Football has a particular kind of sadness reserved for teams that had everything and still could not do it. The Netherlands of 1974 — Johan Cruyff, Total Football, the most revolutionary side the sport had seen — lost the Final to West Germany. Brazil in 1982 — Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder, perhaps the most beautifully […]
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They were, for most of this tournament, the best team in the world. Three knockout clean sheets. Kylian Mbappé rewriting the record books. Ousmane Dembélé scoring a hat-trick in 32 minutes. An attacking unit so well-organised that nobody could find a way to stop it — until Spain did in Dallas, and the dream was […]
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He holds the Ballon d’Or. He was named The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2025. He has 35 goals in a single club season and a continental treble to his name. By every measure that football uses to rank its players, Ousmane Dembélé is currently the best in the world. And yet, in all his […]
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Three goals. One night. A statement. Michael Olise’s final World Cup warm-up was not supposed to define him — France were already certain of his value. But when he stepped up and scored his final goal — a curled, precise shot from the edge of the box into the top-left corner to complete his hat-trick […]
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