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Well. That escalated slowly.
A really worthy final. Europe v S America
Messi v Mbappe or Messi v The Young Jude Bellingham
The old v the new. The ageing superstar against the young superstar or the coming superstar
Perfect
40% also opposed to the paramedics strike
Messi also a devout Roman Catholic so a coup for the Vatican if Argentina win
Perhaps its American training showing here
A win for a largely Roman Catholic team in a Muslim majority country and defeat for increasingly irreligious France and heretic Protestant heritage and irreligious England and Germany would also be seen as divine intervention. Just the pity Catholic Italy and Brazil did not get through
What a day of football this has been. Just wonderful. I love this game.
Everything bad is forgotten as the soccer amazes. No one cares about Qatar or migrants or Pride Armbands or any of that any more. Give us bread and brilliant circuses
We are nearing the end of an era.
I'm sure it'd be thoroughly enjoyable in different ways though.
And, per Brazil, part of the charm is when the best fall by the wayside. Almost every time.
Not convinced that Argentina are good enough to get past Croatia.
Good Christians play cricket and rugby.
Albeit not usually at the same time.
England v France could be it.
Probably nailed on a scoreless 120 minutes though.
Still wondering at the psycho-historical anomaly that makes France v England simply not a grudge match or derby. Perhaps because no controversial or particularly high profile previous encounters.
A Argentina v Croatia and France v Portugal semi finals would however be the first all Roman Catholic majority and heritage nations World Cup semi finals ever
AND IT'S LIVE
And really the quality of the tournament has nowt to do with FIFA. It’s down to the players. It is bloody good though. More to come tomorrow.
Anyway, off to finish a vintage detective novel from the British Library series. Night all.
How the Kremlin tried to conscript me for its war, even though it murdered my father
Anatoly Litvinenko
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/03/alexander-litvinenko-poison-polonium-kremlin-russia-war-ukraine-spies
It’s brilliant at translation too if you give it a general message to put across, and the language. I just got it to write an ingratiating intro email in Georgian to a vigneron.
(Different rules required for the women's game.)
Something about the early winter timing has amped the footie. Dunno. But it is great. And for this reason the negatives WILL be largely forgotten
FIFA must be eyeing up S E Asia. Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, etc. All football mad yet no sniff of a Cup ever, and home to 500m people
A 15% pay rise that got everyone onto the payroll would work out much cheaper by far.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221209-belgium-makes-eu-parliament-arrests-in-qatar-corruption-probe
I think Vietnam made the final Asian qualifiers.
Today, I am resigning from my position for the same two reasons: I love people, and I love Florida,”
That's a very odd way of saying "I'm a crook".
SSI - But it's one way to convey, on advice of legal counsel, I'm really a good person, PLEASE do NOT throw the book at me!"
Meanwhile. We are losing folk off the staff as quickly as we can recruit them. Most are going to supply, partially as this ensures they are able to eat during their working day. And they get better pay for shorter hours and much less responsibility.
The system is bonkers.
I don’t think it’s that though. Our matches against Portugal are always fruity for example.
Grudge matches:
Germany
Argentina
Portugal
Scotland
Any Scandinavian team
Non-grudge:
Spain
France
Wales
Netherlands
Brazil
Belgium
Hard to place, because they get under our skin but feeling’s not mutual: Italy.
You’d be looking towards India at Christmas time, or perhaps North Africa in November.
Very hot world cups staged in Southern Europe are looking a bit passé…
Or is it?
All the others Yes
Tho I don't give a fuck about Scandi teams
Scotland is fading as they never win
I'd add the USA, a rivalry which is growing (we did not used to care, but we do, as they get better; and they REALLY care)
Sweaty as hell.
The France thing *is* a bit odd. But there have been very few competitive matches between the two - whereas there have been big, dramatic England matches against e.g. Argentina and Portugal.
A quantised HYUFD.
AND you have no Thanksgiving (feeling nothing much to feel thankful for) to take the late-fall/early-winter edge off.
He'd be annoyed when all the schools were closed, then.