The Argentina football team, led by its captain Lionel Messi and coach Lionel Scaloni, received a tribute organized by the South American Football Federation (Conmebol) this Monday in the Paraguayan city of Luque for the world title won in Qatar last December 18. “I welcome you to the cradle of South American football, to your […]
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“I was criticized by all colors, but that’s it, there’s nothing left”: Messi
The striker of Paris Saint Germain Lionel Messi, That “Argentina in another part”, as the writer Hernán Casciari described it a few days after the victory of the Albiceleste in Qatar 2022, decided after the World Cup to break its silence before the press and on a radio station in its country. Read also: Messi, […]
‘Dibu’ Martínez travels to space in the form of a satellite
In the form of a miniature satellite (picosatellite) made by Innova Space, a technology company sea of silver who paid tribute to the world champion by christening one of his latest creations with his name. As the company said in a statement on Wednesday, the device was launched this Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center […]
André Onana announced his retirement from the Cameroon national team
André Onana, the Cameroonian goalkeeper of Inter Milan who withdrew from the World Cup due to disagreements with the coach, Rigobert Song, has announced in a message published through his official account on the social network Twitter that he will stop playing at the Indomitable Lions again. “It all started in Ngol Nkok, a small […]
Was there manipulation in the World Cup matches? FIFA reacts…
FIFA reported on Friday that, through its integrity working group, it had not discovered any manipulation in the 64 matches that made up the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which ended last Sunday with Argentina’s victory in the penalty round over France (3-3 and 4-2). ). This group was tasked with monitoring match-fixing and integrity […]
Blaise Mautidi announces his retirement from football
Blaise Matuidi, the French midfielder who was named world champion in Russia in 2018 with his team, has announced his retirement as a professional footballer at the age of 35 through a message and a video broadcast on his official accounts on social networks. “Football, I loved you so much. Football, you gave me so […]
Welcome to Argentina: An impromptu party turned into chaos
It was the most coveted dream: to become world champion again. With Lionel Messi as the Ballon d’Or for Qatar 2022 and the hero of this team that finally broke the 36-year wait since the 1986 event in Mexico. But the huge public celebration with the fans in Argentina was tinged with bewilderment and improvisation. […]
The origin of the Argentine fans’ anthem: “Now we got excited again”
Argentina’s journey in the World Cup also has a soundtrack. As if it were a new anthem, wherever the albiceleste fans go, the song “Muchachos, ahora nos vuelvivo’ a delusionar…”, a song that Messi himself recognized as his favorite among those sung in support of the ‘Scaloneta’. “I was born in Argentina, the land of […]
Fernando Santos leaves the Portuguese team
Portugal national coach Fernando Santos left office on Thursday after the elimination of the “quinas” in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and the controversy with Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said in a statement. Santos, who had a contract until 2024, is leaving office after eight years, more than any […]
Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will officiate the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Polish referee Szymon Marciniak has been chosen to referee the Qatar 2022 World Cup final that will measure France and Argentina, in bands assisted by his compatriots Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz. The American Ismail Elfath will be the fourth official. Tomasz Kwiatkowski, also from Poland, Juan Soto from Venezuela, Kyle Atkins from the United […]