The reason you think 11 v 11 is harder is because the first time dem put you for full field, you were running up and down like a mumu that doesnβt know his positionππ
You Dey play 2, but you dey striker side OOP. Now you have to sprint back 5-10 times per half.
First ask yourself this, have you seen where they play proper 5 aside game for 45 minutes each half? Its a simple logic. The more the numbers reduce, you have to reduce the minutes too because the energy involve will increase. If you do 5v5 for 25 minutes, can you also do 2v2 π
Largely uncommented on is how Britain has become the new Italy: a dysfunctional state defined by political chaos where nobody can reign it in. They're now going to get their sixth prime minister in ten years:
Theresa May: three years
Boris Johnson: three years
Liz Truss: less than two months
Rishi Sunak: less than two years
Keir Starmer: two years
Constant leadership instability is a sign of systemic collapse, akin to how France was a revolving door of PMs both before and after WWII until De Gaulle put a stop to it.
Bruno is getting the most heat from that Portugal result.
Maybe he is their superstar and main player now. People expect him to drag this team even if he was played in the wrong position/role. Guess people donβt expect much from other players in that team.
why people thought a US World Cup would suck is just beyond me
this is literally the MOST DIVERSE country on the planet with large contingencies of basically every nationality in every big city
it was always gonna be turnt as fuck!!
The World Cup is absolutely insane.
I've been running marketing campaigns for some of the world's largest companies for over four years. Across our network, we monitor roughly 300 billion impressions annually.
I have never seen anything perform like the World Cup.
Across our clipping networks, influencers, media pages, communities, and creator campaigns, the level of engagement, reach, and content velocity is unlike anything else in marketing.
The economic impact of the World Cup exceeds $60 billion.
For comparison, the Super Bowl generates roughly $1β2 billion in economic impact.
The Worldcup is one of the largest attention events on the planet.
Every goal, upset, controversy, celebration, and viral moment creates an endless stream of content that millions of people actively want to consume and share.
If you're a consumer brand, sportsbook, casino, fintech company, crypto platform, media company, or virtually any business targeting mass-market audiences, and you're not taking advantage of the World Cup, you're leaving an enormous amount of attention on the table.
There are still roughly two months of momentum left to capture.
The brands that understand how to attach themselves to cultural moments will win disproportionate attention.
The World Cup is currently the biggest cultural moment in the world.
The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.
And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.
Here is what they are discovering:
Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Bucceeβs. There are no words for Bucceeβs.
Then they found the grocery stores.
Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.
The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.
They finally understand why we do not have trains.
We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.
Why would we need trains.
The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.
Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.
Write that down. π¦
@ianmSC They also donβt realize that even if the sport isnβt super popular, if you put the USA on the jersey everyone is fucking behind them! Itβs the one thing we all unite behind.
What the Europeans fail to realize about US soccer fans is that even if only 20% of the country follows the sport, thatβs roughly 70 million people, or more than the entire population of France or the UK
π¨π¨| BREAKING: Senegal's World Cup camp is facing an ππππππππ ππππππ. Multiple problems and dysfunctions are being reported within the squad:
β Players' bonuses still not paid
β Chosen hotel deemed unworthy for a team of this level
β Players ordering meals from outside due to catering insufficiency
β National team's head chef was not sent to the U.S.
β Pape Thiaw is still without contract and salary for several months.
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