Karan Joglekar

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Instagram reels are the siren song of our times.

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You know how you feel after watching a Nolan film for the second time? That’s how it feels when you watch The Odyssey for the first time.

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Harry Kane playing false center mid there.

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Modern football has become obsessed with high pressing, intensity, pace and directness. Most teams at this World Cup played some version of it.

Then there’s Spain.

They haven’t fundamentally changed the way they play in nearly two decades. No one really wanted to play that way, and few could do it as well. It was labelled boring. Effective, yes, but boring.

That’s remarkable when the sport itself has changed so dramatically. In many ways, the sport evolved in response to that frustratingly effective style of football.

By now you’d think football had figured out a way to systematically beat Spain. Maybe it did. Maybe Spain evolved.

You’d also think after 20 years we’d have figured out how to stop Messi.

Which is why the prospect of a Spain vs. Argentina final feels so compelling.

A meeting between the footballing philosophy that defined an era and the player who embodied it while becoming one of the greatest ever. An era equally defined by his greatest rival — the one player who found a way to beat it.

Football, bloody hell.

(It just might be coming home though.)

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A Netflix documentary exploring the Verstappen and Haaland father-son duos through the lens of nature vs. nurture would be insane.

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Brutally honest assessment. Tuchel has been extremely clear in his choices before and throughout the tournament. That’s especially impressive given a young talent pool with such closely matched skill sets.

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England manager Thomas Tuchel with a heated postgame interview, discussing his team's mentality after its Quarterfinal win

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Norway and Cape Verde. Two World Cup performances for the ages.

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De Ketelaere’s position just before the goal was so good. He barely moved, let the defenders step ahead of him, and was onside when the header came in. Proper striker’s instinct.

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The secret to NIPR is the same as that of Vaishali – the not so open “garden area”. Cross-ventilation is quintessential Pune.

Fixed orders and running into old friends are just incidental.

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Cabo Verde’s 2026 World Cup run is the stuff of football lore

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I love how every time Zlatan is asked to explain what’s happening mid-game he just goes, “this is football”

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This Cape Verde side is extremely disciplined. Messi, clinical as ever, has Argentina in front.

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The technique on that free kick was impeccable from Tillman

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A nasty looking tackle from Balogun, but definitely unintentional. Not a red card. USA need to see this game out.

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So Haaland’s post match recovery is just chilling with fans in the stands?

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Germans and Japanese have been defeated. Celebrations in Casablanca.
World peace might just be next.

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Eurpean teams qualified for the round of 16 so far: 0

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The defensive display from smaller teams has been excellent at this world cup

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USA beat this Paraguay side 4-1. Just saying.

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@UTDTrey Liverpool vs Southampton – World Cup edition