Honestly, my least favourite part about Rodri hype is it's emblematic of the worst of football discourse: overrating DMs as a means of exerting some idea of "intellectual superiority"
"You don't understand what he does on the pitch" yes I do, I just think you're overdoing it
Busquets is the biggest beneficiary of what I call “Football mysticism”. If you ask someone why a player isn’t better than Busquets, you don’t hear a football argument, just “He’s not”. If you press the person maybe you’ll hear “He’s more intelligent” which can’t be measured
I still don't know how he flew like that.
Enzo tried to stop, but there was a contact.
But I don't know if the contact was big enough for getting flipped in air.
This sport is heading in a VERY dark direction. “Best player” now just means best player of the team that won. Great wc by Rodri, not close to Messi who had one of if not the greatest tournament oat