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My Thoughts and Reply to womens soccer/Football crazy epsiode 99 and more Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the womens game and reply to football crazy episode 99, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurra K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show In Womens Soccer... Congratulations to OLympique lyonnais women side barcelona women for reaching the uefa champions league final.I repeat from the last episode the reply from some chelsea fans was very unfair or negative to Fran kirby and bothers me a plenty.I shared a link to the golazo from Ji sO-yun whom I call lady ji, it meant a lot to her I can tell, but enjoy your team folks, no matter who they are, stop demanding they win and start supporting them no matter what. https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HrLUfo72q?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime INAC kobe in the nadeshiko lost their second game of the season. to be fair, the season is long in Japan so nothing to be worried about but a good start is vital if the team wants to recapture the crown after missing out in the past few seasons. FOOTBALL CRAZY SEGMENT BEGINS NOW Begin intro segment, game of thrones is a decent show but the books are better, check them out rather than the show 2:14 Villa vs Leads in the championship segment, Kev gives his adventure trying to stay tuned to the information. I love his story of when Bielsa told his team to give in the goal. Interesting, possibile strategy from Bielsa referred to from Kev Egan. Des had to mention Tri D Chess < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional_chess#CITEREFDickins1971 > he falsely labeled three dimensional chess, i wonder, have any of you ever played Kubikschach or Raumschach 5:23 Boro segment, with Kay L Murray, a wish against Derby and for her derby to get into the playoffs. 5:43 Barca segment, 8 in 11 seasons, first with Messi as captain. Congratulations to Barcelona, I do think this season will be remembered for the end of an era. I can see signs where Barcelona will weaken in the future, past this season. For me the Liverpool challenge is simple, Barcelona can not afford to lose or draw in the Camp Nou and if anything, they need to keep a clean sheet. The dominance is not a big deal to me, Real Madrid had a similar phase, Ajax a similar phase, most teams that have some sort of global profile had a time of dominance, Santos/Liverpool all had those times. The question is when they don't, who will be barca fans? fandom today is success based, not team based. Good position from Kev Egan about the fatigue in Liverpool , trying to win UEFA champions league aside the English premier league. Valverde is a great coach but he has done it absent the high speed, high quantity passing style in klopp/guardiola 11:04 PSG segment, The attack of PSG has never been bad from zlatan to Neymar but the defense from PSG is not as good at it was originally. PSG had Ancellotti first then BLanc. PRoper defense first coaches, then went to the media loved, not trophy earned Emri and tuchel. The problem isn't the players, it is the coaches strategy. Kimpembe continually have mistakes that lead to opposing goals in big cup matches. But Kehrer/Bernat are not good enough. But it stems from Tuchel, a man who never won anything with Borussia dortmund that was given the PSG controls. In some way, the Mbappe/Neymar scenario is an example of the mistake the owner made in Tuchel. I dont think a problem is the squad as much as the coach. THis summer, the matuidi/Aurier players must come back into PSG. Rennes set of players is underrated, Ben Arfa a former OL diamond who played for the top three teams of modern Ligue 1 OL/MArseille/PSG but never had the best of times in either team with an ugly segway in england or a revitalizing segway in OGC Nice, Clement grenier a former OL diamond whose bad luck injuries derailed him from leaving french clubs, finally Niang, a caen player where Pogba or KAnte came from but unlike them did not have that breakout season, his largest moment a miss while in AC Milan, that has left him a journeyman in italy usually loaned out in france. Those three players played greatly but also all had a chip on their shoulder a bit, each having a career unfortunate, in all earnest. I hope each can get a good higher money post from this. 18:11 Real Madrid segment, Zidane is vetting out the team wisely. I disagree to the three panelists, You can learn alot about players when they have no trophy to earn and they must win games simply to win in the shirt. I hope Navas go to a team like SHanghai in china, a big team in china, if Zidane must let him go by the owners move. I agree to Kay , Bale must go to somewhere he can be loved, CR7 loves Turin, for the fanbase and adoration, proper fans. But I don't think england is the answer, Southampton/Tottenham/Real Madrid and next need to be a club that can afford him that can also naturally be in contention to lift trophies. I think he can be great for Atletico MAdrid if he was affordable but based on affordability as well as current situation being trophy lifting, i say, Bayern is the best bet, but bayern is not run like that. 25:21 Italian serie a segment, Allegri for Juventus broke his cool but it is the fate from modern media to heckle those who do not succeed. It is hard to handle it kindly or positively throughout a season. I like the photos between Icardi side his wife who is also his agent. < https://video.virgilio.it/guarda-video/wanda-nara-consola-icardi-foto-piccante-sui-social_bc6030999560001 > 27:47 English EPL segment, Gary Bailey said that DeGea needed a rest. His mistake in the match against Chelsea proved the need. The shame is that Chelsea are defensively porous the entire season in their goal to defend through possession , something i have never seen done well in another team since Xavi left FC Barcelona. Kay made a great point Ole keep referring to the ferguson era but does not act that way. Ole can drop degea for poor performing if he is as a coach acting as ferguson. Kev made a good point in parallel, DeGea has been in a defensive cauldron for a long while. 36:03 4th place segment, in italy, spain, england, will be down to the last day it seems. People forget Brendan Rogers was the one who started the liverpool electric attacking era. 39:02 English table top fight segment, the Leicester City match against Manchester city is huge. Rogers if he forces a draw or loss against Manchester City will be huge for Liverpool. If klopp fails it will be massive for liverpool long term. 40:54 German bundesliga segment, Dortmund or Bayern are both lagging poorly at the end of the season, the failure in this season from bayern is in their instability 43:13 MLS segment , love the Ray Hudson audio clip mirroring the lovely wise sage, who seems 10 in the la liga commercials on beinsports, to MLS the fact that Zlatan went to apologize was stunning to hear. I love the shoutout to Dominique Wilkins. Loved him, his career had unfortune from illness 46:07 Liga MX segment 46:56 Turkish superlig segment, Istanbul did drop points but Galatapalace did not win but drew. Thus galata retain second but all is to play for in the next two matches ,the two biggest matches are going to decide the title. Galata palace face Besiktas second versus third and then they face the week after Bashakshehir current first versus second. I will be tuned, Go Galata palace!! 48:48 power rankings segment 10 sheffield united back into the top flight , Kay sang part of their song, the greasy chip butty song, which is backgrounded by the john denver hit annie's song, whenever i hear that song in modernity i think of the commercial about nature where the woman is crying, now i have the sheffield fans chant and her crying combined < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA14bKuuSms > 9 Gary Bailey twitter awakening 8 Virgil Van Djik player of the year, Raheem Sterling pfa young player of the year, Kev made a great stat attack, Manchester City has never won the player of the year and that coincide to something i derived after I read an article by RIchard keys,thank you Kev for informing, I read what he wrote and his points are valid toward LEgacies at MAnchester united or Liverpool in comparison concerning Ole, the Boot room or Ferguson,using as a binder the great, in my view, brian CLough <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiIdbDBmZc , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3XVPGWMUI&fbclid=IwAR0vTcDabbdJRIPJR5BNKGobnSmLwYNsGobI7QS4RAAYSSgnsZ90nYzUfEs > supported by things only mourinho knows that the media is gagged from saying, the Video assitant refereeing mechanism used in england or the choice before the end of the season having modern communication tools to vote for the player of the year before the season ends, the need to change the times of the player of the year if liverpool end up trophyless will be apparent but it prove how popular manchester united/arsenal/liverpool the three red lions are in the english media landscape. technologically keys is correct, but i sense a media community that is based on old popularities < https://richardajkeys.com/index.php/blog/209-why-is-van-dijk-poy> 7 cr7 600 club goals, greater than messi in speed to reaching, 10 season 60 goal mark 6 Stephanie Frappart first female referee 5 coach paco for rayo finally beat real madrid 4 uefa champions, europa leagu, concacaf champions league, conmebol copa libertadores 3 montpellier captain 42 getting one year extension 2 valverde back to back coaching led titles 1 messi the substitute scores and barca wins a title, score or assist in every camp nou game In AMendment Neymar Legacy segment, Neymar said he wanted to play for Flamengo at the MAracana and he wants to return to Santos. For me Neymar has at the club level only a Brasil serie a title, a copa do brasil. For the flag level neymar is only missing the copa america and world cup which i think he will have one half solved this coming summer and the other in qatar. If Neymar win the quintet for PSG men then he will have won the top confederation trophy for every team he ever played for, I say go to AC Milan or Shanghai Shenhua to win it all and then go back to brasil and complete his club goals in conmebol for flamengo and then return to santos to retire and go into coaching or management Neymar is very fortunate, he has what many conmebol players do not have, that being conmebol club side success before he left for money in uefa. Ronaldhino showed the way, neymar keep it up. https://twitter.com/Cynegeticus/status/1121211501648457728 Neymar is a boxer segment, I saw the video, don't make it seem like neymar is a boxer, it was the same kind of slap the president of real madrid gave cristiano ronaldo ...Ligue1 is not to blame, two ambitious players mbappe/neymar wanted to win it all but the failure was in emri tuchel who pushed away the matuidi's aurier's away and brought in the kehrer's held up the rabiot's https://thebiglead.com/2019/04/28/video-did-neymar-punch-a-fan-an-investigation/ The modern game segment, I comrpehend @kenearlys explanation or @EricKrakauer support but, the top teams always have a system, more importantly, they have the players to fill that system. The problem is seeing the counter system and having the players to fill that system, ala Leicester city I don't think luxury players are obsolete, the problem is teams dont have a squad to fit the system they are playing. this is what mou meant by klopp/pep asked for more players to fill the need. cause few players today are good enough footballers to play to any system https://twitter.com/EricKrakauer/status/1122897865397944322 https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/ken-early-football-s-new-age-neutralises-philosophies-of-the-past-1.3874358?mode=amp English premier league ownership segment, are the owners in the epl buying players to fit a system or buying players to increase the media exposure. if you look at MCFC or Liverpool this year, neither has a top player media wise @EricKrakauer @kenearlys are the owners in the epl buying players to fit a system or buying players to increase the media exposure.if you look at MCFC or Liverpool this year,neither has a top player media wise @EricKrakauer @kenearlys remember real madrid bought beckham/kaka and neither was system needed https://twitter.com/ManuelVeth/status/1122897175652921346 Thank you LINK https://www.beinsports.com/us/ligue-1/news/football-crazy-neymar-goes-too-far-as-psg-los/1179770

My Thoughts to the Womens Game and Football Crazy Episode 98 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the womens game and reply to football crazy episode 98, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurray K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show In Womens Soccer... An interesting media note to hear from Fran Kirby the negative thoughts from others from her missed penalty. The problem I have is how the womens game is taking the best from media in the mens game but eliminating the rest. In the mens game, too many players/coaches/owners are judged unevenly and that judgement style is accepted as warranted or allowable, even though it is common. The players/coaches/owners in the womens game must change how media interact to the womens game. End the viper pit on failure culture or at least, make it far less prevalent than it is in the mens game. https://twitter.com/frankirby/status/1120253496887001091 Olympique Lyonnais defeated Chelsea 2-1 and FC BArcelona defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in the UEFA champions league semifinals, nothing is decided though the Olympique Lyonnais advantage is far stronger, if OL get one goal, it makes the task for Chelsea massive, while Bayern munich can overcome Barcelona, especially in Bavaria. https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HqLMzni8P?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime FOOTBALL CRAZY SEGMENT BEGINS NEW begin intro, love the poetry on speak like shakespeare day , Kay, Kev, Des are together. Ray Hudson is not interested in seeing photos of 4 month old James:) Kev Egan's son. Des said James is a lovely addition to humanity. hilarious. Love the little ones, everyone does...I love how in the podcast they recorded ray hudson saying, don't be putin this out on that internet, classic , classic:) 2:08 MUFC segment, Gary Neville said you didn't need to name names. Ole essentially has said the same as Mourinho while mourinho was coach. Kev is wrong to be stunned by the lacking of the players in Manchester red cause Mourinho challenged all the players , pogba the most, to be better, they failed individually or collectively. Real Madrid want Pogba cause he is a money vault on a team winning trophies, filled with talent. Real Madrid knows this. I agree to Kev that the workman culture was in the club but that culture had two elements, not just alex ferguson but the player culture that has changed. Modern players are not brewed in the streets, as journeyman, they are brewed in academies where they are coddled and groomed in many ways outside mere ability and mindset. The reality is, unlike in usa based sports, where the new york knicks, dallas cowboys, new york yankees can be athletically poor and still be the fiscal dominant, manchester united can not do this. 11:01 title wins in france/italy segment,First PSG, no Mbappe is the heir to the CR7 goal killer throne. Neymar is the heir to the Messi Talisman throne. But, I concur to Kay, the masses, most who are neither functional fans or equal critiquers. I agree to KAy, Mbappe and Neymar are wise to stay in PSG. FOr Mbappe the reasoning is simple, he is french, he is winning, and winning in spain is not in the modern global media a greater than winning in france. Neymar has already proven to be great at Santos where he won the copa libertadores leading the team in a way no other player, including mbappe led a team at that age in recent times. And, he showed he was able to be a great team player, coming to barca and being a second or third at that age, showing great maturity. PSG is a project he need to finish. Neymar is a global brand that has proven himself in a way Bale never did so the comparison is false. Neymar's true club is Santos. Bale is nothing compared to neymar in terms of accomplishments. Neymar need to win the copa america and then win all trophies for PSG and then move to ... AC Milan and win the Copa Libertadores with Santos and win the UEFA Champions League with FC Barcelona/PSg/ AC Milan Second Juventus, To me Juventus under Allegri reached two finals. I think if PSG had reached UEFA champions league finals that would had been enough from prior coaches. ANyone can lose a final, but getting theree is the true sign. To get to a final proves you know what you are doing and how the team is organized.Allegri has earned another rebuild of the team. 22:23 La Liga segment, everyone knows who Lahoz is if they watched any LaLiga recently. Getafe had a huge win but even though they continued to show SEvilla's weakness in the road, the placements for the fourth position is not finished. aduriz and Now Molina prove that the development of players is not a matter of age but of settling in to your game, you never stop learning but Would Getafe be willing to make a great affordable summer youth squad instead of getting experienced players for depth, if getafe make fourth in la liga season end? Valencia's momentum make them the ones to make the fourth spot for me. 30:40 Villareal and the relegated segment, I love Kay's story on Carzola being fouled by Amera, the leganes manager told Amera to apologize to Cazorla who plays for Villareal. And, I love the subsequent story from Kev Egan and a similar though other ending story on his time in gaelic football. Celta Vigo/Villareal/Bilbao all had a time near or in the relegation zone, it is not a bad thing that in la liga midtable teams are battled by minnows to stay in the top flight 34:13 MLS segment, Atlanta United is a young organization, I think every firm needs to go through experiences to learn from them, books can not teach you experiences, they can guide you but only going through it can teach. Atlanta United had a great first season, one of the best in Major league soccer history but they are not going through the process of shifting coaches easily. The key in LA FC is that bob bradley is probably in it for the long term. Happy for Carlos Vela 37:46 EPL title race segment, Tottenham/Manchester City third match was in the citizens favor but was another rough match, maybe familiarity forced the team to play ragged. Manchester United should not be able to stop Manchester City for scoring. 41:36 PFA awards segment, I wish the player awards can occur after the season. If Manchester city win Sterling. IF Liverpool win Van DJik. 43:20 Bundesliga segment, the race is still on. very compelling between Dortmund and Bayern, essentially neither can afford to lose or draw, the one who does gives the other the win for certain. 43:33 Icardi Transfer, the focus on the show is on how an organization will handle his agent and his media ways but for me, the issue to icardi is the team. Icardi is a goal getter. He isn't someone who connects like Benzema or Suarez. He isn't a warrior like Lewandowski or Mandzukic or Lukaku or Cavani. He isn't a technician like an aguero or firminho. He is like Carlos BAcca, one of those players who will score a lot of goals if you give him opportunities but you have to give it to him, and he will wait for them in his area. So, I think the bigger key is, if Inter Milan do move him on, that he guides that movement to a team that need a goal getter but don't necessarily need another kind of player in the center forward position. When I look at big money or high profile teams I think Manchester United could use Icardi. Other big money or high profile teams either have the depth in the center forward position or play a style where they ask from the center forward a style of play not in Icardi's repertoire. Some say Real MAdrid but Icardi is not skilled enough for Real for me. Yes, Icardi could be the return of a player like Raul for Real MAdrid, but is Icardi that kind of warrior, I am not certain.Icardi is a battler but to the level of Raul, who can come of the bench and contribute over one hundred percent, I have not seen that from Icardi at times. 44:15 The La Liga top three segment, The two madrid giants are wobbling and both in need of modulation in the summer. FC Barcelona may have their last great season in the messi era cause Barcelona's pace or movement this system show some legs need to be exchanged to give them greater rest , to still more liveleness in them. Morata was clipped by the referee and I agree that the referee need to be exposed for the misbehavior that players are exposed to cheaply from media. Benzema is a great forward who is a team player, I only wish another team player, Willian was given a similar opportunity, maybe he will in a Sarri led chelsea absent hazard side others. Power Rankings 10- PSG's bench , neymar,cavani, di maria, buffon 5 a side, you can not sit with us 9- title's with caveats, PSG, Juventus 8- PAOK , first title in 31 years 7- Drake Curse is lifted, By Olympique Lyonnais, I wonder did memphis depay get drake to smoke a cigar with him 6- Chukwueze, Villareal 5- Guedes, in Valencia, scoring goals 4- Barca Backline, Lenglet, Alba, Pique 3- Liverpool set pieces, decided at half time by Klopp 2- Peppe Bordelas, Getafe who will move to SEvilla, getafe is fourth in la liga 1- Easter Weekend, Iago Aspas savior of Celta oh, this is for Gabby Amado or Kay L Murray who I think like the cultural refereces, since today is speak like shakespeare here is a formation similar to a famous poem from three women double double,hat trick trouble, yellow cards and offsides bubble, whispers in'a theater of dreams, may not be for anfield screams, who knows how much pep is needed, at least more than a klop has seeded, will it be sergio or - salah, or maybe one from arsen-al!, want more nice english troubles, watch while it boils and bubbles double double,hat trick trouble, yellow cards and offsides bubble, Cool it with the boos and hate, Then the day is worth, the wait. Thank you audio only https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/pogs-plan-football-crazy-podcast-episode-98 article on beinsports https://www.beinsports.com/us/premier-league/news/football-crazy-podcast-man-uniteds-mood-swing/1173557

