**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**
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Black Nate Grey
The God Emperor of Mankind
These nikkas giving you faulty information
There are multiple top Leagues in football. Note that the best players in the world are sprinkled out all throughout these leagues.
Top 5 are:
La Liga. Spanish. In terms of pure quality this is the best league but you have to be more of a purist to fully enjoy it. Has the two best teams of the last decade Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, with Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Real and Lionel Messi for Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is another top team as well. This league is very technical so you'll often see the best dribblers and passers here. Again, teams here have dominated European competition for the last decade.
- Biggest teams are:
- Real Madrid (They are also the best club side of all time, equivalent to the Boston Celtics)
- FC Barcelona
- Atletico Madrid
- Sevilla
- Valencia
- Real Betis.
The biggest rivalry in club football is Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona its called El Clasico, make sure you watch this, guaranteed to be full of fukkery as these two teams historically hate each other due to politics and the past.
The Premier League. English. The most popular and richest league. Definitely The littest, generally highly competitive as there are at least 6 teams that can consistently compete for the title as opposed to La Liga's 3 teams. Most entertaining as well. It's Quality here approaches La Liga. Less focus on technique and more on physical attributes, so you'll see the fastest, strongest players here but technique and tactics isn't rare either. The game is played more rapidly here, more end to end. Since you are quite new to the sport I highly recommend following the Premier League.
Best teams here are:
- Manchester United
- Manchester City
- Liverpool
- Chelsea
- Arsenal
- Tottenham
The derby games and Rivalries here are just as lit as El Clasico depending on who you ask.
Serie A. Italian. Used to have a eputation as being boring and dull but has been pretty lit for the past 2 years except Juve have won 5 Serie A titles in a row. Generally tactical as opposed to flashy like the above two. I don't much enjoy it personally.
Best teams are:
- Juventus
- AC Milan
- Inter Milan
- Napoli
- AS Roma
Bundesliga. German. I think it's a fun league, has incredible highlights and solid football. Aside from the best team Bayern Munich winning all the time of course. Below them however the football is competitive and fun.
Best teams:
- Bayern Munich
- Borussia Dortmund
- RB Leipzig
- Bayer Levurkusen
Ligue 1. French. Where La Liga and the Premier League have the best of the best players in the world. Ligue 1 has the best young, up and coming talents currently and has been cranking them out at insane rates. Aside from PSG it can be unpredictable and the rivalries are all lit. Mbappe, Neymar, etc all play here.
Best teams:
- PSG (Paris Saint Germain)
- Olympique Marseille
- Olmypique Lyon
- AS Monaco
The actual best league however is the UEFA Champions League, where the top 3-5 teams from the best leagues compete to win the most important competition on club football. This is analogous to the NBA Finals. This is what is meant by 'European Competition'. Where as normally Manchester United and Real Madrid would not play each other due to being in different domestic leagues, the CL makes it a possibility. This runs analogous to the normal domestic leagues, with them concluding at around the same time.
So in any given season a single team has to play: Their domestic league (La Liga, Premier League, etc), European competion (CL, Europa League) and cup games.
That is a lot of Football.
This is the tip of the ice berg I haven't even gone into cup competitions, in-depth rivalries, players, etc.
Basically follow the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and El Clasico.
If you have any more question feel free to ask.
He does have defensive tiki taka but that's not bus parking and that's so he can sleep the opponent to sting him on direct play. Japan doesn't have as much talent or a coach with as much experience as City so it couldn't be expected that they'd be as good as bus parking as they are in their natural tactics. With Belgium's aerial threats, bus parking would have been suicide for them.
And the United game may have gotten away because of the CL but it was also because Sterling couldn't finish for shyt. City should have been 4-0 in the first half considering the stellar level they played in the first 45 minutes. Nobody at half time talked about the CL or fatigue. The talk at the time was how soon would Mourinho be fired after the game !
yeah Sterling had one of his worst games and Pogba had one of his best. Such is life.
Bboystyle
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Thats u though. u arent the all tell of football
BasketCase
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Great game but obviously not better than France-Argentina.
Yeah such a bittersweet end. But that counter was beautifully led by De Bruyne. Courtois' awareness had the end of the game gotta be saluted too. He could have stay on the ground time wasting then shoot the ball far but he got real clutch here.I didn't get a chance to watch but they really won off a counter on a corner at the end of the game?
People have already forgotten about the cracking game that was Portugal-Spain
That's telling of the quality of oppositions there were in this WC
Glad thay there weren't much blowouts.Jean toomer
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[QUOTE="Rottweiler, post: 30212412,How is constructive criticism, hating? Never said hes shyt, he just hasnt addressed certain aspects of his game that was evident 5 years ago, to make him an all round striker. Do you think its acceptable for a player his size, to be as passive as he is, when their is isnt much space to play into? Be 15-20 kg heavier than the defenders marking you and be unable to bully them
Belgium’s D got exposed somethin serious
ATG is AC Milan v Liverpool Champions league final 2005 . . . 3-0 up with one of the ATG club squads vs a generally trash liverpool team apart from maybe Gerrard and Alonso
Let my guy K Honda get a freekick 26 years from goal n its over
I swear I thought his free kick would sneak in
so close man
LiveFromLondon
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Goal isnt being scored without his movement, at the same time thats one of the most basic striker movements there is.Who saw the run from Lukaku dragging the defender with him making it possible for de bruyne to play it wide to Meunier
Lukaku has great off-the-ball movement brehs stop shytting on my guy
CEO of Morgan Industries
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You might already know this, but I thought I'd just say that FOX Sports carries Bundesliga matches, and you can get FS1 and FS2 through a $20/month Sling package if you want. The downside is that some of those games are tape-delayed, and you'd probably be better off listening to music instead of the FOX Sports commentators because they are garbage.
The bonus is that FS1 and FS2 also carry Champions and Europa League games, too. Assuming you're American and have the cash, I'd suggest Sling to you.