te amo
Where do I begin? That was an evening I'll never forget.
It’s an incredible honour to receive the Ballon d’Or award after a year full of goals, trophies and special milestones. Thank you to all the staff and my teammates at @england and @fcbayern, as well as family, friends and everyone who’s supported me – this wouldn’t be possible without you all.
Thank you to everyone who has sent a kind message, social media post - I appreciate every single one of them.
This will live long in the memory. 🙌🏆❤️
In a single match Spain dispelled the ‘myth and might of France’.. they will not be remembered as a cultural and footballing phenomenon that transcended defeat in the ways Brazil82 or the Holland74 were.
The Argentines lacked the exact player that seals them, Rodri. I think the last player they had capable of imposing rhythm in such a situation with a combination of authority and confidence to say ‘give me the ball and stop panicking’ was Riquelme.
We get to watch his career from A to Z, having been a child while following Ney from his first moments in Santos you think it lasts FOREVER, but towards the end that illusion fades and now we learn to cherish everything, congratulations LAMINE YAMAL. Heir to Ney’s throne.
With each passing accomplishment of the Scaloni-era Argentina, Neymar’s performance against them in the Copa América final grows with it.. the only player in world football today remotely capable of such a one man display is Lamine Yamal.
After the Azteca, Kane looks to exorcize the demons of his world cup quarter final and semi final short comings in a single stroke, while England are reaching their peak, it seems difficult to imagine them reaching these heights again, emotionally, mentally, spiritually..
Raffaello retweeted
The sheet guys hate cracks. It was Spain who won today, not football. Football has no preference about the way it is played. In other WCs, the cracks based team won and football felt just fine.
Cruijff, physically super-human; His first step, acceleration, technical and mental composure to operate at top speed, all astonishing.. 1972, the year of his physical peak, shame Holland doesn’t appear at that edition of the Euros..
