2026 FIFA World Cup - Special Thread

2026 FIFA World Cup - Special Thread

🚨 Pep Guardiola on Belgium’s late penalty:

šŸ—£ļø Reporter:
ā€œWhat did you make of the penalty?ā€

šŸ—£ļø Pep Guardiola:

ā€œI always say football should be decided by football. Senegal had defended with incredible discipline for almost the entire match. To see such a soft contact become the defining moment is very difficult for everyone to understand.ā€

ā€œIf the contact is not absolutely clear, I don’t think you decide a World Cup knockout match with a penalty in the final moments. Let the players decide it themselves.ā€

ā€œSenegal earned the right to keep fighting. Belgium earned the right to keep attacking. In games like this, I prefer the result to come from the quality of the football, not from one controversial decision.ā€

ā€œWhen two teams have sacrificed so much, one whistle should never become bigger than everything that happened over ninety minutes.ā€

ā€œOf course the referee has to make decisions, and I respect that. But these are the moments that leave people talking about officiating instead of the football. Nobody wants that.ā€

ā€œIf you cannot say with complete certainty that it is a penalty, then don’t give it. At this level, every decision carries enormous consequences.#b
 
June 16th: Lionel Messi goes unpunished for treading on an Algerian player's ankle

July 2nd: Folarin Balogun is given a straight red card for an identical challenge

Make it make sense.
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