If we still haven't got a name for Number 10 North yet might I suggest Mardy Lago?
Turns out a defensive side vs a counterattacking side is the footballing equivalent of a divide by zero error
Honestly lucky that France were not, at this point, winning
England with a narrow 1 goal lead against a high quality attack with 20 minutes to play, is it
France coming out with fireworks was the most predictable thing in the world and it's deeply annoying England haven't apparently anticipated it
that was legitimately just good, not only in the context of this deeply strange match; that would have worked at any point in the tournament
After aaaalll the talk about tactics, Tuchel commits The One Mistake that has sunk England repeatedly for the last decade? The one with a big flashing DO NOT DO THIS sign?
Mbappe's double vs Argentina was in the 80th and 81st minutes btw
🎶 I get up when I want Except on Wednesdays When I produce a hygroscopic mucus coating my entire body to protect me from predators through what is known as
The France vs Spain semi final is going to be amaaaazing
Why are France so good at the sports. We need to have not taught them the sports.
This tournament has been so inconsequential for so long (apologies to Scotland) that the knockouts are coming as a bit of a shock. Like when they start killing off characters in Marvel films to show it's getting serious.
All three* of those Brazil goals have come from Scotland dawdling around at the back. Sorry lads, you do know who you're playing?
Calvino's retrospective preface to his first book is something else. "Perhaps, in the end, it is only your first book that counts..."
This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Think my whole life boils down to the mantra of 'keep making good decisions'. Loads of mistakes, some really big. But you just keep trying.