On the 7th Beijing time, after beating the United States team 4-1, the Belgian team's official social media platform carried brutal "direct confrontational mockery" towards the United States team.
The Belgian team wrote: “This is called FOOTBALL, not soccer.” Unlike in Europe, Americans tend to use the word ‘football’ to refer to football.
In the previous World Cup, the Netherlands team faced the United States team. At that time, U.S. President Joe Biden made a meme by saying, "That's soccer. Cheer for the United States team." Later, the Netherlands team won 3-1. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responded, "Sorry, Joe (Biden), it was football that won."
During this World Cup, U.S. President Trump personally intervened in FIFA's penalty decisions, which has sparked strong doubts from the outside world.
In the match against the United States team, Belgian forward Luca Kubo, after scoring the last goal of the game, led his teammates in imitating Trump’s iconic dance moves as a response.
