Football Icons Forever

🧨 Mounir Nasraoui, Lamine Yamal's father, on why he didn't fly to the USA to support his son:

"I suffer from epilepsy. I take quite a few pills every day, and with all the nerves and excitement, I could have an epileptic seizure. I can't take long flights." ✈️❌

"Before travelling, I have to think about myself, my son, and the people around me. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." 🇪🇸

CRISTIANO RONALDO: “I lack nothing in life. God has been very generous with me; He has given me everything I never expected, especially with the national team and on a personal level.

That’s why I just want to enjoy every moment. I wouldn’t become a better Cristiano if I won the World Cup, and I wouldn’t become any less Cristiano if I didn’t win it.” 👍🏿✨️🎖

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The official Ballon d'Or account has just released the official confirmation that a player can win the Ballon d'Or while playing for a non-European club.

There has been no restriction since 2007.

— Ballon d'Or

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🚨🚨 Thomas Tuchel 🇩🇪: "None of our players, nor any of the French players, want to play in the third-place playoff. ❌

They want to play in the final. We gave everything to get there. Everyone plays to win the World Cup, but that's football.

We have one day less to recover than France 🇫🇷, but we'll approach it professionally."

🎙️ Press conference

🚨 Ousmane Dembélé 🇫🇷 was reportedly ANNOYED by the lack of support when pressing the Spanish player in possession. 😬

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🚨 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗭𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧: Lionel Messi has completed 9 dribbles in one World Cup match 3 different times.

· 9 dribbles vs. England in 2026
· 9 dribbles vs. Iceland in 2018
· 9 dribbles vs. Germany in 2010

🚨 Leo Messi: "To the fans, I say the same thing I said in Qatar: enjoy it. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧." 🥹

"This World Cup has been absolutely crazy, and reaching another World Cup Final is incredible." 🇦🇷

"Even though it was a football match, from the moment the national anthem started we experienced something special. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭." 👑

🚨 An attempted burglary took place at Lamine Yamal's home in Barcelona yesterday, after the Spain 🇪🇸 - France 🇫🇷 match.

Private security arrested two individuals who were trying to climb the wall of the residence.

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🚨🚨 Nico Williams 🇪🇸: “I Feel The Same Way As Lamine.

WE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF FRANCE 🇫🇷!

We've Shown In Our Last Two Meetings Against Them That We Can Win!” 💪

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John Terry: “Argentina does not worry me. I don’t look at Argentina and think: ‘they are better than England’. No. Player for player, we are better than Argentina.”