I desperately need people who only watch football every 4 years to stop suggesting rule changes.
Yes, the offsides rule makes sense. No, there should not be unlimited substitutions. Yes, a penalty shootout is the best way to settle a draw.
The world’s biggest sport doesn’t need your alterations.
Cape Verde centre back Roberto 'Pico' Lopes has spent his entire career in Ireland, ignored a LinkedIn message from Cape Verde FA asking him to play for them because it was in Portuguese. A year later, they sent it in English. He accepted. An all-time great World Cup story.
Think the central irony of this World Cup is that it kind of shows that "countries" are imaginary lines drawn on a map. This is a tournament played out by teams with lots of diaspora players watched in stadiums full of diaspora fans.
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The best thing about the forthcoming World Cup is that it will tell us what 75% of people involved in football and football infrastructure would love to do with football supporters if only they could get away with it.
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Feels like Magyar is not messing around in wanting to pull up the roots of Orbanism. If he does, a reminder that you don't need to agree with someone about everything for them to be an ally in fighting authoritarianism and corruption.