2026 World Cup

[Tatterdemalion]

Meh. Wouldn't bother with the highlights folks. Nothing to see.

[MosRay]

Well 2 - 3 England. Watch the UK press go all Football is coming home again. My God it's already started LOL. I'm still not watching the highlights though..

[Kenneth]

Poor Hendo, who’s going to carry the cones now?

[ChesterDave]

Oh dear Jarrell

He's OK to play in the next round though, right? Suspensions don't apply

[Cerbie]

He's OK to play in the next round though, right? Suspensions don't apply

They should absolutely appeal it on the same grounds just to see what FIFA do. ****ing ridiculous tho!

[fidget]

lol USA

[BigChief]

Egypt leading at half time but that was a brutal display by Salah. Absolutely shocking performance. Any other job and he would have been fired on the spot.

Such a shame his fall was this quickly and this stark. I don't think he'll be that great at Saudi or the US level.

[baitman]

Egypt with a brilliant goal ruled out by very soft var decision for a foul that was miles away in the build up.
then score another worldie to lead 2-0

Now argies coming back to 2-1, pressure on...

[Charly]

Ahhh FFS!

[Kenneth]

Argentina are winning this.

[BigChief]

Yep it's all over. 2-2 with Argentina slowly but surely putting the final nail in when needed.

Edit, did I say slowly? Mea culpa.

[baitman]

They could go all the way back in the build up to deny Egypt their wondergoal, but didnt even consider BOTH fouls in the argie bargy build up.

[SB]

Egyptian manager Hossam Hassan has come out firing after his sides elimination from the 2026 World Cup to Argentina ????????????

???? "We haven’t seen respect or fair play. A penalty was ruled out and a second (incident) that should have been checked for a penalty for us was not even checked by the VAR. A second goal was remarkably, for whatever reason, disallowed.

???? “There seems to have been pressure on the Argentinian side on the referee that has brought about this outcome.

???? “Life is unfair. The world is unfair. OK, but why isn’t there any fairness in sports? I’m not convinced by this outcome and by the way things unfolded in this match.

???? “The referee is unfair, God is sufficient for me and the best disposer of affairs. He’s wasting the effort of an entire nation. The cup is directed towards Argentina.”

Clearly he’s taken the loss well

[SB]

And this one too. You can’t talk like this without punishment

HE HELD NOTHING BACK????

Mostafa Ziko, an Egypt international, spoke right after the match that knocked them out of the World Cup, and his words sparked controversy.

"Congratulations to Argentina on the World Cup; the tournament was fixed, they didn't need anything else. the referee was unfair," he said immediately after the match to an Egyptian journalist.

According to him, his team was clearly in control at 2-0 when the referee started tipping the scales: a legitimate goal disallowed for a "marginal" foul, calls that only hurt his national team, and a penalty in the opposing box completely ignored.

“We played fantastically against the current world champion. But the referee, François Letexier, was clearly biased from the very start of the match. He constantly tried to stop us and wanted to silence us on the pitch,” he concluded.

[Tatterdemalion]

And this one too. You can’t talk like this without punishment

Exactly. FIFA will punish them for casting doubt on the integrity of the rules of the game. Without any hint of irony.