⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Spanish La Liga ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2025/2026

[slaman29]

Here in Argentina im saying to all my relatives, the holidays are over, Germany is gonna be back for 2030 under Klopp i feel like they are gonna be a machine again and we all are gonna suffer it.
About Italy which is another national team which is doing horrible right now i dont have that high hope unless they put a really good coach who can find players  since i see in Italy a lack of raw material to be honest.

Brazil.... i dont know, but well to 2030 is a long journey.

I think this is the third person saying this and I have to agree, if only Pep would also accept the national offer then we'll truly see great teams fighting with such different mentalities. Problem for Germany right now is national identity, they cannot replicate Bundesliga football in international competition and I have a big feeling Klopp will change that.

Italy. Well. They tried. Now they have Pirlo, lets see.

[Trofo]

Here in Argentina im saying to all my relatives, the holidays are over, Germany is gonna be back for 2030 under Klopp i feel like they are gonna be a machine again and we all are gonna suffer it.
About Italy which is another national team which is doing horrible right now i dont have that high hope unless they put a really good coach who can find players  since i see in Italy a lack of raw material to be honest.

Brazil.... i dont know, but well to 2030 is a long journey.

I think this is the third person saying this and I have to agree, if only Pep would also accept the national offer then we'll truly see great teams fighting with such different mentalities. Problem for Germany right now is national identity, they cannot replicate Bundesliga football in international competition and I have a big feeling Klopp will change that.

Italy. Well. They tried. Now they have Pirlo, lets see.

Pirlo was great player but I don't like giving such big functions to people without actual coaching references. Few of them work out well but most of them just crash and burn. Why taking such a risk when there are other options?

[LTU_btc]

Pirlo was great player but I don't like giving such big functions to people without actual coaching references. Few of them work out well but most of them just crash and burn. Why taking such a risk when there are other options?

Compare what weight Zidane or Klopp have and then Italy picks Pirlo. Doesn't looks like best option for a team that in deep crisis. Looks that they want to miss another World Cup, though I don't believe that Pirlo willstay for whole this 4 year period there.
And @slaman, I don't see Pep working with national teams, at leat now.

Portugal were not the better team in that Nations League final. Spain was the better team. Spain dominated that game just like they dominated France. They just couldn't score their chances and allowed Portugal to always equalise.

OK, that final didn't stuck in my meory, I don't remember how it was exactly, but by saying that Portugal were better I didn't mean that they played much better or something - they were better on penalties.

Imagine what the statistics of attackers will be in the future with such a number of teams, current records will be the starting level.

And by the way, that's why I'm a supporter of the Super League. Football (which is a business) should be run by those who actually do business (the clubs themselves), not by bastard officials. But naturally I would not want the kind of ugliness that the USA is demonstrating.

I remember when I thought about how hard it will be to beat Klose's record, but now it looks so meh after expansion. Group stage and even 1/32 now only is needed for strickers to improve their stats. And all these cringe American moments like hydration commercial breaks, half time show and etc - it's not same football that I fall in love in my childhood

[slaman29]

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Italy. Well. They tried. Now they have Pirlo, lets see.

Pirlo was great player but I don't like giving such big functions to people without actual coaching references. Few of them work out well but most of them just crash and burn. Why taking such a risk when there are other options?

Totally agree, great players don't necessarily become great managers, and we see plenty of that already, track record is important, there's a reason why you have certifications for such jobs.

And @slaman, I don't see Pep working with national teams, at leat now.
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I remember when I thought about how hard it will be to beat Klose's record, but now it looks so meh after expansion. Group stage and even 1/32 now only is needed for strickers to improve their stats. And all these cringe American moments like hydration commercial breaks, half time show and etc - it's not same football that I fall in love in my childhood

Yeah I saw what he said also, same as Klopp after he left England, too low energy, not right now. Hope Klopp can wait 2 years for Pep. Those 2 need to rematch at international level

I see more of us seem to say the same lines about football in this forum. I wonder there will be a point we walk out on football.

[darxiaomi]

Here in Argentina im saying to all my relatives, the holidays are over, Germany is gonna be back for 2030 under Klopp i feel like they are gonna be a machine again and we all are gonna suffer it.
About Italy which is another national team which is doing horrible right now i dont have that high hope unless they put a really good coach who can find players  since i see in Italy a lack of raw material to be honest.

Brazil.... i dont know, but well to 2030 is a long journey.

I think this is the third person saying this and I have to agree, if only Pep would also accept the national offer then we'll truly see great teams fighting with such different mentalities. Problem for Germany right now is national identity, they cannot replicate Bundesliga football in international competition and I have a big feeling Klopp will change that.

Italy. Well. They tried. Now they have Pirlo, lets see.

Pirlo was great player but I don't like giving such big functions to people without actual coaching references. Few of them work out well but most of them just crash and burn. Why taking such a risk when there are other options?

I just comment that in other thread, i feel like Pirlo is not a gret coaach to be honest. His few appeareance as a coach were not so good, so for me the Italian federation keeps making the same mistakes, they are in the same path and i dont know if they are gonna reach good results, i hope the best for them but the reality is not good.