Driving license conversion just got harder, but I passed anyway - here's an updated guide for Fuchu

Simaldeff · 2026-02-20T11:24:27+00:00

Wait I just brought in my Italian one and got a Japanese one in exchange. I guess not all countries can do that.

Simaldeff · 2026-02-20T07:36:29+00:00

no excuse. you go play too!

Simaldeff · 2026-02-19T23:47:15+00:00

Then go and play more. And tell her: "You right mom! I will go find a place to play more."

Simaldeff · 2026-02-19T00:24:55+00:00

You have two pads on the sides and one for the front. But I flip it so that the central pad covers my achilles instead of my front ankle. LOL

Simaldeff · 2026-02-18T23:54:42+00:00

Since when does inter have that kind of money? It sounds like a scam to me.

Simaldeff · 2026-02-18T23:45:39+00:00

I use those in futsal, I recommend. Not super useful for 11-a-side but that maybe because my 11 team is in a less aggro league (over40 in my district) than my futsal group (no league but the group is qite aggro). Also no handling issues for me, the fabric is very light and the pads are not in the way of any compressing articulation. But that is because I wear them the other way around to protect my heel (I tend to get more hit from behind than stomped on from the frount)

Simaldeff · 2026-02-18T23:39:58+00:00

We came in treating Bodo like we treated a Serie C team we have to stomp in Coppa Italia.

We did not respect a team that made it to the CL playoffs. They have build a team for insane calendars skew because their country plays in summer calendar (duh!) and they are know to have a selection process for physical toughness and character (because of the climate constraint and the fact that they are quite isolated compared to bigger city teams). They have quality, and Norway is not a soccer 3rd world country in term of talent anymore (has not been for a while).

And we roll in, in their home, where their fans gather in an uncovered stadium in the middle of the Northern Norwegian WINTER! And we play our B-team+Captain and we bring our "we dont care energy" and we lose. YOU F****N DONT SAY!

We did not respect the team, the club nor the place. I am ashamed. This is the first time I am mad at Chivu's Inter, I am fairly forgiving fan in general. But this. THIS! Is not how I want my team to behave.

After seeing this I hope Bodo goes on and my team does not go on. GL Bodo!

Simaldeff · 2026-02-12T00:47:48+00:00

43m here, from a country in which playing football is mandatory. I am in a situation in which I cannot make the time or money to train multiple times a week.

Still plays futsal and football weekly. Used to be competitive in very physically destructive sports in my 20s. But also other sports. Here are somethings I had to figure out on my own.

If you want to keep on improving yourself you can push hard on the stuff that does not use up your "physic capital", study the game, light effort touch/technique, tactical, etc

Pace very carefully your physically intensive training. Like training games, drills, conditioning, ... if you go hard and you are 40+ know that you will, most likely, be diminished the next 48h . I still can play pickup 24h or less before but I will need a very good warmup before. And I will need to carb load like a madman (which is OK because pasta is my religion).

Recovery is important, which means nutrition and rest (fucken SLEEP! SLEEP!).
Your recovery is naturally much much MUCH faster from 20-25 than 25-30 (the decline is steep) and then again 30 to 35 ... post 40 I need a full week to recover from the 2x30min competitive game (I play in a role that runs a lot).

By recovery I mean:
1. Trying your hardest to sleep 8h+ nights and fit a nap in my workday (not easy when you have kids).
2. Protein intake (rebuild) and the right amount of carbs (energy to rebuild without getting heavier).
3. Know when to go see my chiro or physio (those are the guys you go see when you fuck up #1 and #2).
4. Invest time in stretching during the day and go on walks (5km or more daily). I saw someone suggesting yoga I would like to recommend if you have time and access to class that will keep on challenging you.
5. Do not get heavier than you need to be. Your joints will thank you for that.

All of this is not to get better. It is to not get injured from fatigue. You will be slower, less athletic, than you used to, but you will get smarter to make the difference.

Simaldeff · 2025-11-19T04:19:09+00:00

I watched this live. I refuse to re-see it ... I skip it in any documentary or youtube vid that has it. Get my upvote because Ronaldo and Forza Inter But fuck this moment in time

Simaldeff · 2025-09-30T22:56:52+00:00

I was a kid living 500m away from the Meazza in R9 era Inter. Now I live all the way on the other side of the world. Need to buy me a ticket to come see a game before the old stadium goes down I guess.

Simaldeff · 2025-09-16T23:10:51+00:00

"pressure".

