Ararat-Armenia · CAF Champions League · Defender · #33 · Morocco · 25 yrs
Hearts defender Malachi Fagan-Walcott described his team's 4-0 loss to Sturm Graz as "embarrassing", but says they remain optimistic about the return leg of their Champions League qualifier next week. Fagan-Walcott made his competitive debut in the match and says that, despite the heavy loss, there were signs of positivity.
Lionel Messi's hopes of leading Argentina to back-to-back World Cup triumphs went up in smoke against Spain, with the world's greatest ever player embarrassing himself as he joined in with the dark arts of his team-mates
Some, like Luca Zidane, have been bamboozled and an academic paper bears out Joe Hart’s opinion about its movementPoor old Luca Zidane. The Algeria goalkeeper has had a turbulent time. In two matches he has conceded five goals, and a pair of them – first from Lionel Messi, then, more embarrassing, from Jordan’s Nizar al-Rashdan – have gone through his fingers.No doubt he has received messages of support from his father – at least he hasn’t butted anybody – but it is hardly the ideal performance on the world’s biggest stage. But Zidane is not alone. Senegal’s Édouard Mendy and Iraq’s Ahmed Basil have got their hands to shots, but been unable to stop them. Is something going on? Continue reading...
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup enters a pivotal stage, the stakes are rising sharply and early slip-ups are beginning to carry real consequences.After an embarrassing group-stage exit in 2022, Germany hav...
Scotland branded ‘unprofessional, weak’John McGinn: ‘Our job is to look after Scotland’Scotland’s return to the World Cup after a 28-year absence has been immediately overshadowed by a war of words with Norway. Steve Clarke and Scotland were branded “unprofessional”, “embarrassing” and “weak” by the Norwegians after the cancellation of a training game planned for Monday in Charlotte. After the Scottish FA expressed “surprise” at the Norwegian stance, the Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn told the aggrieved parties to read up on Scotland’s injury situation.With the Scots and Norway both based in North Carolina, a game was scheduled to afford minutes to players requiring them. Scotland postponed the match on Saturday, with the injury sustained by Billy Gilmour during the recent friendly against Curaçao – which put him out of the World Cup – apparently uppermost in Clarke’s thoughts. Continue reading...
Everton season-ticket holder Tony Bott says the club's seven-game winless run at the end of the 2025-26 season, which saw David Moyes' side drop out of European football contention, was "shocking, embarrassing, annoying and very frustrating". "I'm not calling for his head, I don't think it is time for him to go personally, but I do think the club needs to do a lot this summer."
