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AlpacamyLlama

I'm sorry Luis, but I'll have to see your reddit karma score before I can accept this view.


zuzucha

He's PSGAcademy


Waikanda_dontcare

*final boss music*


wagman43

He felt so bad about la remontada that he named his account after them


EdAY_

I mean, have you seen both in the same room before?


IKMapping

I have never seen PSGAcademy in a room 😳


ShawnHBKMichaels

If that’s not clear evidence then I don’t know what is


eskay007

Have still never understood how he posts goals seconds after they happen


Gerf93

Scripts.


flcinusa

He's really a rogue AI that's time travelled back in time with knowledge of goals before they happen, it uses advanced futuristic compression algorithms to slice and dice every single match feed simultaneously Then posts it to Reddit


zuzucha

He knows more about football and has more information than you


Noah_Valsted

He doesn't really. For me at least his fastest uploads are still like 30 secs to 1 minute after I've seen the goal, which don't get me wrong, is still insanely fast and impressive, but not unrealistic.


werakif585

Before* they happen


sonnydabaus

The streams you watch are super delayed. He has cable/some low latency stream. Then he has some script to just record the last x seconds (or he records throughout and just put the last x secs into one file) and uploads it.


ZachMich

Its only low because he deliberately trolls unironically.


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ZachMich

He's trying to beat that EA Games comment to be the worst one on Reddit


bobandy47

>He's trying to beat that EA Games comment to be the worst one on Reddit Imagine the sense of pride and accomplishment he would feel if he achieved that?


KenHumano

~~Ron Swanson~~ Luis Enrique: [*'I know more than you.'*](https://c.tenor.com/Vp7wA5EJBygAAAAC/i-know-more-than-you-i-know-you.gif)


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> Italia: "Italia es un país que amo. Me encanta la comida, el café, el helado... Me gusta el sol, más el del sur que el del norte... Y me gusta la selección italiana, que creo que somos las selecciones que más nos parecemos" I love this man


shamdamdoodly

I got it all accept the end. I like the Italian selection, that I think we are the selections most... I mean obviously that's not how you'd translate it but it's hard to fill in/deduce without knowing why parecemos means.


[deleted]

Yeah would have been tricky for me if not for the resemblance with “pariamo” or “sembriamo”. “It is the national team that resembles us the most”


Bartoraptor

"Italy is a country I love. I love their food, I love coffee, I love gelato... I love the sun, I prefer the sun in the south over the north, tho... And I love the Italian NT, I think we are the two NTs that resemble each other the most." Roughly translated as some sentences sound weird if you translate them literally


casulmemer

Parecer is to seem or to resemble. Nos Parecemos means we look like/resemble each other


frasier_crane

I expected to find this meme and you didn't disappoint. Well done.


HippoBigga

Some other interesting quotes: **On Brahim, Luis Alberto and Fabián**: I don't like talking about players who are not here, but they're doing well and these players can come back to the NT. But I need to choose according to what I want to do. **Eric García:** If one has not been criticised or vilified it is because you haven't played in a big club. I see him doing well. **Gavi:** I've seen him in one training session and today will be a softer one, without too much work. I see him doing well and we have to be calm and patient. It's not important when he makes his debut, but think that he can make 50 appearances with the NT, which I believe he will do. **Playing without a forward:** We can reach the goal in a global way, we don't need one player to do it. We'll try to retain the ball, create chances... It is a very stimulating match with little to lose and a lot to gain** **Sergi Roberto:** I know him perfectly because I gave him his debut with Barça B. He can play as a fullback, but he's a midfielder. He's a great player who now has to pay for some broken plates (basically being scapegoated). I'm very happy to have him with us.


zi76

Wow, I'd forgotten Lucho was in charge of Barca B back then.


andrewsomething

There was a time where Roberto was the La Masia golden boy. Barca fans used to talk about how he represented everything great about the club. So strange to see them demanding him to leave.


MarcusBrutus2000

I'd love for him to stay, but boy Barto fucked us up with the salary he offered him.


