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[neon bloom]

Reached the UECL final and won the eredivisie with one of the best fey ball in years

What slot did at Feyenoord is something not much managers could

They have never been the same after slot left

[dire stratus]

kompany

[past fern]

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[tight ruin]

he got burnley promoted

[dire stratus]

he did well in the championship but got couldnt survive in the prem

[tight ruin]

true

tbf that burnley team was shit

[dire stratus]

but he had good tactics

[tight ruin]

it was inevitable they'd get relegated

[dire stratus]

and that when paired with the that bayern superteam produced good results

[dire stratus]

not prem level

yes

[south helm]

To see how How weak is Championsip

[cyan egret]

😭😭

[terse sky]

any good upcoming matches in the next hour?

any league

just need to watch some footy

[coarse birch]

levante vs elche

[indigo knoll]

St. Pauli v HSV
Derby

[terse sky]

gonna have a look

[terse sky]

was thinking of this, newly promoted hsv vs their rivals

[coarse birch]

great elche side

[terse sky]

their in a good run of form for a newly promoted side

what i like in la liga is that there is more open play in contrast to the premier league

[coarse birch]

Bets league

Quality football

Wise

[sterile forge]

Weird.. but ehh If he comes back good for him Ig

[dire tartan]

agreeeeed

[hasty fog]

Was watching the 1990 West Germany vs Netherlands game and man the ref was strict

[indigo knoll]

We won so it didn't matter ✌️

[shrewd fractal]

lens playing after psg every week gotta be putting sm more pressure on them 😭

[torpid rapids]

Lens against marseille is the first game of ligue 1 i will Watch fully

[dusty totem]

Real. And even more on Ligue 1 McDonald's.

[dusty totem]

So they are playing Marseille...

[torpid rapids]

Yupp

[daring oxide]

interesting match

Lens still standing strong despite the injuries

[torpid rapids]

Thats what depth is for

[hasty fog]

True lmao

[cold furnace]

No need to watch, lens is winning it

[neon bloom]

They horrible now

Cant complain

[terse sky]

Guys, how good is luka vuskovic from hsv

[eager wasp]

Pretty good. 6'4", good ball-player and dueller

[terse sky]

we should sign him

[eager wasp]

Liverpool? you'll want someone more established than that

[bitter shard]

MVP of the season so far

according to bundesliga website

[terse sky]

seems to have alot of potential

[eager wasp]

Exactly

[terse sky]

more of a substitute uno

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W's in the Chat

[torpid rapids]

One of the best scoring cbs itw last season at westerlo, Tottenham have a gem in their hands

[thin bear]

HE IS BACK!!!

Confirmed by the Aktobe

OFFICIAL!!!!

[feral bobcat]

FREEDOM

So my predictions for ucl

Man City wins it

Idk why but gut feeling ig

And they have an amazing squad Thats eventually gonna come back from injury

[wraith wasp]

City? I don’t really think so man

[past fern]

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[sterile forge]

Ayy nice

[daring oxide]

Pep's time is over

reached his limits with nothing more to offer

[modern kernel]

neither do I.

[torpid halo]

if only Foster started, it could've been a Burnley win

🙁

[static flame]

https://tenor.com/view/goofy-silly-slap-gif-5293605403113146646

[wanton flare]

The Premier league is not a joke

[daring oxide]

Ucl race

[edgy magnet]

The premier league just keeps on getting competitive each season which is what makes it great

[bright plank]

That wrexham winner was crazy

[cold furnace]

Screw this shit bro

Im done with ligue 1

[round estuary]

Ansu Fati isn't dead to me.

[west siren]

no

Pocognoli is the dead one

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[sonic oar]

Wot....

Fuck is this

[flat moth]

Click on the blue “read this” in your welcome message

[shrewd fractal]

real

[last ore]

Okay

I have something to say

FBref and Stathead are dead, they can't show advanced data anymore.
The real reason isn't gambling sites thinking it gives people too much information.

well it is partly that but

the main reason is because Opta and FIFA are willing to sell their stats to gambling sites

🙂

[tight ruin]

fifa always looking for a way to get more money

games gone

[last ore]

game's definitely gone

[tight ruin]

created by the poor, stolen by the rich

[last ore]

@flat moth since I saw almost nobody talking about it, maybe we should talk about it here (I'm not forcing you btw).
Personally I could pay to have access to FBref or Stathead because I use it all the time. But it won't even be possible.
Yesterday I wanted to debate about Barcola vs Kvara. My arguments were that Barcola was a better ball carier and created more dangerous actions. I had absolutely no way of doing that. I checked and there is no site available that shows that anymore.
I also need to say that it is a HUGE downgrade for women's football. Since games' videos are harder to find (fewer channels pay for it), advanced stats were absolutely crucial for recruiters and for fans to analyze players.
Since this server contains a lot of football nerds, I think it could be a cool thing if we could alert people about that.

[cold furnace]

I use transfermarkt, fotmob or sofascore for my arguments

[flat moth]

Yeah its certainly a very big loss for football fans & analysts across the globe, especially women’s football fan as fbref was the only website with high quality women’s football data

What do you want to alert people to though

[last ore]

That many pieces of media (like the Athletic) are not gonna talk about it because they're gonna pay Opta to still have access to this data. So there is intended disinformation so that nobody (at least nobody important) complains about it.
For me, this is scandalous and very few people are aware about it yet, so we should start encouraging propaganda to claim FBref back. Even if it doesn't bring Fbref back, at least more people will be aware of what happens and this might be what's really important.

[eager wasp]

It's really very sad

[last ore]

Transfermarkt doesn't use advanced data. If you watch all the games of your club you could write down what is given on this platform (except for players' value)

[eager wasp]

Fotmob has a lot of things but it doesn't have progression data

It's thanks to FIFA btw

[flat moth]

Transfermarkt😭😭😭

What do you use it for in arguments brother

It just has g/a data largely

[last ore]

the only advanced things they show is goals scored on penalties but if you watch every game you could do that by memory

[flat moth]

That too their assists model is wrong as it counts pens won as assists

[flat moth]

Yeah you are more than welcome to raise awareness amongst people on the topic & tell them how FIFA just bowed down to billionaires

[cold furnace]

I use it for positional argue and injury data

[last ore]

yeah it shows injury data that's true

[flat moth]

Ohh true

It has injury data yeah
& lists players position by matches played

https://x.com/thepopfoot/status/2015366855880323073?s=46

PopFoot (@ThePopFoot)

📊 Les meilleurs passeurs par âge sur une année civile au 21eme siècle

X · Jan 25, 2026, 10:11 AM

[flat moth]

The top assist leaders by age in 21st century

[last ore]

Messi 💀

[torpid rapids]

Aged well

[indigo knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/sancho-sancho-suit-sancho-drip-drip-suit-gif-27481463

[torpid rapids]

Told yall marseille was winning

[indigo knoll]

That was obvious

[cold furnace]

Tsk oreilly and greenwood didnt even start

It cld hv been worse

[cold furnace]

I turned off my tv 15 min into the match

[torpid rapids]

Exactly

[torpid rapids]

Not for some people

And Lens was actually the favourite going into this match

[flat moth]

His career post 2021 forever gonna have a what if tag

[primal cave]

Btw has any of you guys spotted a player outside of a football match

[shrewd fractal]

my dad met iniesta once

[cyan egret]

I saw messi walking ye

[shrewd fractal]

in frankfurt?

