Declan FOSI Sports

🇸🇳 Sadio Mane has RETIRED from international football. His story tells you that “NEVER GIVE UP”:

🗣️🎤"I left without telling anyone, apart from my best friend. I walked for a long time to meet up with a friend who loaned me some money so that I could take the bus to Dakar. I was welcomed by a family who I did not know. I immediately took part in training sessions at recognised teams.

There were 200 or 300 youngsters who were waiting in line for their chance, it started badly for me because when I presented myself, I was laughed at. I did not look like a footballer. I was wearing pants that looked nothing like football shorts. And my football boots were completely shredded on the sides and had been repaired by me with the wire the best I could.

Those who oversaw the trials would look at me with a bizzare facial expression: ‘You really want to become a footballer?’ I understood them but I did not have a choice. As I was not that bad, they took me. That was the beginning of my adventure. and Now iam Champions of Africa”

Thank you Sadio for giving Africans good and beautiful memories when it comes to the national football 🇸🇳👏🏾

Zlatan Ibrahimović: 🗣️🗣️"When you have a player like Olise, there's no need to think too much.

Just make the run and the ball will come to you exactly where you want it."

Having Olise in your team as a number 9, is a huge win for you 👌🏾

VOZINHA IS A LEGEND! After making history with Cape Verde at the World Cup, Vozinha returned home to enjoy some well-deserved rest.

Many would think this paradise is a private island… but no. This is Cape Verde, the country he helped put on the world map with his historic performances.

At 40 years old, he became one of the tournament's biggest fan favorites, and there is already talk of interest from Inter Miami, the club of Lionel Messi.

While everyone is talking about him, Vozinha is simply enjoying a jet ski ride, his people, and his homeland. Fame hasn't changed him. He's still the same humble man. ❤️🇨🇻

Ousmane Dembélé: 🗣️🎤”The play? Kylian told me to stay central, and as soon as we got the chance, we’d hit them on the counterattack.

That’s what happened. Then he made a great run as well to create space for me. I saw I had a bit of room, so I just tried to keep my shot on target, and fortunately it went in.”

This two are definitely the favorites to win the World Cup 🇫🇷

🇫🇷Kylian Mbappé:🗣️🎤 “I shot the penalty badly, but it was tricky, there was confusion. The referee tells me it’s a penalty, so I got prepared.

Then, he comes and tells me it may not be a penalty. I lost my focus, I’ve never been in a situation like this before.”

Never seen a penalty taken long after review before. The ref took too long and that created more tension to Mbappé 👌🏾

Born into a highly athletic, multicultural family 🇨🇲🇩🇿 in the Parisian suburbs, his rapid ascension from a local youth prodigy to a World Cup icon has solidified him as one of the most dominant forces in modern football history.

Winning his 8th MOTM across his World Cup Career 👏🏾

🏆 All-time FIFA World Cup top scorers:

🥇 21 goals — Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
🥈 20 goals — Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷
🥉 16 goals — Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪

Mbappé is the son of Wilfred Mbappé who is a Cameroonian and mom Fayza Lamari who is an Algerian. Both will be proud to have a son like Kylian ❤️

Was it hard to see Hakimi sad at the end?🇫🇷🇲🇦

​Kylian Mbappé: "NO! It will be harder when I see him in the locker room and we become friends again... But here on the pitch, no sentiments!"

Mbappé was too smart against Hakimi in this game. He was all over 👌🏾

As a continent, today we rise to salute Morocco for once again reminding the world that African football belongs among the very best. ❤️⚽️🌍

The Atlas Lions did not just represent Morocco, they carried the hopes, pride, and dreams of an entire continent. They stood tall as the last African nation left in the tournament, proving that Africa is no longer in the World Cup merely to participate, but to compete with the biggest footballing powers on earth.

Only the dishonest would deny the CLASS and EXCELLENCE Morocco displayed throughout this tournament. Before today, they had gone five consecutive World Cup matches without defeat, eliminating the Netherlands on penalties, thrashing Canada 3-0, and holding football giants Brazil to a draw. Few teams in this competition can boast such a remarkable run.

Their inspiring journey comes to an end today after a 2-0 defeat to France in the quarter-finals.

Football is won and lost in 90 minutes, but respect is earned through excellence. Morocco earned the respect of the football world.

Thank you Morocco, for carrying Africa’s flag with honour. 🫡🇲🇦

ALL-TIME TOP SCORERS IN FRANCE NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY:

​🥇 Kylian Mbappé: 64 goals
🥈 Olivier Giroud: 57 goals
🥉 Thierry Henry: 51 goals
4️⃣ Antoine Griezmann: 44 goals

​The player who eventually surpasses Kylian probably hasn't even been born yet and he isn’t stopping anytime soon.