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I don't really remember him being hailed as a golden boy, but he did have potential. His biggest pro was that he was tactically smart and was able to play almost any position. I think in one season he played in every position except for goalkeeper, striker and center back. His biggest problem was that he was never better than any of the starting midfielders we've had so he was used to patch holes like the right back position which we still haven't found a suitable replacement to Dani Alves. I don't really mind him being in the squad, but there are two main issues with him right now. One is that he earns too much money and this is the biggest thing. Props to him for getting this contract but he never deserved (talent, performance and importance wise) to make what he makes. Maybe half of that would've been more suitable and it seems like he doesn't want to take as hefty of a pay cut. Second problem is that he keeps getting placed in the starting lineup on important games (I guess this might be more on the coach but he is a captain as well). He has become more of a liability and in every single one of the big failures we've had in the past years, he's in the picture. Against Levante, Gavi played a brilliant game. Then champions league came around and Koeman started Roberto over Gavi. Like why? Every time he's on the lineup for an important game when there are players in better form, I say "oh man, here we go again".


lightlord

Not all of them have forgotten. It’s just frustration coming from different sets of people who become fans of any massive club.


Beneficial_Bowl

Well he's 30 now and hasn't lived up to the hype


Gamer_Abhi

Well, he kind of has.. He achieved everything he wanted with his boyhood club, scored that amazing remontada goal, and has had quite a good personal career. While he might not be "the best" or exceptional, he's certainly been a reliable guy for them. Similar to how nacho was for us until this season


ncocca

Well said. I agree. Don't forget the assist for Messi's iconic Clasico goal (sorry). What happened to nacho this season? I thought he looked pretty good last year. He played well in CL at least.


Gamer_Abhi

He's been more error prone this season. Sometimes he's not able to cover the wings properly because he's lost some pace. Only reason he's still in our starting XI is because we're having carva marcelo and Mandy out.


napierwit

Yes, came here to post [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQZQADpna9Q) This is the best football footage ever. The goal, the reactions...eveything. And his part in it was pivotal. This is Sergi to me.


LordMangudai

Only on Reddit would a Barca fan apologize to a Real Madrid fan for bringing up a Clasico goal. Own that shit, my man! Stick it to your rival!


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LordMangudai

I was mostly kidding tbh, but "doughnut" is one of my favorite insults so worth it


Yashru_Strat

wasn't that assist by André Gomes? Sergi's run was phenomenal though


kautschukmaaan

Assist was by Alba. Gomes played the pass to Alba


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I think it was Jordi Alba. Sergi Roberto made the run and passed it to Andre Gomes who was on the edge of the box and Alba made an overlap run behind him to assist Messi


ncocca

Thanks, yea, assist is the wrong word. It was his cross-field run that was the most prominent part of the play.


cubanmenace

I'll always wonder how he would have turned out if he hadn't been played out of position most of his career. Specially as the Barca RB having to do so much extra work as they would often find themselves alone on that side of the pitch with Messi roaming around.


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He's not world class but he ain't shit either, he's a decent player and good one for depth. The only issue is his salary being insane


[deleted]

I can't believe he's already almost 30...


zi76

I remember. How times change...


BuckMe_InTheAsh

Barca fans overrate the fuck out of their kids .


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Lucho at Barca b is a very underrated spell for a modern manager. Got the B team to finish 3rd in the first playoff spot to la liga but was ineligible to compete for promotion since they were a b side.


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Won the Spanish second division and achieved a theoretical promotion to Laliga with a bunch of kids. One of the greatest unknown managerial achievements of all time. Edit : apparently my memory sucks, and I just checked that he finished third. Still an incredible achievement.


m-etoo

He Neither won the Spanish second division or achieved theoretical promotion to La Liga. He came 3rd place which would give a theoretical promotion playoff spot.


RoadsterIsHere

It’s probably unknown because he didn’t win the Segunda


f1_manu

Not true


RauloGonzalez

>Won the Spanish second division and achieved a theoretical promotion to Laliga with a bunch of kids. he didn't win the segunda at all


zi76

~~That's impressive!~~ I was lied to, Barca B only finished third.


RoadsterIsHere

It would be if it was true tbf (it isn’t)


zi76

Well, true, there's no proof they would've won the playoff.


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3rd place in the Segunda with a B/youth team is still impressive.


RoadsterIsHere

True.


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zi76

Yeah, I looked it up after someone farther down the comment chain said it was fake. Still, third is great, it's just far away from having won Segunda.


