Madridistas All Over Copa And Euros Collide While Colombians Dominate - The Other Teams Thread

4x4s · Jun 21, 2025

The entire idea of them putting the Spanish team core together is kind of the headache because I remember the strongest German teams having a big chunk of their players within Bayern and Dortmund. It helps on both ends when players get this much familiarity.

4x4s · Jun 21, 2025

Luke Williams, who was the head coach of the Championship club Swansea City as recently as February, is now working at Bristol Airport.

A photo of Williams at the airport, wearing uniform, was posted on social media on Saturday, prompting a reaction of disbelief among many… pic.twitter.com/BiUK11R9SP
— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) June 21, 2025

J-Mezzy · Jun 21, 2025

If Luis Diaz doesn’t go to Barcelona, they like Nico, then where would he go

Minduchio · Jun 21, 2025

WOW Oviedo!!!! I have very soft spot for this historical club. Will be hard to stay in Liga but man i am excited for them. After so much suffering finally back to Liga

Saeta Rubia · Jun 21, 2025

🚨 Xabi Alonso: "Congratulations to Real Oviedo for their promotion to La Liga.

It's a historical club. I'm happy for them, and I'm happy for my great friend, Santi Cazorla." pic.twitter.com/D9vNFou73j
— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) June 21, 2025

Xabi Alonso: "Congratulations to Real Oviedo for their promotion to La Liga.

It's a historical club. I'm happy for them, and I'm happy for my great friend, Santi Cazorla."

Saeta Rubia · Jun 22, 2025

Saeta Rubia · Jun 22, 2025

Bought 10 shares (€56) in this club 13 years ago when they were in the 4th division and close to being wound up. Now look at them promoted to La Liga. Feeling like a proud ‘owner’ now lol #RealOviedo #OviedoSiempreDePrimera https://t.co/02w3NojaRH
— Sherron Jabari (@jabari53) June 22, 2025

Saeta Rubia · Jun 22, 2025

Bayern are discussing a transfer of Gabriel Martinelli (24) of Arsenal

✅ Our Story: Bayern are discussing a transfer of Gabriel Martinelli (24) of Arsenal London pic.twitter.com/AFOo4o5UI6
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) June 22, 2025

4x4s · Jun 22, 2025

Saeta Rubia said: ↑

Bayern are discussing a transfer of Gabriel Martinelli (24) of Arsenal

✅ Our Story: Bayern are discussing a transfer of Gabriel Martinelli (24) of Arsenal London pic.twitter.com/AFOo4o5UI6
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) June 22, 2025

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If Coman could ever stay healthy he'd be head and shoulders above every Bayern transfer target. Really unfortunate.

Serengeti_Boy · Jun 22, 2025

J-Mezzy said: ↑

If Luis Diaz doesn’t go to Barcelona, they like Nico, then where would he go
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I don't like Diaz under Flick. He's frustrating and picks his moments but but is quality all through, I'm just seeing him hitting some next level of clutch like Raphinha if he heads there.

Saeta Rubia · Jun 22, 2025

Doni · Jun 22, 2025

4x4s said: ↑

If Coman could ever stay healthy he'd be head and shoulders above every Bayern transfer target. Really unfortunate.
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I think he’d be one of the absolute top tier players in the world, but the injuries are just too much.

He does have a CL final winning goal though so he’s had a very successful career at the very top.

Saeta Rubia · Jun 22, 2025

Insane from Kvara. Clip from March.

How is this fucking real? pic.twitter.com/IOKKf8MraQ
— Swearing Sports News (@SwearingSport) June 21, 2025

4x4s · Jun 22, 2025

Saeta Rubia said: ↑

Insane from Kvara. Clip from March.

How is this fucking real? pic.twitter.com/IOKKf8MraQ
— Swearing Sports News (@SwearingSport) June 21, 2025

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Is this supposed to be somehow special?

Stiliyan · Jun 22, 2025

4x4s said: ↑

Is this supposed to be somehow special?
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Yes.

4x4s · Jun 22, 2025

Stiliyan said: ↑

Yes.
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Funny, I get the feeling I've seen this quite often.

