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Greatest XI of All Time

I don’t follow football nowadays closely. My enthusiasm is limited to big competitions. Part of the reason is the decline in football. There aren’t as many good players as used to be. I like some nostalgia and think about a team that would be a powerhouse. Thus, I decided to write a post about my all-time team for football. Note that, I will probably skip players that…

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Failure of Data: El Fenomeno

What determines greatness in football? The number of goals, assists, dribbles, wins, cups? These are all stats. The world has some amazing players who have crazy data. In recent years, both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo showed unprecedented statistics. Nevertheless, I don’t feel data tells everything. Data fails to capture the joy or excitement. If we lean purely on data, the game wouldn’t be as good. We…

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FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona(Football Clup Barcelona), 1899 yılında ispanyol Joan Gamber tarafından kuruldu. Şimdilerde takma adı Barça olarak bilinen kulüp 1928 yılında La Liga(İspanyol Ligi, bizdeki süper lig)’ya katılmıştır. İspanyolca Més que un club(More than a clup) yani bir kulüpten daha fazlası sloganıyla kendini taraftarına ve basına benimsetmiştir. La liga’ya girdikten sonra en büyük rakipleri Real Madrid ve Athletico Bilbao olmuştur. Birinci ligden hiç düşmeyen Barcelona 18 lig, 24…

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