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    ^^ The real reason is the half a million euros a week salary, of course.

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    Spurs lose to Taco de Fokwhoknows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Spurs lose to Taco de Fokwhoknows.
    In fairness they did put out a rather weak side, and I think the prize money for this competition is 50p and a Cadburys Creme Egg...

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    Already seems unlikely the Arse will qualify for next year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Already seems unlikely the Arse will qualify for next year.
    It's quite pleasant to have low expectations. Now I know how you feel.

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    Jorginho missed a penalty as Italy were held to a 0-0 draw by Switzerland, a result that meant they equalled the world record for international matches unbeaten.


    Italy have now not lost for 36 consecutive matches, matching Brazil's record set between 1993 and 1996.

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    And yet Rio Ferdinand said after the Italy Spain game “England are better than both them teams”.

    What an absolute farce in the Brazil / Argie game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    What an absolute farce in the Brazil / Argie game.
    Under Brazilian rules, visitors who have been in the UK in the 14 days before entering the country must quarantine for 14 days on arrival."We got to this point because everything that ANVISA directed, from the first moment, was not fulfilled," Antonio Barra Torres, director at Brazil's health regulator Anvisa, said on Brazilian television, according to AFP.
    "[The four players] were directed to remain isolated while awaiting deportation, but they did not comply. They went to the stadium and they entered the field, in a series of breaches," the official added.

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    Footballer, 73, dies after spending 39 years in a coma


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    A former star of the French football team and Paris Saint-Germain has died almost four decades after falling into a coma when a knee operation went wrong.

    Jean-Pierre Adams was 34 years old when doctors gave him a near-fatal dose of anaesthetic during a routine knee operation in 1982.

    He had begun a move into coaching after an illustrious career as a defender which saw him play for Nîmes, then one of the top teams in the country, Nice, PSG and take 22 caps for the national side.


    He was hospitalised after suffering an injury while attending a training camp near Lyon.

    Initial scans showed damage to a tendon at the back of the knee, with surgeons recommending an operation but saying it was not urgent.

    But many of the hospital staff were on strike on the day of Mr Adams’ operation, with one anaesthetist in charge of eight patients while the footballer was looked after by a trainee.


    The father-of-two was intubated poorly, starving his brain of oxygen.


    The error caused him to go into cardiac arrest and suffer severe brain damage which he never woke up from.

    Mr Adams’ wife Bernadette claims her husband suffered further neglect when he was moved to another hospital eight months later.

    A bed sore was allowed to become infectious, with the infection eventually reaching his bones.

    He was moved home after the hospital said they could no longer look after him, forcing Bernadette – who was now in financial difficulties – to build a new house adapted to his care and dedicate her life to looking after him.

    Nîmes, PSG and the French football federation supported her with one-off contributions, although Bernadette continued to suffer financially and emotionally as it took years for a court to rule that her husband was owed damages.

    A judge found the doctors guilty of involuntary injury in 1989, with the anaesthetist and trainee given one-month suspended sentences and fines equivalent to around Ł640.

    But it wasn’t until 1993 that the family’s payout was calculated.

    PSG said the footballer’s: ‘joie de vivre, charisma and experience commanded respect’. Nice and Nîmes have offered their condolences to the family.

    Henri Michel, a former France teammate, said the Senegal-born star was a ‘force of nature’, ‘very patriotic’ and ‘a pleasure to play with’.

    https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/06/jean-pierre-adams-footballer-73-dies-after-39-years-in-a-coma-15215760/?ito=newsnow-feed

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    spending 39 years in a coma
    Blimey.

    Is that some sort of record.


    I'm surprised FIFA didn't tell the doctors to hold off and make his awakening a show piece of the Qatar World Cup opening ceremony.


    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    PSG said the footballer’s: ‘joie de vivre'
    I'm not looking forward to the TD spelling of that.



    Serbia.

    They're not as good as Azerbaijan, right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Serbia.

    They're not as good as Azerbaijan, right.


    Point for Ireland

    Denmark won too

    16 different players in the squad, are now on the scoreboard

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    I love it when a good plan comes together

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    Point for Ireland
    Everyone loves an 86th minute own goal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Everyone loves an 86th minute own goal
    Everyone is an awful lot of people


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    Suriname Vice President Under Investigation After Starting Himself In A Game


    The 60-year-old is actually wanted by Interpol for drug-trafficking offences and wouldn't be able to travel to Honduras for the second leg because of it.

    Video was streamed tonight from Olimpia's locker room that appears to show Ronnie Brunswijk giving people in the locker room cash.
    I think we know where the Fifa World Cup 2030 is gonna be held.

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    Real Madrid 1-2 Sherif Tiraspol

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Real Madrid 1-2 Sherif Tiraspol
    And what a belting winner it was too.

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    Meanwhile, in Barcelona...

    (or rather, Lisbon)

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Meanwhile, in Barcelona...

    (or rather, Lisbon)
    Koeman has the old P45 bomber circling overhead I fancy.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Koeman has the old P45 bomber circling overhead I fancy.....
    Did you see this yesterday?

    Real Madrid’s La Liga spending limit is eight times higher than Barcelona’s | La Liga | The Guardian

    They're absolutely fucked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post

    Those two are nuts anyway.

    They both spend far more than they earn just trying to compete with each other.

    And the political angle makes it even worse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Those two are nuts anyway.

    They both spend far more than they earn just trying to compete with each other.

    And the political angle makes it even worse.
    Well, yeah, but Barca don't have the government to bail them out when the shit hits the fan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Well, yeah, but Barca don't have the government to bail them out when the shit hits the fan.
    Aye and all the Qatari money is going to PSG....

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