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❤️‍🩹 Leo Messi: “I cried after the first goal, yes… but it was something completely unrelated to football”. “I went through some difficult days, but I’m grateful to the entire delegation and my teammates because they were always by my side, giving me a lot of strength”.

Decir que Keiko Fujimori nunca ha trabajado y que es hija de un dictador, corrupto y vioL4dor de derechos humanos no es una opinión o apreciación subjetiva. Es un hecho real, objetivo y comprobado.

🚨| Karim Benzema on Leo Messi: “ like I said the last time, anyone who criticizes Messi knows nothing about football”

🚨🗣️New: 🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on the Messi-Aïssa Mandi Red card incident: “Let me be very clear from the start: this was not a red card. Not even close. I have watched the incident multiple times, and what I see is a committed, intense challenge in a World Cup group stage match — the kind of moment that defines competitive football. Messi was pressing high, arrived a fraction late, and there was contact with his studs on the opponent’s calf in the follow-through. Clumsy? Perhaps. Dangerous? No. According to the Laws of the Game — specifically Law 12 — a direct red card for serious foul play demands excessive force or brutality that endangers the safety of an opponent. We are talking about a lunging tackle with studs raised, clearly above the ball, with clear intent to harm or with complete disregard for the player’s safety. That is not what happened here. Mandi was able to continue without any real issue. There was no injury, no excessive force, and the referee, supported by VAR, made the correct decision: a foul, possibly a yellow card in the strictest interpretation, but nothing more. I have played with and against the very best, including Lionel. He does not go into challenges with malice. He is not that type of player. This narrative that Messi receives special protection is simply lazy journalism and emotional reaction. If this exact challenge had been made by any other player on the pitch — even a defensive midfielder — we would not be having hour-long debates on television. It would have been a standard foul and the game would have moved on. What fascinates me is how desperate some people are for this to become a scandal. Messi scores, it’s luck. Messi wins, it’s favoritism. Messi gets a decision, it’s corruption. At some point, maybe the problem isn’t Messi. I notice the loudest complaints usually come from supporters who spent twenty years telling us football history was already settled. Now every World Cup feels like an emergency meeting. The reality is simple: when a player keeps producing on the biggest stage, breaking records, and adding chapters to his legacy, people stop debating performances and start debating referees instead. Maybe that’s because it’s easier to argue about one tackle than explain why the World Cup conversation keeps moving in only one direction.”

Zinedine Zidane on Lionel Messi’s hat-trick vs his son’s team: 🗣️ “What we are witnessing from Lionel Messi tonight is something you simply cannot prepare for as a coach, as a football professional, or even as a parent watching your own child on the opposite side.” “A hat-trick at this level of football, in a match of this intensity, against a team where my son is involved, creates a very complicated emotional situation that is difficult to fully explain in words.” “As a football man, you have no choice but to respect absolute greatness when you see it in front of you, but as a father, you are also watching your child try to compete against something that feels almost impossible to stop.” “Every single time Messi gets the ball, you feel like something dangerous is about to happen immediately, because every touch, every movement, every decision turns into a problem for the opposition.” “At a certain point in the match, you are no longer even thinking about tactics, formations, or instructions… you are just hoping the rhythm of the game slows down for a few seconds.” “I have immense respect for what he is doing tonight because this is not normal football anymore, this is a player operating at a level where everything he touches becomes decisive.” “And yes… as a father watching from the sidelines, there is that silent moment where you just want the match to end, not because of anger, but because of how overwhelming the situation has become.”

Jean, sois insoportables. Disfrutad del fútbol, joder. Y dad las gracias por haber coincidido en tiempo y espacio con semejante genio. Dejad la puñetera amargura para otro día. Un leyenda del fútbol mundial acaba de coronar una noche para la historia y aquí estás tú echando bilis en lugar de sonreir por haberlo podido ver.