[cyan egret]

Naw I'm just being sarcastic

😭

[shrewd fractal]

oh thought messi was looking for a big club to play for

[stiff narwhal]

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Bro has lost the plot

[flat moth]

It’s actually true

Was reported back then in 2022 as well

[past fern]

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[indigo knoll]

Not me but my brother saw xabi Alonso outside once

Then he met some Gladbach Player and a Belgium natio player too

So random

[primal cave]

Rio Ferdinand was a regular visiting my Dad's cousins coffee shop in North London.

He has been there maybe 4 or 5 times

[grim dust]

, is your dad vidic or what?

I mean not in a bad way or something but it’s unbelievable

[primal cave]

Its a coffee shop, he makes really nice food and its close to where he used to live

[indigo knoll]

¡Aupa Atlético!

[cyan egret]

@flat moth vini pfp 😭

[flat moth]

☝️🇧🇷

[daring oxide]

From raphina to vini 😭

[cyan egret]

He jinxed rapinha so he had to change it

Now he finna jinx vini

[grim dust]

Oh ok, good for you bro, you are lucky

[edgy magnet]

Ladies and gentlemen we got fooled once and again

[neon bloom]

[flat moth]

https://x.com/premleaguepanel/status/2015492522282193368?s=46

Premier League Panel (@PremLeaguePanel)

Winning these two matches after taking over a struggling team is one thing but barely conceding a chance from open play vs Man City & Arsenal, is an insane start to a managerial stint.

X · Jan 25, 2026, 6:30 PM

[lost dawn]

Let’s see if he can translate it over to lower level opposition

If he does he may just persuade me

[daring oxide]

ole era all over again

If he gets a ucl spot permanently keep

[dire stratus]

carrick still needs to improve his possession game.... we can only go so far with counter attaking football with hardly any possession

but love the way are pressing and maintaining a compact formation when we lose the ball

[eager wasp]

come on 😭

its literally arsenal and mci

[eager wasp]

?? nothing like ole he has meaningful coaching experience lol

[eager wasp]

fairs but this guy is clearly a brilliant strategist

[dire stratus]

well fair
ig we will come to know against fullham next

[eager wasp]

anything can happen in a single game

he is fundamentally a good manager we can already see that

ofc this is also just two games we will adjust our estimation accordingly as more games happen

[grim dust]

Who needs girls we have super Michael carrick!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/manchester-united-man-united-michael-carrick-carrick-manchester-is-red-gif-7907636775438095257

[eager wasp]

grow up

[grim dust]

I am 6’0 bro

At only 14 yrs old

[eager wasp]

immaterial

[ionic sail]

Maturity, not literal size lol

[grim dust]

Ik

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[sterile forge]

Man u should trust this man

Carrick will fix man u

[flat moth]

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TK (@TeaKupps)

Might be one of the mentally strongest players in football history. Got so much respect for him to bounce back after everything that’s been thrown at him..

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[radiant aurora]

Why does everything have to be so hyperbolic

[eager lance]

Kept his head down and focused on the sport.

[neon forum]

adds weight to the statement

https://x.com/k9rl__/status/2015625739249287245?s=46

k9yaps (@k9rl__)

😭😭😭

X · Jan 26, 2026, 3:19 AM

insane catalouge

but too one footed at the same time

[sterile forge]

Today is the Special one's Birthday😁

Legendary manager

[knotty valley]

Goated defender

[terse sky]

is it just me or does perez feel like an evil villain

[flat moth]

I remember a member comparing him to a James Bond villain years ago on the server as well lol

Around 2021 during peak super league discussions

Found it lol

[terse sky]

haha what even happened to the super league

[flat moth]

All of the clubs bar juve, barca & madrid had left it in 2021 due to backlash instantly

Juve left it around 2023

Barca in 2025

Madrid are the only club still actively supporting it I think

[past fern]

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[terse sky]

i still never really understood what the super league was about

[strange prairie]

money

not being part of the UEFA means you can make up your own tv contracts, marketing stuff whatever

[naive frigate]

Gatekeeping

[terse sky]

why did the fans not want it?

[strange prairie]

i guess it depends on which fans you ask but mostly the agreement is that football right now is already greedy enough

[feral smelt]

Yesterday was a very important day for benfica
Eusebio would have been 84yo

And it was also 22 years ago that Miklos Feher left us

[radiant aurora]

Local fans didn't like the idea of their club no longer playing in their domestic league, and also plans to play matches abroad.

[terse sky]

makes sense

[feral smelt]

Funny that the 3 most corrupt clubs were the only 3 to remain

[eager lance]

Barca left cause they couldn't afford the admission fee

[terse sky]

🕊️

one day when i am filthy rich if real madrid becomes privatised i will bring the club down to lowest tier of spanish football

[indigo knoll]

That's crazy

[granite notch]

Getting kicked out by third and 2nd division clubs in Copa del ray and using penalties to not be the Manchester united of la liga is probably the lowest Spanish football goes 💀

[graceful patio]

bro said immaterial

https://tenor.com/view/neandertal-ia-ai-meme-gif-13128648304852711309

[graceful patio]

big boys think they're too good for the rest of clubs

[edgy magnet]

I hope your dreams come true and I will be waiting for that day brother

[hard wing]

I’m PRAYING your dreams come true

If you need support I’m always available

Trust

I will also be waiting for you 😁

[cyan egret]

This shit is worse than super league

[stark oriole]

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[bright plank]

Nice tackle grizou

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IMO the greatest defensive performance of all time. Baresi did all this with an injured knee. https://youtu.be/boPQNpPvJq0?si=Hl32Jzy4U8DhW6JP

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https://fxtwitter.com/wolverinethumbs/status/2015830035232387142
you guys ready for the World Cup?

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[granite notch]

One of the greatest world cup finals in history

[past fern]

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[shrewd fractal]

good god we are so cooked

[indigo knoll]

We probably not even gonna play the wc

Germany is planning to pull out

[low rover]

What are the chances that this won't happen at the wc

And it won't be a complete shit show

[low rover]

Are they really?

[tight ruin]

hopefully others do too

boycott usa

[cyan egret]

Good

[cyan egret]

Tbh it's not just germany anyways

[indigo knoll]

Well, the rumours suggest that, so yeah

[low rover]

I wouldn't be surprised honestly

Countries like Haiti, ivory coast, Iran, Senegal are on a travel ban list

[strange prairie]

it's not really considered

and tbh the german federation and actually no one cared in 1978, 2018 and 2022 either

[terse sky]

why do big clubs rate morata so much?

