Nicolas Braun

@MSaintjour @EricBalchunas Waste of time, opportunity to get injured, players already play too many games, nobody cares about 3rd place… really don’t se why we still do this

@nbraun @EricBalchunas Good time for statpadding 👀

I'm sorry but my American mind cannot comprehend this. In all the sports I watch once you're out, you're out. Cancun time. Seems almost embarrassing for the teams/players. Do they even want to play? will they even try? What am I missing?

@MSaintjour @NegroLibre1 I don’t think so / hope not. He posts good things otherwise

@nbraun @NegroLibre1 I see that you follow him. Does he really believe that parody account?

Finally, some good news!

@Dr_EsOs 💯

Bon lè nou fè lèd konsa, se montre nou montre moun ki renmen foutbòl ke fòk yo eseye fè nou kanpe lwen foutbòl ayisyen a wi. Nou riske kraze pwochen pwojè yo ak presyon pou rezilta, san n pa konprann valè yo vre. Ki bullshit sa mezanmi?

@UTDTrey Me

You’re a sick person if you enjoy seeing Bellingham like this He deserved more 💔

Have you accepted Messi as your Lord and Savior?

Lionel Messi generated 0.86 expected assists - more than the entire England team combined.

@carelpedre Pa fè sa

kisa ki akonpli a?

Life as a Lionel Messi hater

@Dr_EsOs @MSaintjour @elliboops People will argue over what's accidental but I agree with you there as well. Also I think we need to rewrite the handball rules completely

@nbraun @MSaintjour @elliboops The overcomplication I WOULD agree with is to give a pen for accidental DOGSO fouls instead of reds.

Spain hasn’t registered a single shot on target against France, yet they are gifted an 80% xG penalty out of absolutely nothing. It is deciding the game on a non-scoring situation, not to mention a clear handball by Yamal during the buildup to gain control. This is exactly why football rules are broken. It’s too binary. We need a Graded Penalty System: 1️⃣ Standard Penalty (11m): ONLY if a foul denies a direct, active goal-scoring opportunity (attacker facing goal, in motion to shoot). 2️⃣ Distant Penalty (14-15m): For borderline/reckless fouls that don't deny a 100% clear chance. Gives the GK a fighting chance. 3️⃣ Edge-of-Box Free Kick: For soft fouls or back-to-goal situations. No more free gifts. And the ultimate balancer: The player fouled must take the kick. Stop deciding massive tournaments on technicalities. Let the players play!!! To be clear: Under my proposal, Spain's incident today is a clear Option 3 (Edge-of-Box Free Kick). Furthermore, we must fix the absurd handball rule—any contact that advances an attacker's advantage, even if accidental or close-body, should be penalized. The current binary penalty rule is completely illogical and should have been scrapped years ago. Just look at other sports: In basketball, if you foul a player in the paint, they get 2 free throws to potentially score 2 points. It’s proportional. They don’t get awarded 20 free throws just because the foul happened inside the key. Yet in football, a minor, zero-threat trip at the edge of the box is rewarded with a penalty kick—turning a 3% scoring chance into an 80% free gift. It’s the equivalent of giving a basketball team 15 free throws for a common foul. The punishment is completely disconnected from the crime. It’s time to bring mathematical proportion and logic back to football

@Dr_EsOs @MSaintjour @elliboops That's fair! I'm down to redraw the penalty box.

@nbraun @MSaintjour @elliboops Just want to say he's just phrasing it wrong. xG is basically the same as a box. Danger areas. They just didn't have the data to draw it right back then. So basically just redraw the pen box into a more narrow zone 17+14 box.

@Keroba1 @Gabby_D_Daddy @FrancisAwartefe Have a nice day Keroba 🤣

@nbraun @Gabby_D_Daddy @FrancisAwartefe Learn the rules Nicolas

A hypothetical. What if Digne hadn’t taken a blind swing at the ball, kicking Lamine —but instead Lamine had gone on to score or created a goal —should the goal then be chalked off for handball? Secondly, should the handball have canceled out the foul?

@Keroba1 @Gabby_D_Daddy @FrancisAwartefe Nonsense

@Gabby_D_Daddy @nbraun @FrancisAwartefe That's for defenders in their own box. Attackers do not get that leeway in their opponent's box.

@Keroba1 @FrancisAwartefe

@nbraun @FrancisAwartefe It's a handball 💯

@trevor_merrell @carpeadventum @FrancisAwartefe Essentially where it touched his arm would be a handball had it not been for the fact his arm is tucked on his body.

@carpeadventum @nbraun @FrancisAwartefe It needs to be intentional or the arm needs to be in an unnatural position which makes the body bigger. Having arms by your side is textbook no handball.

@MSaintjour @footballitalia Hence why I think they'll go with someone Italian who knows the system and it's failings. I think it will be Mancini, Conte

@nbraun @footballitalia Italy is in crisis; a more mature coach with a clear philosophy is better in my opinion. Pirlo's coaching career too thin

Andrea Pirlo has emerged as the favourite to become the new Italy coach, chosen by technical director Paolo Maldini, but some of the most prominent Italian media appear sceptical: 'Is it a joke?' Corriere della Sera asked sarcastically.

@MSaintjour @footballitalia Mon cher I think Pirlo did well in his year at Juve and they should have backed him. He was building something! Team had identity again!

@nbraun @footballitalia Haha, not Pirlo, please. Loved Pirlo as a player but pour l'amour du ciel, not him lol