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One of the best posts on the World Cup comes from Ricochet member LC. From the brackets to the final match, there was drama, expectations, wins, losses, both on and off the pitch.
Like any other sport soccer has supporters who measure their self-esteem against the success of their clubs or on their national teams. College football has no shortage of athletic directors who tout their conferences and try to control who may or may not play for a national title. Flopping is not unique to soccer — it occurs in the NBA and the WNBA which features even more violent fouls.
As the World Cup only comes once every four years there is a bit more pressure on players and coaches than there is in hockey, basketball, and football.
In this World Cup there were teams that played an aggressive attacking style and teams that tried parking the bus in the hopes of getting one winning goal. Parking the bus may get you one win, maybe two wins, but it will not get you to the final match. Parking the bus means putting five defenders on the backline and leaving one lonely striker on the attack.
The critics include those who understand soccer, those who disdain soccer, and of course those whose lives are so empty that they wallow in the hatred of anyone who finds any joy in sports. The only thing they love is that face they see in their bathroom mirror.
Our grandson is preparing to earn his spot on the varsity soccer team as a sophomore. He goes to practice at 7:00 AM, and he is playing for his club this summer. He finished his freshman year on the JV squad. Grades are not a problem, with a GPA of 3.8. He will be taking calculus this fall.
He has a short training video. One of the things I look at in that video is where the ball enters the net, as well as his speed and ball control.
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Thanks for the shoutout!
On one hand, I don’t think a manager should necessarily be fired for one bad game. On another hand, it’ll be a very long time before I get over Tuchel wasting the English squad by parking the bus for so long. Of course finishing 3rd is England’s best showing since 1966, but that What If is not going to go away.
Nice video, by the way.
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Good luck, Kai!
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Just for fun, Erling Haaland:
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The store owner was packing. Erling going to follow his example?
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Us Chelsea fans had a hard time with it and Chelsea fans who are English really had a hard time with it. Most of us still love him but it was a really weird decision. On the other hand, some other of his decisions I questioned (e.g. calling up Djed Spence), he ended up being right about. Spence was fantastic, especially against Argentina. I may not have forgiven him if Reese's injury would have been more serious though.
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