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Director/Presenter for @COPA90 Born+raised on the 1 & only @sbs 'Football is an anthropologist's dream'
melbourne-brisbane-london
Joined March 2011
This might low-key be the craziest moment of the European season. First title in 66 years won in the 94th min and the team they beat is the team who would have won the title otherwise… insane.
An all-time great football moment. Toby Alderweireld joined hometown club Royal Antwerp last summer, as he always promised he would. Tonight, he has won them their first league title since 1957 with this incredible strike vs Genk in the 94th minute!
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22 people voted on the outcome of this decision. Of those 22, 15 are now either banned from FIFA for life, suspended, imprisoned or fighting extradition to the USA to face federal charges. Only, one still actually works for FIFA.
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Wtf. How has this gone on under the radar.
🇦🇹 THE RED BULL ERA OF DOMINANCE IS OVER!. Sturm Graz have won the Austrian Bundesliga for the first time since 2011 & become the first club other than Salzburg to win the double since 2006. Sturm's triumph ends Salzburg's unprecedented 10-year run of league titles since 2014!
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This is art. Only an Italian could say so much with their hands.
Sto male. Uno scambio epico. Signori,.godetevi Pedro Pascal vs Les Gold
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I tell you what I knew rugby was big in England but the viewing party here in Portsmouth has just blown me away.
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Only, I repeat, only could Arsenal fans somehow make this Lyon result about them.
Hearing Rudi Garcia studied Arteta's tactics against Man City in the FA cup semis. Mikel Arteta is slowly emerging as one of the top managers on the game now. 💪
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It’s actually insane how in almost every Klassiker of the last decade BVB have ruined their title hopes by completely collapsing against Bayern in the most comically awful way… Then when it finally doesn’t matter they go ahead and beat them *at* the Allianz.
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30k in a regionalised fourth tier. Ridiculous.
Alemannia Aachen 1-0 Fortuna Köln. Alemannia another step closer to the 3. Liga and professional football for the first time since 2012. 29,500 attendance in the regional fourth division likely higher than Leverkusen & red bull in the #Bundesliga today.
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Unbelievable. 16 out of 20 Premier league teams still refusing to pay their staff the reccomended ‘living wage’ (around 1 pound an hour more than minimum pay) yet they can all find an extra £250,000 EACH as thankyou gift for a man who earns 2.5 million pounds a year.
BREAKING: Outgoing Premier League chief Richard Scudamore WILL accept a proposed £5MILLION departure bonus from the clubs - spread over 3 years - he will also be retained in a consultancy advisory role.
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PSG pay their players an 'ethical bonus' every match, if they applaud their own home fans post game. Neymar's ethical bonus is 375,000 euros.
What’s one sports stat that will always blow your mind when you see it?.
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2017: Tony Adams imparts his special brand of footballing wisdom on a young Granada squad. 2020: Granada qualify for Europe for the first time ever, coincidence? I think not.
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This is not the stadium the game was played in. Let that sink in.
This is how Algerian supporters watched the match at Stade 5 Juillet today.
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The fucking *away* end tonight in Berlin for the second round of the cup. Never seen anything like it. German fan culture stands alone.
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PSG may have run away with the league, but Ligue 1 is still full of gems. How's this for a 92nd minute winner.
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If you ever need proof anything in life’s possible, behold some of the best, most respected & acclaimed artists, actors, writers, reporters of our time. & @ericandre who rose to fame on a show where he ate his own vomit, drank ranch sauce & tormented the ny subway goers #birdup
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‘This guy’? Smh that’s Remi Gaillard. The man who pissed off every policeman in Montpelier. The man who gatecrashed Lorient’s Coupe De France celebrations as a ‘player’. The man who created every decent original viral YouTube football trick. Throw some repect on his name.
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2 years in the making. 2 years to the day. It’s finally here. Once In A Lifetime: Argentina. The biggest & best football film (that’s about so much more than football) I’ll probably ever make. If you think you know the story of that World Cup win in Argentina. Think again.
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This should be on the front & back of every paper in Aus. Ange is officially our biggest name in sport.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ange Postecoglou as our new Head Coach on a four-year contract 🤍.
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Trabzonspor’s last training session being held in public. If Fener drop points tonight these guys win the league for the 1st time in 38 yrs. Been told there’s no more flares left in the city…& this is a Port town. Good luck to any boats stranded in the Black Sea this weekend.
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First time we’ve ever scored a goal in every group stage match. Most points we’ve obtained in a group stage. And to think it’s the team that qualified by the skin of their teeth and a dancing goalkeeper. This beautiful, batshit game makes no sense and I love it.
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Final of #UefaNationsLeague kicks off in Porto and I kid you not the first chant that goes round the stadium doesn’t come from the 4,000 strong Dutch or the impressive ‘Ultras Portugal’ but the pockets of England fans all around singing about Harry Maguire drinking Vodka & Jaeger
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Combination of hungover & shock so still a bit lost for words, but:. Once In A Lifetime: Trabzonspor has somehow come out on top of some brilliant films by the BBC, ITV & Nike to win @BroadcastAwards .Sports Documentary of the Year. A massive thanks to all who watched+supported!
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Been a lot of incredible world cup commercials adding to the pre world cup euphoria, but none better than this. The desire, the near misses and Messi. For me this ad epitomises why Argentina is THE story of the World Cup - get pumped guys, it's only round the corner now.
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Seen many genius banners in ⚽️but fans of Cypriot club APOEL using UCL game v Spurs to demand British Museum return 500BC Sculpture is👌⚽️❤️
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This letter from a Mum of an Atalanta student has gone viral in Italy. "I write to inform that Eduardo will be absent this afternoon for historical cultural commitments, as he goes with his father to watch a page being written into the history of Bergamo". Via @Martino_Tifo
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Another only in London moment. Bossman at my Asian grocer rocking a Black Stars kit. Said it’s cause of Essien. #oneworldonegame vibes
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Nah this. This is something else.
Tonight's post-match presser for the Adelaide vs. Brisbane game was delayed so that the opposing coaches could watch the finish to the Matildas game. 📷 - michaelwhiting
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If you’ve got a problem with one. But not the other. The problem is you. Let the players live man.
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This. At an AFL game. For women’s football. I thought I’d ran out of tears but I’m gone again. You can love & embrace both. But for too long one told you to not look at the other. You can’t hide ⚽️ anymore . And every Aussies life is better & bigger for it.
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£14.95 for fans to stream one game from the same people who gave their departing CEO a £5million point “farewell” gift because his 900k salary wasn’t enough.
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Got an invite to watch arguably the biggest match of the Greek footballing calendar with 100+ ultras in an Ethiopian restaurant in South London. This city is undefeated.
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Indonesia keeping their World Cup dreams alive by beating Saudi Arabia whilst Palestine do the same, holding a full strength South Korea to a draw. The international break is the best thing in football you just need to know where to look.
Indonesia are ranked 130th in the world man. Nothing can be taken away from them. Absolute scenes.
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Australia will face Messi in the round of 16. This will be the most watched sporting event we’ve ever been part of.
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Landed in Trabzon. Was told I’d see Trabzonspor colours in the city pretty quick but this at the airport Taxi rank has to be a new record.
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I loooove this game.
Can u imagine being a season ticket holder for over 6 years aged 11 first season was david Moyes? That's my Alfie, all he knows it #mufc disappointment. 😥 this new age of utd fan will be hard as f#$k by the time we get our act together.
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Can’t explain the disbelief the spurs crowd is in with Messi, after his first two shots off the post they were just laughing in awe, when he finally scored, the only response was some bloke at the back screaming ‘Fuck off you tax evading cunt’.