[sterile forge]

https://tenor.com/view/gattuso-sometimes-maybe-good-sometimes-maybe-shit-gattuso-sometimes-maybe-good-sometimes-maybe-shit-gif-25773176

That's the type of player he is.

[blissful fulcrum]

not happening

[tight ruin]

unfortunately

[sterile forge]

One of em in football chat said this masterpiece:Levante would farm the EPL easly. I am glad this chat exists 🙏

[formal fiber]

I like Morata. He always put in a shift, even played out of position for Allegri. He's a decent striker who gets way too much hate. Also scored a goal in 2014/15 semis 2nd leg against Madrid in a high tension match

[flat moth]

Good general play overall

Despite the inconsistent finishing

[mystic star]

money laundering

[daring oxide]

Tactical player they love his profile

[real wolf]

W

[hard wing]

https://tenor.com/view/ehh-larry-david-confused-gif-13481267

Idk about this one chief 😬

[flat moth]

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︀︀"I’m a big fan of Messi and I wish him all the best if he keeps playing. But Mbappé also has incredible talent. I hope both of them stay healthy and can perform at their highest level.
︀︀
︀︀"In any case, I believe I still have the highest number of World Cup wins and I’m the only player who has played in four semifinals.”@BILD

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FxTwitter · Jan 27, 2026, 1:06 PM

[terse sky]

florian wirtz carrying germany on his back this world cup i am calling ut

[terse sky]

so nunez-esq

[flat moth]

Similar case yeah
But he was better than Nunez at his peak I would say

Inconsistent finisher
But his general play outside of that was always solid so coaches & clubs were always willing to bet on him

[terse sky]

i see

[flat moth]

In his 2nd Real Madrid spell he had the 2nd best goal ratio in la liga only behind messi lol

Was playing mostly as a backup or rotation option
But was his best season scoring wise

Made Chelsea spend 60-70 million on him back then

[formal fiber]

A better Nunez yes

Morata scored today lol

Its also known that he has mental health issues which impacts his game

[daring oxide]

Scored 15 started 14

[subtle plover]

Morata is basically the Spanish Daniel Ríos

Was reliable for everything except scoring

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[terse sky]

thats crazy

60-70 mil was alot back then

now we get overrated

players

[flat moth]

Yeah

[radiant aurora]

Morata a great litmus test player to see who actually watches games and understands the sport.

[flat moth]

2017 was the window was sort of the year it trivialised due to the Neymar deal

Still though yeah Chelsea had decided to bet on him
After that season at Madrid

[flat moth]

Cook Hani

[terse sky]

what was it 200m?

[flat moth]

222m euros
& in pounds i think it was 198-199 something

[terse sky]

oil money really ruined football

[flat moth]

Yeah it was literally a fuck off release clause

Every player under la liga rules must have a release clause so Barcelona had just put 222 million for neymar as a “fuck off”

PSG actually went ahead & activated it😭😭😭

Since then La Liga clubs nowadays put 500 million - 1 billion for players they dont want to sell anymore

God knows maybe some saudi club activates one of them one day

[terse sky]

its genuinely crazy

[radiant aurora]

Happy birthday GOAT

https://x.com/i/status/2016366372721246677

EuroFoot (@eurofootcom)

Petr Cech: "Kahn, Schmeichel and van der Sar inspired me early in my career. Then Buffon appeared and changed everything."

Manuel Neuer: "Buffon is an idol for me."

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Happy birthday, Gigi Buffon. 🇮🇹🐐

X · Jan 28, 2026, 4:23 AM

[eager wasp]

Nah I think there's a hard ceiling well below that

Football industry is valued under €55b

[west siren]

not really

remember when al hilal tried to pay 1 billion so that mbappe could play there for a season

i’ll give it 5-10 years

[eager lance]

It'll be in bitcoins in the future.

[eager wasp]

That was a salary+transfer fee total

[west siren]

still

[eager wasp]

Yeah I mean inflation adjusted

[west siren]

one season tho is mental

[eager wasp]

it was a bit of a joke I'm

they would not have gone through with it

Also, a lot of Saudi spending was to win the WC bid

they will never spend like that again ever I don't think

[eager lance]

Not really. Saudi can only bid for 2034 WC and upwards. Fifa made a rule that the same Confederation/region cannot host more than once within 12yrs. So Saudi might even push it forward further to promote their football.

[west siren]

anyways is that really a problem when you can just bribe gianni the infant

[flat moth]

Saudi doesn’t care about profit though

Its all about PR & Image boost for them

[flat moth]

2034 alone is a huge PR boost

[eager wasp]

that's my point

Go and compare Saudi spending before and after they won the 2034 bid

[eager wasp]

Yeah, that and many of their objectives with this spending isn't being fulfilled, except for the 2034 WC which they already won. They don't care about profit but won't just keep spending indefinitely without fulfilling any of their objectives

[eager lance]

Prob cause other leagues are also spending more money. In terms of transfers, at least. Of course Saudi attracts players due to the high wages and no tax heaven.

[eager wasp]

You misunderstand me. A lot of their spending was in order to win that 2034 WC bid, now that it's virtually won, they've reduced their expenditure

[eager lance]

Haven't followed much of the transfer news lately. But they did still offer Bruno for 100mil last summer. So prob would have done the same all over. Though rn it might be easier to snap up players who have run down their contracts and offer them high wages instead.

[eager wasp]

Forget offers

they also offered 125 for Salah

Check what they've actually spent

It's far reduced and they immediately implemented more strict foreign player rules

[eager lance]

That's from the backlash of fifa and football fans overall, I think.

[eager wasp]

They don't care about that lol

[granite notch]

If i told myself in 2016 that my club world take a 28 year old player from europe back home for 42 million i’d laugh my ass off saying that’s ridiculously far from reality.
Guess time really does come by, my god
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/2016494681115292049?s=46

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

🚨💣 BREAKING: Lucas Paquetá to Flamengo, here we go! Record deal agreed for €42m fee.

West Ham accept the proposal after direct contact with director José Boto today, Paquetá travels later today.

Five year contract. Paquetá volta pra casa. ❤️🖤

X · Jan 28, 2026, 12:52 PM

[eager lance]

But you're saying they won't spend as much, which is proven wrong, seeing as they're still offering 100+mil for players. The problem is that the players they bid for, are not interested in going there.

[eager lance]

How the heck can Flamengo affoed 42mil on a player?

[granite notch]

We’re a titan in south america, no joke in 2025 we’ve earned around 330 million euros

[eager lance]

Oh wow. Didn't know that. Crazy how money is revolving in football around the world.

