Maurício Alencar – football culture and full writer portfolio
first posted on Footrace The ultimate substitution occurred last week when the Newcastle takeover by the PIF was completed. Prince Mohammed bin Salman on for Mike Ashley, Sports Direct off for PIF, and domestic workers’ rights abuses replaced by overseas…
How you consume your football probably defines exactly what kind of football fan you are. The kind of football fan you are – a serious existential thinker who wants to understand why football’s possession game is some kind of play…
“When your team scores, the full pint in your hand might be up in the air, soaking all those around in warm, stale beer.”
“‘Sustainable’, when used in a financial context, is a misfire.”
“There is some pride in seeing Brazilian players add enticing flavours to European football, and Asian football, and football in the Faroe Islands. But there’s also a more palpable feeling of saudades, of longing for the days where the Brazilian league had some international pedigree.”
“Perhaps we will never see England win anything in football ever again, and therefore never see that racism-free, hooligan-free, drug-free, idiot-free, perfect English society which would surely, surely ensue from victory?”
“One would hope that all men privately weeping at home would feel absolved of shame from watching Gazza cry, David Luiz burst into red-eyed tears after defeat to Germany, as well as Beckham, Buffon, or Terry.”
“if you are of the superstitious kind, you might say that the L-shape is symbolic of the word “lose””
“Salah’s (failed) theatrics in the lead-up to the goal was especially entertaining for the keen watcher. “
“Something tending towards the sublime: a short man named Diego Maradona danced- with a football.”
