r/Fauxmoi • u/Inevitable-Angle-793 • 3h ago
SPORTS SECTION Belgian defender Thomas Meunier on the Balogun case: “I think this event was a reflection of the whole World Cup — led by capitalism, entertainment, money. This World Cup was the dark side of traditional football.” “The problem is that football was not the first priority at World Cup 2026.”
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7577945/2026/09/12/meunier-sunderland-belgium-balogun-world-cup/?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.XggD.zZ3YCjqRm_YA&source=twitteruk99
u/AreYouDecent 3h ago
The treatment of the Iranian team was reprehensible. A complete stain on this World Cup.
46
u/hussainhssn You are kenough 2h ago
Democrats were completely silent about it by the way, in case anyone thinks it’s just a Republican thing to be a reprehensible piece of shit to other people on this planet
8
u/bridgeport4 Friends with Ms. Rachel 43m ago
The democrat leadership are too busy maligning the left flank of their own party. Or anyone who doesn’t fall in line with their corporate centre right finder assigned agenda. They don’t have the time to actually stand up for anything, outside or sending a ‘strongly worded letter’ on occasion.
1
u/HazelTheHappyHippo I really hope their beef passes the Bechdel Test 0m ago
And the Somali referee who wasn't allowed to enter the country
30
u/moisturized69tatas 3h ago
OK, as bad as this one was are we just going to forget about the atrocities in south africa and Qatar, where thousands of workers died, poor communities displaced and bribery in fifa. Fifa sucks no doubt, but lets not pretend it just started this year or that this event is an outlier.
Can't wait for euros, I think they are doing a much better job.
69
u/LabourArdourLanguor 2h ago
Besides the blatant whataboutism, putting South Africa on the same level as Qatar is wild.
-7
u/moisturized69tatas 2h ago
You're right, qatar was way worse than south africa. But thus is whataboutism, i said this one was bad I not defending it, im saying it shouldn't be a surprise and its been going on fir awhile
8
u/Dry-Poem6778 3h ago
What atrocities in South Africa?
39
10
u/moisturized69tatas 2h ago
Wage theft, rigged construction bidding, fifa bribery scandal, displacement of vulnerable locals. Not on the same level of Qatar by any means but still not great.
3
u/bridgeport4 Friends with Ms. Rachel 43m ago
What is the point of this red herring? He’s not talking about either of those tournaments, he’s talking this this one - can we focus?
When we start talking about everything, we end up talking about nothing.
-15
u/tequilasauer 2h ago
This is what bothers me too. Making THIS world cup into somehow the bad one than other ones just reeks of "America bad"-ism. At the very least, we have corruption scandals going back as far as the early 00s.
7
u/purplemackem 2h ago
Meunier just signed for my team this Summer and every interview I’ve read from him he seems an incredibly intelligent thoughtful man
6
5
u/NecessaryIntrinsic 1h ago
Let's not just restrict it to WC2026. Worldwide football has Ben all about dark money for decades.
It's turned into sports-washing for oil money.
Don't forget all the slave labor and deaths involved in the Qatar world cup in 2022.
Don't forget all of the premier league teams owned by oil oligarchs, the entire Saudi league trying to clean up their country's image.
4
2
u/dothfade- 3h ago
maybe bringing the initial game of WC2030 to
one of the most traditional stadiums honoring Uruguay being the first hosts in 1930 will help us reverse course a little… but not while Infantino is in charge
1
u/purplemackem 2h ago
Meunier just signed for my team this Summer and every interview I’ve read from him he seems an incredibly intelligent thoughtful man
1
1
116
u/Past_Wallaby_9435 3h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/rflhqDbuhqDD7I0k4X