Would you consider football in general as a weak or a strong link sport?

It’s an addiction mate

Copa del Rey (Preliminary Round).

Turégano, Boiro, Atlético Lugones, Tardienta, Rubí, Chiclana, Deportivo Murcia, Bunyol, Hernán Cortés and Quintanar de la Órden are through to the first round, where they will host a La Liga side - minus the one in the Supercup because… Rubiales things.

I wonder if argentines will go though the same stuff we’re going through with cristiano, but with messi, getting pissed at being subbed off, still getting called up while shit, permanent spot in the starting eleven etc.

I wonder if argentines will go though the same stuff we’re going through with cristiano, but with messi, getting pissed at being subbed off, still getting called up while shit, permanent spot in the starting eleven etc.

Gabriel Jesus and Richarlison are not it.

Ancelotti/Diniz need to hope that Vitor Roque is ready by the summer for Copa America and for 2026. Endrick might be post 2026 tbf

All the handwringing in Germany over them playing in the US this international break is good fuel for my propaganda that European teams would explode if they had to compete in Concacaf.

Why does Ederson start for Brazil now? Don’t get me wrong, he’s probably been as good as he’s ever been for City for a year and a half now but Allison is arguably still playing at a higher level for Liverpool. Did Allison have some bad performances for Brazil?

Madrid’s (crazy) '86 UEFA Cup run, their second UEFA Cup and their second in a row. In some ways it mirrors their CL win last year with close calls and comebacks.

In the 85-86 season, Madrid won La Liga and the UEFA Cup.

• In the first round, Madrid lost the first-leg to AEK Athens 1-0 but won the second leg 5-0.

• In the second round, they defeated FC Chornomorets Odesa 2-1 across both legs. At the time they were a Soviet Union club that ended up relegated that same season.

• Madrid suffered a 5-1 defeat in the third round (round of 16) at the Rheinstadion with Madrid’s sole goal coming from Gordillo (to make it 4-1 at the time). Borrusia Monchengladbach had finished the 85-86 Bundesliga in fourth place with 42 points, seven points off of Bayern in first.

• In the second leg, Madrid bested them at the Bernabeu 4-0! Crucially, Santillana scored a brace including an 88" ‘winner’ which tied the game and meant Madrid went through due to away goals. You can see the second leg highlights here

• In the fourth round (quarters) they won 3-2 on aggregate to Neuchâtel Xamax FCS, a Swiss club, with Madrid scoring their three goals in the first leg, but conceding two in the second. Neuchâtel Xamax FCS were runners-up in that season’s Swiss League.

• In the semi-finals, Madrid met Inter Milan. Yet another comeback was needed, this time from a 3-1 first-leg defeat at the San Siro with Valdano scoring the sole away goal. Madrid managed to overcome Inter 5-1 after extra time after they scored thrice in regular time, with Inter scoring once through Brady. With the score at 4-4, Madrid scored twice in extra time, both goals through Santillana. Inter finished sixth in that year’s Serie A.

• Not even the final was that comfortable, despite Madrid winning the first leg a whopping 5-1. Köln, who finished 13th (!) in that season’s Bundesliga reached the final defeating Sporting Gijon, Bohemians Praha, Hammarby, Sporting, and K.S.V Waregem.

Köln managed to win the second leg 2-0 but were defeated 5-3 on aggregate, thus making Madrid the winners.

Stonks

Didn’t the stock go up, too? But then fell again

I agree with you. It would be really surprising to me if we even draw with you.

The money Rangers have spent in recent years on players that are constantly injured is genuinely horrific.

Kemar Roofe has played the equivalent of 50 full games for us in 3.5 years. If he’s on £25k a week & we paid £4.5m for him, by the time his contract runs out this summer we will have spent £9.7m on him. That works out to £194,000 a full game, without accounting for any agent fees.

Tom Lawrence has barely kicked a ball for us in 15 months at the club, Yilmaz has played like 13 full games in the same time…I don’t even want to add it up.

I can’t wait to lose to a McTominay hat-trick on the national day 😍

Guess who is the new Morocco women’s team manager…

Money is never enough. Messi can earn €1M weekly and still need a contract boost lest he leaves. Imagine people like Tonali.

I also imagine it isn’t just about making money, they already have so much disposable income I think they probably are looking for a “fun” way to spend it.