Poor defending and goalkeeping, but what a strike!

According to the Athletic it was 36.3 yards out

Club legend? Yeahhh right

This is such a shame for me... one of my favourite players to watch. Still top quality and only 31, going to what is (no offense meant) a retirement league.

I genuinely question whether he has the quality required for United though? He hasn't played professional football for something around eighteen months now - no amount of training will make up for that.

Tbh, it would be very funny if United brought him back and he played like shit.

Just bin the fucker already

Eh, why? I was under the impression that this is because PSG owners agreed to a very stupid contract and Mbappé is holding them to it.

Real Madrid are incredibly fucked, what a disaster for them.

Probably should unpin this

Links to a couple of articles I posted on here

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/38112430/jamaica-struggle-equality-respect-world-cup

https://theathletic.com/4718637/2023/07/29/jamaica-women-world-cup/

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Pretty damn cool tbh

Hold on, I found a non-paywalled article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-03/spain-france-canada-player-boycotts-paradox-of-power-womens-game/102037590

It's a great read, if rather depressing.

And yeah it's an absolute shitshow. Feel bad for the Spanish team who are the strongest they've been in a long time, but have to deal with this situation.

Here's a good article by the Athletic about it (paywalled though.)

Short version, fifteen players (mostly from Barcelona) protested against unprofessional treatment from Vilda and his coaching staff, and insufficient resources and backing from the federation. They requested not to be called up to the national team. Federation supported Vilda fully but later offered a compromise on certain issues, which is why some of the fifteen later returned for the World Cup. However, Spain are still missing key players who are continuing the boycott, most notably Mapi León.

I'm inclined to to believe the players on this, you don't have fifteen players refuse to play for their national team (with public support from another three, including Alexia Putellas) without having some serious problems.

Reminder that the Spanish football federation are a bunch of cunts (especially Rubiales) who would rather save face than support their players, and that Jorge Vilda is a useless, disgusting fuckwit who only got his job because of nepotism.

Wish you all the best with the job hunt!

Congratulations Aussies! Always great when a host nation goes through.