Lots of stars are scoring lots of goals this tournament because FIFA have top 10 teams vs teams ranked 50 to 99 playing to the tune of: *spare your dignity for their history* & *record break enablers* & *we just glad 2 b here*

I think in situations like that they should give Uzbekistan a choice. The wonder goal stands but they're forced to play with 10 men for 10 minutes, do they take it or have goal disallowed, their choice 😂 to make history or not.

I hope that was that manager's wife. 🤣

So weird for me to see Norway qualify for the knockouts, first time since 1998, Haaland and Odegaard tip this team over from being average to half decent on their day.

In 2016 I met Kristoffer Ayer in a Barbershop in Edinburgh, he'd just moved from Start to Celtic. We spoke in Norwegian and he seemed so humble and told me he was a footballer and left it at that until he asked me if I knew who Celtic were lol

Martinelli's accent "they just won the league innit" is up there with Bellerin's 😂 www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/co...

Absolutely gorgeous Odegaard assist.

I'm way too tribal about Arsenal to watch International Football with the same excitement. This is the equivalent of eating string cheese after years of Brie.

Watching Iraq play football at a WC... I just feel racially abused lmao, plz go back to being semi decent in the Asian Cup & leave this tournament for the pros.

It's not enough for Iraq to gift France its oilfields for production, it must gift them goals, assists and prop up Mbappe further to the ultimate heights of history.

1. France 2. England 3. Spain I think it's between those three if I had to choose, Germany's squad doesn't look right rn, Argentina overly reliant on Messi but I've seen stranger things. I really hope more random teams make the Semis like Norway, Mexico or Japan.

It's felt like so long that Klose had his record, to see Messi break it and Mbappe possibly match it in one day feels surreal. I'm not ready for history even when it's being made.

😅 I dreamed of Iraq and Norway reaching the World Cup for years due to my heritage and nationality. Iraq just happy to be there, I think Norway can actually make it to QF, maybe Semis if they get some luck.

It will never not be funny that all nine Argentinian players look like they'd sacrifice not only their own goal chances but also give up their first born sons to allow him to tap in, and meanwhile Portugal sounds like they are this close to a Murder on the Orient Express situation

Mamdani: When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region. And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept.

Elder Millennial representation

Extremely strong and good response

Shakira and Messi and Willie Nelson are all proof greatness is not possible without tax evasion

De Bruyne & Lukaku look like they're carrying injuries, too heavy on passes and touches. Trossard been the only real live-wire here. Iran's entire team is worth $4m on transfermrkt lol

Happy for all the Americans who are anti war and pro soccer 😎⚽♥️

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

It's June 19th and I've not gotten drawn into any transfer gossip, like an addict I'm not seeing any withdrawal symptoms yet. May break at any second, but so far so good. It is quite freeing actually to not think about it at all or the discussions around them.

Not the point being made but this from @iandunt.bsky.social is a fucking zinger of a summary for the past ten years.

Every Qatari challenge appears to be out for revenge and not sportsman like at the moment. Won't be surprised if they end the game with 7 men. Feel really bad for Kone.

The movement Canada has had upfront and the short quick passing even if it goes wayward at times has been hugely impressive within this half. One of the most dominating halves I've seen for such a lowly ranked side.

This is the best I've ever seen Canada play I love it lmao

Remarkable run Messi has been on after the age of 35 in terms of WC goalscoring and he's still not done. 10 goals in his last 8 WC matches.

Some snaps of today ♥️💍 06/16/26 Arsenal won a trophy so it's only fair my wife wins one as well.

Some snaps of today ♥️💍 06/16/26 Arsenal won a trophy so it's only fair my wife wins one as well.

Got married before the peace talks get signed, not in a Euphoria way tho, cleared most of my debts to Armenians.

Absolutely love Kai lol

This is a much more impressive accomplishment than becoming a trillionaire

this is unsustainable

THIS IS MAMDANI'S AMERICA BABY

you’d be hard pressed to find someone who has had a better 6 months than Zohran Mamdani

this is what happens when you elect socialists

For this WC, Brazil seem to have a major lack of generational talent coming through at RB and LB, Douglas Santos is now 32, Sandro is 35, Danilo too. Ibanez is 27 but usually plays CB/CDM.

Seeing Issa Diop line up for Morocco due to his mother's heritage makes me very happy for the game.

USMNT could have stopped at one goal and played defence. Credit to Poch, Switzerland showing that you should always kill a game. Feel they can still win their group, but that's embarrassing lol, Qatar had less than a half xG.

I definitely think FIFA got the timings wrong for the WC. Most of EU/Africa/West Asia unable to watch most of the games due to timings. Quite possibly the largest audiences, all forced to watch highlights or stay up late/wake up early.

Look carefully at where 2020 is on this graph and understand how sharp the upward redistribution of wealth has become

"We have a term for enterprises that look successful because they keep drawing in new investors and keep drawing in new investors because they look successful. They’re called Ponzi schemes." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...

"I have no idea whether Musk is an engineering genius, or just a savvy and lucky venture capitalist. The scientific world is divided on that question. I do know that he is a monstrous human being." www.ft.com/content/77af...

*SPACEX SHARES INDICATED TO OPEN AT Giant Guillotine Does Not Remember Why It Became Popularised.

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

“Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France's ​local elections in March, is also ‌suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland”

Garcia: "They're having meetings in the Situation Room about covering up the Epstein files and protecting Donald Trump, and so this is to us a huge smoking gun."

If the hydration breaks were a minute longer and we had 90 more set pieces, they'd have finally turned "soccer" into American football.

I prefer watching sweaty men hydrate with ads around the entire stadium & random family fancams than to watch a direct American ad break that's trying to sell me viagra -cetamol - may cause genital loss.

Both Mexico and S Africa have such interesting histories of struggle and change and rapid developments in short periods of time. Sometimes it's amazing most countries exist at all.