I visited La Bombonera in 2005 and toured its museum. Direct inspiration for the Soccer Legacy Project at History San Jose.
Nice video of the street being empty until the Celebration started EXT. - BUENOS AIRES - DAYA cyclist pedals down the empty streets and captures the moment Argentina wins the World Cup on penalties over France, sending an entire nation into raptures. 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/GksNOniX8m— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) December 19, 2022
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Top 5: Most-watched 2022 sports finals 1. NFL (Super Bowl, NBC) 99,178,000 viewers (38,446,000) 2. World Cup (Final, FOX/Telemundo) *22,317,000 viewers (10,153,000) 3. College Football (CFP Championship, ESPN) 22,257,000 viewers (8,072,000) 4. College Basketball (NCAA men's final, TBS/TNT/TruTV) 17,052,000 viewers (6,160,000) 5. NBA (Finals Game 6, ABC) 13,992,000 viewers (5,636,000) Note: In parentheses are viewers in 18-49 demographic. Source:SkedBall *Includes pre-game coverage and does not include streaming.
Keepers have zero business being anywhere near the spot during or between the kicks. I would not be at all surprised if the guidelines change to issue a card anytime the keeper touches the ball between kicks or approaches the kicker. It's stupid nonsense and makes the game look bad. Quite frankly, I'm amazed that a keeper at this level would do such petty things.
Lets make soccer as sterile as we possibly can and then wonder why it got boring. Didn't the NFL make a rule that players can't celebrate their touchdowns or something like that?
And in my opinion, keepers get the short end of the stick on this whole exercise. I don't mind their mind games at all!
Class from Barca. Here's the video they put out last year when Messi left them: As far as I'm aware Barca treated Messi right from the very beginning to the present time. It's a shame what happened. Messi was willing to drop his salary to $1 but it was still impossible to make it work. I was too young to really experience Pele in his prime but I feel blessed to live in the Messi era.
BREAKING: Argentina are considering putting Leo Messi on their banknotes. Officials of their financial governing body are looking to mark their nation's historic World Cup triumph. Leo Messi's influence is just insane!
It looks like a town in Italy put Maradona on their bank note (using the "hand of god" image). Argentina also considered putting Maradona on the bank note (not sure if they did).
At $5 a bill, seems like Argentina would make a lot of money because fans (domestic and international) would take it out of circulation as a souvenir. Hell, I would.
Just another way for the government to keep stealing. I rather they don't. Glad the players & coaching staff said no thanks to going to la casa rosada, presidential palace, to celebrate. The government tried to use the WC to their political advantage. Nasty stuff.