woollyyellowduck

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Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before." in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I can't see how he's been "influential". Everyone hits a deadball in the way Ronaldo showed us, so I'd say he's been more so. Messi's just a superb footballer in his own right. No one tries to emulate him.

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Lewis Dunk’s straight red card for abusing a referee is the first given in the Premier League for 12 years. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Tried that in the 2018 World cup with "grappling" in the penalty area. Couple of games with 2-3 penalties each and....no more rule. Football has no appetite for multiple drastic punishments, even short term. Football is a stupid, capitalist behemoth.

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