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Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off in Munich
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The buildup to this game has concentrated less on the actual trophy at stake, and more on the clash between the GOATs of the past and (likely) future. It’s Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lamine Yamal! CR7 v Lamine The Dream! Oh, is that a piece of international silverware I see in the corner of my eye as well? I guess that’d be nice to win.
“I would like to take pressure off him and leave him alone,” said Ronaldo of Spain’s teenage sensation this week. Yamal, who somehow is still only 17, dubbed his opponent “a football legend”. It’s been an understandable love-in, fuelled by the fact there is so little else to talk about in the world of football right now. A rare lull such as this was always going to be filled with predictable GOAT chat.
Continue reading…Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off in MunichHave any thoughts? Send them to Dominic via emailThe buildup to this game has concentrated less on the actual trophy at stake, and more on the clash between the GOATs of the past and (likely) future. It’s Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lamine Yamal! CR7 v Lamine The Dream! Oh, is that a piece of international silverware I see in the corner of my eye as well? I guess that’d be nice to win.“I would like to take pressure off him and leave him alone,” said Ronaldo of Spain’s teenage sensation this week. Yamal, who somehow is still only 17, dubbed his opponent “a football legend”. It’s been an understandable love-in, fuelled by the fact there is so little else to talk about in the world of football right now. A rare lull such as this was always going to be filled with predictable GOAT chat. Continue reading…
