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FFP President Gomes: We can’t be shy about the situation in Ukraine

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1 year ago

October 6, 2022

Thomas

The president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Fernando Gomes, spoke about the decision to submit a joint application to hold the 2030 World Championship in Spain’s Ukraine.

“For all of us, it is an honor to add Ukraine to the application. After the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, Portugal and our federation were part of the Ukrainian homeland acceptance program.

We are opening the door to football to those who need it most right now. For those who include Ukraine in the application, it may be unqualified, but for me the whole solution is correct.

We cannot be shy about the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine is not in our memory,” Gomes said in an interview with Marca.

As the British newspaper The Times said, Ukraine can only host matches in the world championship group.

Source: Football UA

Thomas

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Otamendi: “Guardiola called me and asked how we won the World Cup after the 2-2 draw against France”

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3 days ago

December 6, 2023

Madelyn

Argentina and France went head-to-head in the World Cup final, with the Albiceleste being crowned champions and Pep Guardiola calling Nicolas Otamendi to ask how they fared after the French equalised.

In what many consider to be the best final in the history of the World Cup on December 12, 2022, Argentina defeated France on penalties (4:2, 3:3 in regular time) and took the “scepter”.

The Albiceleste led 2-0, but Kylian Mbappe equalized the game with two goals in two minutes, giving the fans a great spectacle.

Nicolas Otamendi admitted that things were difficult for Argentina after the draw and revealed that Pep Guardiola called him to congratulate him but also asked him about the mentality that got them to the World Cup.

“After the 2-0 win and the 2-2 draw, it was difficult to maintain the result. Pep Guardiola called me after the World Cup to congratulate me and asked me: ‘How we managed to have the mentality to win the World Cup while…’ we were 2-0 up and down 2-0. 2 draws”, The 35-year-old Benfica defender told Star+.

Source: sport 24

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

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Conflict with Messi and bonuses for the 2022 World Cup. Scaloni could leave Argentina

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4 days ago

December 5, 2023

Kyle

After the final victory against Brazil in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni surprised fans by hinting that he could leave the national team soon, despite having a contract until mid-2026.

It was reported that the national team coach was tired of communicating with representatives of the Argentine Football Federation. First, they spent too long negotiating a new contract and now haven’t paid bonuses to the players and coaching staff for winning the 2022 World Cup.

Also, Argentine media talk about a “power conflict” between Lionel Messi and Scaloni, but both deny this.

Scaloni has gained huge popularity among fans because the team won the Copa America before the 2022 World Cup and is currently a confident leader in the 2026 World Cup qualifying group.

Even after the victorious World Cup, his mentor made it clear that he was tired of the last few stressful years.

“I just want to go home. It was a difficult time, I want to leave. I haven’t seen my family for a long time,” said Scaloni, who lives in Spain.

The association hopes Scaloni will not leave before the 2024 Copa America, which will be held in the USA in the summer.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

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Owen is still angry at Beckham for being sent off at the 1998 World Cup.

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6 days ago

December 3, 2023

Kyle

Michael Owen He can’t get over England’s defeat by Argentina in the round of 16 of the 1998 World Cup in France.

The former Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid player partly blames David Beckham for the incident. The then Manchester United midfielder and now Inter Miami owner received a straight red card and the team were left with ten men and Argentina progressed to a penalty shoot-out.

“First of all, I don’t think Beckham’s strike would be worth a red card, but that doesn’t matter. He made a mistake and it still bothers me even after all these years. Many players only play in one World Cup play-off in their career and Beckham made a huge mistake. I think he admitted it. You could argue that it contributed to our exit from the World Cup, so it’s no small thing,” Owen said.

The 10 best robberies in Ballon d’Or history have been announced. Owen finished eighth