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Joe Cole on Jude Bellingham’s response to Thomas Tuchel after England’s 2–1 World Cup quarter-final win over Norway. 🗣️ “With all due respect to Jude Bellingham, that’s not a response you give your manager in public. Thomas Tuchel wasn’t attacking the players he was demanding higher standards. That’s exactly what elite coaches do.” “Don’t use Erling Haaland, Martin Ødegaard, Antonio Nusa or Alexander Sørloth as excuses. England are one of the favourites to win the World Cup. If you’re serious about lifting that trophy, you don’t complain about the opposition you dominate them.” “Tuchel was right. England were sloppy. They gave the ball away too easily, made technical mistakes and looked vulnerable for long periods. Winning doesn’t suddenly erase a poor performance. Great teams are honest enough to admit when they weren’t good enough.” “Jude is an outstanding footballer, but he got this one wrong. The manager wasn’t disrespecting the players he was protecting them from becoming complacent. That’s the mentality that wins World Cups.” “If players start pushing back every time a coach criticises a performance, standards collapse. The dressing room doesn’t need excuses it needs accountability. Tuchel has every right to demand more because England will not win this tournament playing the way they did against Norway.” “The victory is in the history books, but the performance wasn’t good enough. Instead of firing back at the manager, the response should be to prove him wrong on the pitch. That’s how champions react.”

@RomzyUnited Whatever

🚨 Frank Lampard sends a warning to England ahead of World Cup semi-final against Argentina: "Be prepared to face 12 players if necessary. 🗣️Argentina are a fantastic team. We've watched every one of their matches with great interest, and you have to respect what they've done in this tournament. 🗣️ They've won games many people expected them to lose. They've shown resilience, character and an incredible ability to come back when the odds were against them. 🗣️ But we've also seen the controversy surrounding several of their matches. Whether it's refereeing decisions, pressure on officials or the atmosphere around those games, there has always been something people are talking about. 🗣️ If England meet Argentina in the semi-finals, our players have to be completely focused. They cannot allow themselves to be distracted by the occasion or by anything happening around them. 🗣️ They must be mentally stronger than ever because against a team like Argentina, every little detail matters. 🗣️ And if it feels like they're playing against 12 men on the pitch, then so be it. They have to be ready for that challenge, stay disciplined, stay united and let their football do the talking. 🗣️ That's what champions do. They don't complain, they adapt, they fight, and they find a way to win.

@LFC_PAUL_ lol

“Newcastle”

"Mikel merino starts vs France" didier deschamps:

@BlaqWit_MCFC Lmao

@latiiivReactsX What if he miss

Haaland still thinking about what could’ve been if Sørloth just did the normal thing and passed him the ball 😭💔

@salmanlemi Beyond the match❌ Beyond the madness✅

This is you over the last couple of months telling the honest truth that Pedri always outshines Bellingham in a midfield battle when they meet each other. But I don’t know what changed, rage baiting?

@TouchfineX_ Well said

🚨 reporter: “If Ronaldo had qualified and gone against you in the semifinals how would you do?” 🗣️ Mbappe: “How would I do? that’s a bit funny, Of course I’ll put everything to eliminate him, I’d even score a hatrick to be remembered as the guy who scored a hatrick in the World Cup against the two greatest Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.” Laughs

Micah Richards on the officiating controversies in Croatia vs Portugal and England vs Norway. 🗣️ “I’ve had enough of this. Football cannot keep changing the rules depending on the match. Either the technology works the same for everyone, or don’t pretend it’s there to protect the game. Right now, the inconsistency is making a mockery of the biggest tournament in football.” “Against Portugal, Croatia had a crucial goal ruled out because the ball sensor detected a touch. Fine. Then explain to me why, in England vs Norway, we’re told the sensor detected nothing when many people believed the ball had struck the camera cable before Jude Bellingham’s goal. If the ball touched the cable, the game should have been stopped immediately. You can’t have one standard on Tuesday and a completely different one on Wednesday.” “Then you look at Norway’s disallowed goal. I’ve watched it over and over again. The contact between Haaland and Anderson was minimal. That wasn’t enough to wipe out a goal in a World Cup knockout game. Football is becoming so obsessed with finding reasons to cancel goals that we’re forgetting what real fouls actually look like.” “How are players supposed to trust the system when nobody seems to know how it’s being applied? One match the technology is treated as absolute truth, the next match it’s apparently ignored. That’s not consistency that’s chaos.” “Norway have every right to be furious. They didn’t just lose a football match they leave wondering whether the same laws of the game were applied equally. That’s a terrible look for the sport.” “And don’t tell me people would react the same way if another one of football’s biggest nations had been on the wrong end of these decisions. The outrage would be deafening. FIFA and the officials have serious questions to answer because fans deserve transparency, players deserve consistency and football deserves far better than this.”

“I hate World Cup group stage” Never see knockout G/A

@enzo_rbc Soon

@undefeatedboom Chelsea want to sign everyone 😭

🚨🔵UPDATE 💥💣: Chelsea have held direct talks with Jon Rowe's representatives in the last 48 hours. The Garnacho replacement search has a frontrunner. 🔵 Rowe has jumped to the top of the shortlist ahead of Summerville, who remains under consideration but has dropped to second choice for now. Bologna paid £14.5m for him. Chelsea will pay more. London-born, Serie A adapted, and fits exactly the wide profile Alonso wants in his system. Summerville isn't gone from the conversation. But right now Rowe is the name Chelsea are pushing hardest on. 48 hours of talks. Watch this one move quickly. 🔵 Rowe or Summerville — who would you rather see in a Chelsea shirt? 👇 🗞️Sportsmole #CFC #CHELSEA

@XolidCity lol 😂

You all should keep laughing at Kobbie Mainoo for sitting on the bench.😭 It's just a matter of time. If England and Kobbie Mainoo mistakenly win this World Cup. Frank Lampard will have some serious explanations to make. 😭😂

@TraffyMedia 😂😂

“…And that’s how Garnacho idolo left the World Cup”

@fcb_dexx Always tackling them

"BUT NEVER CHEATED"

@CFCStan__ lol 😂

How did we let this guy get away with these comments fr😂😂😂💔

Jude Bellingham first Laliga game A joy to watch ❤️✨

@5peatNel Baller

@CfcDan_01 Good one

Lukaku’s reaction always tears me up😭.