Jack Lang

A day in the life of the worst football team in the world nytimes.com/athletic/66795…

■ On the title race: "We cannot be scared. We cannot lose something we don’t have" ■ On Pep and Arteta: "They share something in their DNA." ■ "I want to win everything, but if I have to choose, it's the Champions League" The Arsenal and Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus speaks exclusively to The Athletic. 📝 @jacklang and @MarioCortegana 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/71285…

@EspindolaLucaas Oi Lucas. Poderia me seguir brevemente? Quero te mandar um DM. Valeu!

FIFA, thank you

My excitement about the World Cup is reduced every time I try and zoom in on this stupid blurry fixture graphic

Is the Champions League more fun to watch than the Premier League? @jacklang & @SebSB jump on today’s @TheAthleticFC pod to discuss their thoughts on the final league phase matches! Listen here : pod.fo/e/3835b4

too many matches, don't like it

The kill centre is an abattoir on the edge of Marrakech, away from the gaze of tourists. Here - as in other parts of the country that has just staged AFCON and will co-host the 2030 World Cup - Morocco is attempting to reduce its street dog population. But it is accused of the 'massacre' of dogs and one animal welfare organisation has presented FIFA with a 91-page dossier of evidence it says includes photographs of poisonings, enforced starvation and shootings. In this special report, @Simon_Hughes__ investigates what is happening to dogs in Morocco - and how it is linked to football. nytimes.com/athletic/69827…

What’s it like being a football manager? I spent a month with Bristol City’s Gerhard Struber to find out. 🍱 Canteen mutiny 🤝 Half-time handshakes 🏃‍♂️ Run Forrest 👖 Blue jeans 🧳 Living out of a suitcase 🧑‍✈️ Flying lessons 💔 Home alone 🍎 Pint of Natch nytimes.com/athletic/69711…

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim as head coach. 40yo Portuguese informed of decision & goes with immediate effect after 14 months following breakdown in relations. Darren Fletcher expected to take over #MUFC on interim basis @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/65942…

"Going up the mountain" nytimes.com/athletic/68646…

🚨WEDNESDAY POD!🚨 It's @acjimbo, @jacklang, @tomwfootball & @Dan_KP in the studio after a jam-packed Champions League Tuesday🎙️ 💪Liverpool back to their best? 🏆Are Bayern THE best? ⚡️Best centre-back goals? 👶2009-born Max Dowman podfollow.com/totallyfootbal…

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🚨WEDNESDAY POD!🚨 Never fear - @acjimbo, @oilysailor, @jacklang & @ArtdeRoche are here after an incredible Champions League Tuesday🏆 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Are Arsenal favourites? 🇩🇪Leverkusen 2-7 PSG with @SebSB 🇮🇹Conte’s Napoli hit for six! ⚒️Woeful West Ham pod.fo/e/342582

Cape Verde are going to the World Cup. The planning to ensure this happened, the diaspora, the distances people travelled to be there, the celebrations & the life-affirming joy. All of that & more in my piece from an incredible few days in Praia. nytimes.com/athletic/67146…

A day in the life of the worst football team in the world nytimes.com/athletic/66795…

This is Mauro Shampoo, the most iconic Brazilian footballer you've never heard of. "Pelé, Maradona & Zico were all No 10s, and so was I. I played for the worst team in the world, but I was still a No 10. I was the best of the worst, show." nytimes.com/athletic/66795…

Íbis SC call themselves 'the worst team in the world'. They once went four years without winning. Their mascot is called Little Defeat. Their biggest icon is a hairdresser called Mauro Shampoo, who only ever scored one goal. So why is everyone so happy? nytimes.com/athletic/66795…

⚽️👍🏼 @nytimes + Íbis nytimes.com/athletic/66795…

He used to be homeless. When I was at his salon, he got a phone call. He answered like this: "This is Mauro Shampoo from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, broadcasting to the world. Footballer, hairdresser, man, at your service. Let’s go, show, show, show!" nytimes.com/athletic/66795…