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Lennart Karl plays like a Messi with no superpowers. Ball is glued to his feet, every execution is right, barely makes a wrong decision. He makes the “Messi pitch scanning”: might look disconnected, but he’s actually reading the game. Ball recovering talent is top too. He’s wise.

I never really understood why esports teams are so adamant in using a sports jersey Players are sitting. You don't need sportswear. Why not design nice streetwear? Make it a good outfit. UYU used to do that great! Or go the F1 way and do jackets/polos with sponsors

Scott McTominay has scored 60 career goals for club and country.

Promising City midfielder Darren Motsi will represent England this week after being called into the Under-16s squad. The 15-year-old will join his team-mates for a round of matches in Turkey, taking on Wales, Portugal and the host nation.

At the same time Man Utd are being fried and battered by Grimsby, Rangers are 9–1 down on aggregate to Club Brugge. The link? Managers enslaved to dogma. Amorim clings to a 3-4-3 that asks huge demands of every role and can be undone by basic tactical ploys, which teams across the football pyramid can use. Russell Martin meanwhile is a pseudo-Pep, parroting positional play with none of the nuance, trying to force patterns onto squads completely unsuited to execute them. Both are so wedded to their principles that their rigidity actively handicaps their teams.

Manchester United traveled to Malaysia to play the ASEAN All Stars three days after the end of their season. They lost 1-0 😳