Bless you. The World Cup has been the most watched event on earth since before Auburn had floodlights, and six billion people did not suddenly fall for football because Alabama poured a lot of concrete. The rest of us have loved this game for a century and politely declined your hand egg the whole time. You have wandered into a party that was already roaring and concluded you must be the reason it started.
Some early work I did & happy with how it’s aged… similarity analysis - I was looking for players with a similar data profile to Partey. Sangaré was one such player, as was Pape Gueye! Three enormously influential midfielders in their national teams 6 years on.
Both you and Reece are idiots for thinking playing 90 minutes back to back was a smart thing given his obvious record. But I expected no less from Tuchel
You love to see it. Tremendous achievement qualifying with a game to spare, given the challenges facing the team coming into the competition… injuries to key members of the spine, other members of the spine aging, change of coach, tricky group.
i am starting to understand why soccer fans act so defensively when every 4 years they have to deal with americans loudly and arrogantly explaining why the literal most popular sport on earth actually sucks
Personally don’t know why people make a great deal out of this. Cos if you are being paid around the same period every time, you are still being paid monthly. It still took you 28-31 days to receive another salary after the last one.
Americans are too self-absorbed. The World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world. It’s a success regardless of the location. Stop making everything a competition and enjoy the moment dweeb