Argentina3 - 0Benin
The little boy from Rosario... 🇦🇷💔 Džeko and Messi retiring just before my 18th birthday. I'm taking this personally.

Argentina
Argentina3 - 0Benin
Well, this is one of those days in football I never wanted to witness, but sadly, it has arrived. You’re not leaving the game entirely, but stepping away from international football feels like the first step toward that day, which I can hardly bear to think about. Maybe the funniest way to honor you is to recognize what you did for millions of people: you made us willingly tune in and support Argentina, all to watch you play this little sport called football. I’m not Argentine, but somewhere along the way that stopped mattering. When you played, we all became a little bit Argentine. I’ll never forget the highs and lows I experienced following you. The 2014 World Cup final, when you were so close to conquering the sport so early on in your career. The back-to-back Copa América finals lost on penalties. But you deserved more than that. You got more than that. You finally lifted your very first international trophy in 2021. Of course I’ll always remember 2022, the greatest World Cup campaign I’ll ever witness, with the most entertaining final of all time. Then we got another Copa in 2024. You literally won every trophy that you lost, how perfect was that? After years of people saying you couldn’t do it for Argentina, you won everything there was to win. But the trophies aren’t what I’ll remember most. It’s the way you played, the way you always entertained me. The dribbles that made defenders look lost, the passes no one else could see, the free kicks that felt like penalties the moment the referee blew the whistle. You made the impossible look routine, and you did it with a quiet humility that made billions fall in love with you. This summer’s ending was bittersweet, and honestly, part of me wishes you’d won it. But you had nothing left to prove. You gave me more than I ever had the right to ask for: the story of your career. There will never be another player who can do what you did. You are football. You are eternal. Thank you for everything, Leo.

Argentina
Argentina3 - 0Benin
Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Lionel... honey, my pookie bear. I have loved you since I first laid eyes on you. The way you glide past defenders and strike fear into your enemies' eyes. Your perfectly dewy symmetrical shimmering touch on that football, your gorgeous little left foot, and that devastating dribbling. I would do anything for you. I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire. You had a rough childhood, but you never gave up hope. You are even amazing off the pitch, you're a great friend, father, captain, sometimes I even call you my honey bunch sugar poo cutie pie. I forever dread and weep, thinking of the one day you will retire from club football. I would sacrifice my own life if it were the only thing that could put a smile on your beautiful face. You have given me so much joy, and heartbreak over the years. I remember when you lost the 2014 World Cup final and it's like my heart broke into a million pieces and I couldn't go back. But a poo still fell from my right eye when I saw you finally lift that beautiful World Cup trophy in Qatar, because deep down, my glorious king deserved it. I just wanted you to be happy. But alas, you did, my sweet babypoo was happy and I rejoiced. That night was a hard night for us baby, but the dawn afterwards you made history happen. You became a World Cup champion. I couldn't believe it. I was crying, bawling even, and I heard my glorious king lift that trophy while the entire world watched. Not only have you changed the art of football and the world forever, but you've eternally changed my world. The goals, the assists, the trophies, the impossible dribbles, the free kicks, the little celebrations. eveery single moment has been engraved into my poo. And now you've gone to the twilight of your career, but still the goat, MY goat. I love you (poo)kie bear, my glorious king, Lionel Messi.


Argentina
Croatia1 - 2Spain
spain letting croatia lead for 60 mins just to have merino do merino things


Spain
Barcelona2 - 1Arsenal
The game is more remembered for it's history. Arsenal were looking to win their first UCL in their final season at Highbury, while Barcelona were looking for their 2nd UCL trophy, 14 years after Cruyff won them their first, this time with another Dutch legend, Frank Rijkaard. It's not that entertaining for a neutral to be honest but still iconic and relevant today with both Arsenal and Barcelona being real contenders to win the UCL again. The two clubs were just friends until the 18th minute where Lehmann went too far with his flirting and got sent off for his foot fetish, becoming the first ever Goalkeeper to be sent off in a UCL final. For some reason, the referee didn't play advantage and the frenchman Giuly couldn't get his goal. So the score stayed 0-0 until the Spurs legend Sol Campbell scored in the 37th minute from a set piece. Some things never change I guess. After the red they dropped into a deep 4-4-1 with Henry alone up front, and tried to survive and counter. Barcelona on the other hand kept the ball but couldn't break the block. So Rijkaard added a young Iniesta at half-time, who impressed me, mostly by having hair for once. And after the hour he added the actual game winners, not an injured 18 year old autistic golden boy, but the swedish Larsson who came off the bench and gave Barcelona a lush life. As well as Belletti (Balotelli if you're dyslexic) in the 71st minute. Larsson set up Samuel Eto'o who finished it near post past Almunian foil to equalize in the 76th minute. Some claim it was offside but there was no VAR back then to waste 5 minutes and make a wrong decision. So Barcelona kept their momentum and the Swede got his 2nd assist in his last ever game for the Catalans just 4 minutes later, by passing it to the random kid right back Belletti to make it 2-1. Arsenal, a solid defensive side that kept 10 clean sheets on the way to Paris, went up 1-0 but got dominated and lost. Hmm, I hope nothing similar happens to them 20 years later...
Croatia0 - 7England
One of the most one sided games I've seen in a while, the game was already done in the first half. Although Croatia should've had one goal with a sitter missed by Mateo Kovacic, it would've been far from deserved. England were better on every aspect and you could absolutely argue the scoreline flattered Croatia, it was extremely embarrassing for those top level players on their home soil to show absolutely no fight, at the end I felt bad for the schoolchildren in the crowd who had to watch that mess 😭

England
Croatia0 - 7England
My 5 star review of Croatia 0 - 7 England, with every english player selected as player of the match, but Kane chosen as part of my agenda for his Ballon d’Or charge. by @alf, age 20 (and @ljfp)

England
Frankfurt4 - 0Eintracht Braunschweig
I watched at work. We won. Nice.