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[flat moth]

Was club world cup a huge factor for it

Or libertadores & Brasileiro has also has seen Increased revenue lately

[granite notch]

Yeah, not just money but the general management scheme adressed by flamengo is something that has been on the works since 2016, when we spared a beefy and expensive team for rearrangements related to the ammount we had in debt, then since 2019 we’ve blasted off the charts in nearly every single aspect

[granite notch]

Honestly no, this has been going on since long before that, we’re just haversting what we’ve been growing ever since the whole new management scheme set in place

[flat moth]

So largely sponsorships & match day revenue?

[granite notch]

Still i stand by that the Club World Cup is the coolest thing ever

[granite notch]

Yes but at this point Flamengo are able to sustain themselves without those, accounting the ammounts we already make from
-Signings
-Transmissions on our own channels for people outside of brazil
-Supporter Members

[flat moth]

Are these 3 points you mentioned the main source of this much income for Flamengo

Or are they additional factors to sponsorships/matchday revenue you mean

[granite notch]

Mostly, sponsorships also come in big considering the entire bet ecosystem within club sponsors however i can say matchdays are also among the main incomes, even though we don’t own our stadium since we loan the maracanã, but a stadium for flamengo is in the works as we speak

[flat moth]

Oh nice
Will be the stadium outside or in the suburbs of rio though
Rio seems pretty full right now in terms of infrastructure & buildings

[granite notch]

However i must say that after Flamengo finishes their stadium Fluminense won’t be able to sustain maracanã for themselves considering the empty seats whenever they play there and just general operating costs mostly landing on the back of flamengo

[eager wasp]

@eager lance

[granite notch]

It’ll be around the Gasometro region, and from as far as i can tell if traffic around the stadium doesn’t get reworked then it’s going to be probably one of the most extreme hazards around the entire country

[flat moth]

Oh damn

[flat moth]

Has the internet in fluminense fallen off recently?
They were pretty hyped in 2023 especially with that diniz ball & libertadores win

[granite notch]

For example, Atlético MG’s Arena MRV is located in a more distant area from the centers, while flamengo is taking this area to build their stadium

[flat moth]

Diniz got sacked afterwards i know
But didn’t think the clubs whole hierarchy will crumble so soon

[flat moth]

I see

[granite notch]

Yes totally, they’ve always been a mid range club that heroically landed in the finals just like botafogo, after they won their stuff it’s like it never happened

They just don’t show up in their stadiums for anything else

Because like i said, they’re mid range clubs

[granite notch]

Unfortunately for them the lack of decent management does come at a huge cost, because after they won their business the cost came by their sales on the remaining assets they had due to lack of structure and integrity regarding payments and business with player loans, images and etc

[eager lance]

summer 24/25

summer 25/26

Summer 23/24, which is when they syarted to go mad. Before this transfer expense for arrivals was around 30mil

[eager wasp]

Yep exactly

late 2023 is when they won it

[eager lance]

What exactly? They won the bid for WC in december 2024

And it shows in 25/26 summer window, even though they've won the bid, they still spent more money than in 24/25.

[terse sky]

did a slide tackle today

felt real good

[eager wasp]

No, it was virtually done in Dec 2023

further formalities in 2024

[eager wasp]

only marginally, and 24/25 had a higher overall spend (transfers + wages)

[eager lance]

200mil is not marginally. That's the avg spending budget of an english club.

[eager wasp]

Both are way lower than 23/24 and you ignored the second part of what I said

[eager lance]

Yea, that's where they went crazy mad for one season.

[feral smelt]

Today a proper ucl classic

Benfica vs madrid

The 2 first ever winners of the ucl

[indigo knoll]

I pray Benfica win

[formal fiber]

Mou ain't it now 🥀

I believe he is unbeaten in the league tho

Crashed out of cup sadly

[feral smelt]

Because he tries too hard to be cool

[ocean zealot]

Maybe he just likes those celebrations more

Although I would personally pick anyone’s cwlebrations over Ronaldo’s

[eager wasp]

Just a kid

[sterile forge]

2 wins from benfica 1 win from real madrid

[sick fjord]

WIRTZ GOALL

[ocean zealot]

But he’s Ronaldo so that makes them not the best

[ocean zealot]

Don’t like him

Yeah

Don’t like rapists personally

[flat moth]

Arsenal/Bayern vs PSG/Madrid

very likely quarterfinals

As of now

🍿

Nvm inter scored

Psg out of top 8 now

😭

But that means we can see a madrid/inter vs psg ro16

[flat moth]

What a way to qualify to playoffs for benfica

[flat moth]

Last minute goal to qualify for playoffs lmfao

That too from the keeper

Insanity

[daring oxide]

Time is up simeone

[granite notch]

NO MARSEILLE

https://tenor.com/view/squid-game-squid-game-2-cheers-happy-excited-gif-13406404385856133045

[flat moth]

Who do you want to replace him with

Assuming you are an atleti fan
As I have always seen futre as your pfp
(Or thats just because you like futre?)

[wanton flare]

Mental💀💀💀

English teams are so good

Mind you chelsea , liverpool and Tottenham have been ass💀

[flat moth]

I don’t think theres any disputing that premier league has the most amount of high quality sides in Europe

Over the last 2 decades infact

No other league has had 3 different ucl winners in the last 10 years
& none has had 4 different ones this century

Bar Premier League

[charred wharf]

Spurs would be higher had kulusevski and maddison not been injured

[radiant aurora]

Low quality era

[daring oxide]

Im more of a neutral but alright Simeone lead atleti to 2 league titles Uefa supercup Europa league and a few other trophies 2 ucl finals but time is up he reached his limits with nothing new to offer he built the club from dirt in the end all eras come to an end

Atleti is stuck doing the same thing over and over

Barca and Madrid won’t always have a season to forget to win the league

[neon bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/weekend-party-champagne-gif-18280013

[daring oxide]

right now the most logical replacement is filipe Luis

[radiant aurora]

They fall off hard once he leaves IMO

The quality he's built may keep them in the CL for a little while, but they'll just fall off

[west siren]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxJO5OKW5Q&si=osv9TG3VnmKqBDxR

[flat moth]

I think simeone is partly to blame but in general the squads have barely improved since 2021 either

So i don’t know who can or will do better than him

https://x.com/lyesbouzidi10/status/2016631398145163472?s=46

Lyés (@LyesBouzidi10)

8 Champions League Campaigns.
4 Group Stage Exits
2 Knockout wins:
2012/13 away to Celtic
2012/13 home to Celtic

Antonio Conte.

X · Jan 28, 2026, 9:56 PM

[low rover]

Let's gooo chelsea showing up when it counts

[radiant aurora]

If Lyes says Conte is bad in the CL, I think Conte is a great CL coach

[flat moth]

Chelsea huge contributors to it of course yeah with 2012 & 2021

If we extend the filter to ucl finals over the last 20 years
6 different PL teams played in the ucl finals

La Liga 3
Serie A 3
Bundesliga 2
France 1

PL has definitely been the overall best league in Europe since the collapse of Prime Serie A

[daring oxide]

better take a risk atleti got quality

Should Maximize alvarez

[daring oxide]

2021 barca and madrid were struggling lets not forget atleti won the leauge with 2 points ahead of Madrid

This club can compete

[radiant aurora]

I don't Atleti need to take a risk

Simeone has overachieved, and has them 3rd again. What's their to gain? People genuinely think Atleti will win more titles with someone else? The coaching market is dross.

