Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

The other thing to consider, is that this seems to happen quite consistently when you have matchups between Brazil, Argentina, and whichever SA nation is doing well at the moment (Chile, Colombia, Uruguay,etc…)

 

Fans crawling through ventilation (?) ducts to gain entry is unlikely to be down solely to CONMEBOL.

 

Most events like these have security checkpoints, ticket check and other bottlenecks WAY before you get to the stadium. Usually, these guys don't get anywhere near the stadium to get into the air ducts. Sure, a few always get through, but not enough to cause a delay by 80 minutes and pose a serious security threat.

 

Rose Bowl was superbly well organized. Stanford Stadium was a potential death trap: 83k capacity with lots of narrow steep staircases, tunnels and wooden structures. It’s since been demolished and rebuilt into a smaller stadium. Levi’s stadium - a ‘26 venue - has egress issues too but they’re minor in comparison to the old Stanford Stadium.

 

That video seems to show nothing. People climbing fans one way and then climbing back. I don't get it.

 

That was not a good advert for the WC in 2 yrs time. Complete cluster******** and Commebol has a lot to do with it. Having said that, reading the reports, Miami police didn’t cover themselves in glory either.
It was sheer luck there were no casualties either. Crowds being pushed and pressed into closed gates is generally a recipe for disaster. In what world people w/out tickets ended up all the way inside the complex? What a shitshow.

 

As a side note, what the ******** with a 25 min half time show? Those clowns on top of world football (FIFA, Commebol etc) have to realize there is no need to copy the NFL and Super Bowl.

 

THAT needs to never happen again.

 

Are you not acquainted with my work?

 

I for one would like to say, "Thank you for your service."

 

Yeah, and if they are going to emulate the SB, do the show before the match. Less intrusive that way.

 

More important than the tougher path to the final, I think Argentina just has more depth. The triple sub they made early in extra-time really seemed to turn the tide in their favor. They took out 3 top players yet lost nothing on the quality front and gained a lot of energy.

 

I like this, if they insist on doing it.

Have the 15min show 1-1.5hrs before kickoff. That will get a bunch of people to show up at the stadium early, and then the actual rush for game time will be severely reduced. As long as TV broadcast is live in real time by the start of the 2nd half, no harm done. Streaming has 1-2minute delays all the time anyways.

 

Were all 3 late subs involved?

 

Yeah....Paredes, Lo Celso, Lautaro.....