You do realize that kicking a corner is fucking hard? You can't compare it to punting or whatever since it is about precision, not length. Also, corner specialists usually have another role that is far more important.
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Fun fact: Makss Damage used to be a Stalinist before he switched camps. He was briefly (in)famous for a song against so-called anti-German leftist. Yes, that exists too. Haaretz has a story of them from a couple of years ago. His video where he switches allegiance is the most insane German video ever.
Which of course is not to say that everything is perfect. These days, we talk about it, and there is general outrage about racism in soccer. This is important, and it is maybe the most important thing that happened in sports politics in the last few years. We need to continue that work until every soccer match, and…
The epidemic is already going down. Ask some people who were in stadiums in Europe in the 80ies and 90ies. Germany and England have pretty much cracked down on it, through a lot of measures (England kicking out working class fans from the stadiums through ticket prize raises, Germany has generally now organized…
Read "Michel Houellebecq" instead of "Michelle Lhooq". Would have fitted as well, though. Ew.
to be fair they consider every single world cup except 1966 as a flameout.
Good article. Though it should be remarked that a lot of those ideas are prevalent in the sciences as well, especially the onces about proof, statistical significance and theory. It seems to me that scientists these days lack an education in the philosophy of science. Well, I say that as a student of the philosophy of…
you haven't seen Granit Xhaka yet, have you
According to Swiss TV, the linesman was awkwardly positioned to see it though. So normal excuseable human error.
Well he wasn't. The stream had a bad angle.
Problem is at least the TV pic it looks like Xhaka, I believe, touched the ball, and at that moment it would havhe been offside. But Xhaka did not touch the ball.
That was a truly Swiss game: Be neutral, keep the attackers at bay and profit when the war is over.
The same goes for Spain, France, England, Germany, Italy, and, to a certain degree, eastern European countries.
you surely have never heard of the Cologne-Düsseldorf beer rivaly
The goalie? Why would anyone want to bang the goalie? He basically chillaxes in the back of the field until someone breaks through the chain of defenders and when that happens he jumps to catch the ball and gets dirty.
Well, at least on the continent I feel like Xavi, Iniesta and Sneijder got and get their fair share of recognition. Angel di Maria, yes, he has a hard time, but mostly because he is the second-best attacking-minded player on his team.
Fair point. I think we need to acknowledge the greatness of defenders and this is why Lahm is underrated by most.
Ah an informed discussion about football! On the internet! I've never seen this before!
I hope you will excuse my ignorance towards you, I interpreted your first post completely differently. Most people that bring forth the arguments you used are only concerned with goals scored.