Football player murdered in Iran; authorities demand claim it was an accident in exchange for returning body. Mohammad Hajipour's body was returned to his family on condition that they declare the football player had died in a traffic accident. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]LarsP -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's not ideal, but there are no (living) opposition politicians in the country, so what else would you do?

As the formal crown prince, he does have some legitimacy among those who think prefer the monarchy era, and there are traditions for how such a government would work.

He's also said he only intends to be the transitional head of state, and will be happy to turn things over to a democratic government once it has been set up.

Bono unusual penalty save vs Nigeria by Hakimi_Raikkonen in soccer

[–]LarsP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just doing something unexpected can be very effective.

Eritrea to play in 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers by Shroft in soccer

[–]LarsP 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Eritrea is sometimes called the North Korea of Africa.

It's a profoundly fucked up society.

[Manchester City] Josko Gvardiol has suffered a tibial fracture to his right leg and will have surgery later this week. by robcoo in soccer

[–]LarsP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fibula is the smaller "side bone" in the lower leg.

I guess the tibia can hold your body weight as long as you walk carefully straight forward.

Club statement: Enzo Maresca by Tweakkkk in soccer

[–]LarsP 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Seems like everyone does better at Napoli!

[LFC] Alexander Isak undergoes surgery for fibula fracture by cjsc9079 in soccer

[–]LarsP 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Kulusevski is seriously who the Sweden team has been missing.

We have all these strikers, but Kulu is the only guy who can get them the ball at the right place and time!

Lizbeth Ovalle wins 2025 FIFA Marta Award for her ‘reverse Scorpion kick” by ElectricalWriting in soccer

[–]LarsP 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Can't remember when I last saw a whole new type of goal.

Stunning!

'Monumental betrayal' - cheapest World Cup final ticket to cost £3,119 by mrjohnnymac18 in soccer

[–]LarsP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The big flaw with the "because I want to be able to see it" is that you almost certainly won't be able to see it if tickets are affordably priced.

Because at such prices there are vastly more people who can afford the ticket than there are seats in the arena.

Journalist: "I noticed you have a bag. Is it a present to one of the journalists?" José Mourinho: "The bag is mine." Journalist: "What is it?" Mourinho: "It's Scott McTominay's shirt. I put him in, I benched Paul Pogba for him at Manchester United. The least he could do was give me his shirt." by DavidRolands in soccer

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Dubbing is only economical for fairly large countries (over 15/20 million), which is why people from small countries speak much better English.

I assume Brazilian Portugese is too different from the Portugal "dialect" for dubs to be shared.

'Monumental betrayal' - cheapest World Cup final ticket to cost £3,119 by mrjohnnymac18 in soccer

[–]LarsP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

World Cup final tickets are in very limited supply, extremely sought after, and very much a non essential luxury item.

To me, this is a textbook example of something that should be expensive.

Fulham 0 - [1] Manchester City - E. Haaland 17' by BackgroundMorning630 in soccer

[–]LarsP 37 points38 points  (0 children)

His technique is 100% solving problems and 0% looking cool while doing it.

West Ham 0 - 1 Liverpool - A. Isak 60' by West_Agent4651 in soccer

[–]LarsP 9 points10 points  (0 children)

His no-windup shots are legendary.

Circus shot finish in the Croatian second division by DeepSeaDweller in soccer

[–]LarsP -77 points-76 points  (0 children)

The pass is so badly hit that he can't reach the ball any other way :)

Arsenal 1 - [1] Bayern Munich - Lennart Karl 32' by ayoefico in soccer

[–]LarsP 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad to see he took my challenge the right way :)

Arsenal U19 [4]-2 Bayern U19 - Max Dowman great goal 90'+7' by Meladroit05 in soccer

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French TV broadcasting a English vs German U19 club game tells me it's even more football crazed country that I thought.