quick news round up

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Chatter from the sidelines

• Messi rejected the award at Copa America So they decided to eliminate it


• FIFA Blatter 'not going to take the risk of travelling' Oh, behave


• FIFPro, the world footballers' union, is to welcome female players as direct members in a bid to fight inequality in the sport. Good news, right?


• Inter should be relegated for Salah debacle - Panerai Wow this is getting messy


• Tebas maintains La Liga will start on 15th August Hah, we'll see


• Who will catch the armband? The search for Real Madrid's next captain


• "Guardiola has destroyed Götze" Eurgh, but Götze is better than Messi, dude


• Barcelona ready to beat Manchester United and Chelsea to Arda Turan's signature How can Barcelona sign players if they're still banned- where will the player play?


• Tottenham Hotspur close to completing Toby Alderweireld move Not so fast because Southampton is threatening to sue. Atletico Madrid has left it too late, according to a clause, and Saints had first option to get him, as understood by contract (they'd pay about £6.8 million for him), but Aletico is all, "Really? I don't understand the question


• Is this Tottenham Hotspur's 2015-16 third kit? It's a nice purple


• Southampton threatening legal action over Alderweireld transfer to Tottenham Better overview here


• Galaxy introduces newest addition Steven Gerrard to fans at halftime He's gotten stuck in immediately. In training, will be playing his first game July 17


• Bastian Schweinsteiger told to make decision on future This piece of news keeps popping up

Pictures
Women's World Cup USA 5- 2 Japan

Credit to the yanks for getting the sport before it was even a 'thing' world wide for women. Title X, right?

All 16 national federations for the teams that failed to get out of the group stage at the 2014 men’s World Cup received $8 million from FIFA. That was $6 million more than the winning national federation will receive at this year’s Women’s World Cup, and that is just the start of the disparity.”

I thought the match was today, LOL at me. Anyway, just as well, the scoreline suggests a slaughter. Not Germany vs Brazil type, but still, if I'd stayed up for that I'd have been annoyed

USA got a hat trick against Japan in sixteen minutes, and The Daily Mail calls it 'a thriller'. LOL

OP: Done! Any cheers, jeers, corrections and commentary pushback, you know the drill! Cheers

Comments

RE: Miro Klose gave an interview.

[mundodeamor.livejournal.com]

which I was never allowed to do of course

wait, why is that?

I think the decision to retire was the right one tbh, better to retire on a high

RE: Miro Klose gave an interview.

[eva]

I think he was joking. Not sure if he's actually ever tried to become the chief penalty taker.

RE: Miro Klose gave an interview.

[ladya-sama.livejournal.com]

Doubt he was ever forbidden from doing so, but teams generally pick an "unofficial official" penalty taker and roll with it, and I guess there were just others more suited for the role than Miro.

I think back to World Cup 2010 and laugh. Pundits were insisting that, with Miro being 32 at the time, it would be his last World Cup and how it was a shame he wouldn't have a chance to break the scoring record. When asked at Euro 2012 Miro insisted that he'd be in Brazil in 2014, and yet still many were very skeptical. He proved them all wrong! What a fantastic way to end his international career, with that record and the World Cup! Having first started following the German NT when Miro made his WC debut in 2002, it felt like a fairy tale ending for me, seeing him finally achieve the dream. Was all excited when Germany won it in 2014, but when the camera cut to Miro sitting there with his sons I started crying because I was just so happy for him!