Curacao, ranked 82nd in the world, have Germany, ranked 10th, on the ropes... but let's stop for a "hydration break" in an air-conditioned stadium. What an absolute farce.

When a ref’s standing waiting for a TV producer to tell him when he's allowed to restart a game, you've stopped running a football tournament & started running an ad break with football in between. Sad thing is, the Premier League is watching & learning🤦‍♂️

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the USA vs Paraguay stoppage for TV commercials: “I’ve spent my entire life in this beautiful game — as a player at the highest level, as a fan, and now as someone who analyses it every week — and what unfolded during that USA versus Paraguay match left me deeply frustrated. The fourth official standing there on the touchline, arm raised high, instructing the referee to hold the restart… not for any injury, not for tactical reasons, and not even primarily for player hydration in that scorching heat. No. It was because the broadcast team hadn’t finished airing all their commercials. That’s not football. That’s a television show pretending to be a World Cup match. The beautiful game is being strangled by greed. Players are out there in the heat, ready to restart, momentum building like a storm about to break — and we pause everything so the sponsors can cash in. It’s like stopping a symphony mid-crescendo because the advertisers want their jingle heard. Football didn’t conquer the world by turning into American sports with endless timeouts and ad breaks. We had rhythm, flow, emotion that flowed like a river. Now? It’s dammed up for dollars. This isn’t about hydration or player welfare anymore — it’s a slippery slope where the soul of the game is sold piece by piece. Fans deserve better. Players deserve better. The referee on that pitch looked like a puppet on strings controlled from some broadcast truck. Enough is enough. We need to protect what made this sport the greatest on Earth before it disappears completely.” The World Cup should be football’s cathedral. Instead, we’re turning it into a shopping mall with a pitch in the middle. And here’s the question nobody wants to answer: if the fourth official is waiting for commercials, then who is really running the game? FIFA? The referee? Or the broadcasters? Because the moment football starts asking advertisers for permission before asking the players, you’ve crossed a line. The World Cup is supposed to be the showcase of football. Not the showcase of who paid the most for airtime.”

By the way! 20 degrees inside the stadium in Houston! Still breaks for drinks!! What do they get? Hot chocolate?

So the 17 year old coming home from their evening job can't check Facebook or X to see if their trains home are disrupted... or tweet the operator for help!

Protect our children!….

🔥🚨BREAKING: It has been confirmed that former President Obama was involved and shares responsibility in creating US Biolabs carrying ‘especially dangerous pathogens’ in Ukraine. It’s starting to look this man was responsible for everything.

Honestly, I absolutely hate to be that 'better in my day' guy, but it's a sorry state of affairs when the Brazil centre forward plays for fucking Brentford.

@FIFAcom With bullshit hydration breaks in 'indoor' stadiums tells you all you need to know its all about the money and nothing to do with player welfare. Let Germany regroup and get back in the game when Curacao were on the up. #hydrationbollocks #GERCUW #therestisfootball

$19 a can of Stella at this years football World Cup. Let's put this into context with an image from Morrisons...

'As anti-business as anything I have seen': Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says Britain under Labour is 'returning to the 1970s' trib.al/W6YjGrH

Keir Starmer directed our Armed Forces to intercept an Oil Tanker in the English Channel this morning & was successful. This shows & tells us Keir Starmer could stop the small boats if he wanted to but it he just doesn’t want to. We are being lied to on a massive scale.

So apparently these two low-lives have reportedly lost their jobs. However, I don't think that's enough. They need to be investigated by the police for making claims that they have "connections" and can call on a police officer to inflict violence upon someone. It seriously isn't a good look for @MPSHarrow if they choose to do nothing about it.

don’t fall for it, it’s a TV licence link..

🚨 Rúben Amorim, ready to accept all conditions discussed with AC Milan to become the new manager. He wants the job and waiting for final green light from Milan. 🔴⚫️🇵🇹

pretty wild how 90% of the foods in grocery stores didn't exist 100 years ago...and neither did 90% of diseases

Instead of adding pink ribbons to their products every October maybe companies should just remove the cancer causing ingredients

Exclusive: Russell Martin appointed manager of Leicester City telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Go all out and get the Hearts pre match singer as well fuck it.