[flat moth]

Yeah thats what they are capable of & did what the opportunist arised

Same case right now though i find the squad building a bit funny

[flat moth]

With whom?

I don’t think cholo is still at his peak,
But I don’t see any coach increasing this teams ceiling or even floor for that matter either

[eager wasp]

I'm really not sure why fans of other leagues argue this

To build any kind of coalition to reduce the PL's financial dominance you have to admit that it actually makes a difference in footballing outcomes

Villarreal 4th in La Liga even with Kairat 😭?

[grim dust]

Kairat are not in La liga

I think most of the good managers are now already gonna retire and not many greats left

[karmic cairn]

Despite spending more than 300 million last two seasons they are heading to their second consecutive Trophyless season

Any other manager would have been sacked

Their Star Player wants to leave now

With interest from other European clubs

[strange prairie]

They are competing against barca and real domestically and ucl is not plannable for any team

Expectations towards many teams are just not realistic

[karmic cairn]

“Competing”

[strange prairie]

You know exactly what I mean

[karmic cairn]

Last season They were out of all comps in February

This season 2/4 so far

feb around the corner

[strange prairie]

It's not about titles all the time for most clubs

[karmic cairn]

I don’t Hate them Just Simione’s tactics

[strange prairie]

You don't have to like him to appreciate their achievements

[karmic cairn]

He had Julian Alvarez playing as a cm lb lm cam cdm cb

Anywhere but striker

😑😔

He’s ruined almada

Both of them could leave in the summer

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[grim dust]

He played Julian Alvarez as a CB and CDM?

?!

[karmic cairn]

Saudi copa vs real

[radiant aurora]

Absurd take and just shortsightedness

Kids and glory hunters just don't get it

[lusty bay]

one thing good about atleti is that they keep trusting their manager to do great things

and they're right tbh

[still sapphire]

I don't get how bodo glimt manage to draw against weak team but beat almost every strong team they face

Darm

[feral smelt]

The magic happened last night

[night schooner]

wait what

2 reds?

[feral smelt]

It was in the closing stages of the game

[night schooner]

aha

[feral smelt]

Ascensio and rodrygo acted like divas

[night schooner]

Surprise surprise

[feral smelt]

So they got 2 yellows in a row

[grim dust]

My god , pep is really mad

Bruno Fernandes meanwhile

But there’s a typo it should be spurs logo instead of Liverpool logo on harry kane

[flat moth]

He is talking about simeone

🤦

& thats a lie/massive exaggeration as well

[flat moth]

Yh its funny

[grim dust]

Sorry

[terse sky]

man what does this even mean

[flat moth]

Barcelona/Chelsea will play one of psg/newcastle/monaco/qarabag in round of 16

Liverpool/Spurs will play one of juve/atleti/gala/brugge in round of 16

& so on

[terse sky]

will it be like juve v atleti and gala v brugge and then the winners player against liv or tot

[night schooner]

yes

[flat moth]

Opposite

Juventus & Atleti are higher seeded teams

So they will play gala or brugge each

Winner of both the games then will get drawn to Liverpool/spurs

[radiant aurora]

Juve and Atleti will be drawn against Brugge and Galatasaray.

Liverpool and Spurs will be drawn on to a side of the draw. Then the 2 match ups drawn above will be drawn in to a side of the draw.

[terse sky]

i understand now

thanks

[terse sky]

thank you

[daring oxide]

Change is needed simeone reached his limits

[daring oxide]

There’s good talents almada baena alvarez barios

[past fern]

New Daily Question:

#daily-question message

[daring oxide]

8 points behind

[flat moth]

I don’t rate Almada or Barrios as ceiling raisers of any kind to be blunt

Baena sure
One of the better creators in Europe
Yet he feels heavily misused

Alvarez baller as well most of the time
Despite the goal drought at present

But thats still not enough to compete with Barcelona or Madrid at present

[radiant aurora]

Atleti have reached their limits. The floor is a long way down.

[neon forum]

thanks josé

[shrewd fractal]

feeel like benfica gonna go deep in the champions leageu

[feral smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/toxiqueney-mannequinney-quingifs-stan-twitter-psychic-gif-8842565404833688774

[shrewd fractal]

lmao

[feral smelt]

I am saving this

[hazy plank]

can't be saying this just because they beat us

we're probably going out early tbh

[shrewd fractal]

no ive been thinking this ever since mourinho joined them

[flat moth]

They are gonna play inter or madrid in the playoffs

[indigo knoll]

Merde both german clubs could go out before QF

[daring oxide]

Lets see what happens next matteo Alemany joined as the new sporting director

[flat moth]

I am really curious in baena’s fall off
Haven’t looked deeply into it yet

At Villarreal he was one of the best creators in Europe
But seems rather uninspiring at Atletico

[daring oxide]

Atleti isn’t the perfect club for him

[flat moth]

Yeah probably doesn’t fit the system

[dusty totem]

30/01

Ligue 1 McDonald's:
RC Lens <t:1769802300:t> Le Havre AC

Ligue 2 BKT:
Clermont Foot <t:1769799600:t> Stade de Reims
Grenoble <t:1769799600:t> Amiens
Laval <t:1769799600:t> Pau
Montpellier <t:1769799600:t> Guingamp
Rodez <t:1769799600:t> Red Star
SC Bastia <t:1769799600:t> Nancy

National:
Chateauroux <t:1769797800:t> Le Puy
Concarneau <t:1769797800:t> Bourg en Bresse
Dijon <t:1769797800:t> Stade Briochin
FC Fleury 91 <t:1769797800:t> Paris 13 Atletico
Quevilly <t:1769797800:t> Villefranche
Aubagne <t:1769797800:t> AC Ajaccio
Sochaux <t:1769797800:t> Rouen
Versailles <t:1769797800:t> Caen

[daring oxide]

So far this season 3 g/a in 20 games

[flat moth]

Yeah while in Villarreal he was putting absurd stats for creativity week in & week out

[daring oxide]

most chances created in top 5 leagues last season

Lets wish he won’t miss the wc

[flat moth]

Yh he was a demon at Villarreal

[low echo]

wow

[west siren]

baena and pino both struggling after leaving villarreal lol

shocking but atleast barry has found momentum

[west siren]

happy new day chat

https://discord.gift/RgjM7ZbKQPhug2wD

[shrewd fractal]

oh shi

thanks

[west siren]

np bro

more to come btw 👀

[shrewd fractal]

i shall be stalking ts channel

[west siren]

in different channels

[shrewd fractal]

oh

shi

wipuld get claimed in seconds in fb chat

[west siren]

yeah

[cyan egret]

😭

[west siren]

u alr have nitro

[blissful fulcrum]

tbf, baena has had three injuries this season

[flat moth]

Fitness may also be an issue yeah

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[tender seal]

Why are you pinging everyone here

[delicate pollen]

https://klipy.com/gifs/ahem-shit-1

[tight ruin]

https://x.com/joshua__ubeku/status/2016866993517776955?s=46&t=8etrFVKuEflGiIYCxCp2Xg 😭😭

BeksFCB (@Joshua__Ubeku)

Arbeloa Ball! 🙌

X · Jan 29, 2026, 1:32 PM

[dire stratus]

3 other players not even in the frame 💀

wait 2 others

[tight ruin]

mbappe...