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Have had the privilege of telling footballing stories in more than 100 cities w @COPA90. Nothing could have prepared me for what I experienced in Trabzon. The people, the stories, the emotions. Nothing will prepare you, either. If you watch one of my films. Make it this one.
🚨 Episode 2 of Once in A Lifetime, is live!. There are football stories. and then there's @Trabzonspor winning the Turkish league. We all saw the scenes from their first 'official' title in 38 years. Well, @ElMengem was on the ground for it all.
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Post a pic of you next to someone who is slightly more famous than you.
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Something positive amongst this mornings result. Just look how young the crowd is, the reaction, they disbelief get it. They know how much this means, they know how big this is. The role Football plays here is only going to get bigger each generation. It’s inevitable.
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This, from last year is a nice little ‘where are they now’ summary of the people who were tasked w that WC host vote as well as all the other important decisions made in the game. Why we as fans allow these ppl to run the game instead of us, or at least alongside us, astounds me
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Energy in Naples today is something I’ve never experienced before, the sense of something historic is so palpable everywhere you go. Have been inundated with people sharing stories from the 80s/90s like this guy w his original fanzine from the last time they won the Scudetto.
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Panama have declared a national holiday in celebration of qualifying for a World Cup.
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Really not down for this. Average Argentinian monthly wage is about $400USD, wouldn’t even get you to Madrid from BA. Meanwhile 65,000 fans miss out on their clubs biggest match in their history replaces by the wealthy few who can afford it & Spanish locals?.
🏆🏟 ¡La gran final de la #CONMEBOLLibertadores entre @CARPoficial y @BocaJrsOficial se jugará en el Santiago Bernabéu de Madrid el 9 de diciembre!
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Got served this ad on insta stories today, genuinely horrific. And people wonder why there is a housing crisis in not just London but nearly every city on earth. Airbnb has us sleepwalking into a society where not only can you no longer buy a house, you can’t rent one either.
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A thing about Zlatan that doesn’t get mentioned enough, it’s not just the iconic lines like this he drops so consistently, effortlessly & confidently, it’s the fact he does them in the *6* different languages he’s fluent in. A bonafide icon of ⚽️ culture on & off the pitch.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Verona fans booing him:. “Keep booing. This is the biggest moment in your year seeing me”. Classic Zlatan 😂😂
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The scenes in fed square from that goal are up there with any thing I’ve seen at a derby/qualifier/cup final. For a moment it went apocalyptic.
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Randomly got paid a for a twitter video that went viral last year, was buzzing until I've seen some of it has come from the S*n. Obviously not looking to profit from them so thought I'd put it to good use, so if anyone has a JFT96 charity they can recommend send me a link.
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Phone's broken, all my argentinian cash is ruined, shoes are ruined, passport is soaked, but the fifteen minutes we got in the Bombonera, was perhaps the most breathtaking i've experienced on a Derby Days shoot. Bring on the first leg. again tomorrow.
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You wouldn’t know it. But this is the weather in London and this is the crowd at 6th division Dulwich hamlet today. London is the best place on earth sometimes.
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This. 6am on a cold, wet Wednesday. Every other code couldn’t pay to create anything close in their biggest, grandest spectacle.
Really is no other sport that brings this kind of delirium. Saturday is going to go offffffff🇦🇺🦘
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Taken the past 4 months off this app to preserve the old mental health, but inspired by the events of the past few days by everyone in the football community from fans to ex players to journalists, thought I'd hop on to touch on something I feel should be addressed more seriously.
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They’ve even decked out the traffic lights:. This year.Is ‘the’ year.Then the image of the league trophy
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Covering a tournament will do this to you, after 3 cities & 30 days, it was only when I remembered you couldn’t actually buy her kit that I clocked the obvious.
Love this. Mary Earps parents playing it cool when being interviewed by a journalist who didn't seem to realise for quite a while. Her mum trying to keep a straight face has me giggling. 😄. The likeness with her mother is uncanny! 🍏⬇️🌳
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Ok, back from the Bombenera alive. Won’t go into too much detail, saving that for Derby Days but the reason i never attended #superclasico in the past is because of concerns that it’d just never live up to it’s legend. It did. It truly, truly did. Onto the next leg!
