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World Soccer XXXI: Golden Generation?

Jimjamesak said:
Bundesliga has a new US TV deal with USA Network and… Fandango? Yeah apparently they have a streaming service.

It’s $20 million a year for five years. That’s $10 million less than what ESPN was paying. The market correction has begun.
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That's a bummer. USA is paywalled for me. No more Bayern or Dortmund. But St Pauli were relegated so weren't in the Bundesliga anymore anyway. Does USA get Bundesliga 2 and 3 or do those stay with ESPN?
 
cF[Authentic] said:
Free streaming on Fandango is a plus but won't necessarily bring new eyeballs
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Considering the Bundesliga is drawing less than La Liga’s 91k average viewership, it might actually get worse.

For all of the talk about soccer’s popularity in the US, it really only applies to three leagues: Liga MX, the PL, and MLS (and the Champions League). It’ll be interesting to see what La Liga gets when their rights renew.
 
Kepler said:
I love when they play the classics.
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You joke, but they're about to start drilling oil off the coast of the Falklands. Not only do you have the Argentine-UK dispute, but now we add the Israelis to the mix (the oil company is Israeli) and this has potential to be a real war... And don't forget the child rapist war criminal. Once he hears about the oil he might decide to forgo Greenland and Cuba and start focusing a little further south.
 
Remedial question from a man who has played less than 50 hours lifetime: ARG plays a simple 4-4-2. Imagine splitting it into a left side 2-2-1 under Alvarez and a right side 2-2-1 under Messi. Is there any element of the real structure that is like this? D feeds Mid feeds Attack on each side, or they play backwards within their "side" to consolidate and steady. Diagonal passes try to find openings and generate thrusts and quicken tempo.

Is this anything like real tactics?
 
Halftime. 0-0. 0 saves for both goalkeepers. The first World Cup match with not a single shot attempted for the first half hour ever.
That was a fantastic half of football if you've been suffering from insomnia.
 
Kepler said:
Remedial question from a man who has played less than 50 hours lifetime: ARG plays a simple 4-4-2. Imagine splitting it into a left side 2-2-1 under Alvarez and a right side 2-2-1 under Messi. Is there any element of the real structure that is like this? D feeds Mid feeds Attack on each side, or they play backwards within their "side" to consolidate and steady. Diagonal passes try to find openings and generate thrusts and quicken tempo.

Is this anything like real tactics?
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It’s more like lines and triangles. Lines of four across for defense, setting up triangles in the midfield for passing.
 
I hate the chatter about “the referee is losing control of the game!” It’s a fucking World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina, the fact that they haven’t killed each other is a miracle in itself.
 
Jimjamesak said:
I hate the chatter about “the referee is losing control of the game!” It’s a fucking World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina, the fact that they haven’t killed each other is a miracle in itself.
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The controversial No Knives policy appears to be working so far.
 
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