Elena Engle 🌻🕊💙🇺🇸

It‘s insane in here. The stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch. The aura is crazy.

Randomly hearing people talk about you on the radio is always the most surreal feeling😭😭😭

Mom, I’m in the New York Times!

Jamie Carragher on Japan leaving their World Cup dressing room spotless after the match: 🗣️ “I have to say, this deserves just as much attention as anything that happened on the pitch tonight. Everyone talks about goals, assists, and tactics, but this tells you everything about the culture of that team. When I saw the dressing room, I honestly couldn't believe it. After ninety minutes of football, emotions running high, and a dramatic result, they still left the place looking like nobody had even been there. People might look at it and think it's a small thing. It isn't. Small habits reveal big character. Respect doesn't only show itself during the national anthem or after the final whistle. It shows itself when nobody is watching. That's what impresses me about Japan. They don't clean the dressing room because FIFA tells them to. They do it because it's who they are. In football today, we're constantly hearing players talk about professionalism. Well, this is professionalism. Not social media posts. Not interviews. Actions. And if I'm being honest, there are a lot of teams with bigger reputations that could learn something from this. The scary thing is that this mentality often translates onto the pitch. Teams that respect every detail usually don't stop at cleaning dressing rooms—they respect every pass, every tackle, every minute of the game. That's why people around the world keep talking about Japan. Not because they're trying to get attention, but because they keep earning it. In a tournament full of stars, they've managed to remind everyone that class doesn't always come from what you do with the ball it comes from how you carry yourself when the game is over.”

Can we make Europeans coming here a yearly thing? Like for a month out of the summer they just come here and go on adventures

今夜ワールドカップ初出場のカーボベルデに関して日本で1番詳しい男です。 新婚旅行で2週間の滞在予定で訪れるも、コロナのロックダウンにより1年3ヶ月閉じ込められていました。 その間僕が、カーボベルデ政府に依頼されて作ったこの動画は国のオフィシャルPVとして使われています。 自然があふれて、人も優しい、本当に素敵な国です。 ちなみに僕も現地人と毎日サッカーをしていましたが、恐るべき身体能力を持っています。 更にヨーロッパの血も混じっているので、プレーにしなやかさも持っています。 実は知られていませんが、クリスティアーノ・ロナウドもカーボベルデの血が入っており、元ポルトガル代表のナニはカーボベルデで生まれた二重国籍です。 僕にとっては第二の故郷なので、日本代表と同じくらい応援しています。 ぜひ皆さんご注目を。