[dire stratus]

5 wall + gk + mbappe + 1 =8

[neon forum]

how do u not get this

[dire stratus]

and 1 red at that time

[neon forum]

mbappe is staying high in case of counter

[feral smelt]

We cooked them

[neon forum]

madrid desperately needed a goal

[dire stratus]

trubinn 🗣️ 🔥

[tight ruin]

but they are dominated in the box

[tight ruin]

one player up in that situation is enough, not 3

[neon forum]

unc still got it

[tight ruin]

to think they were on 9 men too

[neon forum]

if they concede its irrelevant

[dire stratus]

cinema

[neon forum]

for them

[dire stratus]

mourinho ball in 2026 is crzy tho

[dire stratus]

it was mbappe who was not in th frame 😭
vini just standing there and i think the other one outside the wall is brahim

[tight ruin]

of course it's those 3 😭😭

[low rover]

"Sir alex is only European champion in this country"

Prime mourinho was that guy couldn't tell me otherwise

[devout spear]

Benfica real madrid leg 2

😭😭

[tight ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/my-mom-is-kinda-homeless-ishowspeed-speeding-please-speed-i-need-this-ishowspeed-trying-not-to-laugh-gif-16620227105127147208

[eager wasp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/912045915932594207/1466785262267924490/RDT_20260130_1520491781147040225214475.jpg?ex=697e01ba&is=697cb03a&hm=5d3b48b5bcba49b0862f865058a8a9bb2c57a91e2c72240469d1f6e9487acdc7&

These are so bad

[past fern]

New Daily Question:

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[tight ruin]

ffs

arsenal hype needs to end

[eager wasp]

Opta needs to end this prediction gimmick

80% odds to win every game is insanity

[devout spear]

Final percentage and winner percentage 🥀

How did they calculate ts

[swift depot]

I have a good call for Kerim Alajbegovic after yesterdays performance

He will be one of the greatest in the future

[feral smelt]

The stats that mean absolutely nothing

This winner % gimmick is just betting fodder

[eager wasp]

yeah because opta shit

[eager wasp]

win% in each match i guess, they havent even mentioned the mechanism lmao

[eager wasp]

sophisticated markets are a lot less optimistic regarding arsenal

[craggy pike]

I want as winner any of Atleti Sporting Spurs or Dortmund

[eager wasp]

decent chance tbf

[bitter viper]

Can you make up your mind?

[shrewd fractal]

why is arsenal that high

[blissful fulcrum]

opta’s predictions are actually pretty sound statistically

there’s not really a better way to do it

the model basically generates probability distributions for each match based on the team’s power rank and betting odds, runs tens or hundreds of thousands of monte carlo simulation matches, and then counts the outcomes

[eager wasp]

Nope

They're far less accurate than the markets historically

[eager wasp]

Yeah but it's shit

They don't do it well

538 used to do it with the exact same simulation frameworks

And they outperformed the markets

Shame they stopped their soccer operations

[blissful fulcrum]

that's not what i said

[flat moth]

Have them as favourites as well
But less odds than opta yh

[oak tendon]

Hold on a minute liverpool i front of us

[devout spear]

All day

[eager wasp]

Alright so anyway if you're not aware Opta predictions are considered a joke in analytics circles because they're so bad

[eager wasp]

Yep ofc they're favourites

30% is just ridiculous though

Predicting that they have a 70-80% to win in each round

[karmic cairn]

Barcelona

[flat moth]

Yeah overestimating heavily

Arsenal are the best team in Europe rn
But they aren’t that crazy of a super team

They are the favourites
But they aren’t unbeatable/not super heavy favourites

[delicate pollen]

what is my man doing

[flat moth]

That has to be fake

[delicate pollen]

well

it isnt

[flat moth]

Crazy

[delicate pollen]

ramos is gonna get smoked

[karmic cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/khaby-khabane-khabane-lame-5minute-craft-gif-22801605

[flat moth]

I dont see any official confirmation on their socials still

[devout spear]

How

[devout spear]

It's true

[flat moth]

I don’t see any post on this matter from Sergio Ramos, Andrew Tate or Misfits boxing

Till official confirmation not taking such audacious stuff seriously

[devout spear]

Understood

[blissful fulcrum]

"analytics circles" 😂

[flat moth]

His career has been so random since leaving Madrid lol

Funniest thing being that in the middle of all this he still managed to be the best player at 2024 Copa América

[wanton flare]

Wtf is this baloney?

[granite notch]

https://x.com/i/status/2017339583856283664

Wilson Cox LFC (@WilsonCoxLFC)

#LFC 🔴
Inter Milan are in talks to sign Curtis Jones on loan from Liverpool with an option to buy. We hear something has happened behind the scenes between Jones and Arne Slot.

X · Jan 30, 2026, 8:50 PM

[thin bear]

GAME'S BACK ON (we are currently in minute 106)

[dusty totem]

31/01

Ligue 1 McDonald's:
Paris FC <t:1769788800:t> Olympique de Marseille
FC Lorient <t:1769882400:t> FC Nantes
AS Monaco <t:1769889900:t> Stade Rennais

Ligue 2 BKT:
Dunkerque <t:1769864400:t> Annecy FC
Troyes <t:1769864400:t> Le Mans
AS Saint-Etienne <t:1769886000:t> Boulogne

National:
Valenciennes <t:1769877000:t> Orleans

[delicate pollen]

tate is a professional

[devout spear]

Out of topic but he lost recently

[delicate pollen]

to a professional

https://klipy.com/gifs/cof-tosse

[eager wasp]

Yh that's my opinion too

[eager wasp]

you can lead a horse to water...

[round estuary]

How are we and PSG below Chelsea here.

Chelsea fucking won 1-0 against Pafos at least we statpad against the minnows.

[round estuary]

Wait.

I remember this chart.

I used to think I was better than Antony.

[eager wasp]

Opta shit

[eager wasp]

@round estuary much better representation

[round estuary]

What's this.

[eager wasp]

A lesson in irony stands: Most often those who invoke the Dunning-Krüger effect do not realise where they fall in that chart

[eager wasp]

Sophisticated betting markets with no bookmaker's edge

They aren't cleaned tho so not 100% reliable

[round estuary]

I still think PSG is much better than us, Mayulu and Mbaye evaporated that defense, the only plus I see is if we start Cancelo we get an offensive edge.

