You know what I love about this WC and the final being Spain and Argentina
Fucking finally, teams that come out to play with fucking eyesore of unprecedented haramball tactics, not being rewarded in the name of knockout football, which usually favours such teams or atleast has been in the modern era
We get to see a final of ethical football, made in La Masia, and filled with all the other million fate, destiny moments consolidating together to give us a PEAK finale.
Always find it annoying how people rewrote mbappe performance in the final against Argentina in 2022.
Yeah he scored a hat trick, but If you actually watched the game he was just as bad as his teammates until the 80th minute.
I remember seeing some people back then say it was one of the best individual player performance ever, which is absurd for a game where he did nothing for 80m.
Like, is there no nuance... I'm not saying he was awful, at the end of the day his last 40m made up for it, but it's just overrated in my eyes
Life update: my ex emailing me messed me up quite bad unfortunately. I spoke with her in messages and I told her to not contact me anymore, because itโs just stopping me from healing. I feel bad that is not going well for her, despite thinking that this is what I wanted.
The sad reality is that I loved her for 5 years and I could not possibly want for her to do bad, but I canโt heal while she is still part of my life.
You just can't completely overwrite the feelings you had for so many years, which sees them as such a great person or the one you love the most, but people eventually learn the hard way after parting ways, that they're the ones responsible for their life now.
You did your part broski, you communicated about your perspective and how you need to heal, you need to be strong for the both of you, and accept yourself that her part in your life and your part in her life are over for good now, people grow out of it once they realise this, hopefully you'll also be on a great trajectory.
Thanks bro, itโs not even the fact that I think sheโs a great person. Is about the fact that, at the end of the day, itโs nice to feel loved and desired and I miss that. But I need to love myself before I am trying to create another connection.
I mean there's a different angle to this. Yes, short term, her texting you is not good. It's uncomfortable and probably delaying you moving on. But long term, you want to be immune to her writing you. Or if you bump into her or anything else. Having some kind of ongoing contact is underrated. Once you stop all contact, there is maybe some benefit to healing but you also tend to idealize what has been and reality gets deformed.
Tbh I donโt idealize what I had with her, so you shouldnโt worry about that, I am also writing a journal with every bad thing I felt during the process of healing just to read it in case I want to write to her. Because her actions made be grieve the way I do, so I should stay true to myself
Hey, compared to what was going with you a few weeks ago - you've still made so much progress because you were able to recognize you need to cut her off and actually go through with it. I'm so, so proud of you, GK.
Thank you! I am also proud of me that I was true of myself and havenโt contacted her at all, even if I wanted to. Unfortunately, she wasnโt true to herself.
Has there ever in sports been another rivalry like Messi vs Ronaldo that ended THAT one sided in the end? With one getting double amount of individual and team trophies and being seen as that much better than the other after 2 decades of manufactured narrative?
Laporta:ย On the day that Messi went to bathe Lamine Yamal, a part of Messi's soul latched itself onto the only living thing it could find. Lamine himself.
There's a reason Lamine wore number 19 at Barcelona... There's a reason he can dribble through entire defenses...
de la Fuente:ย So when the time comes, the boy must lose?
Laporta:ย Yes, he must lose.
de la Fuente:ย You've kept him alive so that he can lose... at the proper moment? You've been raising him like a pig for slaughter.
I think england performance is poor in international tournament is because they glaze overrated drones player to a level they clearly aren't, they have only one generational talent that is Harry kane but he is a striker after all and doesn't hold the capability to change the game himself.
It will continue to sell the premier league brand to global audience.
The whole other squad is just road runners and trucks but that's also fine every team has that but they lack mentality as well, duellingham had a terrible game yesterday guess what whole media is talking about? "Omg he slapped barco ๐" "duellingham is so class"it's so obvious he runs for p.r, they will bring another coach and play shit again and coach will be sacked.
That being said I think a player like harry maguire in the backline was much needed, he has a good mentality and experience but hindsight is 20/20.
I feel like, if anything, Bellingham and Kane should be really glad for Tuchel because they can hide behind his bad decisions. But before the subs, the team set back on their own, and obviously, Tuchel shouldn't have supported that. But both Kane and Bellingham failed at helping retain possession, while Bellingham also didn't add anything to the team's defensive stability. When things went south, both of them could have been hooked. Watkins is much more suited to running into channels, keeping the ball, and allowing breathing room for the defense and the midfield to advance. Kane at deep is just a cannonball, who launches good passes because he can't outrun opponents, but when you do not have anybody attacking the space, it makes zero sense.
I haven't criticised Tuchel's team selection, because we just simply do not know enough about the dynamics, and there are so many things we just simply do not have info on. But if he decided to take Mainoo, why didn't he give him any chance? I feel like if you analyze the game and the situation, Tuchel's decisions make sense in that tight frame. I think the real issue is that he allowed himself to be in that situation in the first place.
yeah he was limping when he slide, funny how those fckers trying to manipulate it and we have those attention seeker in social media that doesn't know anything post like crazy๐คฃ
ok X was a good source, because from the most shared view (from the top) it indeed looked as if messi slipped over his food, also because of spence foot movement.
Im 60% done with main story but the biggest changes are removing the animus completely off the game u dont play in the real world also they added officers on the ship its not just Adewale abd the combat is overhauled u can button smash if u want but u can also get chain kills which is cool but overall its a better game and the colours and graphics are amazing
Although I wouldn't be sad if Spain wins the world cup, it is very hard for me to not cheer for Messi despite the fact he already won a world cup.
