Cuando Messi debutó en la Seleccion Argentina:
Paredes tenía 11 años
De Paul tenía 11 años
Julian Alvarez tenía 5 años
Y Cuti Romero tenía 7 años
Eso es Messi.
Lo más impresionante del Mundial en Estados Unidos es que no tuvieron que hacer prácticamente nada para recibirlo.
Catar levantó estadios desde cero, construyó un metro completo, rediseñó carreteras, hoteles y barrios enteros, inclusive cuando terminó el evento dijeron que iban a regalar un estadio porque les sobraba.
Sudáfrica tuvo que erigir estadios nuevos, estacionamientos y obras masivas, fue una inversión multi millonaria que abarcó parte de su PBI.
Brasil quemó miles de millones en infraestructura y terminó con un presidente preso por corrupción (Lula), al final todavía estaban las obras cuando comenzó el evento.
Rusia remodeló medio país para estar a la altura, y aún así se veían las deficiencias de infraestructura como de transporte y otros.
¿Y Estados Unidos?
Cambió el césped en algunos estadios. Punto. Nada más. Nada de megaproyectos, nada de obras faraónicas, nada de “reinventar” ciudades.
Y esto pasa porque cuando ya tienes infraestructura de primer mundo, el Mundial no es un problema sino que es un trámite.
On June 13, 1777, a 19-year-old French teenager landed on a beach in South Carolina, uninvited, to fight in someone else's war. He would become one of the most important men in American history.
The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the richest young aristocrats in France. He had a beautiful wife, a fortune, and zero reason to risk any of it. But he believed in the American cause so fiercely that when the French king forbade him from going, Lafayette bought his own ship and sailed anyway. He literally went AWOL from a life of luxury to bleed for a country that didn't exist yet.
Congress was annoyed at first. Another foreign officer looking for a paycheck? Then Lafayette offered to serve for free and pay his own way. That got their attention.
He met Washington and the two formed one of the great father-son bonds in American history. Washington had no biological children. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette.
He took a bullet in the leg at Brandywine and kept rallying the retreat. He was instrumental at Yorktown, the battle that won the war. He went home a hero on two continents.
A foreign teenager believed in America before America did. 249 years ago today.
Never in my 13 years living in DC have I seen this fountain on.
Honestly, I don’t think many Washingtonians thought it would ever come back, especially after last year’s protests.
It’s more beautiful than I expected.
This part of #Clemson HC Dabo Swinney's interview with @GregMcElroy stood out to me:
🗣️ “Our process is proven….We are a developmental program. Now, the world has changed. There’s 105 scholarships now. We’ve signed 16 portal guys in six years. You have to use (the portal) now. It’s not a source for us, but it's a resource…. For example, I’m not going to pay a linebacker out of high school more than Sammy Brown. That makes no sense.”
🏈 🐅 What do you think of Swinney's blunt comments?
🎥: @AlwaysCFB
Leavitt begins the press briefing: "Could you hear our 'amen' in there? We just had a little loud prayer as a team. In this holy week, President Trump and the First Lady are joining in prayer with Christians celebrating the resurrection of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ."