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I like the word "contrarian". I think, I see it for the first time in my life. It sounds very Latin and it is phonetically pleasing. Thank you for showing it. I'll sure use it. If I had a time vehicle, I'd travel to Ancient Rome and tell them about football and Robert Lewandowski.

Seems to me, he is more appreciated at the stadium by Catalonians themselves than by this forum members. He was never booed there, was he? Maybe, contrary to the overall sentiment on here, they...the Camp Nou residents, will welcome him for yet another 25/26 season with open arms...that's a...

Was a nice header...very very nice. 👍 👍 👍

Keep it up! "V" is real!

Is he in for today's match?

He talks too much because he is too much bothered with too many questions.

However, he's 100% right about this guy Probierz as the NT manager. They guy selects different players for every match. He barely won against Lithuania. The 2:0 against Malta is nothing to write home about. Yet, he says things looked better from the pitch level than from the stands...What the...

Although, it has to be said that, being a NT manager is immensely a different animal from being one at a club level. That's why the former is often called a "selectioner" and the latter a trainer. Still, his over 150 NT appearances should account for something...he knows the NT selection...

I'd rather have him hung his boots on the hook after the next World Cup, than keep to wither away at some MLS (although One season at Chicago Fire would be fine :lol:) to take over the National Team. He was trained by the best of the last two decades: Klopp, Pep, Ancelloti, Heynckes, Flick...

Except that our sense of quality is often determined by nothing else but the sense of aesthetics and that's elusive in terms of providing the key to success. It matters only in gymnastics, figure skating or diving. I am sure that with the advances of technology, more metrics: player attributes...

Many of the posters never saw Maradona or Cryuff, Marco van Basten, or even Carl Heinz Rummennige play. In particular how their play influenced the overall team performance. Too bad that at the time no stats were collected, so we can only rely on our memories which probably do not ensure the...

Being once 198 cm and 85 kg myself; my best was 12.3 for 100 m. So that wasn't bad for my XLT size but in basketball or handball there was no practical utility for that, and in football I wasn't any lineup selection at all. I wish I was born 15 years later, in mid 1980s the slim and tall and...

You're 100% right. Just that Lewandowski scored quite many goals withstanding longer 40 meters or more sprints. You made an excellent point.

At the end of the day, it is stats that win. That's science. If, say, 50 years from now, success seeking analysts wanted to recreate this year's yet-to-be the treble success, they won't rewind all the Laliga or CL matches from 24/25 season to be impressed with Yamal showy dribbles or Raphinha's...

I remember that match...he wasn't the fastest but sure enough he could do 11.5 s/100 meters, which is something Messi, Suarez, Neymar or Maradona, could have only dreamt of...there's something genetic about Latinos that they lack speed... just observing.

Watching Poland vs Lithuania, WC 25 Qualifier was a pain in the ass. The whole thing looked like a parody...such a great looking stadium, red and white colors, national anthem sung like they getting ready for the final battle against Ottomans in 17th century...and then Lithuania giving them a...

It takes at least Czech Republic to feel anything "extraordinary" whenever he scores. Saudi Arabia....not so much.

Saudi Arabia...😏

The only thing that made FC Bayern vs PSG final in 2020 a little incomplete was RL9 not scoring the decider. It would have been the perfect 👌 culmination of the treble of his, otherwise, perfect season.

This week the WC 2026 qualifiers start off. WC 2026 will be Lewandowski's last dance on the international stage... if they qualify at all. Lithuania and Malta first. Form his interviews, looks like he is still excited about this NT campaign. I am thinking he will retire from high pro football...