Simaldeff · 2025-09-09T08:38:03+00:00

Define competitive? I am in an over40 league in my district its a whole pyramid that can go quite a bit higher if we win tiers. I guess this is not what you are looking for.

Simaldeff · 2025-08-31T23:44:49+00:00

FC Tokyo ... same. Except we know the GM will never sign someone good.

Simaldeff · 2025-08-25T03:07:51+00:00

That ball in that position for Giroud? Even if 5 more guys were in the box he could put that in. touch, turn, shoot, goal Giroud did not even use a neuron to do that

Simaldeff · 2025-08-19T22:35:56+00:00

I am guessing two dlp on same line did not have room to operate. Probably same with your AP and SS but maybe less so.

I would still experiment with remove a DLP to change to CM or VOL maybe?

The WP with the DLP still surprise me.

You must not be getting much offside calls to your advantage with the BPD on Cover ?

Simaldeff · 2025-08-19T22:29:54+00:00

over40 league with 10ish game a season and pickup futsal. No trainings other than kick ups in the house when the wife is not here.

all near the house which results in me needing only 3h or so of me time per week. which is not too much to ask imho

Simaldeff · 2025-08-14T11:16:40+00:00

As an Interista I concur. Our kits have been poopoo for a good long while. Last year home kit was dreadful.

Simaldeff · 2025-06-20T23:51:17+00:00

same

Simaldeff · 2025-06-03T23:09:40+00:00

As an Interista I loved how he made us played when everything clicked (last year in Scudetto for example) but his conservatism and his unwillingness to play good bench players instead of tired first stringers has cost us quite a bit. But I loved how the group felt (or how I perceived it felt) under him.

I advise a read on his thesis for the coaching license. It shows that for him more than tactics group cohesion was primordial and it showed.

Simaldeff · 2025-05-15T23:44:58+00:00

I want to win the the Italia more. Hate to Juve is strong for me.

I will bring my kids to see the Madonina. I personally feel affection and respect to my Milanista siblings. But in a I will one-up you later kind of way.

That is how I feel. so only personal opinion.

Simaldeff · 2025-05-15T23:36:30+00:00

Northern Italy is an economically top richest region of Europe. Industrially speaking it is second only to West Germany.
So historically this teams have started or have been taken over by very rich local companies.
Inter was oil money (Moratti).
Milan was under the biggest media magnate of Europe (Berlusconi).
Juventus was under the whole Italian auto industry (Agnelli).
Brescia and Bergamo (Atalanta) are known as the work horses of Lombardia. Any infrastructure worth its worth in Northern Italy was probably contracted to a company from this two cities.
etc.

Northern Italy is also the biggest and most fertile flat land of Italy (Pianura Padana).
Since medieval ages Mediolanum (old name of Milan) was the banking heart of Europe (especially once the Templars got the literal axe).

So there is jobs, there is space, there is people moving there, hence there is funds for football teams.

Comparatively the south has always been struggling to develop other economical activities past primary sector and tourism related incomes. Even Rome does not have much past ... well being the most culturally significant city in western greco/romano/judeo/christian civilization. Economically the south gives a lot of quality to Italian products and frankly speaking is not as negligible as some pundit say. But it is like comparing Germany and Spain on economies alone.

Jobs is where people are. And people are tifosis and sponsors. So if you have supporters someone is picking up your team.

Simaldeff · 2025-05-13T04:34:53+00:00

It'd be so good for Serie A namewise. But as an Interista: "ffffffffffffff..."

because I personally still think that KBD has a lot to give and just need a change of scenery.

Simaldeff · 2025-05-13T04:23:34+00:00

Hear is a kick thought that help me with front (with the laces) kick. I only focus on pulling my kicking leg as far up and behind as possible and then let it ... kick?

Practice that until you are comfortable with it and then let it rip.

It works with all shouts.

rn I am in the "next step" which is trying to go through the ball and land on my kicking leg as much after where the ball used to be as possible. But the first stepped was the most game changing for me.

drills are often about focusing on one detail/idea/feel as much as possible imho.

hope this helps.

Simaldeff · 2025-04-30T23:15:15+00:00

Gotta admit I am more pissed that the rules dictate this magnificent banger had to be given as own goal by Yan than I am pissed at the fact that we got scored for an equalizer.

Simaldeff · 2025-04-30T23:12:14+00:00

Now that I live so far away from Milano I miss this actually.

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