Transcript to Womens soccer and episode 97 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the womens game and reply to football crazy episode 97, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurra K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show In Womens Soccer...COngratulations to Olympique Lyonnais , for winning 5-0 against PSG feminin, a great dominant win and if they defeat chelsea in the semifinals over the two legs, one leg this coming weekend, onto another uefa champions league final and a possible 6th title, their fifth in a row, being only bettered by the male real madrid team through di stefano https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/Hpx4JDyZL?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotimehttps://twitter.com/DiCiccoMethod/status/1117455499090251777 who will dictate the womens us open cup format? I hope it maybe televised federally @alywagner BUT, the format to the womens us open cup need to change, don't mirror the dysfunction in the mens, 50 state cup tournaments make 50 champs, then six champ rounds to title, thoughts? INAC Kobe in the nadeshiko league, the japanese womens league have some cute kids depictions to their players https://twitter.com/inac_kobe2001/status/1118465243514990595 An article on how the football association of england stifled womens soccer for 50 years made by Gigi Choy< https://twitter.com/ggbdoo > , linked in the transcript, was shared to me by andrew orsatti <https://twitter.com/AndrewOrsatti> side steve graff <https://twitter.com/SG_Calcio > https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/2179279/not-so-beautiful-game-how-fa-stifled-womens-football-50-years-and FOOTBALL CRAZY SECTION BEGINS NOW TIME INDEX ? Segment, CONTENT Begin Tim stannard is in for Kev Egan, Stannard is on twitter as laligaloca l-a-l-i-g-a-l-o-c-a 1:26 Title denying, When I chose to listen to this episode of Football Crazy , NAntes was up 3-1 against PSG, a great keeper like gigi buffon has this very poor defense skillwise. But Tuchel problem started when he did not use the correct strategy to save Neymar. Neymar got injured cause PSG chose to focus on a soft midfield base since they sold matuidi. Good notice from Des Norris, I didn't know Mbappe stamped. Mbappe clearly needs Neymar on the pitch, to relieve the pressure on him. Thinking to Barcelona, Stannard actually said, think of the children think of ... ok, back to seriousness, Kay is exactly correct, bench players are not meant to be glued to the bench. The players on the bench ideally are supposed to be equal quality, just not chose cause the form to the starters is better. Juventus need a summer reboot in midfield but also defense. I hope Allegri stay, I hope Valverde stay but Tuchel must go for me. 9:59 Derbies, Kay should had asked Stannard to think of the children when he suggested Getafe is not a proper side to enter the champions league. Real Betis facing Sevilla in the sevilla derby was energetic as always BUT I am happy LO Celso is signed to Betis and not going back to PSG. He is not the midfielder kind PSG need. NEymar needs matuidi's /casemiro's/paulinho's/kante's in midfield to be the muscle , allowing him to be the roaming free artists 15:00 Atleti , Morata likes the Atleti system. Stannard is correct, with Higuain not being a goal machine and may be back to italy though i hope a chinese team. Chelsea may keep Morata but I hope Morata push to be in atleti, he is playing better in atleti. 16:53 derbies continued, the intercontinental derby is the name not turkish classico. Galata palace is creeping, the race is not over. KAy's point is excellent, many young players snub turkey where they can grow and reach nice profits. small teams in england or spain are not better than top teams in turkey. 19:05 EPL, I agree to Des, the anglo media is pushing all the cards on Liverpool and if they don't win the english title or champions league, it will be like the gerard year and the slip, which demba ba ended liverpool dreams. I repeat strategically, every klopp team weakens at the end of the season. Will Liverpool reach the end unweakened and thank you KAy, Manchester City have a extra game to play. The shame in OLe is that anyone who has eyes saw that the manchester united squad did not show a healing of problems under mourinho. 27:09 Italy Serie A, I say Icardi to AC Milan for goals 29:07 Chelsea fc, the problem is that the CHelsea owner ROman Abramovich, chopped and changed managers so much that while chelsea won many trophies, they didn't allow an identity to formulate or maintain. Now absent the money, they need an identity. 30:05 spain La Liga relegation, Stannard is cruel, he wants celta to go down to see how Iago Aspas will be influenced. Stannard made a good idea, what if relegation was based on a bell curve. MAke an average on team goals, and those under that average do not make the cut like in golf. 33:31 C.A.F. Cup of Nations, media wise for advertising or sponsorship the move to the summer and expanded team count, is good but I think the structure is still not good enough. I have stated it on my blog linked in the transcript < https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/249-richard-murray-thoughts-version-2/?tab=comments#comment-470 > 34:55 crisis in O.L. , as a long time OL supporter, it is not a crisis. PEople look at teams like Ajax one season or Monaco another and suggest that is the way youth development teams are, the truth is, OL is the standard youth development teams. OL is not a bad team but like most youth teams their lack in experience cost them as well as their untested collective response to challenges. 40:00 MLS in the USA, the whipping Monterrey gave Sporting KS need to be spoken more. The weakness of MLS teams in the concacaf champions league is equivalent to the weakness of EPL teams in the uefa champions league. anglo media hypes up anglo teams to be great, but all are poor. Tigres vs Monterrey are in the concacaf champions league final. 43:05 Joey Barton, Power Rankings 10 Leon 11 straight victories in liga mx 9 Chukweze, Villareal Nigerian goal getter 8 Bilbao has an academy product in the first team for 55 years straight, Kay mentioned Higuain can pay for Bilbao. 7 Turkish Superlig youth, Elmas 6 Norwich city leading the championship 5 Guedes from Valencia former PSG, brace in EUropa league, and great performance in Valencia derby 4 A art team made a set of scenes based on ray hudson saying. I Asked KAy about it and you can check my twitter for the reply. 3 Lille Les Dogues 2 UEFA Champions league, Europa Leauge, Copa Libertadores 1 Title denyers- psg/Barcelona/Juventus As I was composing this, Tottenham and Manchester City were in a battle, advantage Tottenham, that tottenham won. Son from south korea scored two counterattack goals , but a pundit on tnt said that the tottenham goals were based on manchester city errors, but all the goals were based on defensive errors. Sterlings first goal, the keeper was not set, a supposedly top keeper did not have his feet set for a curler from sterling, that keeper being lloris of france. The second goal, tottenham's forwards did not make the sacrificing run to cover the width that bernardo silva forced, too many players play to coaches strategy not what is going on the pitch. the two goal sub scored were common goals against pep guardiola teams post barcelona in the uefacl where the simple counterattack cuts through them. I despise shootouts in soccer, some fans, maybe most fans, definitively most pundits claim they love shootouts, but that is bad soccer, plain or simple. Both tottenham or manchester city can't defend and the aguero offside at the end was strong for me in that the pundits on call didn't call it out, they acted like it was a goal absent any penalty. Then when manchester city lost the same pundit said, manchester city couldn't have done any better and i disagree, manchester city let in three goals. they could had did a lot more. Some pundits like tim howard suggest that the forward play was brilliant from tottenham or manchester city but how great is your offense when you are up against a poor defense. Ajax and Tottenham are through to the next round, that will be an interesting battle, two teams that are full from youth or mistakes. Tottenham will not have Kane, who like Neymar is a needed talisman. But, in ajax/tottenham you have two teams nearly identical from last season both a blend of youth or experience and a stronger team having stayed together. FC Barcelona face Liverpool. Liverpool have speed but like manchester city they are poor defensively, but are only exposed by a powerful attack based on the strength of their attack trenching in opponents. Thank you https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/lille-did-they-know-football-crazy-podcast-episode-97

FootballCrazy Episode 96 reply Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 96, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurra K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show In Womens Soccer...congratulations on the usa and their twenty year anniversary defeating belgium but I think people need to have caution concerning the womens game and its fanbase. In the union of european football associations some great attendances are being held and showing a rise in popularity , paralleling the world cup in france this summer BUT when I look at confederation of african football or CAF soccer, confederation of sudamericana futbol or conmebol plus asian football confederation or afc excluding japan or confederation of north central american and caribbean football excluding usa canada or mexico in terms of the womens game it is not a rise, some are stalled or still very negative in an organizational way. So it is a lie to suggest global greatness as much as U E F A have the chance to dominate womens soccer more than mens soccer for a longer time. but the other confederations have their management to blame, not uefa dominance, cause uefa was slow as well to support the womens game. begin segment-what went viral: Des said choupo' miss.. .for me in the end it is a simple explanation CHoupo Moting is a leader, fighter, but not a cold goal killer, he is a team player, I like a reverse own goal from thomas rongen. Troy Deeney for Kay using social media for causes, I don't know anything about that Oblak post match interview where he honored for Kev 4:15 La Liga segment- I didn't know the linguisitical culture in spain to cursing, thank you Kay. In the end, Costa's absence hurt Atleti. I think Atleti need Costa, but also need Willian Jose from Real Sociedad and to keep Morata. Simeone's atleti may have a huge rebuilding in the summer. But, if Atleti can have a healthy costa/griezzman/morata in a forward line to start next season, Atleti can win la liga. Barcelona after the costa send off, played at a slow pace, the passing, the movement was dawdling, I think they played an energy saving game, knowing atleti's defense will not be cheap even down to ten and they have manchester united coming up. But, if simeone can keep costa/griezzman/morata and add a willian jose, bring back gelsen mertins, keep griezzman make the backline adjustments while keep experienced players for depth, Atleti will have the tools if healthy for a magical season next season. 10:31 Ligue 1 segment- PSG won the Ligue 1 title 11:11 Bundesliga segment- Bayern annihilated Dortmund, I repeat, dortmund is a lesser team. They place high but they are not dominant team. Reus said it was a 4231 and dortmund was not ready but why wasn't the players from dortmund able to adjust. I bet James Rodriguez goes to AC Milan 13:16 Serie A segment- Moise Kean has responded well, but he has not been a regular starter. His pitch quality off the bench, the off pitch drama being handled calmly, whether correct or not. He must be wise where he goes? I say he need to stay in Juventus and grow in that club. 16:38 EPL segment- Liverpool side Manchester City are still in a race, Liverpool can not lose any EPL matches to win the title, but MAnchester City are still in the controlling position. Both teams , Liverpool or Manchester City, have tough battles ahead. I agree KDB kevin de bruyne is no fool to give media a finger point call to winning it all and being hammered when they fail, which is the normal scenario 20:11 FA cup segment- Troy Deeney spoke against instagram which was honest. Didn't know the term missing out in instagram Wolverhampton wolves have had a brilliant season led from Nuno Espírito Santo, wolves has a lot of portuguese support 25:16 Real Madrid segment- Bale had a rough game but Benzema proves he is a great leader on the pitch. I agree, that Real Madrid need a goal killer, but who do they get? Many of the top goal getters are locked into teams or on teams that will splash the cash, The problem is, Real madrid will not get mbaye diagne/duvan zapata/nicolas pepe who are not high profile enough in the shirt buying, but have the goals, age ,athleticism. I don't know who real madrid can bring in outside someone in their thirties, requiring a big money grab away or not the ideal skill wise 28:45 UEFA Champions League segment- Liverpool versus Porto is a Porto win. Liverpool will slow down the same way they did last season. Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspurs is the best battle. Ajax versus Juventus is a juventus win, Juventus will score the free shots on goal Real Madrid missed. Manchester United versus Barcelona is a barcelona win cause Barcelona will score the sitters that PSG missed. 31:30 UEFA champion league next year- in la liga, getafe/sevilla/valencia/alaves can get the fourth spot under barca/atleti/real madrid . To be honest, each team will prove the team they have. Valencia/SEvilla are the big losers cause getafe or alaves getting fourth will fiscally hurt sevilla/valencia fiscally in the money spent this season. Valencia or Sevilla ownership will have a rough summer if either don't get into the uefa champions league In the EPL, Arsenal continue to drop points away from home. But, they still have the advantage on Manchester united and battling in the uefa champions league may wear out Ole's team more. 39:57 La Liga relegation segment- Cazorla at Villareal has matches to stay alive, it is not over. Girona/levante/celta/valladolid/villareal/rayo are each trying to escape the eighteenth or nineteenth spot in la liga. Flat out battle, I agree to Kay that La Liga's relegation battles is underrated to the quality in the league from the so called top five uefa leagues, spain/italy/france/germany/england 43:12 Sports burst segment- I do enjoy Sportsburst on facebook but they are on beinsports afterwards < https://www.beinsports.com/us/sports-burst/ > 43:36 MLS segment- NY Redbulls, portland, Atlanta very poor early seasons in 2019 do not reflect parity in major league soccer but poverty in quality. When a fiscal enterprise makes a huge reversal in wins or quality from one season to the next, that is bad management 46:39 Power rankings segment 10- Cazorla at Villareal- the stress is getting him 9- Mbaye Diagne at Galata palace 24 games 23 starts 29 goals 3 assists 8- Mbappe face when Choupo made the save of the year 7- Delofeu in watford bracing to defeat wolverhampton 6- Strasbourg coach Thierry Laurey leading strasbourg to coupe de ligue trophy lift and pausing psg celebrations 5- QUochim caparos diagnosed with cancer- he vows to continue , hope his health 4- FC Barcelona messi side suarez 3- UEFA champions league side EUropa league are back 2- Iago Aspas , the heart of celta vigo 1- Moise KEan the young starlet in Juventus Thank you https://www.beinsports.com/us/ligue-1/news/psgs-party-pooper-choupo-moting-goes-viral/1160994

