How difficult it is to be rich. A truth as simple as it is materialistic. A truth that hides two dark realities: it is as complex to get to the top as it is to stay there. In this article I would like to exemplify both realities by giving them a name and surname: Serge …
Renew or die. Under this avant-garde premise, clubs face the return to the longed-for but distant normality. A whole season in silence seems like an eternity when it comes to an extremely passionate sport. Just as rivers are made to carry water, stadiums have the mission of welcoming and being home to all those who …
"Football is a sport invented by the English, they play eleven against eleven and Germany always win". Or in this case, Bayern Munich. This week took place the competition whose aim of crowning the best club in the world. However, sportingly speaking, the best teams globally do not participate in it. The most exotic and …
In an ecosystem where talent is scarce, professionalism is on the rise. Today's football is no longer an acrobatic, even circus-like spectacle, but an exercise in survival. The modern re-enactment of David versus Goliath. Football is no longer impossible but unpredictable. Gone are the hammering games, the easy games. This is demonstrated by the cup …
Today we are moving to Warsaw. The Polish capital, rebuilt after the Nazi occupation, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1980 and is noted for its rich architectural variety. Eight years later, one of his prodigal sons and the protagonist of this post was born. Simply "The Best". At the age of thirty-two, he …
August 23rd, 2020. Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. Bayern was crowned champion of the continental competition by beating PSG's petrodollars thanks to a goal from Kingsley Coman. Less than four months later we meet again in the head-to-head matches. No more tests, it is sudden death. Who will win this compact edition of the Champions …
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