Remember when Musk challenged the World Food Program to explain how he could solve world hunger with just $6 billion, they did, and he just completely ignored them?
🇺🇸 United States 4 - 1 Paraguay 🇵🇾
The United States are playing the modern game.
A 3+1 or 3+2 build-up structure, with three defenders acting as anchors, two wing-backs providing width, and Balogun pinning the centre-backs. Inside, four players operate with considerable freedom to roam and rotate.
Most of the United States' chances came through Pulisic's 1v1 ability, short combinations in central areas, and McKennie's runs in behind through the right half-space.
Defensively, the US rely heavily on counter-pressing. That makes sense when you have so many players occupying central spaces in close proximity, along with ground-covering machines like Adams and McKennie.
My feeling is that, against stronger opponents, the U.S. will adopt a more conservative approach. Robinson will likely be less aggressive with his positioning, attacking more selectively rather than constantly occupying the last line. Pulisic will provide more natural width from wider starting positions instead of drifting inside as frequently. The result should be a stronger rest-defense structure, allowing the team to deal with transitions more effectively while maintaining better defensive balance.
Not much to say about Paraguay. Their compact 4-4-2 mid-block had worked well in previous games, but against a team building with a back three like the United States, you either need to press more aggressively with the wingers to form a 4-2-4, or adjust the structure altogether. If you do neither, you'll eventually be pinned back and dominated.
A well deserved win from the United States.
Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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Since the Winter Olympics is underway, this is the perfect time to post Surya Bonaly doing her back flip on ice. Judges used to underscore her and I loved that she did the backflip in her last performance before retiring as a big FU to the establishment.
Donald Trump on Zohran Mamdani following their meeting at the White House:
“I can tell you that some of my views have changed. […] I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he is going to surprise some conservative people actually, and some very liberal people he won’t surprise them because they already like him.”
I’m only supporting candidates that billionaires are desperately trying to stop.
Here’s to more grassroots campaigns across the country, powered by working class people and not ultra rich donors. Don’t fall for culture war bullshit, we can have a better world!
VOTE ZOHRAN!!
Let us #PrayTogether for the children of Ukraine, Gaza, and other regions of the world affected by war. May we entrust children suffering today to the protection of Mary, Queen of Peace.