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Thread: 🔥 Things You Should Know About the Upcoming World Cup 🏆 1/ NETHERLANDS Frenkie de Jong The puppet master in his boots. Game-bender. Low center of gravity. Ice-cold composure. Glides through pressure like it's rush hour traffic in Lagos.

@TheBlueDodger @SJohnsonSport Can Hato do what Cucurella has done for us ?

🚨 Sources say that Jorrell Hato’s form in 2026 is one of the reasons why Chelsea did not include Marc Cucurella on the definitely ‘not for sale’ list for this window. (@SJohnsonSport) #CFC

@ChelseaFC Thank you CUCU

Marc Cucurella has completed a permanent transfer to Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid. Everyone at Chelsea FC would like to thank Marc for his efforts during his time at the club and for the role he played in our recent achievements.

@nelsonmealo @TouchlineX @BBCSport More than $50,000 to be paid to him? Please humiliate me

@TouchlineX @BBCSport Useless FIFA, does the salary make up for the humiliation he was subjected to?

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Omar Artan, the Somali referee who was denied visa entry into the US, will be paid his full World Cup salary by FIFA. — @BBCSport

@itz_lelouch_ @anishmoonka Havnt you been seeing hydration breaks before now?

@anishmoonka Ngl seeing that shit every game now is getting annoying, it’s embarrassing that even in enclosed stadiums or games at night they have to do this

Fox paid $485 million for the rights to broadcast this World Cup. The New York Times put the fair market value at $1 to $1.5 billion. The hydration break is how Fox gets its money's worth. FIFA announced mandatory 3-minute pauses midway through each half of all 104 World Cup 2026 matches, not just hot ones. That includes games inside climate-controlled domed stadiums with roofs. The announcement came at a World Broadcaster Meeting in Washington DC. FIFA said the decision was made after consultation with coaches and broadcasters. A few months later, FIFA gave broadcasters the green light to sell ads during the pauses. Fox gets 2 minutes and 10 seconds per break, starting 20 seconds after the whistle and ending 30 seconds before play resumes. Across all 104 games, that's 832 potential ad slots that didn't exist in soccer before this tournament. Fox and Telemundo project a combined $850 million in ad revenue from the 2026 World Cup. The player welfare argument is also real. Argentina's Enzo Fernandez said he felt "dizzy" in "very dangerous" temperatures during last summer's Club World Cup in the US, where some games approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit. FIFA had reason to act. But it applied those breaks to every match regardless of conditions, and opened a commercial window that makes this World Cup more ad-friendly than any before it. Fox proved the point on day one. In the opener between Mexico and South Africa, Fox missed the 30-second return window FIFA mandated. The ball was already in play when the network came back from commercials. Coca-Cola, a top-tier global FIFA partner for decades, runs the hydration stations on the field. That same 3-minute pause serves three commercial interests at once: the field sponsor, Fox's ad revenue, and Fox's streaming subscribers. The 2030 World Cup goes to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. The 2034 tournament lands in Saudi Arabia. Both regions see extreme summer heat. FIFA has not confirmed whether the pauses will outlast this summer's tournament. But $850 million in new advertising inventory tends to answer that question on its own.

@NwaAdaIgbo1 Her appearance looks okay to me

Look at this picture closely What do you think is wrong with it? They have been roasting her on Facebook

@lolade006 @oku_yungx Edit still dey

@cystalbell @oku_yungx 1.5 don cut 😂💔

WC OVER 0.5 HT 1888 ODDS 🔥👏💀 Plug it🏛️ Share

@chudy_jnr For person wey no sabi play ball

The difference between professional players and amateurs is not just luck. There's a lot!!!

@CFCPys @FabrizioRomano Cucurella plus Ader guler

🚨 🇪🇸 BREAKING: Chelsea have sold Cucurella for over €50m (£43m) package to Real Madrid. (@FabrizioRomano)

@FIFACF The last

63 games - which one was your favourite? 💭 #FIFACWC

@Adebayoadesanya You follow American dey talk about football? And even hear you sef "just a boring nonsense "

Just had one of my biggest cultural shocks in Canada 🇨🇦😂 I had to explain to my colleagues that a football match ended in a DRAW. Canada 🇨🇦 1–1 Bosnia 🇧🇦 yesterday and they were genuinely confused 😭 They kept asking: “So… nobody wins?? But here’s what really shocked ME: Almost every sport in the world doesn't end in draws except for Boxing/UFC And then it hit me… Are draws in football actually a smart strategy… or just boring nonsense we’ve all accepted?

@TouchlineX Turkey are playing very boring possession football

2-0 Australia. FOR THE HISTORY OF THE BOOKS, AGAINST ALL ODDS AUSTRALIA DOUBLES THE LEAD VS. TURKEY!!!!!!!!!! TURKEY WERE HAVING THE CONTROL BUT AUSTRALIA ONLY NEEDED ONE MORE COUNTERATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOAL GOAL GOAAAALLL!!!!!!!!!! 🇦🇺💫

His composure in that midfield

Vinicius is the only positive thing in this Brazil game , what a goal !!!!

@TouchlineX Morocco has been the better team so far, the brazil team looks confused

📸 - IT'S TIME FOR A HYDRATION BREAK!

Be like na Brazil wear Red

@PeakSxnti Americans are so dumb 🤣

An American lady is confused about the world cup and how they got mixed up in it 😭😭😭

Nobody takes you serious wrap it up

Please dont mind him we have never called them such

@RealEjiofor_ @YKoluwaseun9 Na future you dey call that guy

@YKoluwaseun9 She probably has no self control... And who is that guy who wasn't even paying attention to her. Anyways she could never get him because he's above her league... Nice try tyla

na everybody Tyla wan chop

@tolathebaddest Its USA so you will see random celebrities

No be Mia Khalifa I dey see so