Iran v. New Zealand ended around 8pm here in Los Angeles.
At 10:07pm, Iran players were on a bus bound for the airport, where they'd fly back to Tijuana. World Cup organizers wouldn't let them stay and recover.
“Everything is like a disaster for us," Mehdi Taremi said.
Three years ago I got laid off from ESPN.
Now I'm running a YouTube channel: profitable, 175K views a video, closing in on 60K subs.
Goal: 100K by end of summer.
If you believe sports journalism can be more — with no gambling ads — I'd love to take this journey together ⬇️
🚨 Kylian Mbappé could break several records at the World Cup:
- 2 goals away from being France all-time top scorer
- 2 goals away from being France all-time top scorer in the World Cup
- 5 goals away from being the all-time World Cup top scorer
- If he scores in the World Cup final, he will be the FIRST player in HISTORY to score 5 goals in a World Cup final
@_BeFootball 🤯🇫🇷
🚨 « CE N’EST PAS UNE COMPÉTITION ÉQUITABLE. » 😤
Mehdi Taremi 🇮🇷 et ses coéquipiers iraniens se disent ÉPUISÉS des voyages, des entrainements et des contrôles d’immigration et de transit qui DURENT 5 HEURES. 😩
Football is genuinely the closest thing we have to a universal language. Expanding the World Cup to 48 teams was a top tier decision man. More countries, more cultures, more stories.
Vozinha put on a Neuer-like performance against Spain ❌
His seven saves are the second-most by a goalkeeper aged 40 or older in a single World Cup match since 1966 😤