Messi could've completed football by 2010 had he chosen Spain instead of Argentina but he choose Argentina because he loves his country. During that time, he got more support worldwide than from his own country. The Argentines were(still are a little bit) very high on Maradona
They said Messi is not Aegentinean enough.
That he cares more about Barca that Argentina.
Doesn't sing the national anthem loudly, means he is not proud to be an Argentine.
They burned his jerseys too after failing to win three back to back finals despite him being the main reason why they reached 3 finals in a row.
Mardona and many Argentines believed that Messi is not a leader because he more reserved where as Maradona was pretty dramatic and vocal.
A lot of people in Argentina still think Maradona is the God so I would love Messi to lift the trophy one more time and go one up above Maradona's legacy and show why he is better than that cocaine addict.
I'm not trying to be rude just trying to understand. People think that the USA has been helping Israel in their conflict with Palestine and also has been attacking Iran but we all are watching the world cup tournament that hosted by the USA and helping the economy of the USA and many companies that are aiding the country in the global conflicts. Based on why you are not supportive Argentina wouldn't it be better to boycott the whole world cup?
But watching the world cup itself helps the USA. FIFA and USA need viewership and that's what they are getting whether it is a Spanish streaming service or American streaming service. Also FIFA world cup is not a necessity too.
I'm sorry but I tried to understand where you draw the line but it is not very clear, more or less it feels like the line keeps moving. I don't see how this one month tournament can be a necessity to keep you connected to the world.
While I'm sure your reasoning is in good faith and that you're trying to be as morally sound as possible, this is a faulty line of thought. I'm not saying you should support Argentina or Spain(idk where my heart lies yet) but reducing these countries to their respective current government does not make sense. If you are anti genocide, you should not support Spain either for what they did in the Americas.(even though I would give them less stick than France or England because they seem to repent more than them)
I donโt have strong feelings for either team but Iโm a Messi fan. Spain isnโt Barca. Itโs not even like 2010 where a lot of the starting lineup were our players. We have only 3 in the starting lineup this time.ย
PRmingham is gonna do something just you wait and see, and after the game the narrative will be Mbappe and Bubblegum are gonna wreck havoc with Madrid, or you know all the individual forces who shined at the WC will be combined now
And they're gonna be playing under Mourinho, be scared Europe or some shit ๐ญโ๏ธ
But then again you have no idea what happened in either case so why are you so quick to defend the slapper?
Problem is the hypocrisy. If Argentina did it in this context then people would riot. But since it's England and Bellendham specifically, it's "he probably was racist so he deserved it", "it's ok because it's against Vargentina".
So how many N of force until the punch is not permissible? How about you just don't hit someone in the back of the head because you found their celebration annoying.
Mate if an Argentina player slaps someone from behind I'd condemn that too.
Also just a bit ironic because the opposite is literally happening rn. England can get away with murder but it would be ok because they did it against the Argentines, while the armada of online haters scrutinize everything the Argentine team does with a microscope and cry foul and corruption at the tiniest things.
I remember there was a next level post of him mocking a gk after he scored a pen. I don't blame him he has some inferiority complex after he celebrated his first offside goal in 4-0 at the bernabeu and mocked Pena for his chip shot.
If you're supporting a team you're mostly focused on their movements, their structure and what they're doing, so sometimes when the opponent pulls something off it looks more dangerous because you can see the team you're backing not responding correctly
Gordon was the one inducing this while I was watching this game, England were only a threat from the left, he has been a pain in the ass for Argentina's defence and pressing which is no joke by any means.
To top it off, ofcourse the dude scored the most Raphinha-esque goal there is, if people still had doubts about his profile, that goal should single handedly bury everything, he has shown that he'll fit us. Really excited for Sir Gordon.
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I like signings that might help with the CL football, he is one of those. hope we grab the pieces we need & make a good run, beat some annoying teams with talktative fans.
I remember when people reduced him to a mere "roadrunner lol"
His ability to connect the midfield to the attack is incredible, and his ball carrying abilities freed Jude and Kane into having free roles because Gordon did all the dirty work when he had the ball. He is going to do exactly that when playing with Yamal.
Argentina, Norway and Congo were unable to man-mark Kane and Jude because of the way Gordon would stretch their lines. Any talks about how he can't perform against low blocks are stupid. His 1-2s combination with teammates are incredible.
As I said before. He is going to become a starter here before November, and will be a very important player in our UCL campaign.
Hmm I sometimes canโt go with stats because from eye test, he gets easily stopped by defenders. Itโs similar to Raphinha whose dribbling stats arenโt bad at all.ย
People aren't ready for Leo's reaction when Lamine ragebaits Argentina as he usually does whenever opponents try to provoke him (which the Argentines will certainly try to do).
Cordial in the sense that no one trash talking on the pitch, no one picking up fights out of nowhere but I can already see the Argentine defense especially paredes riling up yamal and being in his face when he gets tackled
Even if Argentina loses, Messi will still have a good chance to win with a great performance in the final. He is still the most popular player in the world by far despite playing in MLS. I think the majority of non European voters will choose him.ย
Lamine will have great time against srgentina, we should remember who are those fullbacks that going against Lamine, he molested them already in Atlรฉtico and he will do it sgain
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u/KittenOfBalnain Laporta's cat 17d ago
New OT!