Football On Point - FOP

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🚨 Former England players' statements ahead of England vs Argentina World Cup semi-final:

🚨🗣️ Ian Wright: "I don't fear Argentina like I'd fear France or Spain, because I think there are a lot of fallacies with them..."

🚨🗣️ John Terry: "If I’m being honest Argentina don’t worry me. I don’t look at Argentina and think they’re better than us. Player for player, I think we’re better than Argentina."

🚨🗣️ Gary Neville: "With the centre backs they have, I can’t see us not scoring at least two goals."

🚨🗣️ Joe Cole: "We're going to have to put Messi to sleep. We're going to put him to sleep. I'm saying it now, we're going to reach the World Cup final."

England ended up losing to Argentina. ❌

🚨🇦🇷 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Argentina have NEVER lost a World Cup semi-final:

✅ 1930: Win vs. USA
✅ 1986: Win vs. Belgium
✅ 1990: Win vs. Italy
✅ 2014: Win vs. Netherlands
✅ 2022: Win vs. Croatia
✅ 2026: Win vs. England

6/6 WINS IN WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS! 🔥

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Thomas Tuchel: "We had a STRONG group. We faced STRONG teams. We had a lot of traveling to do, we played in altitude, we played with 10 men, we had to play in heat. We overcame EVERY obstacle and today we AGAIN game very close!"

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Thomas Tuchel about going to a back 5:

"It was not a problem of structure. The match just changed completely. But I can understand the discussion. There are millions of coaches who know it better........"

"I can go and discuss this with the one million coaches, but I have to make the decisions."

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Thomas Tuchel: "I decided to go to a back 5 because there were too many gaps and Argentina was winning every single header."

🚨🗣️ Rooney: “I think the decisions Thomas Tuchel made have COST us tonight.”

He did it against Mexico and other teams and succeeded.

But Argentina’s crosses are very dangerous. They can perfectly pick their players in the box.

🚨🗣️ When Rooney was asked about England's midfield, he remarked:

"I would select Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, and Bellingham. In confined spaces, Mainoo provides a unique combination of skills.

"I believe he is the sole player capable of excelling in such tight areas." 🔙

Tuchel has a particular fondness for defenders.

🚨Gary Neville on Argentina’s controversial equaliser against England.

🗣️ “I cannot believe that goal has been allowed to stand. Looking at the replays available to us, I honestly expected the referee to be sent to the monitor because it appears incredibly tight, and there are serious questions about Messi’s position in the build-up.

These are the moments VAR was introduced for. A World Cup semi-final can be decided by one goal, so every offside decision has to be absolutely beyond doubt. If millions of people watching around the world are immediately questioning it, then you have to ask whether the review process has done its job properly.

England have every right to feel frustrated because they defended brilliantly for long periods, only to see the game change through a decision that will be debated long after the final whistle.

Whether the officials ultimately got it right or wrong, the fact we’re still arguing about it tells you everything. In matches of this magnitude, football deserves complete clarity, not controversy.”

🚨Ian Wright on Enzo Fernández’s challenge on Elliot Anderson.

🗣️ “That is a straight red card. I don’t even think it’s up for debate.

What makes it even worse is that VAR didn’t even ask the referee to go to the monitor. That’s exactly why VAR was introduced—to catch clear and obvious errors like this.

I’ve seen players sent off for far less throughout this tournament, yet somehow this challenge escapes without the referee taking a second look. That’s unacceptable.

You cannot tell players that safety comes first and then ignore a challenge like that in a World Cup semi-final.

England have every right to be furious. The referee got it wrong, VAR had the opportunity to correct it and failed to do so. That is simply not good enough at this level.”

🚨 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃: There’s NOTHING between Marcus Rashford and Fenerbahçe despite the reports. No negotiation or conversation. The player is NOT considering a move to Turkey at this stage of his career.

✍️FabrizioRomano🗞️