No one can argue that 2020 has been an awful year that we all want to put behind us. But before we look ahead 2021, we have to take a minute to appreciate how sports have provided something resembling normality in recent months.
Considering the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been incredibly lucky to have soccer leagues playing regularly since June.
The Brazilian national team, historically known for being the best team in the world (winning more World Cups than any other), is once again producing fantastic numbers, which are scaring everyone. After having a catastrophic era between 2010 and 2018 in which they failed in absolutely everything, they have been reborn since the arrival of their current coach, Tite.
Ángel Di María, jugador del PSG, esta frustrado por no haber sido convocado por la selección argentina para disputar los primeros dos partidos de las Eliminatorias al Mundial Qatar 2022 contra Ecuador y Bolivia. Pese a estar teniendo un buen rendimiento con su club y haber sido pieza clave para que el PSG llegara a la final de la Champions, Di María no fue tomado en cuenta por el técnico de la albiceleste, Lionel Scaloni.
Di María expreso su frustración con las siguientes palabras:
For those of you wondering when FIFA 21 will be released, you'll have to wait another few weeks. The game is available to play October 6 if you pre-order. The release was pushed back from its usual late-September unveiling. Adding insult to injury, there will also be no demo this year.
Messi was coming.
For the first and only time — barring a grizzled move to Inter Miami — the greatest footballer ever was going to play competitive matches on American soil. The fact that it was the Copa América — a grand old competition summoning the specters of Zizinho, Javier Zanetti and Carlos Valderrama — made it all the more fantastic. By all rights and definitions, the tournament didn’t even belong here.
South American football is beloved worldwide for the passion and pageantry of its fans, the rhythm and technique of its players, the narratives and legends of its past and, of course, the good boys that frequently make their way onto the pitch and into our hearts.
Who can forget the time that dog made an incredible goal-line stop in the Argentine third tier?
This dog made a heroic goal-line stop in an Argentine third tier match pic.twitter.com/BxqZgW3sTy