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Many people don’t know this, but the crossed-arms “X” signal is FIFA’s universal gesture for reporting racist abuse. When a player, coach, or team official makes that signal, they’re informing the referee that racist abuse has occurred. It is meant to trigger FIFA’s three-step anti-racism protocol: first stop the match, then suspend it if the abuse continues, and ultimately abandon the match if it doesn’t stop. Today, Egypt manager Hossam Hassan made the “X” gesture from the touchline. Instead of initiating the protocol, the referee booked Hassan with a yellow card and allowed play to continue.

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Desde cuándo un portero puede salir del área con el balón en las manos?

It’s better for Argentina to play Switzerland than Columbia and Norway than England if they make it to semi finals.

🚨 Leo Messi: “I cried because I felt that 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 because of the penalty I missed… and the way I took it”. “But thankfully once again, God had something special for me in the end. I’m very happy”.

The Egyptian Football Association released a video titled: “The Secret to Victory.” They openly declare that the key to victory is to begin each match by cursing Christians and Jews. Before every game, the team gathers to recite Quranic passages describing Christians and Jews as infidels under Allah’s wrath. Coptic Christians make up 15% of Egypt’s population, yet they are not allowed on the national team. Now, the Islamic team of Egypt has been eliminated by the ‘infidel’ nation of Argentina. Allah was not on their side.

The difference between the two is that only one delivers when it matters.