Phall
Master
The World Cup is over. Global soccer goes on; time for a new thread.
Real Madrid is set to break some record fee for a new star African, "Yan Diomande" whose playing rights are currently owned by Red Bull Leipzig (part of the Red Bull energy drink group conglomerate, duh). I applaud this guy Diomande for actually playing for his country of origin, Ivory Coast, despite being one of these supra-national "test tube freaks"... apparently he trained in Florida for a couple of his teenage years before being shipped around as a commodity. He could surely be a citizen of England, USA, Germany, or especially France.
The 40-yr old (black, obviously) goalkeeper for Cape Verde was signed by Chile's top pro league team. Good for him.
Zidane seems set to sign on as the new French national team manager. This seems weird to me. He won with a "multicultural" squad - the current team is all-African. I don't believe this will "revert" until some type of total overhaul. Why would he accept this? His son is the starting goalkeeper for Algeria. We have a multi-page thread over whether or not Zidane is "white"... what more can be said?
The most interesting sports saga that isn't headlining American news is Italy's search for a new team coach. Italy has missed the last three World Cups, which is outlandish on its face. Andrea Pirlo is a former AC Milan and Italian international who currently coaches in Dubai (where celebrity Euros go to make money on their names). Pirlo played a few years for NYCFC at the end of his career. As a famous coach in a fledgling arab league, he signed on, quite naturally, as a spokesman for the league's gambling partner, fonbet.
I'm going to paraphrase a bit here. Italy's sporting commission was hired by its political committee. Famous player Paolo Maldini was among those chosen to be part of the committee to select the new coach of the national team. Maldini picked Pirlo, but the politicians above him rejected the pick on the basis of a relationship with Russia (who they categorically must hate). While being the coach of a UAE team in Dubia, Pirlo signed on to be a spokesman of fonbet. There was enough stink about this to veto Pirlo's selection.
As a result, Paolo Maldini resigned from his role as the head of selection committee. Another guy did too, but I don't know him by name. Anyway, Italy has now missed on its first three coaching choices. The interiim guy, Baldini, played six (!!!) African-born players in their last friendly match. Will the next Italian coach bring Italy to glory?
Real Madrid is set to break some record fee for a new star African, "Yan Diomande" whose playing rights are currently owned by Red Bull Leipzig (part of the Red Bull energy drink group conglomerate, duh). I applaud this guy Diomande for actually playing for his country of origin, Ivory Coast, despite being one of these supra-national "test tube freaks"... apparently he trained in Florida for a couple of his teenage years before being shipped around as a commodity. He could surely be a citizen of England, USA, Germany, or especially France.
The 40-yr old (black, obviously) goalkeeper for Cape Verde was signed by Chile's top pro league team. Good for him.
Zidane seems set to sign on as the new French national team manager. This seems weird to me. He won with a "multicultural" squad - the current team is all-African. I don't believe this will "revert" until some type of total overhaul. Why would he accept this? His son is the starting goalkeeper for Algeria. We have a multi-page thread over whether or not Zidane is "white"... what more can be said?
The most interesting sports saga that isn't headlining American news is Italy's search for a new team coach. Italy has missed the last three World Cups, which is outlandish on its face. Andrea Pirlo is a former AC Milan and Italian international who currently coaches in Dubai (where celebrity Euros go to make money on their names). Pirlo played a few years for NYCFC at the end of his career. As a famous coach in a fledgling arab league, he signed on, quite naturally, as a spokesman for the league's gambling partner, fonbet.
I'm going to paraphrase a bit here. Italy's sporting commission was hired by its political committee. Famous player Paolo Maldini was among those chosen to be part of the committee to select the new coach of the national team. Maldini picked Pirlo, but the politicians above him rejected the pick on the basis of a relationship with Russia (who they categorically must hate). While being the coach of a UAE team in Dubia, Pirlo signed on to be a spokesman of fonbet. There was enough stink about this to veto Pirlo's selection.
As a result, Paolo Maldini resigned from his role as the head of selection committee. Another guy did too, but I don't know him by name. Anyway, Italy has now missed on its first three coaching choices. The interiim guy, Baldini, played six (!!!) African-born players in their last friendly match. Will the next Italian coach bring Italy to glory?
