Might sound weird at first but think about it, a lot of the reason you’re a fan of a particular club or team is because of the players or their style of play. So there’s a good reason to change support for a team cause your favourite manager left

Relationism, yeah. Renato Gaucho at Gremio has a similar philosophy to Diniz, too. I am enjoying this style of play coming back. It reminds me a bit of early tiki-taka. I think the main problem with Brazil at the moment is a lack of confidence. So many of the players were sloppy in the Uruguay match, Neymar getting injured was just the nail in the coffin. I haven’t been following Fliminense lately, but they have dropped down the table a bit, I guess this season has been a bit rough for Diniz in general. Let’s see how it pans out til Ancelotti becomes the gaffa.

This year’s Ballon D’or was just based on sentimentality of “Messi finally won the big thing, his career is completed, so let’s just give it to him.” I know that goals shouldn’t be the only thing that matters for an award like the Ballon D’or, but Haaland’s had a beast of a season. Love Messi, but last season, he paled compared to Haaland or even Mbappe for that matter.

It’s always the FIFA Men’s best player of the year that gets it right, doesn’t it?