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Meet one of the Premier League’s most exciting young midfielders: Mateus Fernandes 🇵🇹 (21) at West Ham. A Sporting graduate turned PL standout. Here’s why he’s a gem… 🧵

@BBCSport Walk in the park x.com/linkup_play1/s…

No new manager bounce ❌ It will be an early exit for Herve Renard's Tunisia with a game to spare ⚽ Japan score four to push themselves closer to the knockout stages 🇯🇵✨

@TrollFootball Crazy 😝 x.com/linkup_play1/s…

Japan vs Tunisia match highlights

@DeadlineDayLive 100m for who ? x.com/linkup_play1/s…

🚨 RB Leipzig expect Paris Saint-Germain to submit an offer for Yan Diomande after rejecting Liverpool's opening €100M bid. PSG have held talks with the Ivory Coast international's representatives and are seriously considering a move for the winger. Leipzig remain relaxed over the situation and would only consider a sale if an offer well above €120M arrives. (Source: @BILD)

@TouchlineX When you’ve made too much money 😂😂😂 x.com/linkup_play1/s…

🚨🗣️ Mazraoui: "I might decide to RETIRE after the World Cup." "Life is short. I want to memorize the Qur’an and become an Imam of a mosque one day."

@TouchlineX Problems with technical players They can’t stay fit x.com/linkup_play1/s…

🚨💣 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄: There is concern inside the Netherlands camp over Frenkie de Jong’s physical condition. The midfielder has been playing through discomfort, but he is determined to keep going. After waiting so long for this World Cup, he does not want to stop now.

@TouchlineX Tunisha needed it 😂😂😂 x.com/linkup_play1/s…

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Marcelo Bielsa on the 2026 World Cup and the cooling breaks: "There are far too many goals... And the general consensus is that playing matches in four quarters instead of two halves changes the very way football has been culturally understood and interpreted." “The number of goals is welcome. But changing the cultural way football is understood and interpreted doesn’t add anything... And takes A LOT away from the game.” “Obviously, when they decided to divide the game into four quarters, they didn’t think about the impact it could have on what made football such a captivating sport, you get me?” “But rather, they were thinking about other kinds of repercussions... Ones I’m NOT here to discuss or analyze. I’m simply saying that, before this decision, football had one defining characteristic, and now it has another.” “People fall in love with the game because of its defining characteristics. Some changes have been great successes. For example, VAR’s influence has only improved football, and that is something we have to applaud and value.” “Technology is increasingly offering solutions to make the unwanted aspects of VAR disappear... But this new, other experiment was also an attempt where the conclusions I’m pointing out are not just mine. They are what I constantly hear, and I agree with them."

@FabrizioRomano Ronaldo could learn a thing or two from you Help the team and just farm goals 😂😂😂

🚨🌎 Lamine Yamal: "I don't care about how many goals I score. I'm not obsessing about that." "First of all, they're [Mbappe, Messi & co] all at least 10 years older than me, and my style of play is different. I only want to win."

@ofootball__ Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia Belgium 2-1 Iran Uruguay 1-0 Cabo Verde New Zealand 2-2 Egypt What’s your predictions?

🏆 Today's World Cup matches: 🇪🇸 Spain vs Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 🇧🇪 Belgium vs Iran 🇮🇷 🇺🇾 Uruguay vs Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 🇳🇿 New Zealand vs Egypt 🇪🇬 WHO YOU GOT? 💬🔥

@goalsside Perfect night of football x.com/linkup_play1/s…

🚨🚨| Japan become the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 from the Asian Confederation to score (4) goals in a single World Cup match. 🇯🇵🏆

@jfa_samuraiblue @FIFAWorldCup Perfect night x.com/linkup_play1/s…

🔹試合終了🔹️ 🏆FIFAワールドカップ2026™ ⚔グループステージ第2節 🇯🇵SAMURAI BLUE 4-0 チュニジア代表🇹🇳 📺日本テレビ 📺NHK BS 📱DAZN @FIFAWorldCup #最高の景色を #SAMURAIBLUE

@wataru0209 Vamoooss x.com/linkup_play1/s…

素晴らしい👏 次も勝とう🔥

@itvfootball Too easy x.com/linkup_play1/s…

Japan dominate on a historic night! On the 1000th World Cup game, they become the first Asian team to score four goals in a World Cup match 🙌🇯🇵

@TouchlineX They’re having fun x.com/linkup_play1/s…

📸 - These Japanese fans are wearing traditional Mexican hats!

@TrollFootball 😂😂😂 x.com/linkup_play1/s…

Japan's World Cup team

@ofootball__ A perfect night of football x.com/linkup_play1/s…

Japan 2022 Japan 2026 goal given goal not given

@TouchlineX Perfect night for Japan x.com/linkup_play1/s…

📸 - TV Commentator: "Right now there are three Japanese players called ‘Suzuki’… Suzuki passes to Suzuki, who makes pass Suzuki, who makes the assist so that Suzuki can score a goal."

@goal Too easy x.com/linkup_play1/s…

Four goals, a clean sheet, and total dominance. 💎 Japan simply didn't miss today! How far do you think this team can go? 🇯🇵✈️

@TouchlineX Not all heroes wear cape x.com/Linkup_Play1/s…

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Curacao goalkeeper Eloy Room: "I just closed my eyes and thought about everything we’d been through." “A lot happened in those years... The reason I chose to play for Curacao is that, as a child, I dreamed of competing in a World Cup with Curacao." "When Patrick Kluivert reached out to me to play for the National Team, I felt incredibly honored because he’s a great legend." "I was surprised and very proud. It was special for me and my family. I was one of the first professional players to choose to represent Curacao." "Kluivert told me that if he could bring a player like me to the project, it would attract many other athletes.” "Many players joined the Curacao team only in the last two phases or the final 4 games, so they didn’t experience the beginning of the journey." "Sometimes I try to explain to them what happened in those early years and how everything improved." "Today everything is organized. I always believed we’d make it to the World Cup. And we’ve always loved representing the National Team so much." "So, in that moment after the game, a quick montage of the last 10 years flashed through my mind." 🇨🇼

@ofootball__ The win is prettier x.com/Linkup_Play1/s…

The creativity of Japanese fans. 🇯🇵

@ofootball__ So beatiful x.com/Linkup_Play1/s…