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@silkymule11 @RealTeaNuts @BrknBallsSports You could put the players and ball in the same position, only swapping pulis leg in a shooting motion with a running motion and Tielemans sticking his foot in from behind without reaching the ball would have tripped him, and everyone would agree it’s a foul.

@silkymule11 @RealTeaNuts @BrknBallsSports He didn’t touch the ball because he physically couldn’t reach the ball- he was not in position to play the ball from behind Puli. So I’ll say again, he was not playing the ball. The action was purely to impede the swinging foot.

Can you imagine leaning into a pitch and being rewarded a home run

@RealTeaNuts @BrknBallsSports That is correct. That would be why he is fully extended attempting to do the splits here and still not reaching the ball. I suggest actually watching the games instead of watching a single still photo zoomed in from the worst angle. Embarrassing for you to be so rude AND wrong.

@GPhil17 @BrknBallsSports So…this Belgian dude was not making a play on the ball? You’re retarded.

@xs_brandon @Blink4e43037936 @ExclusiveMessi You said “Obviously he played in 3 finals”. So it appears you were the one that did no research. This post is about an individual player’s accomplishments. Not country. There is zero chance Argentina would have made these final, much less win the WC if Messi was injured in game 1

@Blink4e43037936 @ExclusiveMessi Yea but honestly glorifying playing in 3 semis isn’t anything I think we both know that. We need to make sure Argentina wins. Nobody is gonna remember who played 3 semis lol it’s all about who won. I’d love if Argentina got their 4th star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🚨 Lionel Messi is about to play his 3rd World Cup semi final. Pele and Maradona never did this.

@blumenfeld Typical Amir banger

Watched the MLB all star game last night and now this World Cup Semifinal… and I’m sorry, this is not in the same ballpark— hell it’s not even the same sport.

@Pounharish1 @YundaimeID @LotusAsakura Lmfao legendary cope. Nothing is funnier than the theory about fifa choosing messi to boost viewership/money, instead of CR. The dude who they love to remind us has all the instagram followers, the look, the aura, the signature celebration, and born with the famous football name.

@YundaimeID @LotusAsakura Holy cope

non-football watcher here Are Messi & Ronaldo the equivalent to Lebron & Kobe? Meaning: they're both obvious all-time greats & there was a genuine conversation once upon a time about who was better between the two, but one (Messi/Bron) CLEARLY surpassed the other and is widely considered the absolute greatest to ever do it (despite both achieving greatness & having a LOT of success in their careers) but the other player has a cult-like fanbase that won't let it ago even though it kinda stopped being a real conversation years ago?

@yawisikhya @GarlandssALT @InvertTheWing Lmao there’s no controversy. It’s just CR fans and Argentina haters whining on twitter. The level we’re at is “well uh sure it’s the right call, but sometimes they don’t call it” 😭 it’s cooked

I have never, ever in my life seen a mistaken identity VAR review to go and award a 2nd yellow. Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.

@givmangi @Hama3supporter @AurelNz Ya obviously it doesn't tell the full story but it's really funny seeing all of the comments reacting like this is just some opinion when it's literally basic facts. Also funny he mentioned Dybala who got worse bc of CR7 at juve

@Hama3supporter @AurelNz Man he just picked the peak of everyone's value and ran the calculations through the Inflation calculator, I tried confirming a couple of datapoints and the results are exactly the same. The inflation calculator isn't perfect at all, but it doesn't seem cherrypicked to me

🇦🇷🇵🇹 Who had the better international team around them across their career - Messi or Ronaldo? I valued every teammate they've ever played with (300+), at their peak, adjusted to today's money. Messi's average teammate at their peak was worth €64m, Ronaldo's €72m, +12%.

@utd_joedee @thatsGaurav4u So if Argentina loses then you will admit you were wrong about everything?

@thatsGaurav4u Yeah, rigged one match to get him out in another 👏🏼

This is why Ronaldo said Euro means more because it's a fair tournament to win

@Damocles_88 @starsnstripesfc It’s crazy how many of you world football fans care more about procedural fairness than literal fairness on the field 😂.

@starsnstripesfc Who cares how they got there as long as they didn’t have to use their president to shim in to apply blatant corruption.

Reminder that Belgium is only in the Round of 16 because they scored 2 goals on a push in the back and a weak penalty given to them 😂😂😂 These are the people calling corruption Senegal 🇸🇳 should be the ones up in arms!

@nutnutfunny @TheHateCentral Lol soccer fans once again proving to be the biggest crybabies on the planet.

@TheHateCentral not even 100 balogun will be good enough for america to win the world cup, cheating cvnt got what they deserved after talking so much shit

@connor_wencel @Schlittpilled @BoxFrox @GuardiansP1zWin Can confirm I’ve actually been to a USA v Mexico game in the Azteca itself and I’m riding for Mexico against England all day

@Schlittpilled @BoxFrox @GuardiansP1zWin the original poster eventually admitted he is a casual who has only been watching soccer for 5 years buddy.....

We do NOT ride with Mexico if you’re a new usmnt fan it is important to remember that

@MC_of_A @westonpagano Except they did not apply this same logic for the Belgium penalty against Senegal

@westonpagano exactly

I see people are finding out about the Shot Exception if you get the shot off at the end of the action, it becomes legal either before or after the fact for the defender to commit all acts up to and including murder it's easily the single specific refereeing norm I hate most

@TSAdedara @a_4runner No bias and 100% agree. Tielemans steps in front of his already swinging leg from behind with zero play on the ball. And it worked perfectly- Belgium had an amazing chance and missed the shot. You can’t give them that shot AND a penalty.

@a_4runner Read what you wrote earlier again. If you play ball regularly, you’d probably get it.

If it’s a clear cut penalty, it doesn’t need 200 replays for a referee to make up his mind. If you start showing different angles to prove to the referee that he made a wrong decision, maybe then it’s no longer a clear and obvious error.

@kyei_eugen1014 @TSAdedara Okay but the play continued and Belgium still had an incredible shot opportunity. So if they had scored would they still use VAR and disallow the goal to give the penalty kick? Or they just get a free chance??

@TSAdedara I mean it’s a penalty, since there was contact preventing a goal opportunity. The Belgium player also did well by placing his foot for the contact, that’s experience

Less than ideal First Half but not concerned. Everything (somewhat) on schedule for my 2-1 final score. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@Prince_heir_Ade @NathanH_NUFC @UTDFAV @TouchmineX I played it on FIFA it happened

🚨📊 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧: Top scorers in international tournaments vs big nations 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇳🇱🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo — 11 🇫🇷 Zinedine Zidane — 7 🇧🇷 Pelé — 5 🇦🇷 Diego Maradona — 4 🇧🇷 Ronaldo Nazário — 4 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi — 3

@NathanH_NUFC @UTDFAV @TouchmineX Talk about misinformation because they were not friendlies. It is from the Finalissima last year he scored twice against Spain.

@UTDFAV @TouchmineX Talking about misinformation and your source has counted 2 goals in friendlies against Spain 🤦‍♂️

@82percentShill @PitchbotRt @BYUbluThru @PeteFiutak Ya the problem with this GOAT debate compared to like basketball with LeBron/MJ or golf with Tiger/Jack is that Messi and CR7 played in their primes at the same time. In the same league for much of it. CR7 never had a case because we could see a better player at the same time

@PitchbotRt @BYUbluThru @PeteFiutak The whole GOAT debate has always been silly to me but why is it the Ronaldo fans who always insist on showing off their low IQs

Stupidly honest question from a stupidly honest guy (at least when it comes to football/soccer) If Messi is really still THAT/this good, why is he playing in the MLS?