🚨Vinicius Junior on what Neymar told him during the hydration break: 🗣Vinicius Junior: “He came over to me during the hydration break and told me I needed to get myself into the game a bit more because I'd been a little quiet. He said Morocco were putting so much attention on Raphinha because of the way he was pressing and getting on the ball, so there would be more space for me if we used it well. He also spoke to Bruno Guimaraes and told him to keep looking for me whenever he could. Neymar felt they had already read what we were trying to do with Igor Thiago. They were expecting crosses into the box and were making it difficult for us to play through the middle as well. He told us that if Bruno could find me instead, everyone would think I was going to cross for Igor, but there could be space if I attacked inside. That's what happened. I cut in, took the shot, and thankfully it went in. That's why having Neymar with us is so important. His experience is incredible. He sees things during a game that not everyone notices, and he knows exactly when to make small adjustments that can change everything. It shows the level of player he is.”

An unfortunate 1st half for Darwin Nunez. Replaced at the interval having made just three passes in the first 45 minutes.

omds simba didn’t even wait till casa amor, he’s already onto mica 😭😭😭 #LoveIsland

Bayern Munich have been informed that Ayyoub Bouaddi has rejected the club’s advances despite weeks of talks involving Vincent Kompany, Max Eberl and the player’s representatives, with Bayern prepared to invest up to €60 million (£52 million) in the Lille wonderkid, only for the player to ultimately conclude that neither Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga nor the tactical project presented by Vincent Kompany represented a sufficiently attractive proposition for the next stage of his career. The Moroccan wonderkid’s dream has long been the Premier League and, significantly, I can now exclusively reveal, as the first journalist worldwide, that Bayern Munich have been informed Bouaddi already has a personal agreement in place with an English club, a development communicated directly to Bayern by the player’s representatives, with officials increasingly convinced that the destination is either Liverpool FC, the crown jewel of English football, or Arsenal FC, the North London set-piece dependency project. Bayern were aware for months that both clubs were leading contenders for his signature and still chose to explore whether they could change the player’s mind. However, there is now a strong belief inside the industry that if Liverpool ultimately decide to make a decisive move, Bouaddi would choose Anfield, those mystical red-brick walls and one of football’s most magnetic institutions, over Arsenal, with the player understood to be significantly more captivated by Liverpool’s footballing vision than by a club whose recent rise has become almost inseparable from set-pieces, long throws and dead-ball routines. The expectation inside Bayern Munich is that the situation will accelerate rapidly after the World Cup, potentially even during the tournament itself, and unless there is a dramatic late twist, Liverpool and Arsenal supporters should watch this story closely, as the final chapter may arrive far sooner than many expect.

🚨🚨| 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃: Mohamed Salah becomes the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 African player on record to register a FIFA World Cup goal involvement on their birthday (since 1966). 🌟🇪🇬 Salah assisted Egypt's opening goal against Belgium on his 34th birthday. [@OptaJoe]

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