One day 🙏🏿 #Believe

F1 2021 was a dark dark year. Max got away with so much.

I know this might sound harsh, but that was genuinely one of the biggest managerial disasterclasses I've ever seen. This man called up 4 wingers and 3 strikers, only to bench all of them and start the opening World Cup game with a 5-3-2 that he hadn't used even once during the friendlies. He benched all of his forwards and lined up with 5 defenders and 5 midfielders against Sweden. It gets worse. He played a defensive full-back who is basically a hybrid CB profile like Kounde for example and he played him as a wing-back, used our backup left-back, who arguably didn't even deserve a call-up, as a left centre-back, and after going 2-0 down by halftime, he didn't make a single substitution until the 72nd minute. And when the changes finally came, they somehow made even less sense. He brought on a central midfielder to play wing-back, and a left winger to play on the right, and then took off both of his defensive midfielders for an attacking midfielder and a striker. We literally finished the game with a double pivot made up of two number 10s. I'm serious when I say this is the kind of squad management you wouldn't even see in FIFA Career Mode. We've faced teams like England, Belgium, France, and Spain at World Cups before. We've always been underdogs. Yet somehow, our biggest defeat in World Cup history came against Sweden. That alone should tell you everything you need to know about how badly this game was handled. I know most of you probably don't care about Tunisia's tactical disasters, but I just needed to get this off my chest.

🚨💣 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄: Lewis Hall is closing in on a return to Chelsea following Marc Cucurella’s shock £43m move to Real Madrid. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔵 7-year contract is already on the table for the left-back if all goes as planned. Newcastle are demanding around £50m including add-ons to sanction his departure. More to follow soon.

I don't understand Ferrari's tyre strategy for Lewis

No one wants to see 7-1 score lines at a World Cup

Lewis Hamilton extends his record for the most seasons with wins in F1 🍷

Perfect weather in Barcelona.🌞☀️ Traditional F1 race track. 🏎️ A crash is coming 😅

Men want one thing & its cool sedans

🤯 ehhh Lewis is a driver guys. You don’t understand how much technical skill and immense focus you need to brake that late going 200km/h .. EACH TIME.

I'm sorry Schumacher wasn't doing this at age 41✋️

My South Africans are shocked by Morocco's performance. Morocco is a strong side, they always compete against high-profile teams

🚨Neymar JR could now MISS THE ENTIRE GROUP STAGE! ❌

Forget about classy Joao Pedro, Richarlison will do more for Brazil than that 90 year old Igor Thiago.

🇧🇷 | I think there’s a real misunderstanding of João Pedro’s situation for Brazil and Ancelotti’s reasoning for leaving him out of the squad. Some important context to help explain the decision: Between June 6, 2025 and April 1, 2026, Ancelotti tested SEVEN different No. 9s across nine matches: • Matheus Cunha | 397 minutes • Richarlison | 174 minutes • João Pedro | 153 minutes • Vitor Roque | 45 minutes • Kaio Jorge | 19 minutes • Igor Thiago | 19 minutes • Igor Jesus | 10 minutes A combined 817 minutes without a SINGLE GOAL from any of them. Brazil had a serious goalscoring problem. Ancelotti used his multiple opportunities to work with these players up close in training camps, calling them into several squads: • Matheus Cunha | 4 call-ups • Richarlison | 4 call-ups • João Pedro | 3 call-ups • Kaio Jorge | 1 call-up • Igor Jesus | 1 call-up • Vitor Roque | 1 call-up • Igor Thiago | 1 call-up • Endrick | 1 call-up Out of all the options, Matheus Cunha was the one striker who genuinely impressed Ancelotti. His work rate, pressing, energy, selflessness, and ability to balance the front four made him a key piece in the 4-2-4 system Brazil were using at the time. But they still lacked that killer instinct. Then came Brazil’s final match before Ancelotti announced his World Cup squad: the game against Croatia. With Brazil struggling, Igor Thiago (23 minutes) and Endrick (14 minutes) came off the bench and changed the game. Igor Thiago scored from the penalty spot, while Endrick won the penalty and provided an assist. At the same time, João Pedro had another difficult game, a constant under Ancelotti. He struggled to make an impact, missed a big chance, and was eventually replaced by Igor Thiago himself. That last 25 minutes proved decisive. By the end of the Croatia game, João Pedro had played the second most minutes under Ancelotti as a no.9 (only behind Matheus Cunha), but had convinced him the least. At the very last moment, Ancelotti changed his mind. The performances of Endrick and Igor Thiago against Croatia tipped the balance. So between the 4 choices and 3 number 9’s he was going to take. He left João Pedro at home.

FT: Australia 🇦🇺 2️⃣➖0️⃣ Turkey 🇹🇷 Massive win for the Oceania side to kickoff their campaign. M #FIFAWorldCup