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Honestly. The people who run this game have no clue. Those numbers should be their reward for making a match in the second division such a spectacle.
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Cant lie, 100,000 views in 48hrs is unbelievable for a vid of this length. Genuine thanks to everyone whose given it a watch+helped prove there is demand for long form, in depth football stories that go beyond the surface. To everyone whose reached out, massive, massive thank you
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Genuinely feel for West Ham & their situation. But this image, my oh my this image. I cannot stop laughing.
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Officially the world longest concussion.
Karius, what are you doing mate 🤦🏽♂️
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Good morning from *World Cup* hosting Australia. 1.3 million tickets sold. 75,000 sell out tonight. One more giant step towards Johnny’s vision. #itoldyouso
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Was blown away that Hamburg Derby Days, at 30 mins long was the 1st ever ep to crack 100k views in 48 hrs, but now the 60 min Derby Days Superclasico has done it in 36. Thank you to all who gave up their time & showed there is a huge demand for long form, detailed films online!
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Right, so the city is basically an exhibition of the club colours at this point.
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Seeing ppl say Scotland won’t go far at the Euro’s but it’s not about that, it’s everything else! Being part of the Panini albums, the kit release for the tournament, even seeing the odds your team are given, that’s what Scotland have waited 22 yrs for! The games are superfluous!.
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Like a group of magicians Hertha ultras who first set up their away end w all fans at the back in blue & those at the bottom in white to mimic the club logo just lit so much pyro the game got postponed and when the smoke cleared they had changed their into stripes like their kit
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Back in Argentina, and the obsessive football madness doesn’t stop, at a friends house and his remote control has a button exclusively. for Football.
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Yeah tbf this weekend’s insane Somalia result or that last minute winner in the Indonesia/Malaysia derby just can’t compare to another scoreless Roma draw with Sassuolo in front of a half empty Stadio Olimpico.
I took . just a. D. N. A. T e S t. t u r n z o u t. I'm. 1. 0. 0. %. bored of international football.
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Never thought a trip to Scotland would turn into arguably the biggest film I’ve made, but here we are. An incredible experience in an incredible football country that’s coming to your screens very soon.
In the Summer we sent @elmengem to Scotland to explore *the story* of the Euros. Sadly, they finished bottom of the group with 1 goal…yet we discovered a story far more important. Find out why Scotland are 'The Footballing Nation'. Coming Soon, only on COPA90 Stories YouTube 🎥
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The ball went in, he turned to me and said, that’s why watch this, that’s why it’s the beautiful game. Then he showered with a full cup of beer from agitated fans at the back. he laughed it off. Mans on another level of maturity. Everyone should send their love
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This isn’t real life.
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Alright here we go. My 1st proper series post pandemic & the most culturally & emotionally rich set of films I’ve ever made. A show about migration, hazelnuts, wine, suicide, environmentalism, weather, guns, flamenco, humour and a lil bit of football…. All start tomorrow.
Football needs different winners. We sent @Elmengem on a journey to show why every fan should enjoy that feeling of pure ecstasy. at least Once In a Lifetime!. 3 Clubs. 3 Stories. 3 Cultures. Once In A Lifetime. This August on COPA90 Stories📽️. 04/08 | Episode 1 | Real Betis
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Incredible. Eintracht are renowned for their following home+away (took 2,000 to Lichtenstein for a dead EL qualifier, 50k attended 2nd leg at home) but like many in Germany, they’re sacrificing their obsession for the bigger picture. If only those in the UK fan scene did the same.
#Eintracht #Frankfurt supporters leaving their standing terrace empty at home to 1. FC #Union #Berlin this evening in protest at Monday night football, which is set to be discontinued in the #Bundesliga as of 2021-22. Background for @dw_sports ➡️
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