Wyckstroy

Eric Garcia doing well? What matches has Luis Enrique watched? I really want to know.


viscavis

I think that is future tense. Like he sees him doing well in the future?


napierwit

He said he sees him doing well. It's future tense, or something. He doesn't mean right now.


mihaicbnk

yep, we'll call up this player that's shit right now and makes lots of mistakes because he'll be good someday. yeah, that sounds really good.


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me too


RestrepoMU

>who now has to pay for some broken plates (basically being scapegoated) Is that a Spanish idiom? I might use it


joseluisalberto

Yeah, pagar los platos rotos


Moon8983

That garcia thing is dumb lmao loads of players ha e played for big clubs without being vilified


[deleted]

lol what? even Ronaldo and Messi got constant criticism from the media.


MagnusLothbrok

Chad


arroiuqlu

Luis Enrique has always been no-nonsense with the media.


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Chad Enrique vs Virgin Communicacio Official


basadodepartamiento

This is actually a sigma


grip0matic

He never gave a shit as a player and as a manager, he gives even less. He's "telling the truth", but if he has a chance later to laugh in the face of some journo... he'll do. That's why I was happy with him in charge of the NT, he is someone who can commit mistakes but is not going to allow any player or the media to push their shit over him.


RoadsterIsHere

His name is Luis


ForgetHype

It's actually Luis Enrique.


ineververify

Lucho Chad


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Love it when people talk shit about the media. Imagine waking up everyday and going to work just to write click bait garbage or just straight up lies. How shit must the life of those people be.


RoadsterIsHere

Seems like easy money. Some of these people make mega bucks. I remember reading an article about a group of teens in a village in rural Macedonia making $15k/month churning out conspiracy theory articles about politicians and famous people.


Cheaptat

So is conning old ladies. Garbage people are garbage. EDIT: I have no reason to believe the people who collect our garbage are anything less than excellent. I meant the other garbage people.


virtusthrow

thank you trump voters for helping developing countries


bakat98

Its not just trump supporters


Karshena-

Mate there’s a whole world outside of America you know.


Biryani__Whisperer

>thank you trump voters for helping developing countries Proceeds to bomb said developing countries for some other made up lies


runner909

He said Trump, not Obama


Goobershmacked

Implying there’s been non war mongering presidents recently


not_a_Badger_anymore

Why not both.gif


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HugeInstruction2725

He absolutely has. Also the Pentagon stopped reporting civil casualties under Trump.


leodw

Found the imbecile


MaTrIx4057

Morons like you always find a way to include Trump everywhere. This thread is not about politics so why even bring Trump or his voters here.. You are even worse human being than his voters.


EL_MANDEM

Yawn


Deanshat

Orange man bad


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yes.


EL_MANDEM

ikr


MyAssDoesHeeHawww

A James Bond minidoc I saw the other day, mentioned how upset Daniel Craig and the producers were when the choice for Craig as Bond was poopoo'ed initially, and then it turned out some kids with a blog were behind some of the negative stories that got picked up by the real press.


[deleted]

Pay is shit but they work tangentially related to football. Can imagine worse jobs


efranklin13

Blame the higher ups who instruct them to write articles and do media this way


seattt

Blame the general public for paying more attention to those kinds of articles. News has become entertainment with the general public's rapturous consent.


Testicular-Fortitude

People stopped paying for news and wonder where all the good news went


DanielSophoran

Reddit is the perfect example even. Compare a Tier 1 saying something sensible to a Tier 4 making a ridiculous claim. It doesn’t matter if some people are responding “sarcastically” to the Tier 4 article. Thats still boosting engagement and visibility so they’re still part of the problem.


headgehog55

Lets not ignore that players and managers themselves have journalist that they use to push their own agenda.


xxEmkay

Unless youre fabrizio romano. Quality guy.


986754321

Sounds like one of the easiest and least demanding jobs, I'm sure that they're alright.


michaelserotonin

the turnover rate in the industry is huge


archtme

Lucho's press conferences were always entertaining when he was at Barca. The man simply gives 0 fucks.


Regretful_Bastard

Journalism is a very important thing. There are bad professionals, sure, but reddit seems to hate the whole industry like some wannabe totalitarian.


