I'm talking about the Qatar national team and WC 2022.
Germany deserved it though, however I wouldn't rule out the next world cup just yet, especially since Messi will still be around.
Sounds like BS tbh. Qatar are doing great under Careno and it makes no sense for them to go for a coach that can't even speak English.
Too bad Messi missed a 1vs1.
i hope you can read spanish. This is the original source and its pretty detailed, doesn't look like bullshit to me.
It is pretty detailed and looks like it's based on credible info, but it's also asking him to work with the Olympic team and very long commitment. It also means he will stay out of work until the end of 2017 when the WC qualifiers are over. Anyway, not to derail this thread any further, we'll just have to wait and see. Pretty interesting article none the less.
It's a shame about Sampaoli, Qatar is a nice gold wristwatch retirement ride off into the sunset option but he's yet to manage at a big club in Europe. It's a step backwards, bad career choice IMO but perhaps no one really pursued him.
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Couldn't take it serious, I don't want to see the people who were insulted at a birthday party. "You got me a card, do you think we do not have paper in Egypt? I work hard! you got me a blender, do you think I am incapable of cutting things myself??"What a bunch of idiots
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Messi was wrong he should donated his dirty underwear, morons.Messi's boots make Egyptians cry foul
The world's most famous footballer donates a pair of his boots to a charity auction, what's not to like? Plenty it seems, depending on the cultural context, as Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been discovering after his generous gesture managed to upset some Egyptians.
It was only a few weeks ago that Messi was widely praised for making a young fan's dream come true when he sent a shirt and a football to a young Afghan boy - a story in which BBC Trending played a small role.
However, when the player made a similarly well-intentioned gift on Egyptian TV this week it was regarded by some as a national insult. During a TV interview with the "Yes I am Famous" show, broadcast on MBC's Misr Channel, the Argentine footballer told the presenter he would like to donate his football boots to be auctioned off for charity.
What Messi seems to have failed to appreciate is that in Egypt and other Arab countries in the region shoes can be used as a symbol of disrespect or insult. So some Egyptians took offence and turned to social media to express their anger.
"This is the most disgusting. He was paid thousands of dollars and at the end he donated his shoes and the stupid presenter was happy," tweeted one user called @Sala77ar7ash. Another user called @sulimanahmad670 commented: "Egypt's name is greater than Messi's shoes. This is a big insult to Egypt," wrote @sulimanahmad670.
In Arab culture, showing the soles of your shoes can be seen as especially insulting. The Arabic expression "to hit someone with a shoe" is offensive. You might remember the case of Iraqi journalist Muntasir al-Zaydi, who threw his shoes at President George W Bush in protest at a press conference in Baghdad in 2008.
Some believed presenter Mona al-Sharqawi should have refused the donation.
The shoe can be considered dirty because it is on the ground and associated with the foot, the lowest part of the body. So some people have taken issue with the fact the TV presenter, Mona al-Sharqawi held Messi's donated boots with her hands. "Wake up Arabs and smell the coffee. No time for sleeping. She [the presenter] should have refused this insignificant donation," tweeted @awatifalqaisey.
In response to the perceived insult, Egyptian MP Said Hasasin who presents a programme called "Infirad" (Exclusive) on private Al-Asimah TV, went so far as to take off his shoes on air saying he would donate them to Messi.
An Egyptian MP offered Messi his shoes in return.
But opponents of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi also seized on the situation as a way to attack the government. A hashtag which translates as "Messi's_shoes_to_AlSisi's_people" has been used more than 15,000 times.
The pro-Muslim Brotherhood "Rabi'ah's Pulse" Facebook page published a video of the presenter receiving Messi's shoes' donation and wrote: "It is not only an insult to Egypt, but rather humiliation to the military gang that killed the innocent and kidnapped President [Muhammad] Morsi."
However, some wondered why the president's name was being linked to the issue. "Why you put Al-Sisi in anything happening?" one Twitter user @moody7amada wondered.
To be fair to them maybe it's a cultural thing. Maybe the gesture resembles patronising people. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...6970/Arab-culture-the-insult-of-the-shoe.html
He is guilty..so is Usmanow (Arsenal owner)
I saw a stat saying that Messi hasn't scored in the last 5 El Classicos. He nearly scored a peach of a goal on Saturday. It's important to keep in mind that he has had some El Classicos where he didn't score, but was the best player on the pitch by far (the 5-0 comes to mind)
I guess he is human after all.
That's one way of looking at it. Also he's been playing from deep this season and the majority of the time I've seen him with the ball he's walking with it.
Ronaldo was rotated quite a lot by Fergie in his younger days. Also Messi missed a lot of games due to injury. I just think playing 70 games a season for club and country for so long takes its toll regardless of how many games you played as a youngster. Ronaldo in the last 18 months has also gone through bad patches.
Never forget his second goal against Bayern last year. Immense.
