2022-23 Football Season: Title Races and Cups Heat Up!

[The Champions League]

In reality, Olympic football matters little to the point as much hype the team has, that doesn't mean they'll do good. The last four World Champions didn't win anything prior their WC wins in the Olympic scene and did great. On the other side, seems that those that win gold don't do well. Spain wasn't really that good in the years after 1992, Nigeria and Cameroon weren't world beaters, Argentina fell short, Mexico crashed like always, and Brazil is just being Brazil diving 24/7.

Typical football powerhouses don't usually perform well. International football on a senior level is way different, but international football at a U23 level is even more random, even more so considering teams usually cannot field a full strength U23 squad.

If FIFA mandated that all teams should have their best U23 players, things would be way, way different. Since FIFA themselves don't take the Olympics seriously, the clubs aren't obligated to release their players for the tournament.

[Forsher]

Yes, but this is the important thing:

Tokyo Olympics 2020: New Zealand football Oly Whites beat South Korea for first win in Olympic history

11-a-side shouldn't be an Olympic sport. Soccer 7s or five a side or futsal should be.

[The Champions League]

Yes, but this is the important thing:

Tokyo Olympics 2020: New Zealand football Oly Whites beat South Korea for first win in Olympic history

11-a-side shouldn't be an Olympic sport. Soccer 7s or five a side or futsal should be.

The Youth Olympics made the switch to futsal, so I can actually see the Senior (if you can call them senior) Olympics also switching to futsal sooner or later

[Bombadil]

Typical football powerhouses don't usually perform well. International football on a senior level is way different, but international football at a U23 level is even more random, even more so considering teams usually cannot field a full strength U23 squad.

If FIFA mandated that all teams should have their best U23 players, things would be way, way different. Since FIFA themselves don't take the Olympics seriously, the clubs aren't obligated to release their players for the tournament.

Do FIFA have a say, or is it the IOC, who are goddamn fascists in getting what they want.

[Outer Sparta]

If FIFA mandated that all teams should have their best U23 players, things would be way, way different. Since FIFA themselves don't take the Olympics seriously, the clubs aren't obligated to release their players for the tournament.

Do FIFA have a say, or is it the IOC, who are goddamn fascists in getting what they want.

It's not a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, so clubs have the final say and can block players from participating due to fixture congestion, rest reasons.

[The Champions League]

Do FIFA have a say, or is it the IOC, who are goddamn fascists in getting what they want.

It's not a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, so clubs have the final say and can block players from participating due to fixture congestion, rest reasons.

FIFA just makes the basic regulations such as age and squad limits, but none of the "you must call the best of the best" regulations such like in pretty much every other major competition

[Outer Sparta]

It's not a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, so clubs have the final say and can block players from participating due to fixture congestion, rest reasons.

FIFA just makes the basic regulations such as age and squad limits, but none of the "you must call the best of the best" regulations such like in pretty much every other major competition

The only people that seem to care are the federations who make up lies that "superstar wants to play in the Olympics and that the Olympics are much bigger than the World Cup" just to misuse them and get them hurt for three months.

[The Champions League]

FIFA just makes the basic regulations such as age and squad limits, but none of the "you must call the best of the best" regulations such like in pretty much every other major competition

The only people that seem to care are the federations who make up lies that "superstar wants to play in the Olympics and that the Olympics are much bigger than the World Cup" just to misuse them and get them hurt for three months.

I've seen that the Olympics are like the FIFA Club World Cup. European sides couldn't give two craps for the most part, everyone else seems to care.

[Outer Sparta]

The only people that seem to care are the federations who make up lies that "superstar wants to play in the Olympics and that the Olympics are much bigger than the World Cup" just to misuse them and get them hurt for three months.

I've seen that the Olympics are like the FIFA Club World Cup. European sides couldn't give two craps for the most part, everyone else seems to care.

Even if Egypt had Salah, they still wouldn't score any goals against Spain because the entire squad is filled with nobody we know of. Gotta love the Egyptian delegation and their lies about Salah wanting to go (he doesn't) and that he would win gold (he won't).

[Ethel mermania]

If FIFA mandated that all teams should have their best U23 players, things would be way, way different. Since FIFA themselves don't take the Olympics seriously, the clubs aren't obligated to release their players for the tournament.

Do FIFA have a say, or is it the IOC, who are goddamn fascists in getting what they want.

FIFA isn't?

Note: I agree about the IOC

[The Blaatschapen]

Do FIFA have a say, or is it the IOC, who are goddamn fascists in getting what they want.

FIFA isn't?

Note: I agree about the IOC

IOC are French Swiss fascists (Lausanne), whereas FIFA are German Swiss fascists (Zurich).

World of difference

[Outer Sparta]

FIFA isn't?

Note: I agree about the IOC

IOC are French Swiss fascists (Lausanne), whereas FIFA are German Swiss fascists (Zurich).