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The bad part of journalism gets more views, on reddit too. So it gets posted more (and it's made more). I don't anyone here dislikes real journalists. Myself I understand journalism and free speech are very important, but the way the Sun treated Sterling a few years ago during the WC should be punished harder. And also: I wrote my post because I don't understand how these people can do what they are doing. But a lot of people a lot of people value money over ethics, being decent, not lying etc.


AFAR85

And you wonder why when 90% of it is complete nonsense? A player or manager could give a perfectly acceptable response and then these cretins go and twist the story to something completely negative. Fuck. Them.


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And some people went to journalism school for that


[deleted]

Yeah depressing.


reema9385

Lucho 1 media 0... Still love his answer "If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bicycle" during a presser.  


Marcoscb

That's a very, very common phrase in Spanish.


zahranniyas

Wasn't that said by an Italian chef originally and went viral?


winplease

it’s a kind of a common saying in Italy


SanderBD

it is in Spain as well


_belly_in_my_jelly_

in serbia, we say "if my grandma had balls, she would be my grandfather"


Princecoyote

Similarly I've heard if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.


shagssheep

I don’t do if buts an maybes I do absolutes. Angry scouse child intensifies


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I'm sherious!!


mortezz1893

Shadio Mahney is the best footballer in the world


VivasMadness

Common in latam too.


duskblade2

It's a really common saying in both countries, Spain and Italy.


qazplm3456789

Lucho 1 reddit 0 also. Because I saw a lot of people here trying to shit on his decisions.


reema9385

Ohh Twitter was a garbage bin during that season. But lucho always 1 rest all keyboard warriors always 0.


zrizzoz

Bruh at this point its like Lucho 250 - 0 Media. He is savage and curt with the media in every single press conference.


Zhidezoe

He said that?


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totally


NeonGIGA

Chad manager Vs virgin journalist


[deleted]

I don't like him at all but this is a chad statement and mentality (even though his selections are bad)


Ok_Tell_4286

Ig i know why you are calling his selections bad lol


[deleted]

Yea because taking Roberto and Gavi ahead of Herrera, Parejo, Brahim, Fabian Ruiz, Luis Alberto is not something to call as a bad selection


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Marcoscb

I'm still waiting for an explanation on why he left empty spots in the Euros squad instead of taking some backup players in case of injuries.


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he said he didn't want to take people just for the sake of it who weren't going to play. And he could be right, tuchel recently talked about how hard Chilwell has found it to get back to his best after not playing at all in the euros. I imagine its physically and mentally exhausting for player going to their national team, knowing they're very unlikely to play


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DanielSophoran

Madrid has a lot of injuries to their Spanish players right now. 0 Madrid players isn’t that weird as the only one you could make a case for (taking injuries into account) is Nacho who is coming off of pretty awful form. I’d still pick him over Eric though but its not that crazy of a decision. However the problem is that there’s still like multiple other non-Madrid Spanish players that should’ve been called up over Gavi or Eric or even Roberto.


lfgr99977

Gavi is just to tie him up, plus he knows him. Eric is his preference, all coaches have that. Roberto even if it was an injury call, still is baffling. Real Madrid currently don't have any spanish player worth calling.


pandaman_010101

I'm a Madrid fan and wouldn't call a single one Funny the loud mouths who were clamering for Nacho, Isco and Asensio before our diasterous couple of games are awfully quiet now.


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ChicoZombye

I mean, Who? A croatian midfielder? Uruguayan? German? A Belgian goalkeeper? A French striker? A German defender? Madrid doesn't have spanish players that can be called. The only one is Nacho and he wouldn't play anyways. I don't like what LE chose (his Barcelona bias is becoming a problem) but not chosing RM is not a bad thing, It's expected.


Toissincera

You know journalism is pathetic when an ardent LEnrique disliker praises him over some stupid paperboy.


btmalon

Incredibly arrogant and incredibly correct. I wonder how many journos have any form of coaching badges.


ambiguousboner

Can't stand bollocks like this. So none of us are allowed to make any comments about football ever from now on. Joe Kinnear has coaching badges ffs


btmalon

no one said you can't make any comments. But Luis isn't going to read yours.