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 95, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurrya K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r Pertinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video begin- intro segment, april fool's 1:34 la liga segment, Aspas was magical in celta. Well earned tears, and earned ovation. Villareal's draw to Barcelona and lose against Celta was huge negative results for villareal. Aspas is a talisman, every decent team has one. PSG has neymar. Juventus has CR7. Celta vigo has Aspas. To Barcelona, In the draw against Celta the one question for me is not to Messi but to Luis Suarez. Valverde is risking suarez falling out. He scored the tying goal but his movement, energy ,do not seem strong. Manchester United are many thing but they are energetic. Messi is unfair to complain about the criticism. In all big flag teams later generations are challenged to rise to past accomplishments. It will not end, but hopefully, future argentina squads will have coaches who can find their balance. To pique, Fair enough Kay, cause my friend Maame Dede williams,on twitter as darmooh82 d-a-r-m-o-o-h-eight-two said to me the same thing. It is allowable banter, that is not violent and expected in the derby energy. Derby fire is not incorrect when people dont burn each other ATleti scored four goals but the problem is their health. Can costa/griezzman/morata stay healthy? morata pulled up in the midweek victory, costa did not play. Lucas Hernandez is leaving Atleti but the biggest key is simeone. if simeone remain then the identity will remain and we can rebuild. Gelson Mertins for me must come back if Greizzman leave. The argument against Simeone playing another style is a false one for me. No one ask pep to play another style and he did not win the uefa champions league in bayern or manchester city. Simeone is not changing his style, but adding better goal scorers in his system. The only problem is can he keep the attacking trident of morata/griezzman/costa? Both Atletico Madrid side Real Madrid have a big summer in transfers ahead. No one can predict where players will go to and from atleti/bayern/psg or other teams where player shifts were long in the works 22:05 EPL segment- The title race in england will last to the last day between manchester city side liverpool. It is a race between two teams who are scoring goals. The matches against manchester city or tottenham will be the biggest factors in deciding. my EPL final six is manchester city, liverpool, arsenal, tottenham, manchester united, chelsea. 28:10 MLS segment- I agree to Kev Egan, no one had a first game better than Zlatan for la galaxy, winning from off the bench. I will love to see Christian Vieri speaking on the atlanta united players early season under frank deboer . The reality is, a club that is two years old is too young to handle a coaching shift. Happy for Rooney finding a home in DC United, always a hard working player who is highly skilled. the best kind of player for MLS. 37:52 Ligue 1/serie a/bundesliga /old firm segment- Marseille's problem is the defense, Balotelli scored twice but the defense flailed the offensive struggle. I can't wait to see what Mbappe/Pele do together. I Wonder if Neymar helped that happen. That may solidify that PSG keep Neymar/Mbappe through the coming summer. ICardi is another player in this coming summer transfer mill, like rabiot of psg and i don't know what teams will accept either who have created off pitch drama, but they will leave. Didn't know a player can achieve 5 red cards in one season at a top club. Power Rankings segment 10 raheim diaz watching isco celebrate, on gaby amado 9 Balotelli brace for OM 5 games 6 goals 8 Panenka week 7 Moise Kean the Juventus diamond 6 Oblak 200 appearances 113 clean sheets 5 Nantes stadium- stadium of decadence 4 Mbappe-seven straight ligue 1 games scoring 3 Benzema- scoring against heusca has scored against all la liga teams he faced 2 Liverpool top of the table , winning against tottenham 1 Iago Aspas - the spiritual leader of Celta Vigo Thank you https://www.beinsports.com/us/laliga/news/football-crazy-aspas-the-patron-saint-of-celt/1155058

My Reply to Football Crazy 94 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, where you are listening and, Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 94, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurray K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video 0:13 International break schedule segment, same cast, surpised to hear 0:50 Conmebol segment, Maradona's quote: I don't watch horror movies, is funny cause from a team balance perspective, Argentina have been a horror show for years. For me, while I concur to Kay that coaches have not found the best balance, I think no coach in the messi era has simply gone for a defensively focused system. 3331 Messi alone up top, three attacking midfielders, three defensive midfielders, three central defenders. I say messi as the lone forward. The attacking midfield is Paulo Dybala/Angel Correa/Giovani Lo Celco The defensive midfield is Ever Banega/Lamela/Gaston Gimenez The center defensive trio is Rojo/Funes Mori/Otamendi Forget width, Argentina have no width, play a counterattack bunker. All these players play in those general areas for their club. on a regular basis. Put messi up top , whose job it is to keep the high line, break off, he can stay central and has to wait for play to him. Take messi out of the midfield where players look for him and wait for him to play to act. I don't think argentina is a hard fix. Egan said the squad is bang average, but the best strategy is one in which the weaknesses to any team are covered. Di Maria/Higuian/Aguero are in the way, when they play, messi is behind them and the imbalance is insurmountable. Benedetto/Icardi are good spear points but they require a midfield quality that doesn't exist when messi is in the midfield. Sequentially, get messi out of the midfield, place him alone up top and then give players who are similar styled, fill up three lines, adjusting to defensive scenarios. I oppose Kay's position, every team can be better when a coach finds the strategic balance. Brasil or Argentina had too many coaches that were inflexible or not being rigid in using a system that focuses on the players skill set in the best balance. My Selecao, the brasilian national team, is not the same absent the front three for me, Vinicius jr/NEymar/Douglass Costa The problem in Brasil is many players like Coutinho/Arthur et cetera are quality footballers but not dangerous athletes. In the past, brasil had the balance of skill players side dangerous athletes. People forget how Ronaldo O fenomeno was not merely a skilled player, he was an athlete, that balance is lacking in some of the players, especially the barcelona/pep guardiola entries. To be blunt, post neymar/dani alves barcelona has a negative effect on brasilian players or chooses players who the selecao are compelled to play like coutinho/arthur cause the barca media or fernandhino for the guardiola/manchester city in epl hype machine, but are not quality in athletic potency or skillwise. ... in amendment, in the 26th of march , Correa scored for Argentina absent Messi against Morocco. All teams have talent but finding the team balance is not about galacticos models and never is achieved through galacticos, a coach need to find the balance. Messi can not be in the argentina midfield and can not be in a wide role, he only has one role, the center forward, give it to him. 10:50 Concacaf segment, Tata MArtino is what argentina do not need. MAradona is wrong and his point is the problem. Tactically rigid coaches, that force a style in a squad is the worse for a flag team. It is not accident france won the world cup. DeChamps didn't try to impress anyone or play fancy. He said, we have a highly skilled/highly athletic team, lets play counterattack and battle through. Opponents who tried to impress like spain holland or betrayed how they got to the world cup, meaning brasil when Tite betrayed the system in the qualifiers and played a 424 using coutinho in for renato augusto, when the correct choice, sad for me to say, is fernandhino Kev Egan is wrong, not every coach says press, Mourinho doesn't say that. The fact that fans are dictating strategy or tactics is the true problem. The strategy is meant to win, not to impress or stick to the media loved forms. I comprehend why Kay feel it is unfair but the problem in the USA is that the hype machine is too loud, like in England, the anglo media position places so much hype on the usa or england that when they have a little success it is spoken in a golden way that is absent proof. While the france's/brasil's/ argentina's/germany's/mexico's who all have a better record than the usa or england get hammered in anglo media mercilessly. 18:35 CAF cup of nations, Sulamain Folarin in twitter as sulaiman4real spelled s-u-l-a-i-m-a-n-4-r-e-a-l I really was happy for Burundi and their game winner Cedric Amissi who plays for club Al-Taawoun . Gabon , a recently better financed country has a lot to work on in their infrastructure. While I am happy the CAF cup of nations has expanded entries, I am still opposed to the structure. Too many teams in CAF don't have enough matches in a four year cycle. Five subconfederations exist in CAf, give each a COnmebol style world cup qualification table, each champion to each region gets to go to the world cup. Make the cup of nations a one week smaller tournament between the subconfederation champions. CAF is a hard model but it is not allowing the flag teams to develop enough. I do wish the womens cup of nations in caf can be manipulated, if only someone with money will do it. I wonder how many players in CAF play in China, or in AFC, the asian football confederation. Great point from Sulamain how more players , born in africa are playing in UEFA. I disagree to the shocks, Gabon/Togo/Burkina Faso are not big teams they are little teams that have talismans who play in UEFA but their domestic leagues are not providing the base to the squad to make the teams quality.This is what happens when you have a country that sells all its players, like brasil or netherlands absent a brasilian serie a or eriedivisie that can force a high enough quality in the domestic players to support the mercenary talent Sulamain educated me, China/India/Phillipines/Mexican are the only countries that receive more money than nigeria from residents in the usa. Money exists in the African community globally. If the culture in the sport is emphasized it may be a bigger winner fiscally, in media. 33:52 Sportsburst segment, I am a recent regular to sports burst on facebook, check it out headed by gabi amado on twitter as gabamado g-a-b-a-m-a-d-o < https://www.facebook.com/beINSPORTSUSA/videos/1179506312217328/ > 34:22 Euro qualifiers segment, thank you Kev, why is it Keepers don't know how to stand still. I disagree, Raheim sterling is very good but he is not world class, cause absent Guardiola he will drop. Like Salah/Mane/Sane/DeBruyne their quality is based on guardiola. Messi side CR7 is the top, Neymar side Mbappe is the second, the third tier include many in the uefa club scene. 42:15 MLS segment, Good point Des, new teams are not looking at new england revolution as a model. Promotion / Relegation will not happen cause too many owners are not willing to spend money. Who will buy the new england revolution, colorado rapids, chicago fire, fc dallas, columbus crew to actually invest. Kraft is very wealthy and will not sell new england revolution. He is using the new england revolution as a big money pay day one day. As MLS grow slowly, he will wait , absent relegation/promotion and when it gets big enough he will sell when a big enough buyer comes in. Nani held an emergency team meeting in Orlando , that is classic historically. Power Rankings segment, 5 39,000 fans show Juventus women win, but the tickets were free, not for pay 4 Moise Kean another young gem from non italian forebears shining for italy 3 Burundi first CAFCON entry past the qualifiers 2 J'Neil Bennett virgin goal in Tottenham's stadium from a young player 1 Ramos 16 goals of the season with a panenka Thank you https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/messis-international-return-football-crazy-podcast-episode-94

