II he refs a game in the US, he afterwards just can sleep at the gates in the next railway station like all the other bums. /sarcasm
Railway station?
The news about Iran’s logistics (and that apparently some of their support crew were refused visas) made the news here in New Zealand.
That’s mainly because Iran is New Zealand’s first opponent and likely the most realistic chance of scoring a win.
I’ve never wanted a World Cup to fail so much.
For Infantino, who has cozied up to Trump so publicly, this must be a concerning moment. I can’t imagine the continent’s top referee being refused a visa will go down to well with the African football associations. Their support is absolutely vital to a FIFA president’s power base.
All three of their Group Stage games are in the US. I feel awful for them.
I just signed up for Fox One.
For $40, you get THREE months right now. Special deal. I don’t know if I care about much past the world cup, but there it is.
Also this bullshit…
The point of contention resided on the shirt’s right hip, which depicted silhouettes inspired by the Battle of Vertières and the Haitian revolution. In 1803, revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who later became the nation’s first emperor, tore the white band off of a French flag to create a new flag for “the world’s first free Black republic”. The moment is commemorated throughout the nation every 18 May as Haitian Flag Day.
Bullshit I’m assuming by the Trump administration. But also terrible goddamned reporting. What do the silhouettes show exactly ? Was it this?
Tbh I would actively search out that kit if it was.
Opening show going on pretty well so far, nice display of cultural elements but not stupidly over the top.
(So glad it opened in MexCity so that it could be a “normal” kind of FIFA event w/o fearing the effect of a Certain Presence!)
Watching the first match and Mexico just scored, quite easily, the first goal of the match.
Let’s goooooo Mexico! Gooooooooooaaaaaaal
Damn, that was an aggressive tackle.
Clearest yellow ever.
Annoying hydration commercial break, but it was mercifully much shorter than a single NFL commercial break.
Ian Darke and Landon Donovan are doing an OK job on my feed.
I told my daughter, “I smell a scam. An excuse to throw ads into the middle of the game.”
Boo.
It was extremely obvious from the beginning that that was the force behind the whole “hydration breaks” foolishness.
Mexico could easily have one or two more goals. RSA’s goalie has made a couple of stellar saves, Mexico hit the post a few minutes ago, and hit a couple of shots just wide.
South Africa is lucky to be down 1-0 at halftime.
Indeed, Mexico played better for the full half and it showed. South Africa dodged a few very close bullets.
But he didn’t look good on the goal, letting the ball slip through his feet.
Wtf, it’s not even that hot in mexico city. It’s basically the same temperature as in Paris. That is clearly just an excuse for an advert break
I vaguely recall FIFA adamantly denying that water breaks were needed in the Qatari heat