Really looking forward to the last 10 minutes when Argentina are a goal up, aka the worst 10 minutes in all of our lives
Jack Lang
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Football writer for The Athletic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/jack-lang/
“When I arrived at Pumas, people asked me whether I’d come straight from the beach. I had! “I always loved the stuff the surfers wore, the Bermuda shorts, the colours. I wanted to bring something from that world with me. So I started my own style.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
Jorge Campos: Goalkeeper, striker, artist, icon (Gift Article)
Mexico's most celebrated footballer was always far more than just his country's No 1, as he tells Jack Lang
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What a night at the Azteca. Could barely keep track of the drama. It was also valedictory. The World Cup now loses its dislocated heart. This occasion was one final explosion, a proper game in a proper stadium. It showed us what we could have had www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
Farewell to Mexico, the maddest and most beautiful part of this World Cup (Gift Article)
A 3-2 defeat to England brought the end of Mexico's involvement in this World Cup both as a team and as a host nation - they will be missed
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What a night at the Azteca. Could barely keep track of the drama. It was also valedictory. The World Cup now loses its dislocated heart. This occasion was one final explosion, a proper game in a proper stadium. It showed us what we could have had www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
Farewell to Mexico, the maddest and most beautiful part of this World Cup (Gift Article)
A 3-2 defeat to England brought the end of Mexico's involvement in this World Cup both as a team and as a host nation - they will be missed
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At the Azteca. Last one of these this summer. Can't get enough of Juan Gabriel. We're live with weather updates and the actual football here www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
Trying to work out what the worst part of that Neymar penalty. Don't actually think it was the grin or the argument afterwards. I think it was the time he took to actually take it
"I used to tell people that I was one of a kind. That was my catchphrase, my mentality." Spoke to Jorge Campos about his 22-goal season as a striker, starting games in goal & ending them up front, surfing and – yes – the intricacies of kit design. What a guy www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
Jorge Campos: Goalkeeper, striker, artist, icon (Gift Article)
Mexico's most celebrated footballer was always far more than just his country's No 1, as he tells Jack Lang
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Did I go to an art supply shop on the morning of the interview, buy a load of felt tips and ask him to design a kit? Reader, I did
"I used to tell people that I was one of a kind. That was my catchphrase, my mentality." Spoke to Jorge Campos about his 22-goal season as a striker, starting games in goal & ending them up front, surfing and – yes – the intricacies of kit design. What a guy www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
Jorge Campos: Goalkeeper, striker, artist, icon (Gift Article)
Mexico's most celebrated footballer was always far more than just his country's No 1, as he tells Jack Lang
nytimes.com
"Low-intensity running distance decreases by about 10 per cent at moderate altitude vs sea level." "High-intensity running can be reduced more severely, by around 30 per cent by distance covered." “You can't sneak in and sneak back out." Mexico and ALTITUDE www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
How will altitude affect the World Cup? 'Running back and taking a breath is what costs you'
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It’s @acjimbo.bsky.social , @tomwfootball.bsky.social @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social & @danielstorey85.bsky.social with all the drama 🏴🇺🇸🇧🇪 Plus @jacklang.bsky.social on what England can expect in Mexico 🇲🇽 youtu.be/Ba6yp08fETU
Kane leads England to Mexico as USA keep on rollin'
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“And what if we did?” Mexico have never lost a World Cup match at the Azteca. Their last defeat there in a game of any sort was in 2013. With one more home game coming, it is little wonder that Mexican belief is starting to grow – in the stands & on the pitch www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
Mexico’s surging World Cup belief has a high-altitude X factor: The Estadio Azteca (Gift Article)
The World Cup co-hosts are now unbeaten in 26 matches at their home ground, following Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the round of 32
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“And what if we did?” Mexico have never lost a World Cup match at the Azteca. Their last defeat there in a game of any sort was in 2013. With one more home game coming, it is little wonder that Mexican belief is starting to grow – in the stands & on the pitch www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
Mexico’s surging World Cup belief has a high-altitude X factor: The Estadio Azteca (Gift Article)
The World Cup co-hosts are now unbeaten in 26 matches at their home ground, following Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the round of 32
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“He is an enormously important figure for our football, a reference point for all of us.” Zico’s enduring influence on the Japanese game – and the adopted Portuguese word that captures his legacy www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...
Malicia is the Brazilian term that defines Japanese football thanks to a World Cup legend (Gift Article)
Japan play Brazil in a World Cup knockout game and the country owes much of its international success to one of Brazil's greatest players
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“He is an enormously important figure for our football, a reference point for all of us.” Zico’s enduring influence on the Japanese game – and the adopted Portuguese word that captures his legacy www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...
