#figo-incident

#figo-incident

Italy's elimination from the World Cup playoffs, sealed in a penalty shootout against Bosnia and Herzegovina, marks a watershed moment in European football, as they become the first former World Cup winners to miss three consecutive tournaments.

For me, it is clearly a red card for the Arsenal player. She's pulling Alyssa Thompson's hair. If the VAR is not able to check that situation, I don't know why we have the VAR. I'm the one getting a red card when I think the Arsenal player should be the one getting a red card.

I'm happy with Marcus, he plays well. The last few weeks he's had problems, he's been injured, so it's an opportunity for him. There are other options, Fermín, Gavi. I'm happy that Gavi is at a great level.

Mourinho was handed a one-match ban for his red card late in Sunday's 2-2 draw. He received it for leaving his technical area and kicking a ball toward Porto's substitutes' bench in celebration of a goal. Mourinho said he had tried to kick it into the stands.

Luis de la Fuente expressed 'total and absolute disgust' for the behavior of some Spanish fans, stating that 'any form of xenophobia, racism or disrespect' is absolutely unacceptable. He emphasized that 'violent people use football to carve out a space for themselves' and must be removed from society.

Benfica are willing to negotiate a transfer in the region of €20 million, significantly lower than the player's release clause of €100 million, making the operation attractive for Barcelona.

"It's obvious that diving there with a yellow card was crazy. Then I arrived at the dressing room and it was clear to me that something was happening to me, that I had to ask for help."

This is a scandal, this is a disgrace, that sums up this action. It's a clear yellow card offense, it's blatant, but if we remember what happened in Pamplona we can understand this and why VAR didn't call him.

Uefa has provisionally suspended Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni for Wednesday's Champions League match against Real Madrid after allegations that he racially abused Vinicius Junior during last week's first leg. The ban has been imposed pending the completion of a Uefa investigation and Benfica said they would appeal against the decision. The Portuguese club said they regretted being deprived of the player while the process was ongoing but acknowledged their appeal was unlikely to prevent Prestianni from being suspended for the game in Madrid.

Font runs Barça on his computer, while the Barça we've all built is carried in our hearts, through hard work every day. They're a bunch of know-it-alls who think they know everything. Barcelona will be run by a computer, not by hearts.

Cristiano Ronaldo's quest to play in a sixth World Cup this summer took a dramatic twist at the climax of Portugal's qualification campaign. The 40-year-old received the first straight red of his international career when he swung an elbow at Ireland's Dara O'Shea in their penultimate qualifier, meaning he had to sit out the 9-1 win over Armenia that booked his country's place in this summer's tournament.

The first half was tough for us. Obviously, the first goal was an incredible misfortune. After that, they came out more focused, with more attitude... against a rival like Atlético, it's difficult with this advantage," he added.