There’s a Japanese legend that says,
“If you feel like you’re losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.”
@starssfcb Strikers used to be the most vicious players on the team. The standard has taken a nose dive. Strikers these days would be center backs then
Argentina are the only team out of all 48 participants not to have a single VAR intervention against them, despite committing the most fouls in the tournament. Do you even realize how insane that is?
If Argentina 🇦🇷 defeats Switzerland 🇨🇭 today they will become the 1st nation in World Cup history to reach the semifinals without facing a single top 15 ranked opponent.
The USMNT will be stuck at the World Cup until it adopts Germany's blueprint
In 2000 Germany finished last at the Euros and decided it was time overhaul the system. They built 390 regional training bases to make sure one was within 25 km of every kid in country. They hired 1,200 full-time coaches, invested €48 million per year and mandated that every pro club build a certified youth academy or lose its license
The cost to families was $0 and 14 years later, 21 of the 23 players who won the World Cup came directly from the system
Two Argentines were waiting for Speed to ask him for a photo, but when he saw them, he spat and continued walking.
This happened after some Argentina fans racially abused him.