In Yamal I believe though so there's that.

[eager wasp]

Cancelo is a monster

A lot of deficits but if you can cover for them (which most can't) his sheer technical level is elite++

[round estuary]

He delivered more crosses in his debut than Balde.

(In Balde's whole season)

[eager wasp]

salt found on dinner table

[eager wasp]

😭😭😭

tears

[round estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-idk-i-don't-know-i-dont-know-dexter-morgan-gif-8495770667022285823

[eager wasp]

Baldé is a carrier tbf but lmao

[blissful fulcrum]

i’ve got a pretty good idea

[round estuary]

Balde can improve his offense later.

If he can improve his delivery he'll be in the top ones.

[eager wasp]

it's a football server buddy leave the psycho-analysis and philosophy at the door. Opta predictions are shit and that's that

[round estuary]

Defense barely can improve on him.

[blissful fulcrum]

what a great, nuanced take on a statistical model

[eager wasp]

Yep it is

[round estuary]

Nuno Mendes is the ball carrying of Balde defending of Calafiori and has a good output on top.

https://tenor.com/view/nuno-mendes-mvp-psg-barça-barcelona-gif-11997450856119158078

[eager wasp]

If a model is shit, then it's shit

Why is it shit? -> brutally underperforms compared to actual good models and sharp markets

[blissful fulcrum]

every year, millions of people shout at nate silver and the like, proving that they know very little about numerical analysis or stats

it is what it is

[eager wasp]

The irony in you bringing up Dunning-Krüger 😆

[blissful fulcrum]

smarter and more educated than you’ll ever be, no need to condescend

[eager wasp]

More childish assumptions 😆

[blissful fulcrum]

i was able to make the assumption when you made a category error about a statistical model and completely oversimplified it because you have no clue how it works

[eager wasp]

I'm not gonna get into a credentials battle on a discord football server but it's pretty funny how presumptuous you are with so little knowledge

It's not illegal to oppose authority and brand names, be more critical!

[blissful fulcrum]

i’m down for a credentials battle

[delicate pollen]

is he the messi of jordialbas?

[eager wasp]

It's fine, if in case you have a brand name or two you think is impressive on your resume, it'll just make me think even less of its products than I already do

[round estuary]

He can be the Messi of Left Backs to be fair.

Excluding Maldini of course.

[delicate pollen]

true

[blissful fulcrum]

forever doomed in the lower echelon of society but at least you get to be against the “brand names”

[eager wasp]

I have a little guilt of the bourgeoisie so I wouldn't mind that but I'm curious as to how many more assumptions you can make that are polar opposites to reality

Quick reminder that none of this will make Opta Analyst a decent product respected by anyone with any knowledge in the space

[blissful fulcrum]

thankfully i never made any claims about the accuracy or quality of the opta model in practice

[eager wasp]

in that case, you revealed how misinformed you are about what value is even added by sensitivity analysis

[blissful fulcrum]

i simply claimed that the opta model is statistically sound, because it is, by every definition of what it means to be statistically sound; i didn’t say anything about parameterization or the quality of assumptions

you just replied with “Nope” and confused performance against the betting market with what it means to be statistically sound

[eager wasp]

That is fairly superficial though

Any semi-competent junior data analyst can conjure up a "statistically sound" model

[blissful fulcrum]

sure, my claim was narrow but correct, yet you refuted it

[eager wasp]

I gave you the benefit of doubt by engaging with an actual meaningful input but fairs

[delicate pollen]

still arguing about opta predictions

[eager wasp]

Calafiori is not that excellent of a wide defender tbh

[round estuary]

He's their 3rd CB, that's what people say.

[eager wasp]

Sometimes yes but typically he gets wide attacking license

0.18 xG p90

Crazy high

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https://x.com/ImperatoreFC/status/2017315027611430947
Bodo are still in pre-season?

Adriano FC (@ImperatoreFC)

What the fuck is this?

These guys have no matches to play, besides one friendly and the Inter games.

X · Jan 30, 2026, 7:12 PM

yeah, they're winning the treble

[flat moth]

Their league runs from March to December I think

So they have January & February as free usually

[patent copper]

Bodo winning a treble before Real Madrid?

[flat moth]

Perhaps

[last spruce]

Most scandinavian leagues run on a different footballing calendar I think

probably because of the cold

[flat moth]

Yeah

I don’t know the exact reason
But i also always assumed its the cold

[radiant aurora]

They choked the league title to us and didn't win the cup.

Putting the 0 in Bodo

[patent copper]

what if Bodo wins the Champions League?

[haughty tendon]

its game day

[dire stratus]

newcastle facing liverpool

[haughty tendon]

Hooray 😭

[dire stratus]

a mix of emotions i see

i will probably be watching chelsea vs west ham

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[sonic oar]

Yo

[versed tide]

@dusty totem

[dusty totem]

Nice.

[versed tide]

Noo aubameyang club didn't win

but Paris fc are my favourite Ligue 1 club so its okay

How are those the biggest games right now

Full time Paris FC 2 - 2 Marseille

[versed tide]

kept his legs up wonderfully

[shrewd fractal]

do we think pissg loses to strasbourg and lens go back to leading ligue 1

[dusty totem]

https://x.com/i/status/2017498583096779148

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

🚨🇫🇷 Exclusive story confirmed: Ciro Immobile, set to join Paris FC from Bologna!

Permanent deal and contract also accepted by Immobile, set for contract signing after medical.

Here we go. 🇮🇹

X · Jan 31, 2026, 7:22 AM

[versed tide]

etikitkikitike

[gritty agate]

Can we get rid of this clanker

Can't even celebrate because of this bum

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https://x.com/blackyellow/status/2017631196700672321?s=46

Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow)

Borussia Dortmund and @crz_official are proud to announce the signing of an official club partnership! 🇯🇵🇩🇪🤝

The partnership will focus on professionalising youth development structures and pathways in Japan and will feature a series of beneficial activities for both clubs,

X · Jan 31, 2026, 4:08 PM

[versed tide]

Ah

cereza osaka or something right?

[eager lance]

Shinji Kagawa closed the deal?

[dusty totem]

01/02

Ligue 1 McDonald's:
Olympique Lyonnais <t:1769954400:t> Lille OSC

Angers SCO <t:1769962500:t> FC Metz
OGC Nice <t:1769962500:t> Stade Brestois 29
Toulouse FC <t:1769962500:t> AJ Auxerre

RC Strasbourg Alsace <t:1769975100:t> Paris Saint-Germain

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fr its genuinely not evenmutin me

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Hi

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my avg winger 🔥
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Lamine Yamal this LaLiga season:

17 starts
17 G/A

X · Jan 31, 2026, 8:16 PM

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Apparently I'm back lol

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HALF TIME — OL 1 - 0 LOSC
(37') Nartey (Kluivert)

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FULL TIME — OL 1 - 0 LOSC
(37') Nartey*(Kluivert)*

MAN OF THE MATCH — Kluivert (OL)

[eager wasp]

Why didn't Villa just score a low xG goal? I thought all this didn't apply to them?