Czechia0 - 2England
My birthday is next Wednesday! 😁😁

Spain4 - 1Croatia
Why the fuck do I only have 79 followers. Bunch of pricks.


Spain
Barcelona3 - 1Man United
International Break and being sick got me bored as hell so decided to start (re) watching the ucl finals. Starting with the earliest one I could find on Bookd. I was sadly only a hatchling during Peps Barcelona and SAFs United, so I didn't watch this one live. Both teams were looking to get their 4th UCL title and United were entering the fixture with an advantage of the rematch of the 2009 final being played at the Wembley stadium. On the road to the final they beat reigning Ligue 1 runners up Marseille, Ancelottis Chelsea and Rauls Schalke. While Barca on their journey beat Arsenal with 4 goals from Messi, Ukrainian Champions Shakhtar and an iconic El Classico in the semi final that they won thanks to Pepe's red, Messi's brace and Pedros goal. First half Barca was dominant with about 400 passes and 69% ball posession (nice), thanks their iconic midfield trio Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi, who absolutely ran the midfield the entire match. But United weren't chuds and fought well in my opinion. After a classic tiki-taka goal from Pedro, the Red Devils (not Kaiserslautern) answered with a beautiful goal from the balding Rooney. The half ended leveled, but it was obvious who ran the game. Second half the Catalans were just as dominant. Therefore in the 53' minute, a 23 year old Lionel Messi made history with an iconic goal from a low driven shot outside the box. That marked his 12th goal in 13 UCL games to give Barcelona the lead. Every single goal in this final was a banger, including David Villas brilliant goal to make it 3-1 and bury the game. You can question his facial hair choice but not his finishing. The Puyol cameo at the end also made me laugh, no disrespect of course Great Match, had everything you wanted. Atmosphere, fun football, great goals and the better team lifting the Trophy. It's giving me a case of anemoia
Austria3 - 1Israel
fuck israel. free palestine. 🇵🇸
Austria3 - 1Israel
Would have genuinely called to dissolve the Austrian NT if they DARED to lose this match...

Austria
Austria3 - 1Israel
how necessary was this hatewatch

Austria3 - 1Israel

Austria
Atletico Madrid2 - 1Real Madrid
“the 16th is coming”

Atletico Madrid2 - 1Real Madrid
i hate this team bro😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷😭😭😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷🐷😭😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭🐷😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid2 - 1Real Madrid
They’re so predictably dogshit 😭😭😭

Tottenham2 - 3Aston VillaFar from comfortable ending but I thought we were so good in that second half. The defensive shape Emery kept us in was elite management, Suzuki, Mings, Manzambi, Jackson and Ruggeri with standout performances. Glad to get 3 points, don't care how, but the 3 points is what matters. Would've been nice to keep a clean sheet and I thought Zion deserved it for his heroics, but football isn't kind, especially to Villa 😂 Buendia with his annual Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tax collection, what a way to do it too. He didn't have a great first half but showed up when it mattered ❤️🩹 Zion kept us in the game in the first half with crucial saves, without him it would've been a different story, I feel very safe with him❤️🩹❤️🩹 UTV 💜💙

Tottenham2 - 3Aston VillaIM SORRY NIC JACKSON OOOH I AM FOR REALLL OLLIE WATKINS MADE THE VILLAINS CRY YOU COULD JOIN AND BE OUR FAVOURITE GUY

Elche2 - 3Real Madrid
defense performance 


Real Madrid
Leeds4 - 1Newcastle
“Monday night Newcastle bumming”

Man United0 - 1Man City
Mid ahh game overshadowed by the referee BUT at least we get Haaland FPL points


Man City
Sunderland0 - 2Arsenal
A match full of very physical duels, with Arsenal managing to 'Gun' the Black Cats down in the end. Sunderland had huge chances throughout the game, including an Enzo Le Fee penalty, which was heroicly saved by the Spanish wall that is David Raya, proving again why he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Dan Ballard had an excellent game I thought, winning duels and the penalty, also a spectacular goal line clearance with a diving header. At the other end, they couldn't find a way past the immaculate Arsenal defence. A Bruno Guimaraes screamer stunned the Mackems, rubbing salt in the wounds with his Newcastle ties. Late in the game, Sunderland also conceded a penalty, resulting in a second yellow for Reinildo. Bukayo Saka managing to find fortune and convert for his 3rd of the season. I don't think Sunderland were bad, but the amazing work of Arsenal's defence ultimately halted any chance of a result. Arsenal looking extremely solid again, you're wondering who will be the team to stop them, because they are on a steamroll of results. It's now 10 goals scored and 1 goal conceded in all competitions, extremely impressive. Signing Bruno Guimaraes has brought quality to the team depth and he helped Arsenal win this game with an unreal finish. I've mentioned this team getting better, which they are proving every single game. Got to give a lot of credit to Mikel Arteta, I'm far from his biggest fan, but he has done a great job in the past year. MOTM David Raya, without his presence and penalty save it might've been a different result for Arsenal.

Arsenal
Sunderland0 - 2Arsenal
David Raya my foggin saviour 🤩🤩


Arsenal
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