Jack Lang

@brskyrme Bit different, still awful

@jacklang And so it would come to pass.

Really looking forward to the last 10 minutes when Argentina are a goal up, aka the worst 10 minutes in all of our lives

@bellwak Haha yeah, tough gig!

What timing. I came across this delightful piece yesterday (@jacklang, talk about an enviable assignment) nytimes.com/athletic/73181…

I'm feeling nostalgic for Nike's peak world cup commercials from '90s youtube.com/watch?v=ceHkED…

“When I arrived at Pumas, people asked me whether I’d come straight from the beach. I had! “I always loved the stuff the surfers wore, the Bermuda shorts, the colours. I wanted to bring something from that world with me. So I started my own style.” nytimes.com/athletic/74216…

What does ‘brotherhood’ actually mean? Watch the last 25 minutes from the Azteca. My piece on the night when the word became real nytimes.com/athletic/74220…

What a night at the Azteca. Could barely keep track of the drama. It was also valedictory. The World Cup now loses its dislocated heart. This occasion was one final explosion, a proper game in a proper stadium. It showed us what we could have had nytimes.com/athletic/74248…

Honestly, this is so good. Wait for the horns. And the backing singers youtube.com/watch?v=ga5Bo4…

At the Azteca. Last one of these this summer. Can't get enough of Juan Gabriel. We're live with weather updates and the actual football here nytimes.com/athletic/live-…

Trying to work out what the worst part of that Neymar penalty was. Don't actually think it was the grin or the argument afterwards. I think it was the time he took to actually take it

Patrick Berg. Brilliant. Proper midfield performance

Did I go to an art supply shop on the morning of the interview, buy a load of felt tips and ask him to design a kit? Reader, I did

"I used to tell people that I was one of a kind. That was my catchphrase, my mentality." Spoke to Jorge Campos about his 22-goal season as a striker, starting games in goal & ending them up front, surfing and – yes – the secrets of kit design. What a guy nytimes.com/athletic/74216…

Patrick Berg actually planned that offside as part of a long play

The king of the playground (Free to read) nytimes.com/athletic/71989…

“That was my catchphrase, my mentality: ’I’m the best, I’m one of a kind…” Jorge Campos is not wrong. He was a surfer, designed his own kits and was a formidable striker - despite being Mexico’s most legendary goalkeeper. He tells @jacklang about his extraordinary career. 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/74216…

Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium with his one-game red-card ban suspended. Story with @AdamCrafton_ @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/74234…