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PS: followed by the amazing @RayHudson ๐
In 2012, Chelsea finished sixth in England and fired their manager in March. They still won the Champions League, the biggest prize in club football. The team that finished first in England that year, Manchester City, did not even make it out of the group stage.
Guardiola is pointing at exactly that gap. A league title takes 38 games against everyone else, home and away, over nine months. You cannot win it by accident. The Champions League trophy comes down to a handful of knockout games in spring. Football is a low-scoring sport, so one goal can decide who advances. Over a single match, the score barely tells you which team was better. Your best player limps off in April, a referee waves away a clear penalty, a shootout goes against you, and nine months of work disappears. Chelsea won that 2012 final on penalties, in Bayern Munich's own stadium, while sitting sixth in their own country.
His own career says the same thing. Across Spain, Germany, and England, Guardiola has won the league title twelve times. He has won the Champions League three times, and twelve years passed between his second and his third. For most of that stretch he had the best team in Europe and still went home early, beaten by the same thing he is describing.
Barcelona under Hansi Flick is the latest example. They have won the Spanish league two years running and won every major trophy in Spain the season before. Then Inter knocked them out of Europe, 7-6 across two games. The next year they lost to an Atletico Madrid side sitting twenty-two points beneath them in the league. Over a full season, Barcelona were clearly the better team. Over two nights, they lost.
A league title means you were the best team in the country for nine months. A Champions League run means you got through a few nights in spring without anything going wrong. Guardiola is asking people not to confuse the two.
Hmm Godspeed to you bro. It's never easy having to deal with a mom's love expressed in fear this way. She obviously said all that cos she's very frightened to lose her son. I'd say you should still find a way to make her understand your position and come to terms with it. Don't brash her off like that ๐
๐ฌ๐ญ โAfter today, I will no longer continue as host of Sompa Nkomo!โ
โ An emotional moment unfolded as the host of Sompa Nkomo, Oheneni Adazoa, announced her resignation from Sompa FM during a live radio broadcast.
@Elex_Michaelson So basically, it is never ELECTION DAY in California but rather ELECTION WEEKS. You guys have the stupidest election laws anywhere on this earth.
โI honestly donโt know how to come back from this. It took me eight years to acquire all these things.โ
A photographer has shared his ordeal after floodwaters destroyed photography equipment worth over GHS400,000 when his studio was flooded during yesterdayโs heavy rains.
๐จ๐จ BREAKING: Josรฉ Mourinho has just called Benfica and told them the video that Florentino Perez posted is MADE WITH AI and IT'S NOT REAL. @Record_Portugal
โIโm a victim of the Lakeside flood. I never knew it could be this bad until today. Just look at how my car is submerged and how my house is flooded. It has entered my room and destroyed my belongings.โ
โ A woman laments after being affected by the Lakeside flood following a downpour in the Greater Accra Region
๐โด๏ธ On the way to Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands, Dag Heward-Mills paused during the journey to share a powerful message from Godโs Word.
As the Healing Jesus Campaign continues to reach the uttermost parts of the earth, this message is a call to serve God relentlessly, stay close to His presence, and never discourage those whom He has called.
๐En route to Auki, Malaita Island
๐ Solomon Islands