FootBallCrazy 93 Reply Transcript Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 93, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as K-a-l-y-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev_Egan is on twitter as k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video Before I speak on the football crazy segments I want to ask everyone to look at UEFA Womens CHampions league quarterfinal matches this wednesday, slavia praha vs bayern munich, Barcelona vs lsk kvinner, and my Olympique Lyonnais versus Wolfsburg. In particular, I hope my OL will get through this challenge. Pernille harder in Wolfsburg is the top scorer in the tournament so far and OL has battled Wolfsburg in two finals in the past three champions leagues, all won by OL. This is equivalent to Atleti - Juventus in the mens champions league as a battle between two common finalists recently. Wolfsburg will probably do as in the past and play the counterattack, as the match is truly 180 minutes. On thursday, my London Blue face PSG. Katoto of PSG side Kirby of Chelsea are tied for second best scorer in the tournament. THis will be an interesting battle. Chelsea have shown fragility in defense or health this season but are on a high. PSG are in a race with OL for the title in France. Neither team can afford to drop points in their respective table but will fight against each other to reach deeper in the tournament. Tough battles. You can access notifications on uefa's websites < top goalscorers https://twitter.com/UWCL/status/1107724757276000261> 0:15 Host segment- THe normal crew are in studio 0:25 Atlanta United segment- KEv review atlanta united early season and while I concur that seven games in twenty four days is a tough way it is not unprecendented in the American continent. In brasil, teams deal with intense copa libertadores action in early or late competitive season times historically. It is merely a challenge. To me, the best coach prepares or tries to adjust for it. Frank Deboer , from UEFA, seems inexperienced in handling Continental American scheduling scenarios but more importantly, he seem to not have a strong enough plan for it, when MLS teams for the past five year, at least, had a similar problem to Atlanta. The question is, did the owners to Atlanta United when they hired deboer ask about his plan for the early season challenge, earned by being an MLS cup winner? Did the owners to Atlanta United demand a comprehensive plan from DeBoer or did they ask for no plan while Deboer did not offer any plan to the question of early season added challenges , earned by being an MLS cup winner. I say bad ownership in Atlanta United concerning a coaching hire. I end this segment with a small point. DeBoer is wrong about Atlanta United's early season challenge being unprecedented, it happened last year. 1:45 Kev Egan nutmeg segment- Kyle nutmegged Egan twice <one nutmeg https://twitter.com/unrelatl/status/1107088431929270274> 2:45 La Liga segment- The fanbase to Real Madrid or most followed pundits suggest the spirit is the most potent thing lifted from Zidane. But, I noticed the way Real Madrid played tactically. It was not merely Marcelo/Isco/Bale/Navas back but it was the freedom. Under Solari, Real Madrid had better balance than under Zidane but under ZIdane Real Madrid attack was and is sharper or more creative while exposing itself defensively which favors Navas's goal keeping qualities over Courtois. Absent CR7 Real Madrid have goals but they have risk defensively to get them, and Courtois is not better than Navas in reactions. Solari suffered the same problem as Jose Mourinho in Pogba. Bale like Pogba from Mourinho was challenged by Solari to be more or better and failed under the setup. Ceballos is like many youth players who go for the money into a top club that is not going to sit down their big money signing for a youth, unless that youth has the ability to take the position beyond statistics, through results or dominant quality. ...A friend or huge supporter to FC Barcelona, Dede Williams <https://twitter.com/darmooh82 > made a great point. Messi is a great scorer but Valverde is underrated this season. He has taken Barca through a positive roster modulation that many other fiscal big clubs: manchester united, bayern munich, ac milan, real madrid have all failed to do while winning. Messi has played well, but I see his movement. Messi is not moving like the past. He is being very patient in his play while focused. It is working but I suspect it is a sign too. Messi has the ability to lift FC Barcelona to a possible trophy filled season but other players better grow their responsibility especially Ousmane Dembele or Coutinho. Valverde will warrant the coach of the year for me this coming december. I do concur to get a Messi/Ray Hudson meetup. Simply because Ray Hudson loves messi in such a deep way. Atleti have a big summer. Godin is gone. Felipe Luis, Juan Fran are injury prone or absent the speed to be killer's wide. Costa is strong but getting banged up more frequently. It is a delicate time for my Colcheneros. THey ask is Diego Simeone capable of adapting into a pep guardiola style but is Pep Guardiola capable of adapting to Diego Simeone. Des Norris make a great point. Coaches must go to organizations that fit who they are. I do not think Simeone or Guardiola will do well in Major League Soccer but Mourinho will. People forget Mourinho won a portuguese treble and nearly had a season absent a lose coaching porto which is the fiscally poorest team ever coached between guardiola/simeone/mourinho coached teams. Kev Egan suggest Mourinho would be the worst but from past histories Mourinho is one of the few coaches who won the uefa champions league in UEFA whose history prove he can win largely with a smaller fiscal side which is every MLS team. 26:11 MLS segment, Atlanta United ownership or management need to be called out. Concacaf champions league play has been early season for MLS team for years. Atlanta United was not prepared. did the coach have a plan? did the ownership ask how well the coach was prepared? 29:15 EFL segment side FA Cup, the legend of Jack Grealish in Villa is growing. Manchester United are still the same defensively weak squad and sooner or later, MUFC can't use their speed against opponent mistakes. For me FC Barcelona will wipe MUFC away. MUFC proved they are poor defensively even in the win against PSG. 30:38 UEFA champions league segment, TO be blunt, I think the prior round is being assessed incorrectly. Kev, Key, Des suggest challenges in each tie. I don't. Ajax defeated Real MAdrid BUT, in the second leg, Real MAdrid had sitters they missed. Will CR7 or MAndzukic miss what Varane missed? I don't think so. I think Juventus will have free headers and a sturdier defense will counter Ajax. Same to Manchester United. Yes, they defeated PSG but PSG had sitters that BErnat or Di Maria missed. will Mesis or Suarez or Dembele or Rakitic miss those. I don't see it. I think PSg absent a healthy neymar or cavani aside Real Madrid balanced while uncomfortable under Solari made a situation that flattered the defensive woes in ajax or Manchester United. Liverpool against Porto is another one where the prior rounds scenario flatters the victor. People forget Porto is is one of the few teams outside the england/france/spain/italy/germany pentet that won the uefa champions league, relatively recently. Portugal teams can surprise and to be blunt, this porto have the speed, Bayern lacked. Bayern seemed to slow against Liverpool that they had the correct strategy but didn't have the legs to execute it. Ribery cut into Liverpool but you could see his miles on him, the wear on his physicality was present. But Bayern had the right system. Catching Liverpool with a well executed switch. Porto can do likewise and have a workman's team mentality that will aid them where bayern dropped heads. For me, Juventus/Porto/FC Barcelona go through comfortable. Now, Tottenham against Manchester City is the one where I think the outcome is not certain. Both teams know each other well, in the same league. Tottenham is not in the english table race strongly and Manchester City under pep guardiola tend to fall apart as Guardiola is unwilling to strategically change for the sake of winning it all, merely cause he didn't have to having henry, eto'o side messi although Manchester City don't have any player like said Henry, eto'o or messi. If Kane is healthy, the squad healthy, it can be a tie to remember for tottenham. 32:10 FA CUp segment- Manchester City to me, will get the epl title, merely cause Liverpool will get none. Happy for Brighton and coach Chris Hughton. 35:04 EPL segment- Milner side Virgil Van DJik will have to be great defensively looking forward. Liverpool can drop big points in the english table while get knocked out the uefa champions league. I think Klopp/Sarri are together. Everton Richarlison scoring at the correct time for the international week. Sarri is wrong, the squad has not reached their mental limit. His strategy has shown its weakness like in Napoli. Sarri side Klopp do the same thing and both have weak late seasons cause of it. 37:57 Ligue 1 segment, Mbappe is getting his first lesson in fan reactions at big clubs. He showed his games current weakness. How he is not a number 9 like cavani or a midfield talisman like Neymar in that multifaceted, striker/midfield/forward role. Thank you Kay for rejecting that myth on Balotelli. Balotelli in truth should had played for Ghana. In the end, I think to Gary Bailey who admitted that if he had played for ireland or northern ireland, he could had been starting keeper for a long time but choosing england he had a short career. confederation of african football descended Players raised in the union of european football associations need to choose CAF flag teams even if they don't feel the connection cause the opportunity to play is better. Monaco vs Lille was vital as Lille is now in late season drama, the tight race where absent PSG the french table shows its strength. Monaco or Olympique MArseille or Olympique Lyonnais all feel they can knock Lille out. Lille must be very tough and win all other matches. 43:22 Serie A segment, Ranieri lost in his second game. I hope Roma keep him through the summer but his labor record prove it may not be. 44:41 Turkish super lig segment, Galatapalace commonly known as galatasaray has a chance to catch Istanbul Bashakshehir now. The turkish table is not finished. Galatapalace had issues with the lost goals from Bafetimbi Gomis who left in the prior summer but the january signings have come in well. 45:50 Bundesliga segment, Dortmund players will need to show who they are and win every other game in the remaining season. My gladbach must do likewise. maybe snag a third spot. To James, I think he need to stay in Bayern. Bayern is a big club, he is a creative player and Bayern will rebuild. I hope he chooses to stay unless Real Madrid want him back in the Zidane era. 47:47 Liga Mexico Segment, Chivas lost both in the superclasico but like Bilbao , Chivas ownership or management comprehend their choices, the development system they have , the player they have and accept it. Club America is very much in the real madrid galactico mode. 48:11 Power rankings 10 Sergio Canales starting for spain 9 Monchi returning to Sevilla joining Zidane in the back in action 8 Sadio Mane 20 goals in 38 appearances, he is having the season Mo Salah had last season 7 Genoa defeating Juventus absent CR7 , Juventus absent cr7 are like Atleti absent Costa 6 Quagliarella 36 years 21 goals above piantek or cr7 5 Zidane lucky feeling , Zidane must do more advertisement for irishmen 4 Wayne Rooney first hat trick for DC United and happy for long term coach former player ben olsen 3 LEo Messi hat trick getting betis fans 2 bum goals 1 Fans who showed up for womens game, atleti vs barca, barca women won but atleti are still top of the womens table in spain Congratulations Ana kesell Thank you https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/messi-magic-feli-zidane-and-the-griezmann-sequel-football-crazy-podcast-episode-93

https://twitter.com/EricKrakauer/status/1107744234503897098 FAVORITE TEAM BY COUNTRY queried Erik Krakauer MY Answer Spain: Atleti both gender Germany: Turbine Potsdam,gladbach men though i follow gladbach fraun England: Chelsea both gender Italy: Brescia cf no mens team, used to follow AC Milan France: OL both gender Holland: none Portugal: none Brazil- by state Bahia- Botafogo- Santos both gender when applicable Argentina: none MExico: none USA: none, used to be DC United Japan: INAC Kobe no mens Congo: TP Mazembe no womens Nigeria: Rivers Angels no mens club Turkey: Galatapalace China: none Australia: none South Africa: none South Korea: none

INTER MIAMI Ownership 3-17-2019 It is rare I can say, a sport organization I followed from the beginning. Inter Miami is one. The one vital element to Inter Miami's initial time is how much time is spent on everything but players or coaches. Stadiums/insignias/sponsors/first big signings have been reported a lot. But, a coach side players to fill the squad that the big signing will play about, are scant. The following link to an article state the truth https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-us-beckham/dreaming-of-messi-and-ronaldo-beckham-looks-for-miami-signings-idUKKCN1QX0L7 Beckham started looking for players less than a year before his club will have their first season. That to me will be a factor I will look into as we gauge his ownership in the coming seasons. I note something he said in the article, he said it is catching up quickly to the UEFA big leagues. But MLS teams outside one were knocked out of the Concacaf champions league. This prove to me his ownership model will be based on financial quality, media strength, not competitive quality. I am not suggesting he is wrong or right but in the future when people suggest Inter Miami lacks a competitive quality, i will make sure I note the time index to this post.

Morata/Griezzman/Costa The problem in having a front three like them is how they need to be aligned. In the same way I feel PSG can play neymar in between Cavani/Choupo-Moting. Many people see an attacking trident in terms of Barcelona in the MEssi era where Henry/Eto'o/Messi played interchangeably or Pedro/Villa/Messi where Villa stay high but is a low ball player or Neymar/Suarez/Messi where neymar or messi are low ball players. Costa/Morata are high ball players, they must be kept wide like Robben/Ribery in the best system from Jupp Heynkes but not to hold up the play ever higher, making space inside. Costa/Morata have strength but they need to play far wide and pull defenses. Let Griezzman stay in between them and with Correa/PArtay/Koke be an energetic centralized quad that attack/possess/cut through lines/defend supporting the back line. Absent wide backs i suggest three at the back and a 343, utilizing Morata/Costa high wide back to goal. Greizzman top center. And a midfield four. Morata/Griezzman/Costa (Correa can come in for Griezzman/Kalinic can come in for Morata or Costa) Vitolo/Partay/Saul/Lemar (Koke can come in for PArtay/Saul , Rodrigo can come in for Vitolo/Lemar) Perez/HErnandez/Gimenez (Juan Fran/Felipe Luis can come in for either) Atleti defend well but when you have a team that doesn't modulate into an attacking form very threatening you need to have a shape that pushes the team into an attacking posture by default. But a base 343 makes midfield width naturally wider and allows the wide forwards to be center forwards as they have a nearby player naturally when they knock the ball down. Having two back to goal center forwards highest or widest in attack gives an atuomatic long ball to any deeper wide player while also allows the center to be more fluid.

Atletico Madrid OWNERSHIP 2019 - 3/16/2019 FEMININE Luckily they were initially invested in the SImeone era. Pre simeone they had an amateur team that wasn't given the planning needed to move forward. But, Simeone era players/coach have spent time aiding the female program when they can and they slowly built a current team sitting atop the table, at the time of this writing. Using like the mens team an assortment of spanish players with quality players from other flags, not the most highly regarded but all in the skeleton to the flag setup in their countries. When I look at Ludmila, that is a prime example to non spanish players who are key in the setup to a flag, but not considered the top. while Amanda Sampedro, the captain and a key stalwart in the Spanish Flag team is a prime example to how Atleti in male or female like their spanish players, experienced skilled or tough. They are possibly going to win a third straight league title in spain. The Colcheneras grow more and more every season. The owners or president must be happy that in the top flight domestic league, Atleti is doing great in the womens or mens game. MASCULINE I recall the pre simeone era. Atletico Madrid was the little brother to Real Madrid. I like what the owners/president have done in the Diego Simeone era. Simeone started by making the team defensively solid, getting attacking players to commit to defense and focus on transitioning from defending as a team to attacking sharply, making the most of their chances. Players like Turan now in Turkey/Joachim now in Betis made up the past contingent with a stronger Costa / Felipe Luis or Fresher Griezzman. The Colcheneros are the consistent third best team in spain in the Simeone era. His strategy still has strength but this summer, a number of players like felipe luis/costa/juan fran may have to depart somewhere else like Godin to Inter Milan and complete the shift in a new era. Lemar/Morata/Greizzman/PArtay/Gimenez/Oblak are great but Atleti need new wide backs and Simeone may have to start another season trying to use a more attacking form and if like in seasons past it fail, convert to what is more tried or true. The ownership has to keep their trust to him and I think they will. Simeone has earned trust from the atleti board. Losing to Juventus is not a sin and if Atleti end above real madrid that will be two season in a row above Real Madrid which is massive for Atleti's pride. The ownership will show what they value this summer.

