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everytime i see tchouameni on my screen i cant help myself but laugh. he’s already made history OFF the pitch

i don't appreciate the narrative that salma was mistreated by the club. she began the season as a locked-in starter for big games, even though a lot of fans didn't have confidence in her then. it was only after her injury that she had to work her way back into the 11. she still started a uwcl final, idk how you can frame that as the club devaluing her. i'm sad she's leaving but if her fans think she's going to get treated better elsewhere (salary aside) i think they're in for a rude awakening

however i can still understand why salma wants to go... it's kind of a dembélé type situation: when you're always getting injured at a club, you're going to long for a fresh start elsewhere

WHO WOULD WIN: footballing giant, current and three-time European champions, World Cup winner in 2010 OR African archipelago of 10 islands and 500,000 people at their first World Cup outing

does seem like this stupid football "quarters" adbreak thing helps haramball teams a lot, they no longer have to deal with 45+ minutes of straight pressure so the odds of making a mistake go down

it's rlly cool that cabo verde's coach is from cabo verde as well, I know a lot of people defend the rule that national team coaches don't have to come from the country they're coaching by saying that it will harm smaller countries which is fair but it rlly is special when the coach is from that country as well

can we sack dlf mid tournament and make aitana the manager considering how close by she is

forgot the kickoff was midday local time. they will wake up in the 75th minute #trust

i am getting a bit bored here #delamuerteball

this being pedri's 4th major tournament is crazy

not r madrid announcing cucurella immediately so they can say they have a player in the spain team 😭 what an embarrassing club

i love sports it's trashy reality tv it's a romcom it's a political drama it's a youtube epic fail compilation it's an exercise in manipulating statistics but most importantly: it is an easy way to acquire a collection of guys who are so shaped

I feel like people who are dismissive of sports don’t realize that they’re sometimes super condescending. like, okay, you didn’t like gym class and have personal grudges against the jocks from your high school! that doesn’t mean that other people are idiots for enjoying something that, when it’s at its best, can connect you to a broader community of fans and give you a chance to appreciate the athleticism that people are capable of when they spend years honing a specific set of skills. there’s something so valuable and human about sports that gets lost when you reduce it to “sportsball” or whatever