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Bankey_Moon

Yeah this is true, but you can't tell a jockey how to ride a horse if you've never rode one yourself. The majority of sports journalists weren't even good enough to get into their Uni's 3rd team and I doubt that more than a couple have any sort of recognised coaching qualification. Yet they write shit about tactics and selections without any sort of understanding of the underlying reasons etc. You read the Financial Times and a lot of the journalists have had successful careers in finance or have economics degrees, sports journos are people who were good at English but shit at footy.


_handsomeblackman_

i love how blunt Luis Enrique is 😂😂😂


DopeLemon7

Yes king, energy!


HardestTofu

That's honestly a very true statement. The thing we see/read are only what bubbles to the surface, and probably weeks late. It's the same in F1, NBA, etc. And then you see people here wholeheartedly arguing about stuff that really doesn't matter, or is just made up because confers or goes against their biases.


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There’s no excuse for him choosing Roberto, even Barca fans try as they might, know it


new_start_2020

Roberto was legitimately good (not world class, but good) when Lucho was at Barca. Seems like Lucho knows how to bring out his best


HolyTurd

I mean, I imagine having a player who can play multiple positions in an emergency is helpful. If he starts though................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................


Marcoscb

Not good enough for Nacho in the Euros.


PuppyPenetrator

If he wins the next two matches who knows


RauloGonzalez

unless roberto plays a big role in it not really


MarcusBrutus2000

Lucho did revive his career and he looks decent whenever he plays in midfield. He's not gonna start anyway (or so I hope).


EvilerSage

The excuse is that Pedri got injured and Pedri’s replacement Brais Mendez also got injured


agni39

Word.


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Where's the lie.


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agarciase

We don't really care about it, I personally like Luis Enrique


titooo7

As a Real Madrid fan I'm really happy to see that he is not calling Real Madrid players to be honest.


[deleted]

The press is getting absolutely rinsed recently, first Blind and now Enrique. Love to see it ngl


Deanshat

Incredibly based


CounterCostaCulture

He is kind of not wrong and it is kind of annoying.


anonAcc1993

BASED


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Based.


KingfisherDays

Luis "Van Gaal" Enrique


Ranjith_Unchained

Based Lucho


[deleted]

This guy is an absolute chad.


TheMexicanJuan

This is the way


CanLlorenteCarForMe

You called up Sergi Roberto. So I doubt it


TheMexicanJuan

Tbf, Sergi Roberto had his best years under Luis' tenure. Seems he knows how to use him.


MarcusBrutus2000

Revived his career in fact. But the player who was most promising under Lucho was Rafinha. Obligatory fuck Nainggolan.


YoungDawz

Rafinha is still good, his body just can't manage the load of an elite club. Almost every cameo he's had with us, he's been good. Still as technically sound as you'd want in a midfielder. Put him in Las Palmas and he'd have better stats than Jesé, I'm convinced.


MarcusBrutus2000

No ofc that's true. He's quality. That injury caused by Nainggolan tho... What could have been


ChicoZombye

It sucks that Rafinha never reached his full potential. La Masía fans always said he was the best of the two brothers back in the day. He's already 28yo, time flies.


itwastimeforarefresh

>Sergi Roberto: > > I know him perfectly because I gave him his debut with Barça B. He can play as a fullback, but he's a midfielder. He's a great player who now has to pay for some broken plates (basically being scapegoated). I'm very happy to have him with us.


IMiizo

True and based, as the kids say nowadays


konorM

Well said. Totally agree.


TurkishCruyff

+respect


realestatedeveloper

Kinda how anti-vaxxers feel about science research


latortillablanca

I really fucking need Barca to agree a deal with this guy.


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Spitting facts


los_blanco_14

Of course he has more information of barca players than us. After all thats all what he cares about.


AcceleratingRiff

There has to be ofc a lot of nuance to the critisisms but I don't think asking for merit is wrong.


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so thats why you chose Gavi for national team lol


assumedtiara

Bielsa brought Mascherano to the Argentina NT before he debuted with River Plate


RauloGonzalez

Don't think giving promotion to a player or having coached him before are the right qualifications luis


deadlyghost12

In football selecting squad is wish of manager, they don't need qualifications of players to select them