It was South Korea

They didn’t beat Germany. Only Italy and Spain.

lol you’re thinking of World Cup 2002.

In the 2022 World Cup Japan did beat Spain and Germany.

football is the greatest sport in the history of the world, capable of moments of astonishing excitement, beauty and emotion, and then I come onto Reddit’s biggest, most popular football sub expecting to see discussions which reflect this and instead I’m presented with this utterly tedious nonsense.

What Cristiano Ronaldo fanboys have done to every single outlet to talk about football has ruined the sport for generations. And I’m saying this as someone who couldn’t give a shite about Messi.

It’s Matt Ritchie 100% and I love him for it

I’m going to invite joelinton to your house and have him put all his weight on your back in a 2 handed shove and see if you can stay on your feet.

Go for it. I’m about the same size as Gabriel and would have no problem standing up without going down like Gabriel did. The reason Gabriel went down is because he deliberately went down to try and flick the ball away, which is exactly what the refs have said here.

The rest of your post is Le Tissier level conspiracy nonsense. You get tight calls your way all the time.

As for Arteta being on ref’s necks. He absolutely obviously is. He never shuts up about them! He got one fired just last year!

they

wanted

to give the goal, it’s that simple.

They tried 3 times to disallow it!

Refs are terrified of giving calls against Arsenal because Arteta goes fucking psycho every time. He’s been on their necks for over a year now and it shows with the treatment they get from referees, particularly in tight calls.

It was a clear goal. Be angry at Gabriel for not standing strong on his man, be angry at Raya for flapping a simple cross, read the rules and get over it.

The actual answer is penalties. He missed about 25% of the penalties he took, which is quite a significant number, especially for a player as good as he is