Excape Goat · Jun 23, 2025

Saeta Rubia said: ↑

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A lot of online sources talked about Nike losing ground in the football, despite stealing the German national team from adidas. In this graph, Nika actually seemed that way. IAnd was going to make a topic about it. But I just googled the topic. Nika has signed new deals with Barcelona, PSG, Brazil, Netherlands and Netherlands. They are still very in the game.

4x4s · Jun 23, 2025

Excape Goat said: ↑

A lot of online sources talked about Nike losing ground in the football, despite stealing the German national team from adidas. In this graph, Nika actually seemed that way. IAnd was going to make a topic about it. But I just googled the topic. Nika has signed new deals with Barcelona, PSG, Brazil, Netherlands and Netherlands. They are still very in the game.
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They are going into a different direction. Last time I went to their flagship store in Germany the only athlete on display was Michael Jordan, above the Jordan Brand section.

The rest was regular people/models, the idea is that fewer people identify/buy pro athlete gear nowadays and more people buy athleasure/general brand shoes and clothes in which they feel comfortable in.

Their partnership with Fanatics means they don't even produce a lot of the team related items any more, and because of fanatics specializing in low cost/quality products, it just makes the team merch stuff less desirable in my opinion.

Bought a local team jacket for my birthday, they are produced by a local brand, which makes them a tad bit more expensive but it really hits all the right notes in quality. A friend of mine brought me a Monaco kit that he bought there going to the F1 race and it feels like a knockoff, really bad.

Excape Goat · Jun 23, 2025

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They are going into a different direction. Last time I went to their flagship store in Germany the only athlete on display was Michael Jordan, above the Jordan Brand section.
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Yes, it does seem that they don't have as much star athlete for marketing. It also seems that the world lacks athlete with star quality. CR7 and Lebron are becoming history. VJ and Haaland will never become that. Mbappe has some issues while Bellingham is an adidas guy. The new basketball star players are not in the level of Lebron, Kobe, etc in terms of star marketing.

4x4s · Jun 23, 2025

Excape Goat said: ↑

Yes, it does seem that they don't have as much star athlete for marketing. It also seems that the world lacks athlete with star quality. CR7 and Lebron are becoming history. VJ and Haaland will never become that. Mbappe has some issues while Bellingham is an adidas guy. The new basketball star players are not in the level of Lebron, Kobe, etc in terms of star marketing.
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I think they did market studies and far less people said they buy athlete brand gear. Luka Doncic is a sensation but I've never seen his signature shoes in person, off court.

Stiliyan · Jun 23, 2025

4x4s said: ↑

Funny, I get the feeling I've seen this quite often.
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You probably have—if you’ve watched a lot of Zidane compilations. But how many players can you name who can not only receive a ball this high in the air, but actually control it? 99% of players would’ve just turned their back to shield it from the defender.

Aensensen · Jun 23, 2025

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I think they did market studies and far less people said they buy athlete brand gear. Luka Doncic is a sensation but I've never seen his signature shoes in person, off court.
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It's really odd how the phenomenon of athlete superstars has kind of died down across all sports.

Why do you think that is? Overexposure due to internet/social media? Actual drop in quality?

Excape Goat · Jun 23, 2025

4x4s said: ↑

I think they did market studies and far less people said they buy athlete brand gear. Luka Doncic is a sensation but I've never seen his signature shoes in person, off court.
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That's me. I never bought any athlete brand gear, but those commericals drew me into the store.,

4x4s · Jun 23, 2025

Stiliyan said: ↑

You probably have—if you’ve watched a lot of Zidane compilations. But how many players can you name who can not only receive a ball this high in the air, but actually control it? 99% of players would’ve just turned their back to shield it from the defender.
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I think you might need to dig a bit deeper. It's more common than you think it is at the top level.

It's also been done even better.

Outside of the foot? Yes please.

Stiliyan · Jun 23, 2025

4x4s said: ↑

I think you might need to dig a bit deeper. It's more common than you think it is at the top level.

It's also been done even better.

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Outside of the foot? Yes please.
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So another example from more than 20 years ago. It appears that this skill is not so common.