MY REPLY Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 92, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as K-a-l-y-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev_Egan is on twitter as k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video 0:35 Host segment, Tim Stannard in twitter as Laligaloco l-a-l-i-g-a-l-o-c-o is in for Kev Egan 1:10 Zidane segment, Zidane is the french Jardim or Real is the Spanish AS Monaco in both cases The ownership went against a coaches view, they had a spat, the ownership/management was proven wrong and the coach is back with more power. From a distance I comprehend why Zidane don't want MAnchester United, Mourinho proved the ownership/management in manchester red will not allow benching too poor playing players that are not fitting the balance, like pogba. Football Crazy with Gabby Amado side Ray Hudson talked about Sergio Ramos's ... rant or public question and answer to himself < SPortsburst relevant episodes https://www.facebook.com/beINSPORTSUSA/videos/vl.300906897291938/513722772485992/?type=1 OR https://www.facebook.com/beINSPORTSUSA/videos/vl.300906897291938/306218613404516/?type=1 > It will be interesting when Pique/Ramos leave FC Barcelona/Real Madrid . They are leaders but also media darlings. I disagree to Stannard, Ramos is needed in real madrid cause he has the one thing that many of the players names are being touted to come in do not have, strength against inconsistency. In Real MAdrid or FC Barcelona this season, Coutinho/Dembele/Bale/Isco all have two thing in common, inconsistency is one, BUT most important is an inability to handle the negativity in either biggest spanish club while being inconsistent. Ramos proved he can get red cards, play bad, he can be inconsistent and win. Navas proves that. MArcelo proves that. Hazard/Pogba proved under Mourinho they can't take it. Real Madrid need Ramos, even with his media ego or background antics. Kay resounds my point. I disagree to Ramos letting the team down when he got a purposeful card. Ramos in Real Madrid does this every season, he did it for three straight season. The true failure to the team against Ajax in the second leg was Bale. He needed to be the attacking talisman on the pitch, and he wasn't, the attacking talisman was still benzema . Bale is gone but I wonder where? Marcelo maybe with Zidane gone. Alec Sandro from juventus is a good invite, with Reguilon backup. But who for Carvajal? Neymar for me need to get back on the PSG train. Love Zidane the galactico whisperer from Des. Hazard is a no from me. Hazard is not a Real MAdrid player with his shaky seasons. Isco is I don't know, though maybe AC Milan, the new pirlo. I said it before, Courtois will be benched for Navas and courtois will have to take the starting keeper start, if he can. Zidane through the remaining Real Madrid schedule can be the new Ole after being the new Jardim. I disagree to Des. Zidane can not undo his legacy to himself. I concur to Stannard about the Sergio Ramos question and answer , i wish he would had worn a mario bros mustache. Stannard make an interesting point, I wonder how many big clubs monitor the players esocial account, or how they do it. Valladolid lost against the soccer gods Real Madrid blessing, which meant three Vallodolid goals were canceled out and allowed Real MAdrid back in through time to a blow out. Thank you Des, I did not know the wrong video assistance refereeing booth was being viewed in the match between real vallodolid Love the quote about the future of a coach to the next day from Solari after questioned by Jamie Easton 18:08 La Liga segment, Getafe is battling. I disagree to Stannard, the point of the UEFA champions league spots is they are for those who earn them , not for those who are deemed most viewed or watched. Getafe getting in will hopefully make the valencia's/sevilla's of the world more motivated to be better and not allow a team like getafe to get in the champions league. R.D.T. is wise, it will be easy for hashtags and mentions later, will Zidane get him from Rayo back to Real? Jamie Easton is a good interviewer, I like his pitchcam. Atleti proved we have depth. A battle ensue in Turin. The difference is that Atleti is away so any Atleti goal is a huge weight on Juventus. Juventus will need four goals if Atleti get one in Turin. Big mountain for Allegri, and this UEFA CL absent PSG/Real is open for a winner, as Barca and the winner to Atleti/Juventus is the only finalist from recent prior seasons left in the tournament. 27:39 Copa Libertadores segment, Leonel Alvarez former coach for Libertad de PAraguay was fired for his philandering to players wives. Des Norris referenced something that the coach apparently uses, I will leave that as a suprise in the transcript< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrasobHcKA and the Leon introduction:) from the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961x0NmyHKE > To the group stage, all the brasilian clubs except paranaense or mineiro are in good positions but the group stage to the copa lib is very early. And the teams in brasil are still in the state championship or pre brasileriao mode. A delicate time but we can only see how they react to these tough eary season challenges. I argue like MLS teams in the concacaf champions league, brasilian teams need a change of schedule to be stronger during the group stages of the copa libertadores. I do not want the state leagues to go but their timing may have to change. Maybe make the brasileiro begin in january and make the state championships after the brasilerao in the october/november/december phase. 29:15 Ligue 1 segment, Balotelli was never a bad player but I think he made moves for money like in Manchester City/AC Milan/Liverpool and never forgave Inter Milan for losing faith, while finally started his career in OGCNice and moved on to the bigger riviera side in Olympique MArseille. Three careers, one youth, one money, one aspiring athlete. I think Balo is right, Maxima from OGCnice is not a wide striker like a robben or cr7, nor is he that hybrid attacking forward midfielder like neymar/messi, he is a foil, like Lindegard at Manchester United. He need to be able to float around a center forward. Balo is that forward. I like PAtrick Viera but I notice, coaches that can not accept Balo for who he is or want him to change. Mourinho/Mancini eventually/Viera don't do as well as Favre/Garcia who seem to let him be. Of course, maybe Balotelli knew he was out the door and simply played himself down till he was out but I don't know background stuff. My favorite Balotelli moment was when he scored the goal and flipped the why always me shirt. I think he never until france got on teams that actually were built around him in any way. Pepe must be careful leaving Lille for any of these big teams. Many modern big teams are not offensively built through one player but an offensive web. Stannard is incorrect, Pepe can not replace robben or ribery, his game is not on the wings, he has to come on for Lewandowski. But, he is not as big as Lewandowski. Maybe Dortmund if they can pay 80 million. OL is shaky defensively. FC Barcelona if they hyper charge their offense can cut through OL. But, OL if they score, put a pressure on Barca and patience is key. Ol can win but they have to be no nonsense defensively and rely on their youth in their attack. Neymar gets injured cause PSG coaches/owners do not give Neymar a midfield like Tite did in the russian world cup qualifiers. PSG need three midfielders this summer. Casemiro/Ngolo Kante/Thomas Partay is the buys in the same way Casemiro/Paulinho/Renato Augusto kept Neymar safe in the selecao. 39:25 Italian Serie A segment, I love Ranieri back at Roma, I wish him well. Quagliarella 20 goals, why not get him MLS clubs? so silly. 41:39 Sportsburst segment, check out sportsburst on Monday to Friday in Facebook beinsports usa, 42:02 EPL segment, Arsenal defeating Manchester United was not a big thing cause MAnchester United performed their way under Mourinho. A chelsea win and a MUFC lose again, Manchester United will be sixth just like when Mourinho left. Aubemayang stayed at Dortmund too long for his career. Should had went to PSG or Napoli. Players have to see the opportunities in the less than teams in big leagues. Congratulations to Gary Bailey for his daughter's wedding, enjoy the cake. I concur to Stannard, Liverpool need to get knocked out of the UEFA champions league to focus to it. But to be honest, Bayern are rising and they have an experience in winning in their team Liverpool don't have. Liverpool are used to folding up. STerling is not the second best player currently to me. It is like Tiago in Bayern when Pep was in Bayern. People love doing that when Pep coach a team. Mueller/Thiago is like Sterling/Kevin De BRuyne . Players who are limited and absent Guardiola's strategies, they are exposed as not as capable. The best players succeed no matter the coach. The moving of Dembele to Guangzhou from Tottenham to me in January derailed Tottenham, underrated player Dembele. Since Real Madrid or Manchester United are out, Mourinho for PSG in my view and then AC Milan for Pochetinno. A young team, wealthy owners. To my londonblue, we shall see what Sarri does. Higuain or Morata are gone and I assume Hazard side Willian side Pedro gone. Chelsea is about to be emptied over the summer. 53:49 Grealish Segment, I said it many times before pundits or announcers on t.v. , streaming, cable like to suggest what fandom is, that being a positive thing. I disagree, fandom come in all ways, positive or negative. I recall in Boca Juniors vs River Plate when a fan , yes a fan threw a grenade of some gas into the tunnel. Fandom is not merely positive scenarios. Fans having opposing color shirts having a beer. But, fans stabbing other fans happens to, like in napoli vs roma a few years back. Remember the old firm history. Did anyone not call those glasgow rangers or glasgow celtic fans who hurt each other in the past not fans? < video to the attack on grealish by a fan https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1104729392909975552 > Happy GRealish scored and moved on with what he called, his job 56:49 MLS segment, Atlanta United learning what it is like shifting coaches who are not alike as maybe advertised. 58:58 Stannard's Dortmund segment, Dortmund's problem is they are a selling team but they advertise themselves or as they are advertised as a top team 1:00:36 Power Rankings segment 10 Leganes, international womens jay jerseys, victoria pavone is the director 9 Grealish assaulted but scoring the goal 8 Getafe, 4th place still 7 Quagliarella- goal leader in italy 6 Inuyi- Takashi Inui apologizing to Betis while on loan in Alaves 5 Balotelli- 4 home games 4 Late goals- Pepe, Rondon, Villareal 3 PSG/DIjon/Copa Libertadores/UEFA CL/Europa League THE CHAMPIONS! and the EUROPA league 2 hat trick heroes Ben yedder side Sterling 1 Zizou! back at Real MAdrid Share your thoughts in my youtube comments or aalbc blog or tweet me on twitter Thank you LINK https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/the-return-of-zidane-football-crazy-podcast-episode-92

https://twitter.com/sammweber/status/1105203925525954563 My reply Instead of criticizing organizations who are investing, suggest ideas that can move the financial winds to favor the change. I will explain using a short history and then give my suggestion based on your prior tweets... jackie robinson is known by most as a black person allowed to play in a <before him> all white league owners/coaches/players/groundspeople but the team he played for , the dodgers was a bad team. My point, the owner didn't get jackie robinson <JR> cause he loved blacks or wanted to integrate anything positively. He got JR cause he hoped his skill will attract all fans or his phenotype will attract black fans. It was a great fiscal gamble, and it worked. But it didn't come from the yankees who were far and away a better team than the dodgers or fiscally more potent. It was fiscal desperation that made it so and as other teams saw the Dodgers success they wanted similar improvements and got black players. The yankees being the last team to get a first black player, as well as the most dominant or safe team fiscally. The lesson. The dodgers were in a tough fiscal wind. the yankees were in comfort. Financial winds when negative force firms to risk. Now, to my suggestion. You mentioned the australian women will get an addidas bonus but none are addidas players. I suggest using your pulpit to ask the australian womens team to find a firm that will give them a better deal. Don't judge addidas false, suggest the players go to other firms whose owners are desperate for more market, like the dodgers owner. Maybe a chinese/russian/brasilian/continental european apparel maker is willing to do for the australian market what Nike/Addidas will not. Dont waste time speaking ill to Addidas or Nike, dont unfriend them, guide the players using your voice to firms that are fiscally desperate enough to give them a better deal and global giants like Nike/Addidas will drag like the yankees but most other apparel firms like most teams in MLB will change afterward far quicker. Jackie Robinson wasn't given opportunity by the yankees, which in retrospect would had made the yankees a more beloved team than they are now. BUt the yankees were to fiscally safe to see it. Robinson was given opportunity by a team whose owner was not making the money he wanted and was looking to do anything to make a better profit. Use your pulpit to guide the female athletes to more desperate fiscal pastures. Money is out there in modernity, in the global economy.

PSG OWNERSHIP 2019 - 3/6/2019 FEMININE The wOmens game is not the mens game. The saturation of high quality clubs or teams or players is not as high in the womens game Sequentially, developed players have a greater chance in the womens game to succeed. PAst that, PSG ownership applied the same design to the women as the men. Collect the highest quality international squad. Utilizing only a few french players. The problem is Olympique Lyonnais, who started their program earlier, have a better balance between developing players and the ability to fiscally compete side PSG in the womens games to contracts. But all in all PSG womens are a miniature money pit compared to the men but they have been consistent, only bettered by the best team in the womens game in UEFA. PSG MASCULINE The problem in PSG is not spending 1.15 billion Euros since 2011. It is not in wanting to win the UEFA champions LEague in ten years or less. It is wanting to win the UEFA CL while being a media darling. It is like Thierry HEnry when coach of AS Monaco when he said he wants to coach like Pep Guardiola. What was the unique success of Guardiola coaching FC Barcelona? It was not the trophies, it was the media adulation. When Guardiola coached FC BArcelona, most heavily followed pundits, or pundits on the largest media properties globally created the narrative not only did Guardiola win, but he won the best way ever. any other win can not be as good if it is not similar. This meant, winning the way Barca did during that time was more than just a win, it was a cultural statement. Many clubs saw this media reply and wanted to turn their teams into Barca-Clones to not only win but be in media favor. PSG/Chelsea/MCFC/Dortmund/Liverpool all are barca-clones. Like every clone it lacks something. PSG have a similar front three, but don't have a midfield trio like busquets/iniesta/xavi who compress the opposition during possession or individually great wide players in defense like Dani alves at Barcelona. Chelsea don't have a forward trio like Henry/Messi/Eto'o or a midfield trio like iniesta/xavi/busquets or defenders with individual quality like puyols or pique. MCFC don't have a talisman like Messi. Dortmund have a side lacking the same gel that Pep guardiola's la masia squad had when from la masia. Liverpool lack a talisman like Messi. Each clubs fortunes prove being a clone is perilous. The owner to PSG Nasser Ghanim Al-Khelaifi through qatari sports investments only error was placing his team in coaches hands that are not winners, but entertainers. Emri's sevilla was never a top winner. TUchel's dortmund were never a top winner. Ancelotti won as player or coach at the highest and should had been kept on till he won the uefa champione leagues. BLanc was not a winning coach but was a winning player. Then Al-Khelaifi went against winning and toward impressing. Emri won nothing, Tuchel won nothing but were given the task to making a team supposedly meant to win it all, the quartet: coupe de ligue, coupe de france, ligue1, uefa champions league. THe most important transfer is the next coach to PSG. And only one coach I know of warrant PSG who is available. His name is Mourinho.

Real MAdrid vs Ajax 3/5/2019 thoughts Lopetegui and Solari have joined David moyes as those unfortunate coaches who came after great eras when the wheels came off. Strategically, if I am honest, finishing is what Real MAdrid miss. Real Madrid had two free headers, two goal post saves, a Varane no goal. Can you imagine messi or saurez or griezzman or neymar or mbappe with those chances. Congratulations to Ajax but based on their play, they will lose in the next round, both legs, no doubt. They are defensively soft. In the positive, Ajax is a high flying team, like dortmund, these youth high flying teams seem great when they win, but when they lose, they look silly. Ajax is as defensively imbalanced as Real, the difference is that Real have no goals in them while Ajax have quite a bit. This is a key time for Real Madrid's ownership , management. Ajax's coach knows his team is vulnerable and against any team that has goals in them, Ajax will suffer, so Ajax must work on their defense, alot. It is like Manchester United. PSG was the worst team for Manchester united to face. Ajax the worst for Real Madrid. My OL face Barcelona tomorrow, I am sad cause I think this match will make Barcelona more sharp, they will not want to join madrid, but they still can, Allez OL. Who do REal madrid bring in I hear people mention Hazard, but Hazard is for me unstable, he has waving seasons at chelsea. Icardi is good at scoring but not anything else. Real MAdrid are looking for galacticos, highly skilled/highly athletic/highly media popular/tested at the highest level players. Those players are rare, and I don't see too many. Reply to Darmooh82 https://twitter.com/darmooh82/status/1103056158535884802 well, I am not surprised at the result but the assessment from pundits is wrong. It is not that this squad isnt playing well, they are not finishing well. this game showed that greatly, Varane free header, nacho free header, varane free in the box at the penalty spot, modric slider to benzema, benz slip, viniciusjr hit post, bale hit post, those show Real is able to score but they are not scoring and any team that has problems scoring that has an attacking posture, has problems. it is like spain in the world cup. they dont have goals and that is what hurts them. they possess, defend through possesion, play wide, make triangles, but if you dont have goals... The end of an era is not the end of a team

