Football stories the mainstream media ignores.
worldcup
France beat Morocco in the 2022 semi-final. A 2026 QF rematch brings Olise vs Diaz's Real Madrid role and Bouaddi facing the country he chose not to represent.
history
Morocco drew with Brazil, beat the Netherlands on penalties. Bouaddi, 18, outplayed Casemiro. Bounou won both shootouts. Nobody is talking about them.
transfers
Tottenham broke their record twice in 24 hours. Fernandes £85m beat Man Utd. Tonali £100m beat Man City. Both chose De Zerbi. The rebuild is real.
PSR does not reward owner wealth. It rewards commercial revenue. That is why Newcastle and Villa face limits that Arsenal and Tottenham do not.
Tottenham nearly went down but promised De Zerbi big investment. NFL games, concerts, boxing — the stadium revenue that PSR rewards and rivals cannot match.
De Zerbi signed a 5-year Tottenham deal with 7 games left and no relegation clause. Won 11 points. Survived on the final day. Now the real rebuild begins.
Olise has five World Cup assists including three for Mbappe. France are tournament favourites. Real Madrid want this partnership permanently at the Bernabeu.
Perez denied Mbappe for three years then signed him. Denied Bellingham. Denied the Haaland clause. Now denies Olise. The pattern is the confirmation.
Real Madrid want a world-record fee for Olise. Mbappe is texting him. Bayern say no. Perez denied it. All three are true simultaneously.
players
Cape Verde 2-1 down in extra time against Argentina. 103rd minute. Sidny Lopes Cabral curled it into the corner. ESPN: an all-time great tournament goal.
More Cabo Verdeans live abroad than on the islands. The squad that held Spain, Uruguay and Argentina was built from those who left — but never forgot.
In their first World Cup, Cape Verde faced three teams with 6 combined world titles. They never lost in 90 minutes against any of them. The full story.
Mexico's only WC knockout win over South America was also against Ecuador, also with Aguirre, in 2002. 24 years later, same result. Ecuador eliminated.
England are favourites at the Azteca. Mexico haven't conceded in four games. The crowd shakes seismometers. A quarter-final with Ancelotti waits if Tuchel wins.
Haaland has 5 World Cup goals — tied with Messi. Nusa scored a worldie. Brazil needed the 95th minute to beat Japan. Sunday, MetLife Stadium. Preview.
Man City paid Chelsea £17m for their manager. Chelsea finished 10th. Alonso arrived. Now they want Xhaka at 33. The summer that changed the rules at both clubs.
Only two managers have ever won both the Champions League and the World Cup. Lippi. Del Bosque. The list is that short. Ancelotti and Tuchel want to change it.
England have never beaten Brazil at a World Cup. Ancelotti is 2-0 against Tuchel in UCL knockouts. Neymar is on the bench. The quarter-final is building.
Ancelotti beat Tuchel at Chelsea in 2022 and Bayern in 2024. UCL knockout head-to-head: 0-2 to Tuchel. A Brazil vs England quarter-final could be next.
One touch. 61 seconds on the pitch. Austria going out. Then Kalajdzic headed them through. The story behind the most dramatic sub goal of the World Cup.
