Sid Lowe
@sidlowe
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Football, politics, history, sunsets, shit jokes, Estela, stuff. On the pages of the Guardian, the screens of ESPN and in your ears at TSFP. Usually at a game.
Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo.
Joined January 2010
Leo Messi, that well-known failure at international level, is on his way to his sixth final with Argentina.
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Gerard Pique’s last words as a footballer: “I shit on your prostitute mother”.
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Can't drink, can't smoke, can't vote, can't drive. Can curl an absolute belter into the net.
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For no particular reason except that I like the photo (a recent version of many similar ones). There’s something sort of magical about going up a stadium stairs and that moment the pitch first comes into view, all bright and green and almost overwhelming.
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Iñaki Williams has now made it to SIX YEARS playing every single league game. 👏.
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When Villarreal signed Diego Forlan, they tried to get Manchester United to come and play a friendly. United said no. “Don’t worry,” the president said, “they’ll come — and for free”. The next year they did. They’ve played five times now. Villarreal have never lost.
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Real Madrid have apparently taken it upon themselves to look after Reyes’s son until he’s 18 (he’ll play in their youth system). Really good gesture.
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All three times RM were in trouble they called on Camavinga. PSG, Chelsea, City.
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Seeing a lot of Hazard compared to Bale stuff again this morning and, well, y’know. Hazard has put the ball in the net four times for Real Madrid. Bale has put the ball in the net four times for Real Madrid in European Cup finals.
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My favourite moment last night. Courtois taking a seat and chatting to Sevilla fans during the VAR check about whether it was handball from Vinicius and the goal was going to be ruled out
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Lamine obviously has taken everyone’s attention but what Cubarsi has done this last year is pretty seriously impressive too.
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They tried to buy Rashford off with an MBE but he’s better than them. Much, much better.
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Ceballos: “when I saw all those players — Karim, Carvajal, Modric… — playing cards just a few hours before the game I thought ‘wow, well, there’s calmness anyway’. I couldn’t even sleep the siesta.”.
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Se ha normalizado así que de vez en cuando hay que volver a decirlo: que se juegue la súper copa de España en Arabia Saudí es una aberración.
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Watching that Bale video. Is the overhead kick against Liverpool the most underrated goal ever? Not that no one thinks it’s brilliant — they do — but that it sometimes doesn’t seem to have the status it should. It’s an overhead kick in the European Cup final for goodness sake.
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195. Luis Suárez is now Barcelona’s third top scorer of all-time, which is pretty amazing. Here’s the list, which underlines something even more amazing: .Kubala 194.Suárez 195.César 232.Messi 630.Yes, Messi has scored more than the other three put together. Holy moly.
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Messi has done many amazing things over his career. Genuinely think this might be the first time I’ve seen a picture like this.
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Meanwhile, Argentina have just done what Spain did: Copa America, World Cup, Copa America.
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Was trying to think of a clever response but, you know what, can’t be arsed. So just fuck off Nigel you absolute cunt.
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How fast we forget. Gareth Bale's debut season at RM: .15 goals, 19 assists in the league. 6 goals, four assists in the Champions League. And *that* winning goal in Copa del Rey final. Astonishing.
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Messi’s message to Suárez: “how hard it’ll be not to share each day with you. You deserved to depart like what you are: one of the most important players in the club’s history. Not for them to kick you out like they have done. But the truth is nothing surprises me any more.”.
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Barcelona drew opening game 0-0. Since then: 4-1, 4-0, 3-0, 4-0, 3-0.
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Just to confirm that in Messi’s worst ever seasons (last and this so far) he was, erm, top scorer. 😂🤷♂️.
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What Jurgen Klopp has done (is doing) is really extraordinary. I know you all know that etc., but you stop for a moment and look at it and it’s properly absurd.
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In seven days, Real Madrid lost it all. And all at home. Amazing.
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Rival protests strikes me as a horrendous framing of this, and an abdication of duty.
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Sent this by a mate. You’ve probably all seen it by now, but anyway… made me smile
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@shane70707 @GaryLineker Taken as a whole, South American qualifiers significantly harder than European ones, yeah.