FOOTBALL CRAZY 91 REPLY TRANSCRIPT Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 91, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as K-a-l-y-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev_Egan is on twitter as k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog linked in the description to this video 0:42 crew segment, the standard crew is for today 0:59 Barcelona Real MAdrid segment, I oppose their view, many great highlights in madrid's attack. I think busquets did very well, even though he still passes slowly in midfield. Kay ask, how big is the gulf in class between Real MAdrid/BArcelona? I answer, Real Madrid don't have high quality finishing, but can do everything else. They still risk defensively and that cost them but they are still using an expansive style and that leaves open spaces. Barcelona showed quality from experienced players. Pique in defense, Rakitic in midfield. They do not always have the best games, but they did against Real Madrid this time. The last ditch defending was massive from Barcelona. If Olympique Lyonnais play their best game they can defeat Barca and that will not be as shocking. BArca do not defend through possession at a high enough quality. and, their last ditch defending , like from any team, has weakness eventually. Great point from Des Norris about Kun Aguero not speaking english well in any way while playing at Manchester City for equal time as Bale. But, I concur to Kev Egan, Isco was not angry. Vieri or Ray Hudson mentioned when Griezzman did the same with MEssi in a match where Atleti lost to BArcelona. Some players prove their mental quality is weak. Griezzman or ISco need to learn how to be angry like Diego Costa. Many pundits speak against Costa but Costa battles from opening whistle till he is off the pitch and that mentality helps. QUESTION: Where does Bale go? I don't think the EPL is it? KAy made a good point, who can pay for Bale? KEv did made a good shout out for Bale to MAnchester United, Alexis Sanchez is done. Still a good player but the chilean must leave england. 14:59 Atleti Segment, Kay made a shout out to Campeones, here is the trailer < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0p5-b3YwIM > Morata is more suited to Atleti than Jackson MArtinez. I agree to him side Dre Cordero. Morata at Juventus , who play similar to Atleti, was able to fly in that attacking freedom. Teams like Barca/Chelsea under Sarri want to possess the ball so they need attackers who are predatory. But teams like Juventus/Atleti want to defend and attack sharply through a few which favor Morata or Costa. 18:33 Huesca vs Sevilla segment, I still don't see how sevilla have a different form based on geography. QUESTION: Is it a mental issue to why Sevilla have a different form at home, based on their nature or current events 19:44 espanyol vs valladolid segment, Lei Wu 40 million people watched him score in china. Commercially chinese players are big shirt sellers, like usa players. QUESTION: is the media missing how potent chinese players are to selling shirts compared to statian/usa based players? 21:38 Miguel Cardoza gone at Celta Vigo segment, I concur, I concur, luckily for him Thierry Henry was the worst coach signing this year in the top uefa leagues 22:01 Getafe segment, I agree to Kev, Getafe need to be more advertised but just like Leicester in England or Lille in France, when small teams do well, the media treats them as fiscal minnows, which they are. The only answer is for people who want to talk more about all teams equally is to own their own media outlets and demand certain procedures. QUESTION: who will get fourth from getafe/alavez/sevilla/valencia? I getafe have momentum but I need to see their schedules to make sure 25:17 Gabriel Amado segment, check out SPortsburst on BeinSports on facebook 12 pm eastern standard time 9pm pacific time 25:54 EPL segment, I concur to Kev, Dortmund is free falling, but Liverpool is making some points, it is not a total freefall. I think the pressure of the media hype and the competitiveness from fans is what is attacking Klopp in Liverpool. Media have waited for decades to praise Liverpool as champions of the english premier league. Liverpool is the traditional biggest team from England in terms of success in England or outside of england. QUESTION: Absent Mourinho, media in England had to find a target to pummel. Is Klopp suffering from an absent Mourinho? Good point from Des Norris, Manchester City fans want to retain the title and not merely for the challenge but to get as many championships in comparison to MAnchester United. But Kev's point is true, if Pep does not get to a final. His greatness as a coach has to be questioned. Mourinho reached a final coaching three teams, Porto/Chelsea/Inter My London Blue, chelsea did win the west london derby, against Fulham but still shaky from them. I wonder can chelsea survive in the Europa League Brendan Rogers leaving celtic is not comparable to Lopetegui, I concur to Kay. 39:44 Bundesliga segment, my poor gladbach were hammered by Bayern. I don't know what to say. In the end, Gladbach does not have the ownership style to be atop the german table. Buy 40:59 Copa Libertadores segment, I can't wait for the group stage. Now time for the brasilian clubs to do better. Brasil is the sleeping elephant of Conmebol. From finance or population brasil should be much stronger, but they are not. QUESTION: what brand is the smoked salmon KEv uses? HE is fortunate to be side Ray Hudson , especially for a River Plate game 43:09 Ligue1 Segment, Balotelli is scoring near once every game. Love the instagram story though it was the goal that was better. Balotelli had three parts to his career. Inter youth under Mourinho. The Money run between Manchester City/Ac Milan/Liverpool and then his third era as a footballer in France. first for OGCNice and now for bigger club Olympique MArseille. No shame in making money early and earning respect late. Question: So the best in the world goes from CR7 side Messi to Mbappe, will Neymar be named the best player in the world, what if they stay on the same team? Fekir did not play against Barca in the first match but OL kept a clean sheet. OL do not need to win in Camp Nou, a scoring draw is enough. Jardim Didn't know Tullett is british. 49:53 MLS segment, Beckham had a statue in LA Galaxy. QUESTION: DEs Norris asks does Beckham warrant a statue in LA Galaxy? I answer no. Beckham was a money pot for every team post Manchester United in his career. He sold shirts but in terms of athletic quality QUESTION: what will MLS be absent the Beckham era? I say MLS will be other than it is, but maybe better for non white communities or smaller geographs in the usa. Beckham supported the corporate plan but was that the best plan. Kay L Murray's ability to know about the Turkish Super Lig or Major League Soccer is quality considering she has to stay highly knowledgeable to La Liga, Ligue 1 59:06 italian Serie A segment, CR7 comprehends that Juventus will need to play greatly to overturn the goals situation against Atleti, time to be obsessed in Turin 1:00:21 J League, Villa scored his first goal for Kobe POWER RANKINGS 10 Huesca, 20th place hashtag #Minnowday 9 Copa Libertadores returns side the UEFACL this midweek 8 Quagliarella deuce, 19 goals in 25 games in Italy 7 Wu Lei, 2 million euro signing, 40 million watched his first goal, I ask if a uefa team has a usa player or chinese player, which is the best fiscal pick? 6 Manchester City taking the top in England 5 Mourinho the pundit, the special one is still special 4 Rakitic sole goal in el clasico win, Barca lead in wins in el clasicos now Mourinho said he must advance his media game 3 MLS is back ,late winners 2 Instagram storying, ala Balotelli 1 Blaugrana, Mes que un club , nothing is over, but a bright possible season Thanks friends, love you guys too:) In honor of that priase I will do a little old school calling ...Norris is in the midfield, holding the ball up, the riverdancer is making a fool of busquets, who is on his backside like a turtle as ray hudson would say, he passes wide to the waiting bansheeman, egan flies down the flanks taking a selfie to himself while cutting through Chiellini who has pulled over to aid Bernat, but the irishman emasculates them both, and the cutting ball back to the Steel driving woman, Murray has Chiellini trying to pull her down, grinding on her stomach but she rides his challenge and leaps beyond his recognition and reaches the cross from Egan, De GEa cognizes the situation and jumps like a cat in front of Murray but Murray simply heaed the ball to herself on the way down and heads it into a free net past De Gea's ribcage and Bspor win the club world cup! the crowd is going while, Coach Hudson and Assistant Coach rongen are going crazy, KEeper Schoen and Captain of the team Metellus is jumping for joy in hugs. Amado the lightning bug is jumping on the team huddle, with egan/cordero/rios inside giggling like kids from the wing. Rich is coming off the touchline, not even needed on the pitch for the win! THe crowd goes crazy!! Thank you ARTICLE https://www.beinsports.com/us/el-clasico/news/football-crazy-madrids-double-bernabeu-defeat/1130380 AUDIO BLOG https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Thoughts&fcsearchfield=Series&seriesId=074aba7e-53c8-5265-8749-e5adfd8a06b1

Thoughts 3-3-2019 MArta is the greatest female player currently playing. But in the end, her problem is the teams she played for. If MArta was french/english/german/statian/spanish she would had spent all her career in her native country. The reality is, the Selecao's weakness stem from the same problems in MArta's overall career. Nothing is negative in playing wherever you want. But, when the country you come from has the heritage in futebol Brasil does and can not dredge up a respectable womens program for club or flag play, all the problems are present. Now the solution as the video below state is simple. SOmeone who has money that want a better brasilian womans program must use their money or get money they can spend to finance a stronger brasilian womens program. The Key in Morata or Costa is they combined provide needles, Aguja's to the Colcheneros or matress makers. The genius in Atleti is their ownership/management not only allowed Simeone to manage the development to the team in transfers/youth policy but kept true to his vision and let him try his best to adjust his team in other ways but upon coming back to center stay true to the coach. Sometimes Atleti do not win a trophy but the consistency from the management to the idea from the coach is rare. Like their bilbao roots, who remain true to their basque empowerment culture, Atleti stick true to their identity, win lose or draw.

THOUGHTS TO EL CLASICO 3-2-2019 I am saddened to the result cause my Atletico MAdrid needed Barcelona to lose the match and thus,after victory tomorrow, have a three point distance; but, it was not meant to be. To strategies, Patrick Kluivert said it best. Real Madrid midfielders drove not into the midfield, absent the ball. I minded not the lineup, but I minded their arrangement. I think Real Madrid needed a 2143 system Ramos/Varane Kroos Carvajal/Modric/Casemiro/Reguilon Bale/Benzema/Viniciusjr The problem in the arrangement Real MAdrid used Carvajal/Ramos/Varane/Reguilon Modric/Casemiro/Kroos Bale/Benzema/Viniciusjr is the movement. Benzema dropped deep constantly but could not catch up to the wide play. Vinicisujr pushed the defense but had not the support quick enough. Bale had not enough overlap from Carvajal. Modric/Casemiro/Kroos stayed behind Bale/Benzema/Vinicisujr . The forward trio needed movement past them. The midfield trio needed movement past them. A change in system as I suggested allows Kroos/Modric/Casemiro to stay together while places Carvajal/Reguilon closer to the forward line and maintain a higher natural width in possession than the 433. I cognize, Real Madrid love the 433 but the squad in the pertinent to this entry El Clasico needed a change in formation. Between Kroos/Casemiro/Modric the duo made from Ramos/Varane can get aid to lengthen the back line to five if necessary while allowing the attacking wide players a higher starting position to support the forward line.

PREFIX 392019 Dirk Nowitski said:"I don't know if it's about winning as much anymore as it is looking good on instagram, twitter, having followers and having clicks and likes" Beyond the fact that the Kardashian clan or Donald Trump prove no labor field is absent the positive influence on being followed/liked/disliked or having some cult online to gaining positively in a labor field in modernity, he miss a simple truth. Players are following the owners lead. The atlantic anglophone meaning USA/UK/Canada is the most potent in modern media. Sport leagues in those places NBA/NFL/NHL/MLB/EPL prove fiscal success is not tied to competitive succes. Sequentially the new york knicks in the NBA/the dallas cowboys in the NFL/the new york rangers in the NHL/the new york yankees in MLB/Manchester United in the EPL are the most fiscally potent teams in said leagues and none are competitively dominant. The reason why is the respective owners to each. Sequentially, when anyone suggest the players are looking for followers or instagram or tweets or likes, the players are simply mirroring the clubs who are looking for tweets/likes/followings/media shows/sponsorships based on the clubs hype. The players are following the lead from the clubs or fans. Fans don't care about competitive quality. Fans online argue about competitive quality but never come to conclusions that focus on why the competitive quality is lower than desired, sequentially, fans online don't want to improve the competitive quality to teams they face but like to argue about it online, gaining their own small likes or dislikes that coincide to the players or clubs, likes or dislikes. The culprit is not the players, the owners/fans/players are all aiding or abetting the crime against increased competitive quality. LINKS Dirk Nowitski quote https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1104197000260714496 A Question To Change In Sport 2/28/2019 Good Morning Good Afternoon or Good Evening, I am richard murray and this is my thought to an article from samantha weber, everything pertinent is linked in the transcript to this post Anthony Dicicco originally shared the article from Samantha Weber; it concern why the NAtional Womens Soccer League exist. She made many point I read before concerning the beautiful game played by women in the usa. I advise reading her article if you are unaware to the national womens soccer league; she is a former player, who experienced life in the National womens soccer league. I only wish to amend one point to her article, that point is how to change the national womens soccer league. I used to communicate online my dissatisfaction or anger at the lack of relegation or promotion in Major LEague soccer, aside many other complaints. But, a year ago I decided to stop complaigning online as loudly to said issues. why? The blunt or sad truth is, at the least in the usa, if you own you control. In the usa you own when you finance. The truth is, relegation or promotion/connecting to non white communities/larger fiscal investment in females playing soccer, each have the same simple answer. Finance those things. Get money or use your money to finance those things. You want relegation or promotion in the beautiful game in the usa for males or females , the answer is simple. Spend money to make two league tiers, one female one male, from maine to hawaii that utilize relegation and promotion, from the unstoppable position known as owner. You want non whites to have greater opportunity in the usa for females or males, the answer is simple. Spend money to make two league tiers, one male one female, from maine to hawaii that publicly unashamedly determinedly give opportunities to non whites as coaches/fitness trainers/media opratives/sporting managers/club presidents/players/kit managers/youth players/ball kids or kids who handle the ball during matches/grounds keepers/secretaries to administrators side the many other opportunities available in a sports league, from the unstoppable position known as owner. You want better financing or another guidance in the usa to a league in the usa, like the national womens soccer league. Spend money to buy the league and if not for sale , spend money to start your own from scratch, implementing all your ideas from the unstoppable position known as owner. If you own, you control and you can do whatever you can finance. Now some will say, public opinion has value, the people can rally, or you can join the ussoccer administration and work from the deep innards to your changes. I do not deny all the actions I said have value. But none are lasting, none are certain and definitely not compared to being the owner who finances/who produces/ who is in control unquetioningly. I know some will say, but I have no money. That is the point. I am someone , when a boy, thought opportunities were coming in MLS, they never did. The way was very simple. it was not my laziness or interest lacking, it wasn't the infrastructure to the usa. The reason why I did not have opportunity stemmed from the owners plan not fitting me. So what solution exist to the kid today? rallies/speeches/penniless work in administration... no, the answer is be the owner and make it yourself. If you do not have the money figure out how to get it where you can dictate how the money is spent. If you do have the money, go and spend it to implement your plan. I know it is a crude thing, an insensitive thing, but it is the way in the usa. 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FootballCrazy Episode 90 Reply TRANSCRIPT Welcome to my audio reply to football crazy episode 90, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as K-a-l-y-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev_Egan is on twitter as k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog linked in the description to this video 0:45 Gabriel Pessoa is in for Kay L Murray, he is in twitter as mr pessoa m-r-underscore-p-e-s-s-o-a https://twitter.com/Mr_Pessoa 1:09 EFL Cup segment- Kepar proves the following summer must solve the problem as hazard is leaving and the transfer ban may apply. The link to my longer view is in the transcript https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/249-richard-murray-thoughts-version-2/?do=findComment&comment=472 10:52 MUFC segment- Ole still unbeaten in the EPL , but that say more to the EPL competition. I link to my larger thinking in the transcript. https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/249-richard-murray-thoughts-version-2/?do=findComment&comment=465 11:30 Klopp the coach segment- The problem in Klopp's method is the same thing that happened at his last season in Dortmund. The electric frenetic pace is not possible throughout the whole season, no matter the team. His teams freefall over time. 17:59 The Brendan Rogers segment- His artistic collection, I wonder how someone replaces all their teeth. 19:23 Sevilla against the messi hat trick segment- Messi is a greatest in this time. He was not the greatest in times past or will be the greatest in times future. But, against the better teams Messi can not do it alone, he need greatness in the team around him. 23:14 LA Liga tops segment- Kev made an interesting point, BArcelona/Atletico MAdrid/Real MAdrid are going through phases 24:58 Coutinho in FC Barcelona segment- the guy gabriel pisou suggested coutinho was the best player when for me he was the worst, his job was to replace renato augusto and instead dysfunctioned the selecao. In Barcelona, Coutinho is unable to play with Messi for the same reason. 27:41 LEvante vs Real Madrid segment- Video Review is merely another referee set making choices. The assumption is another set of referees will make choices that media feels will go as media want. Media keep forgetting human referees interpret laws that are open to various interpretation. So Bale is in the same situation as Balotelli. Some players do not want to smile or be amusing. Media need to support those players in their narratives to the public, not letting the public dictate their narrative to the players. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/43/e6/fe43e6a8d2438222c24d489b56f5f0d3.gif 35:58 Wednesday El Clasico in the copa del rey- For me, both sides seem healthy, it is a matter of who is sharpest. It is a game of mistakes. If Barcelona win, it will be from Messi 37:50 Atleti segment- A healthy costa and a fitting, meaning fit in the system, Morata is great for Atleti in supporting goal creation or forward play. Atleti need sharp attacking to support the collective defense, it seems to be happening 44:31 Mbappe segment- MBappe is the new biggest goal machine , he is not a complete player. PSG have not missed neymar or cavani cause they have not faced a tough enough opponent that expose the game mbappe does not have or the weakness in his support 45:32 Jardim retourner segment- the monaco owners wanted to make a change and showed their inability to own efficiently. My OL showed an incorrect defensive quality, but in preparation to Barcelona i think they got caught. It will be interesting if OL play like they did against MAnchester city or if they play like they did after the manchester city win 48:53 Piantek in AC Milan segment- HE is young but his success can not be viewed as defining how good he will be in the best or AC Milan being a truly consistent side 53:22 Copa Libertadores segment- I admit, i have liked MElgar too, I must support my sole entry remaining in the copa libertadores or copa suadamericana, botafogo , but I will like melgar against others. 10 mbappe 50 9 willian's face on the bench during the english league cup kepar/sarri row circa 0:35 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-25/manchester-city-league-cup-final-chelsea-kepa-arrizabalaga/10845010 8 jardim resurection 7 Portuguese 6 36 quagliarella 17th goal of the season 37 joachim score a brace 36 years beasely in guatemala 5 Sergio Canales best season in his career 4 Bafitembi Gomis- scare the ball boy- AL-Hillal https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/8487545/prem-gomis-scares-tball-boy-celebration-giving-shirt/ 3 Getafe -Los Azulones- the big blues- in 4th place 2 Leo Messi 25 goals 11 assist 23 la liga apps the GITT 1 El Clasico 3 clasico in 25 days Copa del rey second leg Article https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/the-kepa-cup-final-kerfuffle-football-crazy-podcast-episode-90