World of difference

We could say UEFA are Slovenian mafia fascists (led by Ceferin) or CONMEBOL is still controlled by the puppet strings of corrupt Brazilians like Joao Havelange.

[Ethel mermania]

FIFA isn't?

Note: I agree about the IOC

IOC are French Swiss fascists (Lausanne), whereas FIFA are German Swiss fascists (Zurich).

World of difference

So FIFA is better organized in their corruption but the food is better at the IOC sitdowns?

[Mathuvan Union]

IOC are French Swiss fascists (Lausanne), whereas FIFA are German Swiss fascists (Zurich).

World of difference

So FIFA is better organized in their corruption but the food is better at the IOC sitdowns?

You should see FIFA’s board meeting room…

[The Champions League]

Ahh, there's no better thing than seeing some fans hail their national team as potential world champions after winning a rather meaningless Olympic game

[Outer Sparta]

Ahh, there's no better thing than seeing some fans hail their national team as potential world champions after winning a rather meaningless Olympic game

Lol and the delegations that think selecting a superstar (cough cough Egypt) will guarantee them a gold medal. Salah cannot do anything with a bunch of random U23s and be essentially a piece of wood himself in that lineup.

[The Champions League]

Ahh, there's no better thing than seeing some fans hail their national team as potential world champions after winning a rather meaningless Olympic game

Lol and the delegations that think selecting a superstar (cough cough Egypt) will guarantee them a gold medal. Salah cannot do anything with a bunch of random U23s and be essentially a piece of wood himself in that lineup.

Some plastics will say: but Egypt drew against Spain! With Salah, they would've won!
Lol and what if they do? They won't do anything notable in the senior squad where it truly matters. Even Egypt as a whole has decreased in quality. No more of that side that won three straight AFCONs, now it's just give it to Salah and pray something good happens.

[Outer Sparta]

Lol and the delegations that think selecting a superstar (cough cough Egypt) will guarantee them a gold medal. Salah cannot do anything with a bunch of random U23s and be essentially a piece of wood himself in that lineup.

Some plastics will say: but Egypt drew against Spain! With Salah, they would've won!
Lol and what if they do? They won't do anything notable in the senior squad where it truly matters. Even Egypt as a whole has decreased in quality. No more of that side that won three straight AFCONs, now it's just give it to Salah and pray something good happens.

The Egypt chief's grandstanding, lies, and gaslighting really doesn't help them at all. Imagine having to make up lies as an excuse to call a superstar to a U23 tournament.

[Mathuvan Union]

Can we remove the poll?
I think Bonucci saying ‘it’s coming to rome’ has haunted my nightmares enough in the past two weeks.

[Outer Sparta]

Can we remove the poll?
I think Bonucci saying ‘it’s coming to rome’ has haunted my nightmares enough in the past two weeks.

Oh man Bonucci really is a savage with his Rome comments. If I remove the poll, I have to switch it with another, but it's still only the preseason.

[The Champions League]

Can we remove the poll?
I think Bonucci saying ‘it’s coming to rome’ has haunted my nightmares enough in the past two weeks.

Oh man Bonucci really is a savage with his Rome comments. If I remove the poll, I have to switch it with another, but it's still only the preseason.

Idea for poll: Football at the Olympics
Are they relevant?
Yes, of course
Yes, but only to a certain group of nations
No, they're only an underage tournament
No, who even cares about them?

[Crysuko]

disappointed that the friendly vs Rangers was cancelled. Damned virus.

[Outer Sparta]

Oh man Bonucci really is a savage with his Rome comments. If I remove the poll, I have to switch it with another, but it's still only the preseason.

Idea for poll: Football at the Olympics
Are they relevant?
Yes, of course
Yes, but only to a certain group of nations
No, they're only an underage tournament
No, who even cares about them?

Lol football and Olympics relevancy. Most of the time, it's teams that have 11 pieces of wood or one senior piece of wood and ten U23 ones. And then there's France with choosing two players who have zero ambition by swapping actual football with Liga MX and a huge paycheck.

[Mathuvan Union]

Can’t beat ‘em in in Stoke I guess. Ah well. It’s a friendly.

Anyway, does anyone here actually think that we’re heading into a golden-generation again? I think we are. Every generation recently has had their guns, and from Mbappé to Pedri, we have lots of youngsters these days that could be the next Thierry Henry or the next Xavi (except in Brazil, as far as I’ve seen) and they’re setting records and just look like they could be special.

I feel like the Euros have been like a somewhat passing of the torch.

[Crysuko]

Can’t beat ‘em in in Stoke I guess. Ah well. It’s a friendly.

Anyway, does anyone here actually think that we’re heading into a golden-generation again? I think we are. Every generation recently has had their guns, and from Mbappé to Pedri, we have lots of youngsters these days that could be the next Thierry Henry or the next Xavi (except in Brazil, as far as I’ve seen) and they’re setting records and just look like they could be special.

I feel like the Euros have been like a somewhat passing of the torch.

I'm interested to see how the world cup turns out. can't find anyone who cares about olympic football.