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'Hilarious': Messi Missed World Cup Penalty Because Argentina Canceled Israel 'Friendly,' Says Israeli Defense Minister

"In Argentina's against Iceland game we saw just how much Messi needed the warm-up game against Israel," Liberman tweeted after Messi missed a penalty and were eventually held to a 1-1 draw by Iceland.
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Ahmed Tibi, an Arab Israeli lawmaker, also linked the miss to the withdrawal from the Israel game, tweeting a poll asking, "Who was happier that Messi missed his penalty today?"

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by Cat on Sun Jun 17th, 2018 at 02:20:57 AM EST

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If they had come to Israel, the Palestinians would be making the same comments about his loss, and the Israelis would be making fun of them.

Yesterday in Munich, I saw a bar advertising a showing of the World Cup match between Italy and the Netherlands. Why hasn't Salvini protested yet? What is he good for?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sun Jun 17th, 2018 at 05:13:37 AM EST
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'Hilarious': Messi Missed World Cup Penalty Because Argentina Canceled Israel 'Friendly,' Says Israeli Defense Minister

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 17th, 2018 at 05:54:29 AM EST
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Telesur | 'Hilarious': Messi Missed World Cup Penalty Because Argentina Canceled Israel 'Friendly,' Says Israeli Defense Minister

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by Cat on Mon Jun 18th, 2018 at 01:56:15 PM EST
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I did add the telesur link in my post ;)

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jun 18th, 2018 at 02:11:23 PM EST
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:P
Household Water Use During Argentina-Iceland Game Looks Like You'd Expect

Contrary to popular myth, Iceland's plumbing system was not overburdened with thousands of simultaneously flushing toilets during any part of this day.

The spoils: after owning him on the pitch, #Birkir takes the shirt off Lionel's back. Apparently Messi wanted the swap. #SmiteTheWorld #ISL #VikingClap #FyrirIsland
✨🔥👊🔥✨ pic.twitter.com/xqlFR8mR96
— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 18, 2018

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by Cat on Mon Jun 18th, 2018 at 02:52:48 PM EST
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I'm not so certain about the swap, I do appreciate it that Lionel Messi would want to get rid of the shirt - match - memory the soonest.

Messi misses penalty - great save from Halldorsson to keep the score level in Moscow.#ARG 1-1 #ISL https://t.co/A8yeguWpVk pic.twitter.com/Abd8jp89EU
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 16, 2018

I would suggest it was Halldorsson who made a great safe ... in memory of another great goalkeeper of the 20th century - the Black Spider from Soviet era - Lev Yashin.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jun 18th, 2018 at 04:16:34 PM EST
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Argentinian soccer team boycotts Israel -- and 'NY Times' whitewash fails to quote a single player | Mondoweiss |
The New York Times faced a dilemma. How to downplay this stinging defeat for Israel in world opinion? The Times has a correspondent in Buenos Aires, Daniel Politi, and here's what he did [NYT] in today's sports pages; he did not quote Higuaín or any other player for Argentina. Instead, he spent 22 paragraphs partly peddling an alternate conspiracy theory: that Argentina canceled not for political reasons, but because the team feared "violence" from Palestinians. (Some pro-Palestinian activists had been waving bloody shirts at a peaceful demonstration in Barcelona, where the Argentine team is fine-tuning before Russia.) .
The article at least pointed out that Israel's sports minister, the notorious Miri Regev, had moved the scheduled match from Haifa to Jerusalem, a propaganda ploy meant to imply a stronger endorsement of Israel.

Captain Messi: There's #NothingFriendly about Israel killing peaceful Palestinian protesters in Gaza! @Argentina, don't team up with Israeli apartheid. Cancel "friendly" match in Jerusalem! https://t.co/Ye2WZXXGSf #ArgentinaNoVayas #Nakba70 #GreatReturnMarch pic.twitter.com/CgSXKKS9Kb
— PACBI (@PACBI) May 17, 2018