, no matter the location, the image will be displayed on a screen within 300 milliseconds to half a second.” So if you’re looking for the best World Cup screening in Israel, try southern Lebanon.

Every team that knocked Brazil out since 1938 ended up in the Top 3

Still not over it

23/6/94: Baresi se rompe el menisco en el primer partido del Mundial. 17/7/94: Baresi se recupera para la final y firma uno de los mejores partidos de la historia. LEYENDA @FBaresi 🔴⚫️

🚨 Neymar Jr will NOT be replaced after his injury and will regularly go to World Cup. 🇧🇷 “We expect Neymar to be back in the first game vs Morocco or eventually on the following game”, announces Ancelotti. “We will 𝑵𝑶𝑻 change anyone — the chosen players are these and I don’t change plans al these 26 will play the World Cup”.

FONSECA TAKES OUT DJOKOVIC IN A FIVE-SET THRILLER 🇧🇷 #RolandGarros

Novak Djokovic gives full credit to João Fonseca after his loss to him at Roland Garros, ‘You just have to say well done and congratulate him. Hats off. He just played lights out tennis. Every time there was a decisive moment he went for it’ “Did you have the impression that you were the one who could decide the match when you were still fresher? That there was something missing probably because of lack of energy?” Novak: “Well, it would be nice if it was best of 3 😂. But it’s not. And yeah, I ran out of gas to be honest. I don’t feel good at all on the court in the next couple sets. End of the fourth was my best chance. 4-3, 15-40… he just played really good points. He was attacking. Big serves. When I look back in important moments, could I have done something different? You can always say yes, but you just have to say well done and congratulate him. Hats off. He just played lights out tennis. Every time there was a decisive moment he went for it. Maybe my only fault was 3-1 in the 5th, serving and I dropped the serve. But again, he played a couple very aggressive points. Any ball coming to his forehand, around the forehand, mid-forehands… he was crushing it. It was really hard to read. He was playing with extreme pace. Break point to come back to the match? 3 aces. What can you do? Strongest aces he’s got through the whole match, 220, 215. Only thing you can say is well done. That’s it.” (via Roland Garros Press)

MUST WATCH 🇧🇷🇷🇸 #RolandGarros

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