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Sid Lowe

@sidlowe.bsky.social

Football (mostly Spanish) and stuff.

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Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · last wk.

What a strange and angry post from the FIFA president. While preaching “love” he has come across extremely thin skinned and while at the same time attempted to downplay what has happened to Iran, fans denied visas, Omar Artan and the Balogun situations as normal. Like in a parallel universe.

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Alexander Abnos@anabnos.com · 2w ago

“Andrés Iniesta once said that the moment the ball sat up for him in the 116th minute of the final in South Africa in 2010, he heard the silence. Maybe Torres heard it too; maybe he heard history call.” @sidlowe.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

At the World Cup of superstars, a team take home the trophy | Sid Lowe

The European champions conceded just one goal in the tournament and Spain’s success is a victory for a system

theguardian.com

Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 2w ago

It isn’t the White House task force’s role to decide these matters. It’s FIFA’s rule. But I supposed FIFA has for the past 6 weeks become a branch of the federal government so …

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Sachin Nakrani@sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Enjoyed this interview with Julen Lopetegui by @sidlowe.bsky.social for @theguardian.com. Had no idea he was Spain’s third-choice goalkeeper at USA 94 - and could well have been their second and played at the tournament. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Julen Lopetegui: ‘Going to the World Cup just for the sake of going is stupid’

Eight years on from being sacked by Spain on the eve of the World Cup, Julen Lopetegui will get his chance on the big stage as head coach of Qatar

theguardian.com

Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Agony and ecstasy in La Liga after a survival battle for the ages | Sid Lowe

Agony and ecstasy in La Liga after a survival battle for the ages | Sid Lowe

At the end of a ‘crazy, crazy day’, Elche were safe. But opponents, Girona, were down with Mallorca and Oviedo Eder Sarabia wasn’t out there to see the tightest, tensest battle there has ever been end with liberation at last, but his mum and dad were and he wasn’t far away. Suspended for the final night of a season like no other, Elche’s coach was hidden down in the dressing room instead, watching the game that he knew was “us or them” on a TV set perched precariously upon a metal crate. There, as staff ran in and out delivering messages until it was his turn to set off on a sprint, he saw the match that defined five teams’ fate finish 1-1. Mobile in hand, alerts beeping, most of all he saw suffering. “Terrible, terrible, terrible,” he called it later, but by then at least it was done. Elche were safe. Their opponents, Girona, were down. Real Mallorca, like Real Oviedo, were going with them. “Crazy, crazy day, crazy match, a lot of emotions: this league was really crazy,” Sarabia said. He had spent much of it surrounded by clothes on hooks and flags taped to walls; like everyone else, he had also spent it, he said, “on the edge of the precipice”. From the visitors’ dressing room at Montilivi, he had seen Álvaro Rodríguez score the kind of goal that wins cups in cartoons, tearfully dedicating it to his late dad, and Arnau Martínez equalise. He had seen cameras zoom in on his parents in the stands and wondered how Manu, a former footballer who doesn’t so much watch games as broadcast them, looked so calm when they were a goal from losing it all. He had seen Thomas Lemar hit Elche’s bar, “+7” appear on the screen, and his goalkeeper catch a cross on 95.55, Matías Dituro triumphantly holding the ball like Rafiki on Pride Rock, but it still wasn’t over. Continue reading...

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Steven D. Greydanus@decentfilms.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This may be a fundamentally new kind of sin blending blasphemy, idolatry, divination, and simony, among others. Those who are not horrified at this may be entirely lacking in authentic religious awareness and feeling.

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James Dart@jamesdart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

‘This was a dramatic act of self-destruction that “Spursy” doesn’t get anywhere near, both deeply comic and also desperately sad, the final ridiculous scene of a tragedy, the ultimate humiliation. Only, terrifyingly, that may still be to come.’ By @sidlowe.bsky.social

Humiliation for Kinsky as Tottenham crumble early in thrashing by Atlético Madrid

Goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was substituted early in the first half of Tottenham’s humiliating 5-2 defeat at the hands of Atlético Madrid

theguardian.com

James Tyler@jamestylerespn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Superb stuff from @sidlowe.bsky.social (edit: @tonymabertespn.bsky.social) sitting down with some NBA greats to talk about their decade of owning LaLiga side Mallorca. (Full hour-long TV special on ESPN+ tonight also) www.espn.com/soccer/story...

NBA greats Kerr, Nash on ups and downs of owning Spanish soccer team Mallorca

Steve Kerr and Steve Nash own Mallorca with a former USMNT international and an ex-tennis pro. What has it taught them about sport, leadership and life?

espn.com

Tony Mabert@tonymabertespn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Brilliant insight into what it's like coming in from outside football to take over a club. @sidlowe.bsky.social sat down with Mallorca's owners, as they celebrate 10 years in charge, for a 1-hour TV special and this fascinating written feature. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

NBA greats Kerr, Nash on ups and downs of owning Spanish soccer team Mallorca

Steve Kerr and Steve Nash own Mallorca with a former USMNT international and an ex-tennis pro. What has it taught them about sport, leadership and life?

espn.com