Opinion

El Viejo Continente Le Abre El Telón Al Fútbol De Cara Al Mundial De Catar 2022

Cuando hablamos de Europa, no solo hablamos del éxito de la UE (Unión Europea), de salchichas, de cervezas, de chocolates suizos, de quesos neerlandeses, de baguettes francesas, de “Waffles” belgas, de pizzas italianas, o del té inglés.

Dejemos el Derecho Internacional Económico y de la Integración a los juristas, y los manjares y platos típicos a los gastrónomos.  Hablemos de fútbol, de las mejores ligas, torneos, y de campeonatos mundiales. Solo 8 selecciones han ganado campeonatos mundiales; 5 de estas son europeas, y 3 sudamericanas.

The18 Decides Which Premier League Teams Deserve To Be Relegated

Watching March Madness over the weekend has made me realize that the world of sports is incredibly cruel. Talent is often not enough to defeat an opponent, and sometimes outplaying the other team isn't even good enough to earn a victory. 

In the Premier League, the teams on the receiving end of this bad luck are usually found in the lower reaches of the league table. Generally speaking, the relegation zone contains three of the worst teams in the league, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are the three clubs that deserve to be relegated. 

Champions League Predictions: Is An All-English Final Inevitable?

There are three Premier League teams still competing in the Champions League at the quarterfinal stage: Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool. Looking at the matchups, at least two of those three clubs are clear favorites to advance to the semifinals. Liverpool has the most difficult tie against the historical kings of the competition, Real Madrid.

Sebastián Córdova’s By Far The Best Player At The Concacaf Olympic Qualifiers

When listening to people discuss the merits of the U.S. U-23 side on a player-by-player basis, it’s interesting to take note of this particular ilk of big-brained soccer ‘splainer as nothing more than a snake oil salesman well-versed in misleading radar plots.

What I can tell you for sure is that they don’t know the strengths and weaknesses of 19-year-old João "Johnny" Lucas de Souza Cardoso, they don’t spend much time watching Internacional in the Brasileiro and their sage words of advice for Jason Kreis are worth even less than their 8K Twitter followers.

Pelé Documentary Kicks Up Questions On Race, Violence And Democracy In Brazil

A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, tells a compelling story of the athlete’s rise to fame from 1950 to 1974. The 99-minute documentary, which includes interviews with the 80-year-old Pelé, shows Pelé’s spectacular life against the backdrop of Brazil’s politics. But the film fails to address deeper questions of race and class.

Real Madrid’s Biggest Rejects: The Ones Who Got Away

Real Madrid is a team that millions of players around the world want to be on. It's probably the most desired team to play for amongst youngsters. As the club with the most Champions League titles ever, they've always had very good players in the side, but talent isn't always given a long-term opportunity to perform at the Santiago Bernabeu.

El Tata Martino Sugiere A Los Árbitros De La Liga MX No Cortar Tanto Los Partidos

Dos años son los que lleva Gerardo "Tata" Martino al frente de la Selección Mexicana. En ese período, el argentino ha visto más de cerca la Liga MX y si pudiera recomendarle algo al fútbol local sería que los árbitros hicieran los partidos más fluidos, ya que eso ayudaría un poco al espectáculo y al nivel de los jugadores.

Desde que es entrenador del Tri es recurrente ver a Martino en los estadios de la Liga MX y en la experiencia ha notado que los partidos se cortan mucho por el trabajo de los silbantes. Por eso mismo cree que una mayor fluidez sería buena para la liga.

8 Footballers Who Made A Career Out Of Failing Upwards

Sometimes I wish that, through some glaring administrative error, I had been accidentally registered for the Ajax youth academy, even if it was just for one day. Then, in semi-good conscience, I could exploit that fact to have my own Wikipedia page, Transfermarkt profile and agent, allowing me to bounce around the world on one-year contracts — obviously being found out as total trash time after time — living my best life. 

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Footballer Scorned By Their Manager

A couple months before USMNT manager Jurgen Klinsmann announced his final 23-man roster for the 2014 World Cup, I was at a wedding in California, at the bar with a member of the LA Galaxy technical staff. The conversation turned to Landon Donovan, who’d reestablished himself in the national team after being dropped at the start of the Hex.

4 Covid-Enforced Changes We’d Like To Keep After The Pandemic Is Over

The Covid-19 pandemic certainly changed the "normal life" that apparently existed in the world before 2020. It's a virus that affected literally everyone's life, and soccer was no exception: After the Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid match at Anfield in the 2019-20 Champions League, soccer was gradually and then quickly suspended.

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