Messi becoming World Cup's all time leading goalscorer is crazy when you consider that by the time 2014 World Cup kicked off, he was turning 27 years old and only had 1 World Cup goal in his career at that point.
For most all time greats, career goes downhill after that age. Not Messi.
Windhorst on if Jaylen Brown would want to be in Milwaukee should he be traded:
"Jaylen Brown is accepting this and realizing this is a chance to turn the page in his career, and that he may be getting his own team, which is something that he has thought about for some time."
Expanding this World Cup to 48 teams was a mistake, now we got teams like Belgium, Uruguay, Turkey, and Ecuador actively diluting this tournament for the worst
All AFCON teams have one thing in common when they attack, as soon as they reach the final 3rd, they run out of ideas and will do anything with the ball but score.
I can boldly tell you that among all these African countries:
• Senegal
• Ivory Coast
• Tunisia
• Morocco
• Egypt
• South Africa
• Algeria
• DR Congo
• Ghana
Cape Verde are the first African nation I’ve seen play without fear. Their ball possession, quality and accurate passing are unbelievable.
Imagine drawing against Spain and Uruguay something many African nations wouldn’t do in their first World Cup appearance.
They fear nobody. They will beat Saudi Arabia and nothing will stop them.
The World Cup “dark horses” 🥴
Türkiye:
➖ 76% possession, 62 shots, 0 goals
➖ Most attempts without a goal in two-game span at World Cup
Belgium:
➖ Only goal scored has been an Egypt OG
➖ 69 shots at World Cups since a Belgium player last got on scoresheet
Ecuador:
➖ 39 shots, 4.06 xG, 0 goals
➖ 15 shots on target vs. Curaçao, who conceded 7 goals to Germany
The mistake is thinking that the World Cup is about soccer. It’s not. It’s about gathering a collection of the world’s greatest binge drinking goofballs and giving them a month to show us all their best.