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Chelsea and Man City make the Champions League Final in Istanbul.Today, the UK instituted a travel ban to Turkey.
Read there is a push to move the game to England. Cheeky.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
What a Europa League Final. 11-10 in kicks. Honestly how a shootout should be, there's no excuse for the number of poor pens amongst pros out there. Emery remains perfect in the Europa League, you can take the manager out of Sevilla, but you can't take the Sevilla out of the manager.
Good to see the USMNT in a competitive match again. Bright start despite no first half goal, but lackluster in the second until the Siebatcheu goal. Glad to see the win and appearance in the final.At times, I watch this team and get excited about the idea of watching Pulisic, Reyna, McKinnie, Adams, and the rest grow toward 2026. There's some real Golden Generation potential. My biggest worry is finding a defensive anchor. John Brooks might be the guy, he has that Oguchi Onyewu intimidator mold, but will he be around long term?One thing is for sure, they need to be better to beat Mexico. Fine enough performance to get there, but not close to the peak I hope to see.
There have been plenty of promising CBs, none of them have developed though. Brooks is seen as the cream of the crop, but there was a time when Miazga, Palmer-Brown, Carter-Vickers were all seen as super promising. Those three are 25, 24, and 23 now; you've got to be getting first team minutes at a decent club by that age, and it just hasn't happened. Richards is still young, and seems to be in Bayern's long-term plans, but the fact that Ream was even in the squad last night should tell you all you need to know.
He's been a bit better, but I still feel like GREGGGG has an inherent bias from the USMNT structure. Which manifests itself in these safety blanket players they "know" like Ream (who ive just come to grips with the fact that he will be getting selections till he retires) or Zardes. Im also puzzled as to why Yueill is racking up caps, much less starting. I get Lletget, he's versatile and experienced by this point. But Yueill was odd to me
So, is tonight a big deal? Do we care at all? I find myself somewhere in the middle. 5-10 years from now I'm sure I'll care more about Nations League but I just can't seem to get revved up for it.
I'll admit I was far more into it than I expected. Fun match.
Between the awful referee and Mexican shenanigans, on the pitch and in the stands, I got sucked into it.If what happened last night with the projectiles hitting players happened at an NBA game, we'd hear about it for weeks. It's shameful that CONCACAF continues to turn a blind eye to it.