VIDEO LINK-copyright forces it on google photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/MaH1SF4rxytgWRBN6 TRANSCRIPT Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, I am richard murray and the following are my thoughts on atletico di madrid victory against Juventus First, a look at Oblak's save, I just want to display it since all too often, goal keeper saves are not mentioned OBLAK SAVE Geogemtric vs figurative image 37 Now onto the Morata goal. Do you know why I called it a goal? not cause it was given but cause I interpreted it that way. And, interpretation is the true problem in video assistance refereeing. It all started with Frank Lampard's uncalled goal in a world cup. Pundits/advertisers/owners/administrators all called for more technology, when the first discussion should had been selecting which referee choices are geometric side others that are figurative. Geogmetric choice image 10 Geometric choices are defined as referee choices that can be made through arithmetics purely, an example is a sphere crossing a plane. Figurative choice image 16 Figurative choices are defined as referee choices that involve making a choice based on factors that can not be arithmetically defined, like collaborative intent between two players each from an opposing team, an example is every foul. Geogemtric vs figurative image 62 The video assisted referees are not right or wrong in making the call against Morata. Pundits or fans are wrong in labeling their choice correct or proven correct or proven false or false. Sequentially, the video assistance refereeing role is an impossible task. To aid humans in making human choices considered tautologies towards actions that can never be arithmetic in nature.Here is the Morata goal, notice the buildup play before it. Atletico di madrid is not a boring side, or a defensive side, they are a complete futebol playing side. Morata goal Figurative choice image You see, anyone who says it is a goal, like me, is not right or wrong, anyone who say it isn't a goal,like most juventus supporters, is not right or wrong. We are all human , figuring an action between humans. The question now is, figurative choices can not be arithmetically composed, while video assistance refereeing, VAR is unable to aid in making the human figurative arithmetic thus, is it a wasted expense or not? I say the answer is obvious, it has to be a wasted expense. But what is the solution? the solution is pundits/fans/sponsors/owners/administrators changing their narratives when referees choices in figurative calls do not go as they like. The following is the Giminez goal. The only point I have to make in this goal is referee consistency. by the morata goal disallowed, this goal should had been disallowed. GIminez Goal Complete futebol playing side Now here is the Godin goal, love godin, sad to see him leave this summer for internazionale milano. but all careers must move on. The one thing after this goal is how pundits suggested atleti have offensive problems. Costa or Morata played in the way, Atleti need. Atletico Madrid's offense is based on traditional number 9 play. Hold up the ball, link in the midfield.The midfield in atletico is designed to spend time defending absent the ball, and attacking in a quick strike way. Teams that guardiola or klopp coach, have midfield designed to spend time attacking while possessing the ball, and defending in one on one quick presses. That is why Guardiola keep failing post messi led barcelona in winning the uefacl. In a big cup tournament where all is even in the opening whistle, it is dangerous risking defense while supporting attack. it is wiser to risk attack while support defense. Take out barcelona all the other recent winners risked attack, defended together. Here is the Godin Goal Godin Goal Thank you for your time, the transcript or other relavent links is attached in the info section to this video, be safe LINKS TO BLOG OR OTHER CONTENT audio blog https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Thoughts&fcsearchfield=Series&seriesId=074aba7e-53c8-5265-8749-e5adfd8a06b1 youtube link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZ3gqJVdDLpqyTCCAgrC4g

TRANSCRIPT FOOTBALL CRAZY EPISODE 89 reply Good morning good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are listening I am richard murray and this is my reply to episode 89 of football crazy Football crazy involve Kay Murray, Kev Egan side Des Norris, Kay is on twitter spelled K-A-y-L-M-u-r-r-a-y Kaylmurray, Kev is on twitter spelled K-E-V-underscore-E-g-a-n Kev_Egan , Des is on twitter spelled p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r partidopooper My talk is available as a transcript in my african american literary book club blog linked in the details to this video, I will note the time to subject matter in the football crazy podcast in the transcript. At the end of the transcript I will have links to things I refer too 0:52 Atlanta United segment, they do have a strong fanbase. Check Kev's twitter for a link to an article explaining the process the owner to atlanta united did to make the team and grow a potent young fanbase. I am HAppy Kev has an association to them. But I didn't know Kay did the efifa cup final. Esports is the future in many way. The audience already exist and is growing, the sponsorship will grow Though modern humanity's majority, which is fiscally impoverished, will always have access to a ball rather than a computer able to play in an online massive multiplayer environment.Esports is not for the global poor, the beautiful game still is. 2:03 Real Madrid segment, I agree to Kay or Gary Bailey concerning viniciusjr or marcelo, Gary_bailey is on twitter as g-a-r-y-underscore-b-a-i-l-e-y-one gary_bailey1 . I think viniciusjr needed to start against Girona, but Solari is a patient coach, and MArcelo is a willing player. MArceloa never seems unhappy on the bench. But, Marcelo's game was grooved around cr7 who only has a replacement in viniciusjr. So strategically , MArcelo needs Viniciusjr's game. For me, Sergio Ramos yellow or red card was more potent. Unfortunately, Des is correct, dangerous play is not based on intent but occurance. 8:30 Paul Pogba SEgway, I agree to Kev's position that pundits have to stop suggesting things that reject fairness. In my opinion , any are willing to think the same, To suggest that pogba has to not be carded to save the game is false. The rules exist supposedly for all. As a pundit if you don't speak to equality under the referee then you are sinful to complain when some suggest favoritism, unless you desire favoritism but are unwilling to say it publicly. Pogba warranted a double yellow in the first half. Commentators display their mentality toward the game in general when they think a player must be protected for media or fiscal profit. 9:02 Real Madrid segment return , 25th red card for Ramos. I didn't know that. I should had expected such a high number. Real MAdrid should tolerate it cause only the best defenders risk. Poor defenders don't risk red card situations. The art of defending is risk, in the same way the art of attack is risking looking silly the art of defense is risking weakening the team. 11:23 Lopetegui segment, I didn't know wolverhampton wanted lopetegui. in retrospect, that would had been a bad choice for a battling english team. Lopetegui like keoman at everton is a rigid coach that having players to fit his mold can do great, but not having those players is bound to fail. 12:20 Gareth Bale segment, The link to his gesture is in the transcript page. I comprehend it is against the law but the question is, does the law need to be changed? I say change the law, and allow the gestures, but I dont have the power to change the law and those in control of the beautiful game, are not interested in changing the law, as they feel, audiences need to be coddled like children. 13:38 FC BArcelona vs Valladolid segment, yes Jamie Easton, on twitter spelled e-a-s-t-o-n-j-a-m-i-e eastonjamie , had a good interview with Kevin PRince Boateng. Boateng in my view has always been an honest man and a passionate player. He loves to play the game, artfully, excitingly, but he has never been complicated in his words. I wonder if kevin prince will manage or involve himself in the ghana fa. I oppose Kev Egan concerning messi being rotated out, kev's position is correct strategically, tactically, but not communally, Messi said to the fans of FC Barcelona when the season started they will try to win the uefa champions league and all competitions. This is the grind, messi has put a challenge on himself to lead this team, when he doesn't have the henry/eto'o/david villa/neymar's of the world aside him. It is a challenge, I think messi can achieve it side his teammates but it will be a grind and it is a risk. I wonder about the copa america. can messi be run to the ground for fc barcelona even if it leads to all trophies and then lead argentina? Kev Egan is correct for me, the opposition to Valverde is aesthetics, though it is the real madrid success in the uefa champions league that supports it well. But what kev nor others said in the podcast is how pundits set up the fans. I recall the pep era henry/eto'o/messi/iniesta/xavi/busquets/puyol/pique/alves/abidal/yaya toure/mascherano. Pundits made it seem natural that la masia provided a near whole squad at the same time to the first team, when that is not natural. Pundits made it seem barca has to play the way from cruyff through rijkaard through guardiola. Pundits set up the fans as the internet potency to make pundit bugles louder that barcelona has only one way to play and that is why Valverde's success is actually viewed negatively. Though I suggest it is waranted cause Mourinho success from the same pundits is always treated as from an unfortunate beauty. Umtiti will allow for good depth, and big teams have that. Barca during the best seasons had that. 19:22 Atletico Di Madrid segment, The problem is to Morata, it is not enough time for him to gel side Griezzman. And having Costa side Morata will place griezzman under both for me. 22:01 Allegri segway, Juventus/Atleti is a battle, two teams who are artists in defense and have sharp attacks. It will not be boring for those who enjoy all actions on the pitch, not just goal scoring. 22:14 ATletico di madrid return segment, with the contract extension of Simeone, Diego Costa/Morata//Griezzman will come good more next season as they can start that way 24:10 MArio sUarez segment, yes Kay Murray gave him sweets. Good one des, Sergio ramos stays clean of sweets that is why he has more wins, good fun. 28:32 Celta Vigo segment, Kay remember good luck trinkets, I wonder if Kay has an image or can remember the name to the trinkets 28:55 Valencia segment, Marcelino needs sharpness in goal, sometimes a team is able to set up opportunities but doesn't have the sharpness to score. Does the valencia board have the confidence that marcelino can find a better balance? 30:08 SEvilla vs Villareal, Villareal is hungry and took advantage against a sevilla that losses something away from home. I wonder what is the cause in the drop. I call it proper footballers. proper footballers can play pumped up anywhere, anywhere, false players need a crowd 31:07 Getafe segment, getafe are one point from champions league spots, a nice story. 32:54 Gaby Amado yes, mon friday 12pm eastern 33:19 PSG segment, I disagree to Kay, Mbappe had a game where he won the game through his brilliant goal scored. but dani alves made the pass and the midfield of psg was not convincing against better opposition. Lo celso was from the Unai Emry idea. EMry wanted a creative player to get the ball moving fast, but neymar needs powerful midfielders, like Casemiro, paulinho, matuidi. Neymar is not like Mbappe. Mbappe is like CR7, a goal machine that in mbappe's case is only growing. Neymar is a talisman that like Messi can be the beautiful diamond that shines to all other on the pitch, and neymar's legend has a greater ceiling. I wish pundits would stop beefing up Mbappe like they did Messi. Messi proved he can get angry and be distasteful. Mbappe doesn't need to be viewed as the golden boy. let him be human. Tuchel has gotten away with a side that passess to slowly in midfield, does not have players cutting through midfield enough, while having a defense that is porous, relying on individual talent too much against top sides. PSG didn't beat a great team, with a masterclass in the champions league. PSG was a slow, unsharp, team that faced a team that didn't know how to press and was waiting for mistakes with haphazard play. Mbappe was not brilliant against Manchester United. He play positively or well, but he was not able to be the center, like CR7 he need a team to build under him and psg did not build, but was saved by a poorer manchester united. PSG through neymar side Mbappe will answer can cr7 play on the same team as Messi. I think psg can do it, but the media will try to break them up. 36:14 Monaco segment, the return of Jardim is everything. The problem with MArtins from sporting in portgual is that Atletico madrid had griezzman and Lemar. Like Coutinho, players have to comprehend when they need space to be themselves. Martins can come back stronger to Atleti. Every team when it has a talisman , like messi/griezmann has a player that is given a leeway that force other players to be uncomfortable at time. MArtins didn't handle that in atleti under griezzman but in Monaco he is free. Coutinho under Messi or Dybala under CR7 is a fine example of players who need a new spot. 37:55 Balotelli Segment, Balotelli was never a bad player. Only one that media chose to criminalize, beyond villainy, criminalize. Rudy Garcia knows Balotelli is one of the few true number nines, players who can play back to goal, can score a goal, and can pass in tight spaces. MArseille has in thauvin side others, the speed, movement, cutting nature. The truth is, OGC nice sell more than OM and Balotelli comprehended that while his career finally started in france, yes I don't see his inter milan/manchester city/ac milan /liverpool time as his athletic career, merely various big money moves where he played soccer in imbalanced organizations. But, OGC nice is not the top. PSG is the top in france and Olympique Lyonnais have their youth movement model so OM is the only other remaining big team in france compared to all others. he is in OM , make it happen balotelli. 38:58 OL segment, Fekir is out by card against Barcelona. OL is a dangerous team. If Barcelona is slow, unsharp, if Barcelona think against this youthful team they can lolligag the beautiful possession, they have a high chance of pay. 39:49 Lille Segment, Mourinho was in the audience at Lille. Karanka at the sans siro. i disagree to Kev Egan, if Nicola Pepe is like Drogba, pepe will be legendary. I agree to KAy, Mourinho is making moves to get a new job but he wants to have an organization unlike any he had before where Mourinho is content to the long term projest while making sure it is a long term project. I provided a link to a quote from mourinho's talks on beinsport in the links section on the trancript page. Des point is true, PSG essentially, places a cap on the remainder to ligue1, which has not changed its alignment since PSG qatari ownership came in. 42:43 Newport vs MCFC segment, learn how to pronounce padraig. Now I know how to say Pádraig Peter Harrington, the golfer. 45:26 Inter Milan vs sampdoria segment, Icardi is the continuation to the unbounded cinema verite that started in the 1970s but has grown through kardashians/trump to now icardi side his wife/agent. The public twitter argument between icardi side his sister, prove this is manufactured chaos, and why, cause chaos brings more public attention than happiness. Can ICardi be captain again? I imagine so, the inter team is full of leaders who don't need a badge. 49:39 AC Milan vs atalanta segment, Krzysztof Piątek and Lucas Paqueta are showing signs to something. but piatek better be careful. big teams love to buy players , young and sparkling, but being in another another team will influence your system. 51:20 Fiorentina vs SPAL segment, the spal player who scored , the spal ballboy, brother to the spal player, Allesandro, I wonder what he was told, i hope he is not confused 53:19 Zaniolo mother - I noticed his mother's account on instagram. her profile image is a kissing photo and she has from the latest photos alot of head shots and kissing face. I think she likes photos. The one thing interesting is Zaniolo's mom is married, i assume happily, she just like taking photos to herself, where she is appearing giddy or wanting. Zaniolo is embarassed it seems but I think it is unfair. His mother isn't inviting anyone to anything, merely enjoying her life. Be happy your mother can feel good about her body and all the guys talking about your mom crudely on the pitch or the locker room... man up against. I linked an article to Zaniolo's mother that include a link to her instagram in the link section in the transcript page 54:11 Turkey Superlig segment- Galatapalace is climbing, long season ahead 54:36 Bundesliga segment- Pizarro oldest player to score in that league. Nice snide Kay, Claudio Pizarro is younger than Zaniolo mom 55:18 POWER RANKING segment, check links section under the transcript in the transcript page linked in this video for images or video or articles 10 Jordi Masip Real Valladolid topping messi, lovely double save 9 Balotelli 3 goals in the last 4, Balo was never a miserable player but in france he found teams that seem to be well with him. 8 VAR flexing, in Spal Fiorentina , I wish you well Allesandro Voloti and big brother , a rule change to when VAR can be used based on time must be discussed, the spal/fiorentina match showed var can manipulate a match highly, now is it just? 7 MBappe , brilliant goal from a player only starting 6 EMLS league series, the future, but again, not for the fiscally poorest kids 5 SWapping goal celebrations, dybala/cr7 , balotelli/thauvin 4 Pizarro oldest scorer in bundesliga history 3 Piantek in AC Milan brace 2 Napoli all ballgirls Sao PAulo Cannavaro celebrating as a ball boy with diego maradona 1 20-0 Pro Piacenza had to play to save the club, seven 17 year olds against 11 with a 17 year old coach, legends in losing LINKS Link to audio on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/footballcrazypodcast/what-to-do-about-marcelo-football-crazy-podcast-episode-89 Efifa world cup https://www.fifa.com/fifaeworldcup/ Bale Gesture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OwZLQoZq0Y&feature=youtu.be a mourinho moment https://www.beinsports.com/us/premier-league/video/jose-mourinho-i-like-positive-player-power/1090723 Zaniolo mother, francesca costa https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12204557 Cannavaro celebrating side MAradona https://www.iamnaples.it/notizie-calcio-napoli/foto-il-14enne-fabio-cannavaro-festeggia-lo-scudetto-con-maradona/ Jordi Masip save messi penalty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrrAOdZiAU Balotelli goal, and Thauvin Celebration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXHQDTDimTo Voloti goal is circa 1:58 http://www.espn.com/soccer/video/latest-videos/600/video/3777452 MBappe one touch brilliance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiiIRJ5vwus EMLS doolsta victory https://www.mlssoccer.com/emls/2019/series-two/watch Dybala side cr7 share a goal celebration https://youtu.be/mF1-L_9B5JE?t=27 https://youtu.be/mF1-L_9B5JE?t=160 Claudio Pizarro - nice set piece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfzIGCih51w Piatek- the beginning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGG34Mu0LeQ Napoli ballgirls https://www.apnews.com/840b9d13c2344e608cb48841089a389c the junior female team https://twitter.com/en_sscnapoli/status/979363285404454917 the Pro Piacenza seven, i hope they are remembered or followed https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/17/pro-piacenza-beaten-20-0-serie-c-cuneo a photo https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/seven-man-pro-piacenza-thrashed-20-0-in-serie-c-farce/1uuk8m7h3b9gm1n1qt0259xs0i

