uk/eu mfs watching the ufc White House card at 3am on Monday morning before going to work

This is how the Japanese national team left its locker room after drawing to Netherlands in Dallas 👏👏 Class.

In 2007, the standards of living in the United States and Western Europe were similar, and most people don’t realize how much things have diverged since the US boomed after the global financial crisis and Europe didn’t. They don’t fully understand how we’re living and we don’t fully understand how they’re living; even when we visit Europe as tourists, we don’t see their tiny, sad flats and their depressing grocery stores. That is why Europeans visiting for the World Cup are going to, like, a Waffle House or a Taco Bell and losing their minds. Stuff we don’t even like or care about is wildly superior to everything everywhere else. We have no idea how rich we are.

Obviously I’m not old enough to remember but was everyone this upset with the World Cup kick off times for Japan and South Korea? Just feels like people making a fuss out of nothing. Not every World Cup is going to be Euro centric.

Thinking the kebab man cares abt you is like an even lower version of thinking strippers are actually into you

Both Mexico and South Africa show vulnerabilities off the ball. Mexico leaves so much space down the center and South Africa shows signs of exploiting it through counters or through building wide, drag Mexico midfielders wide and then access the center. But, South Africa is unable to find that continuity and go from the middle to the final third.

So what position would Bernardo Silva play for Real Madrid ?

🚨💣 BREAKING: Real Madrid sent official proposal to Bernardo Silva, advanced talks to try sign the midfielder. Deal underway with Mourinho pushing and Real confident to anticipate Barça & Atlético. He’s a priority for JM, as @jfelixdiaz reports. 🎥➕ youtu.be/Mdw2wzHvRx4?si=IsZH…

Who’s winning the World Cup guys? I don’t think there is any straight favourites and the way football has grown globally don’t write any team off. Fatigue and injuries will play a big part with schedule congestion.

L’incroyable phrase d’accroche de @vincentduluc dans L’Équipe du jour (ça vaut la peine de tout lire) : « À part le prix scandaleux des places, le chaos des visas, l’interdiction faite aux Iraniens de dormir dans la ville américaine où ils jouent et à un arbitre somalien de participer à la Coupe du monde pour laquelle il avait été sélectionné, le coût écologique exorbitant, la menace de voir la police anti-immigration aux portes des enceintes sportives, la nécessité de casser son PEL pour aller au stade en transports en commun, le bouleversement du football en quatre quart-temps pour plaire au marché publicitaire et le sentiment qu’en étant prête à toutes les compromissions avec Donald Trump, la FIFA a perdu à la fois son pouvoir et son honneur, LA COUPE DU MONDE, VRAIMENT, VA ÊTRE UNE BELLE FÊTE. » 😭🥶 🗞️ @lequipe

The amazing Estadio Azteca. What a view. A stadium steeped in history. Pele and Maradona both won World Cups here. The Hand of God goal… goal of the century… so many memories and now inside it feels really special ⚽️

This is the Barcelona obsession we are talking about. Whatever Barcelona want, we also want. Real Madrid never wanted to sign Bernardo Silva initially. They are signing him just because Barcelona wanted him. They rushed to sign Dumfries on a desperate 4-year deal for a 30-year-old player, just to make sure he doesn't end up at Barcelona. The same way they want to sign Gvardiol after learning that Flick's preferred option is Gvardiol and not Bastoni or Schlotterbeck. They submitted a €150m bid for Alvarez and publicly announced it (when do clubs start doing that?) just because they don't want him to end up at Barcelona and make the deal complicated. Now they are pushing to sign Marc Cucurella just because Barcelona also wanted him. This is how they signed Arda Güler and most of their legends. This is not normal; it is an acute obsession. Always wanting to block Barcelona by all possible means. A supposed 'biggest club' doesn't have a project other than blocking its rival. This is an example of the theory of people who have forgotten themselves