[dusty totem]

GOAL — Nice 0 - [1] Brest
Del Castillo transforms the penalty

GOAL — Nice 0 - [2] Brest

GOAL — Angers [1] - 0 Metz 🟥
Louis Mouton.

[dusty totem]

HT — Toulouse 0 - 0 Auxerre

HT — Nice 0 - 2 Brest

HT — Angers 1 - 0 Metz 🟥

[dusty totem]

Angers subs:
Ekomié & Belkebla OUT
Hanin & Djibirin IN

Metz subs:
Munongo, Hein & Ballo OUT
Deminguet, Touré & Colin IN

GOAL — Nice [1] - 2 Brest
Abdi (Clauss)

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FULL TIME — Toulouse 0 - 0 Auxerre
TOULOUSE FAILED TO GET 5TH!

FULL TIME — Angers 1 - 0 Metz 🟥
Angers gets 3 points against 10 men Metz who are last.

[blissful fulcrum]

https://www.baylorschool.org/baylor-welcomes-spain

i swear this is the first time something like this has happened

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1ST HALF — Strasbourg v PSG

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🚨 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧 𝗢’𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗬 🇩🇰 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘 𝗗𝗘́𝗝𝗔̀ 𝗟’𝗢𝗠 𝗘𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗔̀ 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗢𝗡 !!! 👋

Le club anglais a trouvé un accord pour casser le prêt du Danois, en difficulté à Marseille.

Les Seagulls vont compter sur lui pour la fi...

X · Feb 1, 2026, 7:18 PM

Goodbye, O'Riley 🫡

Everyone is leaving Marseille...

[dawn spoke]

can that one bum leave

[dusty totem]

I don't know why and how, but I see what you mean by "that one bum"...

[dawn spoke]

just need him to leave and fuck off to saudi

[shrewd fractal]

FUCK PISSG

[dusty totem]

MAN OF THE MATCH — Safonov (PSG)

[hard dragon]

Hi do remember me?

[fluid lava]

@dusty totem Can you stop that

(in this channel at least)

[dusty totem]

I filled the chat 😭

But yeah I will stop.

[fluid lava]

With absolutely nothing that will encourage other chat

Just scores

[dusty totem]

Should I delete everything?

[fluid lava]

Nah

[dusty totem]

Ok.

[tight ruin]

#him

we all know who that guy is

[low rover]

I respect the passion and dedication icl

[cyan egret]

Hard-core Nationalist

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Zenit St. Petersburg is negotiating to sign Jhon Duran on loan with option to buy after the move to Lille fell through. The player has given a positive response. Clubs are nearing an agreement on salary distribution. No final agreement yet, but progress is being made

[grim dust]

Russian Premier League?! , they still operate?

[grim dust]

Greenwood?

[torpid halo]

Of course

[shrewd fractal]

they operate, just banned from european tours i think

[grim dust]

Oh ok

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yo

[eager wasp]

thank you so much

so many times ive clicked off this channel thanks to the wall of forwarded scores none of which i care about

[flat moth]

Their national team also still operates but just plays unofficial friendlies

[grim dust]

thanks

[flat moth]

They never stopped operating
Just got banned by uefa & fifa
So cant play in international tournaments anymore

They possibly may leave uefa in the future

& join AFC

[grim dust]

so if a player suppose scores in the russian premier league will the goals be recognized by fifa and uefa?

[flat moth]

No idea about that icl
Dk what their stance on stat keeping is

[grim dust]

then why does jhon duran wants to move to zenit st. petersburg , didn't he join fenerbahce 6 months ago?

[flat moth]

Salary probably

[stark oriole]

https://tenor.com/view/griezmann-france-goal-salla-gif-22051916

[cold furnace]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6988188/2026/01/21/milutin-osmajic-ban-red-card-headbutt/

I didnt even know he came back 😭

[flat moth]

New Suarez

[cold furnace]

8 game ban for doing a suarez
9 game ban for racism
Now more for headbutting

[cold furnace]

Its worse than that bro

[flat moth]

Suarez was also racism

[cold furnace]

At least he didnt headbutt

[flat moth]

He bit people 3 separate times

So theres that

[cold furnace]

True

Plus osmajic is a striker as well

[mystic star]

Suarez without the generational talent

[last spruce]

Just a horrible footballer and person a genuinely vile individual

[tight ruin]

just ban him completely atp

twat

[eager lance]

Just googled that Owen Beck kid. His middle name is Michael. Parents must be a fan.

[stable abyss]

owen beck?

swear he's related to ian rush

[torpid halo]

they were invited to participate in Central Asian Cup but refused

maybe next time

[flat moth]

Are they still hopeful to get unbanned by UEFA or what

[torpid halo]

I mean the situation is going better in sports other than football and ice hockey. IOC allowed Russian youth athletes to participate with Russian flag and anthem and recommended other sports organizations to allow it. Volleyball said they will comply with IOC's request.

In many individual sports like Taekwondo etc., it has gone back to normal as well

[flat moth]

Interesting

[torpid halo]

Russia won the CAS appeal in bobsleigh, snowboard and skeleton so they can represent Russia fully in those sports

Chess chose to move to Asia but idk about professional chess so idk what's happening there

UEFA still sends money to Russia for the youth football development (not many around 3.5m euros per year) and Russian FA said multiple times it's better to stay in UEFA and negotiate

[flat moth]

wow

[torpid halo]

I heard they are negotiating a possible roadmap for Russia's return but it was like 6 months ago. Altho that assumes a peace deal or any ceasefire deal signing is near.

they tried to unban Russia U-17s but they had political pressure after that so they withdrew it. Some UEFA countries actually ran a petition for returning Russia's youth NT in UEFA competitions like Greece, Kazakhstan, Montenegro etc.

[torpid halo]

Like hosting in neutral venues like Serbia, Azerbaijan, Hungary etc. with flag and anthem

I mean if Russia joins AFC, they will just become the worse version of Saudi Pro League and maybe equal to UAE and Qatari league. + there's no guarantee that UEFA nations will allow them to come back after the war anyway.

[flat moth]

With the political situation I would be surprised if majority of countries in Europe every want to play with them in the first place

[torpid halo]

that's the thing

we don't know tho

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[terse sky]

I’ve always wondered, how do players who are older than the manager address them? Also similar question but how do teammates where one player has become a manager address one another… for example morata and cesc fabregas

[lost dawn]

You still have to have respect

And I’m sure the whole former teammate thing helps with chemistry

[grim dust]

personally i think since israel is still participating in UEFA competitons ( i am a neutral guy) , Russia should be allowed too

[hasty fog]

There’s still a mutual respect of authority when that happens. If an older player doesn’t see that then it could cause drama. But most of the time they know to respect the manager

[terse sky]

makes sense

also, speaking of cesc fabregas