Jose Mourinho at BeinSports I provide my postface as a preface here. I concur to mourinho. In the end what I gather from his words is, he thought he could be successful in MUFC gardless the administrative problems but some bad breaks made the mountain too high. I love how he praised players like cech/drogba whom were joys to coach and how he enjoyed the younger days to hazard/willian. I love what he said about repsonsibility on leagues/teams/confederations outside uefa to demand more from uefa coaches , especially to help their local coaches. Didier Drogba- I love what he said about Didier Drogba. I quote:"mr abrahamovic, pay and don't speak" this explains mourinho's problem, he likes to tell the money what to do and is willing to go to clubs whose owners want to be coaches on the side To his second phase:"you are not number 1 but i need you here"- this explain what he wanted in zlatan but when zlatan got hurt it changed everything "players like that of that character are important from first day in their career to the last day" this is what he tried to find in pogba/lukaku but they are not better leaders than didier https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085929729381740545 Picking CLubs- "coaches are much more dependent on the players we are more dependent on the choices we make" "some other guys are more clever than me on the choices"- like pep klopp I concur to his point, he has yet to take a comfortable team, like a barcelona/bayern munich/mcfc whose owners have huge pockets to spend on the best players, who have a cohesive strategy to how they want to play or at the least in mcfc case gave pep the license to make up the team identity. https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085968418694561793 CR7 vs MEssi- I agree to Mourinho, I never compare players from different generations. consistency through time is th ekey to the success messi/cr7 have but what would earlier players like maradona/pele/garincha/eusebio have if they had a fitness team around them? https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085966988575309824 Peter Cech- YOu can see he loves Cech. I admit, I love cech too. And like Drogba, he asked cech to do the same and guide and he did it. YOu can see how much mourinho loved cech as a number 2. When I think to keylor navas, real madrid have that kind of leader in goal. dedicated, serious, doesn't need to start, will fight for his position. https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085928837836226560 Coaches from UEFA working outside UEFA- Great words, he feels coaches have to come to emerging markets be demanded more influential in information. Not just top coaches, but teachers I quote: "We are all colleagues, coaches" . "Don't you have time for coaches to think about the local coaches. The coaches come and go home and they take your money. I think they should give more here, but that is your responsibility" "You need to take more from them" strong words from mourinho. Remember he said it is up to administrators in emerrgine leagues to demand it from coaches from uefa to give more. teach https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085926936403013632 Real MAdrid- He makes a good point, since he has left no manager did better in real madrid in la liga. This is true. https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085924406319173634 His Best Team- Best team he has managed- I concur that inter side is the best he has managed. The success , the trophies lifted in that period. https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085923891132809216 The Modern Player- "before the manager decide and you accept, now you need much more communication and the power more focused on one person must be shared. Instead of the manager being the guy telling you to go buy the newspaper" I quote again:"It is not about good boys, bad boys... our kids are different than us" Lovely quote when people say mourinho is out of touch., He admitted things need to be managed but this hopefully will quell silly mourinho out of tocuh comments, though it will not https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085923667308011520 Disciplining- "The day a player is more important than the club , goodbye" The players must find a certain balance. "The manager is not their to coach them, not discipline them at any cost" He just outed the MUFC administration absent speaking their name. Saying it is up to the administration to make an environment where the players can work side the coaches co sharing responsibility, not merely in media but behind the scenes. But the ownerships have to set up that environment or coaches are doomed. Alex Ferguson back in administration is great for mufc to do that https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085922276497776640 News- "Everything I did good with players is not news in modern football" "where you have troubles is when you have news" "It is a problem when a coach does not have the strcuture behind him side the player" He is right, the coach is not powerful enough to manage players. . Players can not have a direct relationship with coaches anymore. "For me a club must be very well organized, where the manager is only the manager not the man who is keeping the discipline" Outed MUFC again https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085921699919323137 Young Coaches- Results stay forever. That is what makes you belong in a certain level. He called a spade a spade there. Coaches that try to play a certain away, or appease media end up being failure coaches that media suggest are good but the numbers say otherwise. I look at Henry at Monaco as a fine example. Cesc Fabregas is not what Monaco needed. Henry luckily has money to still coach wherever he is accepted but it is foolish to play up to media. get results and explain later. https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085919225745571840 Style- PEople that win consistently will tell you otherwise. "where are the young ones with a real impact,in terms of results, where are they?" He is right, pochiteno, klopp, emri, sarri, tuchel don't have results. The pundits praise them but the owners want results. And if you don't provide it then... and even if tuchel does win it all in psg, even though he lost in the coupe de ligue recently so no perfect win, is he consistent, no way https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085918842067582976 Future- he will coach top level but i think he will make a smart choice and that is why he is waiting. but what team and where, he has something up his sleeve https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085918287123206144 MUFC- He says winning 2nd in mufc was one of his best achievements in his career, and he admits most will think it is crazy but he said it clearly, no one knows behind the scenes and that to me says it all https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1085917730413240320

the 2018-2019 UEFA CL Round of 16 draw angers me cause it eliminates all my potential finals and lifts teams i can't stand to the next round. MCFC/Schalke - Schalke are a tough side but i worry that their defensive frailty or attacking softness will functionally give the run of play advantage to mcfc easily. One thing about guardiola teams, if you dont have an attack considered highest level or a defense considered highest level, you tend to not perform well against his teams. If Schalke do knock out mcfc, it will be the giant killing of the round. I think guardiola has to at least reach a final this season, to not do so require pundits to speak ill to his qualities in taking a team to the promised land. Considering the hype given to his coaching style from said media. Atletico MAdrid/Juventus - was one of my potential finals. Of course it is provided here.Both teams are skilled while honest defensively or they have sharp deadly patient attacks. This will be a battle of chicken side chess. Sad to see it now but it will be one of those matches where strategically intense fans will enjoy how all aspects of the game will be displayed, as both teams attack/defend/press/drop back/push forward together. I want atletico to go through as a colchenero but it will be close Manchester United/Paris Saint Germain- again another potential final for me. PSG have a very deadly attack but an unathletic midfield that is skill based and a defense that is prone to errors but otherwise high class. MUFC is a slow team that need to play in the air and can provide moments of attacking brilliance. The defense of manchester united need to work to handle the psg attack but it can be interesting how this plays out. A good battle, i think either coaches job is on the line. Tuchel nor Mourinho can afford to lose this, but one has too. Tottenham/Dortmund- the battle of youths. both teams are younger in collective average age than most others. Both teams are full of running. who knows the defensive condition to either team by the time next year they meet but dortmund looks defensively better now, though they must be careful to not understimate tottenham's ability to score under pressure. Any one's match but I sense down to the wire , unless tottenham or dortmund's youth have a bad collective first game. Lyon/Barcelona- my OL, why saint garrincha, my OL are attacking wise a team that can cut through any other. Defensively, my OL range from a top second tier side to a 4th tier side after a long night from beers. BArca have total danger, sharpened in attack. OL can defeat barca over two legs but the defense has to be sharper, individuals more skilled in unique scenarios. And then our attack must be the best for the two matches. I want OL to progress, it will be a huge upset, especially after Messi made his proclamation but, I will lie to say barca don't have the odds. Roma/Porto- the two luckiest sides in this round. They have a fair battle against each other. But that will make this tie probably the best to watch. All the other ties have one from two problem. Either two tops may not be in the same quality moment collectively or a known minnow will face a major team not ready. but these two team can face each other fairly over both legs the entire time and no one can expect one to be mightier than the other. Ajax/Real Madrid- Like MCFC , Real Madrid from all the top sides in fiance or table position have a soft opponent. For Real Madrid it is cool cause they are still unbalanced. and Ajax's youth can be exploited at times, though Ajax have some experience. The attacking power from real madrid is a danger to any team and I am not certain Ajax even prepared have the ability to handle it , especially considering the real madrid players see another potential round of 8 which can provide possible favorite opponents. Liverpool/Bayern- Klopp is in season for drama. But this is probably the worst of all matchups. Bayern know klopp weel, especially the players, they know how his teams play and know what to expect and bayern's experience makes them a dangerous opponent. They will not rush this, they will try to trap liverpool and one thing liverpool continually show under klopp, that dortmund did too, the defensive caring is soft and if the team slow down, they are truly open. Liverpool have a chance but Bayern can defeat them. https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1074625746663018496

30 years from now administrators in CONCACAF/CONMEBOL/CAF/AFC will lament how women's soccer in their confederation is less potent than UEFA. This article explains fully why. Women's soccer 15 years ago was all square among all the confederations. And, UEFA is moving fast quickly, cohesively, functionally, while all the other confederations at best have some glittering lights in themselves but nothing mirroring a collective plan. https://m.redgol.cl/amp/2018/12/pellejerias-de-la-conmebol-campeonas-de-la/?__twitter_impression=true%20via%20Fare%20Network