Rolent

🚨 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥: João Pedro has NOT been picked for Brazil's World Cup squad despite playing up to 60 games in all competitions at the highest level, producing 25 goals + 6 assists. Meanwhile Neymar was selected while being injured, and now being out for 3 weeks + missing the opening World Cup match.

Monday are always stressful

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 FIFA is planning to ban Iranian-Americans from bringing the pre-revolutionary Iran flag (the Lion and Sun) into World Cup stadiums this summer, treating it as "political" while permitting the Palestinian flag. -The Lion and Sun flag is used by the Iranian diaspora as a symbol of identity and protest against the current regime -Iran plays two games at SoFi Stadium near LA and one in Seattle. The LA diaspora is so large the region is nicknamed "Tehrangeles" -The Iranian Football Federation gave FIFA a list of demands including "respect for the Iranian flag" -At the 2022 Qatar World Cup, female Iranian fans reported being monitored by suspected regime spotters using binoculars and filming protesters -Carnegie senior fellow Karim Sadjadpour: "Trying to prohibit Iranians in LA from bringing the Lion and Sun flag into the stadium is like trying to prevent Americans from bringing the U.S. flag into an American stadium" So FIFA is willing to enforce censorship on behalf of an Islamic regime currently at war with the United States, while ensuring Palestinian flags are protected. The Iranian-Americans in Los Angeles, many of whom fled the very regime FIFA is now accommodating, are about to find out whose side international soccer is really on. Source: The Athletic