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Have this weird feeling that Gianni Infantino will pull off his mask to reveal Sepp Blatter.
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Heroes, villains and clowns: Simon Kuper’s World Cup awards ft.trib.al/7SrqRtg
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Here's Wilson on Rodri (he wishes, etc and so on).
theguardian.com/football/202…
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Not much love for MetLife Stadium during this tournament, so here’s the whole backstory on why FIFA chose New York (and New Jersey) for final ahead of Dallas, LA and Mexico City. It’s a long story which includes a video voiced over by Robert De Niro.
nytimes.com/athletic/7452164…
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At the beginning of this year, my friends at @goldengoalmag asked me to write a World Cup essay for them. So I wrote about one of the most meaningful moments to me — Baggio’s penalty miss. And how that moment of failure turned Baggio into a saint.
goldengoal.world/2026/07/18/…
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With every tournament, the possibility of a genuine surprise is shrinking. newyorker.com/sports/sportin…
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There’s a World Cup Final on Sunday so what better way to get ready than a quiz on previous World Cup Finals? You’re in luck bit.ly/3TF01Oe
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I wrote about Leo for @GQMagazine.
gq.com/story/lionel-messi-is…
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God’s will? Destiny? Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, that photo and the World Cup final | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/202…
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Argentina bullied its way through most of this year’s World Cup, Ishaan Tharoor writes. Online, speculation abounds about a conspiracy to return Lionel Messi to the final.
newyorker.com/news/global-no…
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“Every World Cup is meant to have a legacy, this one could be the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins.”
By @Davidsgoldblatt
josimarfootball.com/2026/07/…
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Lionel Messi, Argentine legend with nothing left to prove ft.trib.al/FQUtDhq
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You can look at Argentina through strategy and tactics, fitness and conditioning, science and reason. But ultimately none of that really matters, because when it comes down to it what they do and what they have is a kind of magic.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…
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“There are those brief moments in sports where no matter what else is going on, for right now, we’re all cheering for the same thing. We’re able to hold all of these complexities and these multiple truths.”
@jordanconn reports on the 2026 World Cup experience: theringer.com/2026/07/16/wor…
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Marianela D'Aprile (@maridapr) on the history, suffering and glory of Argentine football fandom goldengoal.world/2026/07/15/…
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"Mates, mate and freedom - how Argentina got the best out of Messi" - here's my latest piece for @BBCSport
bbc.com/sport/football/artic…
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Lionel Messi was already the world’s best dribbler, passer and finisher. These days, he is also football’s most effective walker.
In 2026, Messi’s greatest superpower is perhaps his ability to conserve his energy and choose the right moments to attack.
This is a footballer who plays the game in the briefest of bursts, while his team-mates sacrifice their own bodies in order to preserve the remaining energy in his.
Sam Dean looks at why walking is the secret to Lionel Messi's genius ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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“Lamine likes challenges — he’s a guy who thrives on challenges. We’d often challenge him to take free kicks and penalties in training. And he loved it.
“You could see he relished the challenge. It might have put pressure on others, but not him.
“He enjoyed being tested, and I can see he’s still enjoying it now. Before the Euro 2024 semi-final against France, (France midfielder) Adrien Rabiot said he would have to “show more” in that game.
“Then he goes out and scores an incredible goal. That’s the way it is.”
In his latest column, Xavi discusses how Lamine Yamal thrives in challenging circumstances.
🔗 nyti.ms/3TbXr22
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If you are only going to read one thing today. Make it this brilliant read on Lionel Messi from the brilliant @GuillemBalague - a pleasure to even play a small part in putting it together bbc.com/sport/football/artic…
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Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane are very different off the soccer pitch. Kane is nearly a decade Bellingham’s senior. He’s played golf with Donald Trump. He harbors dreams of joining the N.F.L. after he quits soccer; Bellingham suggested recently that he’d like to be a movie star. The Athletic once wrote that Kane and Bellingham “contrast in nearly every conceivable way.” But for England to emerge victorious over Argentina tomorrow, the two need to work together, Jon Allsop writes: “England needs them to stay together. Lionel Messi, and the ghosts of the past, await.” Read more about the unlikely duo giving their country its best chance of glory in 60 years: newyorker.com/sports/world-c…
