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[The Different Knock 🏆 @DiffKnock]

Who’s the best goalkeeper in the world?

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Former Newcastle player. Booed on every touch by the Sunderland fans.

Bruno Guimarães with an INSANE first Arsenal goal and he let the Sunderland fans hear it 🥶

[Autosport @autosport]

Lando paid tribute to his mum after his "magical" lap in Madrid ❤️

[酒井琢磨 | スポーツマーケティング @takuma_sports14]

人生初のチャンピオンズリーグを堪能するコモを長年支え続けたサポたち。感慨深い思いがあるだろうな、素敵だ。

[Rob Lowder @Rob_Lowder]

Kyle Shanahan should remain the 49ers head coach for as long as he wants to remain the 49ers head coach.

[Sherif #14🏆 @Sheriftunmise]

How about we celebrate the great signing without disrespecting the PL champion?

[Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1]

This weekend in Madrid is a special one for me as it's my 600th consecutive F1 race attended without missing one, a run that started in Japan in 1994. I believe I'm only the fifth person in the paddock to reach that number without a break - and I'm the only one on the list who is still adding to their streak.

Of course there are a lot of other F1 folk who have been around longer than me, and have logged higher overall totals. However, most missed races here or there, or had spells of gardening leave between teams, and so on.

In my first decade as a journalist I covered other championships, and I only did the odd GP. My overall total with a media pass is now 615 (not counting 12 I went to as a young fan). The craziest number is that including testing I've spent well over seven years of my life in the F1 paddock...

I'm quite proud of the fact that I've managed to keep going for 32 years, even through the Covid times. It's not been easy in many ways - and as a freelance I've done all the travelling at my own cost.

However, I know that I've been very lucky to be able to do a job that I could only dream about when half a century ago I was a 10-year-old fan attending my first F1 race. Hopefully I'll hit the 700 mark at some point in 2030... 😊

[Rilwan @Real1_balogun]

Henry was addressing Fabregas on the CBS show before that Como-Leipzig game.

He said “Cesc”, and followed with “sorry, ‘coach’, I shouldn't say Cesc”.

That's how to show respect.

Henry is part and parcel of the Como story. He's an investor and a stakeholder. He is friends with Fabregas too but in that instance, he was doing his job and Fabregas was doing his too. That mark of respect was important.

I'm not sure Fabregas would care much, but Henry understood the sensitivity of that moment, and the example he had to set.

That's how to lead.

[Matt @Mattcj__]

They’ve created such an awesome environment. Actively asking players to be people not footballers.

To have fun but where no one gets upset. A fine balance they’ve absolutely nailed

[Fc203 YORDAN4ALMVP2026 @Fc20364]

Hasbro just said fuck ice holy shit lmao

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

“Kyle Shanahan has never had a Mike Evans”

I mean…technically true I guess

[⚡️ @clinicalkai]

This transfer window just gets better and better with age

[David Lombardi @LombardiHimself]

And when it comes to results, based on speaking to actual Aussies on the ground in Melbourne, it’s clear that the Rams’ yearlong efforts have paled in comparison to what the 49ers have done for a week

[Ororo😎 @McFlybowy]

Arteta had three options when he retired. He was offered to lead the Arsenal Academy, by Arsene Wenger, join Mauricio Pochettino his former teammate backroom staff at Tottenham or join Pep Guardiola's coaching team at Manchester City. I guess we all know the answer to that.

A lot of what we’re seeing now is the result of almost 10 years of obsessive learning, experimentation and evolution. Of course he learnt under the most obsessed coach and he’s taken after that too.

Arteta became obsessed with how football works at an incredibly detailed level.

He studied:

positioning
pressing
build-up structures
player psychology
training methodology
opponent analysis
communication
how to manipulate space

He got to observe one of the greatest coaches ever from inside the dressing room. So he took after that obsession.

But the biggest thing is that he didn’t simply copy Pep. This is where I think people sometimes misunderstand Arteta.

Early Arsenal Arteta was much more obviously Guardiola influenced. But over the years he has developed his own footballing identity.

Look at Arsenal now. They’re not just trying to have 70% possession and pass you to death.

They’re obsessed with: Territorial control + defensive security + pressing + set pieces + rest defence + physical superiority + positional structure.

That’s why Arsenal can dominate a match without necessarily producing 30 beautiful attacking combinations. You call them boring, but that’s evolution.

Secondly, But one thing he picked from Guadiola is that He is an obsessive problem solver like his boss

This might actually be his biggest strength.

Arteta doesn’t seem to look at a problem and say, We just need better players.

He asks, Why exactly is this happening? and fix it. That’s why you have seen Arsenal evolve from the early Arteta side into the current one.

But one of the reason this Arsenal is this good is that, He understands that coaching isn’t only tactics

This is where his personality matters.

Arteta has invested heavily in culture, standards and psychology.

He wanted Arsenal to become a team where players understood exactly what was expected of them.

That’s why things like punctuality, behaviour, training intensity, squad relationships and standards became such a big part of his Arsenal project.

He basically rebuilt the club’s mentality alongside the tactics.

Let me stop here. All I will say is, he’s a generational coach in the making.

[Rato 🪐 @Rato___Zondi]

As a wise man once said, "a good leader stands in front. A great leader is willing to be taught by those behind him."

[Sam Dean @SamJDean]

Martin Odegaard has played some outstanding football tonight (again) and that is an absolutely outstanding goal. The delicacy of the build-up and then the ferocity of the finish. Four goals in five games for Odegaard this season.

[David Lombardi @LombardiHimself]

Great insight from Australian 49ers fans Anthony and Tom. They say that the 49ers' early arrival has won over the 50-50 fans of this sports-crazed city. Then, this — also notable:

"Overseas teams have come over [in other sports]. But no one has really done what the 49ers have done and embraced the community and gotten involved. It's been unheard of. The way they've done it is unbelievable.

"I really think going forward you're going to have so many new generations of [Australian] 49ers fans."

Hearing this from people familiar with Australian sporting culture certainly gives it more weight...

[| ⁶³ | Pav | @pviiig7]

Imagine all GRs wearing blue at Silverstone!! This will be incredible!!!!! Oh my god!!!! 🩵🥹🥹🥹!!!!! This will be unbelievable!!! Come on 2027!!! It will be incredible!!!!!!! 🩵

China 2026 you are the dearest to me in so many ways and more 🩵🥹

[Everything Formula @evrythngformu1a]

✨ Sebastian Vettel on the possibility of Kimi Antonelli becoming the youngest World Champion in F1 history:

“I would be very happy for him. He’s having an incredible year. There’s an old saying that records are made to be broken.” 🥹

#F1 | #ItalianGP

[OurSF49ers @OurSf49ers]

Trent Williams on Brock Purdy:

"You look at the definition of leader and Brock Purdy's picture is probably there. ... He’s a treat to watch. I’m excited for Aussie fans to get their first glimpse of him. He’s the heart and soul of the team.”

H/T @CamInman