Joe Biden’s response got here Sunday morning. (File)
Washington:
The perennial query of whether or not it is “soccer” (as Individuals name it) or “soccer” prompted Twitter wisecracks between President Joe Biden and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte this weekend, because the Netherlands despatched the US crashing out of the World Cup.
“It is referred to as soccer,” Biden mentioned in a video posted on Twitter wishing the US crew luck forward of their last-16 conflict in opposition to the Dutch facet Saturday on the Khalifa Worldwide Stadium in Doha.
However the medical Netherlands quickly ended the US’ World Cup dream, sweeping into the quarter-finals with a ruthless 3-1 victory — and Rutte was fast to reply to Biden’s tweet.
“Sorry Joe, soccer gained,” he wrote, including a wink emoji.
Biden’s response got here Sunday morning.
Strictly talking, should not or not it’s “voetbal”?
Kidding apart: congrats to your crew and nation, Mark. Rematch in New Zealand. https://t.co/pqL3CaRIPS
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 4, 2022
“Strictly talking, should not or not it’s ‘voetbal’?” he replied, utilizing the Dutch phrase for soccer.
“Kidding apart: congrats to your crew and nation, Mark. Rematch in New Zealand,” the US president added.
The 2019 World Cup-winning US girls’s crew may come up in opposition to the Netherlands on the match in New Zealand subsequent yr.
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