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It really is proper mad what Real Madrid have done in the Champions League.
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This is surely the most absurd European Cup run of all time. Lunacy.
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Big fan of Xavi calling every game a final, week after week, however minor, until he reaches the Classico and says “it’s not a final”.
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Instead of trying to stop Marega, they should have walked off with him.
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Worth noting that the best player on the pitch tonight in the biggest game on the planet was probably the 16 year old kid.
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Ernesto Valverde a couple of weeks ago: “the moment when you think you’re closest to beating Real Madrid is the moment you’re closest to losing to them.”.
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Xabi Alonso’s side moved three points clear at the top. Unai Emery’s side beat the leaders. Who were Mikel Arteta’s side. Andoni Iraola’s side went to Old Trafford and put 3 past Man U. What could possibly connect them all? Spain’s smallest province; Europe’s best coaches.
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Wenger won three Premier Leagues, didn’t he?.Specialist in failure. Respect, respect, respect.
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Valencia.Real Sociedad.Barcelona.Betis.Madrid.Mallorca/Athletic . 6 different winners in 6 years . The Copa del Rey rocks.
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Watching that Bellingham goal ruled out. Appallingly bad decision.
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Sitting here trying to think of better passes than Modric last night. Struggling. Please send videos 😉.
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Spain manager Luis Enrique: ."Playing without fans is sadder than dancing with your sister.".
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This is, in essence, is the WHOLE point. Beyond mechanical/logistical debates, political positions, policy, ideas, concerns and all that guff, strip it down and a lot of people are just no good. They're just horrible shits.
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Since end of the 2014 window, by my calculations, Barça have signed 29 players for almost a billion euros. How many have been an unqualified success? Not one?.
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Random dude, no. Don Isaac Palazon Camacho. Put some respect on the name.
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This whole Neymar has to sacrifice his preferred role for Messi thing. Balls. It's Messi repeatedly adapting to others, not him.
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Messi stays. Barcelona keep him, La Liga keep him, maybe he ends his career as a one club man, and the best player ever, living at home where he has been since he was 13. This should be a good thing, shouldn't it? A happy ending. It doesn't really feel like it, does it?.
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Dear football clubs. Please, please stop doing video line ups. Put a list up. A graphic. Done.
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Liked this little detail at full time yesterday: Vitolo trying to get to Suarez in time to tell him not to walk across the club badge. Suarez’s ooops, when he realizes.
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Love this. Andres Iniesta’s goal at Stamford Bridge caused a spike in the birth rate in Catalonia. So today, to mark the anniversary, he’s phoning up some of “his” kids to say happy birthday.
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From @LeeRoden89 Argentina are going to win it if Brazil don't. Two countries can win it*.Small irrelevant footnote : Argentina last won the Copa America in 1993 and it was won by a nation other than Brazil five times since. But you know, unimportant details in broadcasting.
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Also, I realize this is not the (only) point, but… for the “Messi didn’t turn up at Anfield” brigade.
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Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni: “there are no unbeatable teams. except Liverpool”.
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Valencia: 4 points off relegation at halfway stage of season, out of the ChLg. Manager under pressure. Players backed him, dir. gen. too. Patience. Finish in ChLg place (occupied for 6 days all season). Semi-final EurLg. Cup winners. First trophy in 11 years. Brilliant.
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From Jonathan Liew: Sport may be a blunt tool of social change, but it’s time to take a stand against Israel.
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Reading all over the place that Courtois had the game of his life. Thing is, he didn’t even have the game of his season. (Ask Athletic, for example). Absolutely absurd how good he’s been this year.
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@marca @ToniRuediger @Camavinga @ferland_mendy @David_Alaba @Benzema @atchouameni Four French players. One German. One Austrian.
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CLASICOS IN HISTORY: .Barcelona 96.Real Madrid 95.Barcelona are ahead for the first time in 87 years.
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Real Madrid and Barcelona now coached by men whose previous club was Everton. Looking forward to Big Dunc rocking up at Atlético.
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