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Helmut Schön’s 48-year-old World Cup record is on the verge of being matched in fewer games and at a much faster pace. Between 1966 and 1978, Schön led West Germany to 16 tournament victories across 25 matches. For nearly half a century, that managerial win total has stood at the summit of international football. Tonight at Philadelphia Stadium, Didier Deschamps can join him there. A victory for France against Iraq in Group I would secure his 16th FIFA World Cup win as a manager, tying Schön’s historic all-time record. The numbers behind this decade-long run explain why the achievement is about more than longevity. 1. The Efficiency Gap Schön’s final World Cup ledger stands at 16 wins from 25 matches, a 64.0% win rate. Deschamps enters tonight with 15 wins from 20 tournament matches. Beat Iraq, and he reaches 16 wins from 21, a 76.2% World Cup win rate. Same summit, but a much leaner climb. 2. 90-Minute Tactical Stability Across his World Cup tenure with France, Deschamps has lost exactly two matches in normal time: • 2014: 1-0 v Germany, quarter-final • 2022: 1-0 v Tunisia, group stage He has never been beaten inside 90 minutes in a World Cup round of 16, semi-final, or final. Tournament control is the hidden record beneath the record. 3. The Scoring Correction France have scored 43 official World Cup match goals under Deschamps. Five tonight would take that to 48, unless penalty shoot-out conversions are folded into the total. Deschamps is approaching Schön’s win record while sustaining elite tournament output across four World Cup cycles. Zagallo and Beckenbauer reached football immortality as both players and managers. Deschamps is about to achieve an even finer distinction. The most efficient route ever taken to the top of the World Cup managerial wins table. #FRAIRQ #LesBleus

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Iran plans FIFA complaint over #WC2026 US visa rules. Team must arrive the day before matches and leave same day while based in Tijuana after staff visa denials. US says terms were pre-agreed for security. IR Coach calls the squad most oppressed. x.com/danroan/status…

Dan Roan @danroan

5 days ago

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Institutional shareholder pressure mounts at Manchester United over corporate governance failures. Proxy giant ISS recommended investors vote against 10 of the club’s 12 directors at the AGM, leaving only two classified as independent. Bloomberg data reveals United ranks near the absolute bottom of all NYSE-listed companies for board independence. The friction stems from its "Controlled Company" status. Utilising a dual-class share structure, corporate insiders retain absolute voting power, leaving public equity markets completely marginalised. 🔴 The Glazer Family: 67.9% of total voting rights (Class B) ⚫️ Ineos Ltd. (Ratcliffe): 28.9% (Class B) ⚪️ Public Class A Float: Just 3.2% Proxy advisors Glass Lewis and ISS highlighted severe structural red flags: 🚩 Audit Committee Impairment: Comprising just two members and missing the three-person market standard. Worse, the "independent" Audit Chair is a managing partner at Rothschild & Co, the exact firm that advised the Glazers on the share sale to INEOS. 🚩 Zero Nominating Oversight: The board lacks a nominating committee to handle transparent director appointments. While United successfully leverages public capital markets for liquidity, its boardroom operations remain tightly held by family blocks and strategic partners. #MUFC

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5 days ago

Manchester United has faced criticism by an influential proxy advisory firm over its allegedly weak corporate governance, including limited board independence and the absence of a nominating committee bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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No English manager has won the Premier League since it began in the 1992-93 season. Howard Wilkinson was the last Englishman to win the English top flight with Leeds United in 1991-92, in the old First Division. Since the Premier League era started, title-winning managers have included: Alex Ferguson (Scottish) Arsène Wenger (French) José Mourinho (Portuguese) Carlo Ancelotti (Italian) Pep Guardiola (Spanish) Jürgen Klopp (German) Mikel Arteta (Spanish) x.com/SportsUncensrd…

@AdamJoseph For Madrid, it would make sense to cash in on Tchouameni, as they did with Casemiro, and focus on Enzo Fernandez who may be better fit for the sort of restructuring Mourinho is planning. Especially, if Mateus Fernandes doesn't materialise.

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Circulating footage from Iran’s 2-2 World Cup draw with New Zealand at SoFi shows why this case turns on enforcement. Which Lion and Sun flags were stopped? Which passed through? Who made the call under FIFA’s rule?

Iranian activists want to turn phones into the flag FIFA says cannot enter the ground. The dispute in miniature: a Lion and Sun flag ban, FIFA’s political-symbol rule, and who controls a World Cup gate. Article coming on SoFi and California speech law.

Sami Khedira is Jose Mourinho’s “guinda,” the prized finishing touch for his 5 trusted assistants. Khedira is a leading German TV analyst with recent Bernabéu commentary, but no coaching experience. Pepe reportedly floated, then sidelined. #RMCF x.com/MarioCortegana…

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⚡️Sami Khedira expected to join Jose Mourinho’s coaching staff at Real Madrid @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/73602…

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The message from Dutch fans: "Dallas has cowboys. We have Koeman." x.com/OnsOranje/stat…

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In case you’ve missed it. Oranje is here! 🤩 #NothingLikeOranje #FIFAWorldCup #NEDJPN

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Outside AT&T the open ground’s just gone orange. 🟠 Flags and bodies packed solid with no gaps, noise carrying right up to the building. Dallas got claimed early ahead of Netherlands vs Japan. #NothingLikeOranje #NEDJPN

Switzerland penalty vs Qatar. Where is the semi-automated screenshot from FIFA that this was onside?

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Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid

2 weeks ago

👋 ¡Bienvenido, Mourinho! 👋

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Benfica SAD have tonight informed CMVM - Portuguese Securities Market Commission of Real Madrid's formalised intent to trigger the €15m clause for Jose Mourinho. Exactly two days after Florentino Pérez’s re-election, turning the campaign promise into a done deal. #RMCF ⤵️

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4 weeks ago

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The Texas AG release pushes the FIFA debate beyond football politics. On June 9, Ken Paxton opened a probe into whether FIFA misled fans about World Cup seat location and quality in Texas. It makes Michel Platini’s filing one front in wider scrutiny of FIFA’s power.

FairSquare’s complaint over Infantino’s FIFA Peace Prize for US President Donald Trump is separate from Platini’s allegations. It turns the wider governance theme into a document about political neutrality, presidential discretion and the limits of FIFA ethics oversight.

Michel Platini’s Paris filings ask French courts to examine how the 2015 case that kept him out of the 2016 FIFA race was built. Days before the World Cup, the paper trail runs through FIFA discipline, CAS, Swiss criminal acquittals and pressure around Infantino.

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2 weeks ago

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