Malicia is the Brazilian term that defines Japanese football thanks to a World Cup legend (Gift Article)
Japan play Brazil in a World Cup knockout game and the country owes much of its international success to one of Brazil's greatest players
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Memo Ochoa is a Mexican icon and a World Cup great. On an emotional night at the Azteca, his story got the fairytale ending it deserved www.nytimes.com/athletic/739...
Guillermo Ochoa and Mexico – a World Cup love affair gets its perfect ending (Gift Article)
A cult hero worldwide and a national treasure at home, veteran Mexico goalkeeper Ochoa's late Azteca cameo was the perfect send-off
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Memo Ochoa is a Mexican icon and a World Cup great. On an emotional night at the Azteca, his story got the fairytale ending it deserved www.nytimes.com/athletic/739...
Guillermo Ochoa and Mexico – a World Cup love affair gets its perfect ending (Gift Article)
A cult hero worldwide and a national treasure at home, veteran Mexico goalkeeper Ochoa's late Azteca cameo was the perfect send-off
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Memepocalypse now! Ancelotti. Endrick and the Brazilian content machine www.nytimes.com/athletic/738...
Why memes about Endrick and Carlo Ancelotti have become this World Cup’s viral sensation (Gift Article)
There is a public clamour for Endrick to start for Brazil. Carlo Ancelotti looks as though he will be unmoved
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Memepocalypse now! Ancelotti. Endrick and the Brazilian content machine www.nytimes.com/athletic/738...
Why memes about Endrick and Carlo Ancelotti have become this World Cup’s viral sensation (Gift Article)
There is a public clamour for Endrick to start for Brazil. Carlo Ancelotti looks as though he will be unmoved
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Colombia 1-0 DR Congo With 20 shots, it was ironic that the only one Colombia scored was the effort they did not direct themselves. Munoz's deflected winner puts them top of Group K — to stay there, they only need to draw with Portugal. W/ @jacklang.bsky.social:
Colombia beat DR Congo at World Cup to seal knockout spot — can they top Group K ahead of Portugal? (Gift Article)
A tantalising group-stage showdown with Portugal awaits on Saturday after Daniel Munoz scored a crucial winner
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Harry Kane loves NFL so much that at Tottenham he used to run the Fantasy Football league. Today he will finally play at the home of his beloved New England Patriots. My piece on his NFL fandom and his friendship with his hero Tom Brady. www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...
Harry Kane is the World Cup star with a Tom Brady obsession and a dream of playing in the NFL (Gift Article)
Kane loves the NFL so much that he ran a Fantasy Football competition for Spurs players and staff and still dreams of playing as a kicker
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Lost my dad four years ago. Wrote this in Qatar. Another World Cup, this time on Father's Day. Wish he could've seen the book. Hard to be away from my family and kids, but making arroz con pollo today, thinking of my dad and sharing a meal with friends. www.nytimes.com/athletic/394...
Tenorio: A gift for my father, and the gift he gave to me
On Sunday, I carried mementos of my father while watching a game that would have made him proud.
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“You have chosen to play. The baby will still be there afterwards.” “A World Cup is a unique moment. You’re going to walk away from that?” Reactionary garbage. Hats off to Jérémy Doku. Some things are far more important than football www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...
Jeremy Doku wants to be there for the birth of his first child. That should be the end of it (Gift Article)
The birth of a child, particularly your first, is a life-changing event. Doku the parent is so much more important than Doku the footballer
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Starting Pitta against Turkey… Paraguay know how to fuck with you
Better from Brazil (Couldn’t really have been worse) www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...
Brazil ease to win against Haiti. How much would Raphinha hurt them? Does Cunha have to start now? (Gift Article)
Two goals from Matheus Cunha and another from Vinicius Junior fired Brazil to the top of Group C and on the brink of the knockout stages
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EXCLUSIVE: Ivory Coast starting striker Elye Wahi arrested on suspicion of alleged fixing offences just two weeks before World Cup. The 23-year-old has not been charged but remains subject of an active investigation.
Ivory Coast player Elye Wahi arrested for alleged fixing offences on eve of World Cup (Gift Article)
Wahi, who started Ivory Coast's opening game of the tournament on Sunday, was arrested by anti-corruption specialists on May 29.
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Who runs the England dressing room? And will Thomas Tuchel be able to solve the issues from Euro 2024? My piece ahead of England's opener tomorrow www.nytimes.com/athletic/734...
Harry Kane, Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham: Who runs England’s dressing room? (Gift Article)
Kane and Bellingham have both said things were not quite right in Southgate's dressing room at Euro 2024 - how is Tuchel changing things?
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Yan Diomande: I see the fuss. Thoughts from Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador, won by a fine late Amad strike (but really, check out Singo's work in the build-up) — with @jacklang.bsky.social:
Ivory Coast beats Ecuador at World Cup as Liverpool target Yan Diomande goes global (Gift Article)
Analysis of Ivory Coast's game against Ecuador at the World Cup
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