Yossi Gol ⚽️
@yossigol
New Yorker, humanist, family man, football/fútbol/soccer ⚽️ fanatic. Arsenal 🔫 in England, France 🐓** in le monde, Hapoel Haifa 🦈 in Haifa, New York Red Bulls 🗽🔴🐂 in New Jersey. And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
Nice atmosphere today at Crompton Ale House, a new official Arsenal New York supporters club bar in Flatiron, together with a few dozens fans kicking off preseason together. It's nice to have a new home! COYG!
WC26 festivities concluded with Spanish joy and Argentinian disgrace. Worthy champions, even if reliant on Merino to score and to save shots with his face (reminding us of another champion?) England and France asking what if; 🫡 to Africa; Good atmosphere despite fat pedo and creepy Infantilo.
Today's atrocity cost Lewis 3 points, maybe even 6. Still 45 points behind a 19 year old. Far from over. It's amazing that these two are fighting it out for the championship! (fun with AI 🤪)
Very excited for the semi-finals! It's the third time that the last four are all previous WC winners, and the first since 1990 (also happened in 1970). It would be the second time that France plays Spain in a WC (2006, R16, 3-1 France), and the sixth time England plays Argentina. Allez les Bleus!
After ¾ of the R16 we lost all hosts: 🇨🇦 Sympathy to Canada who outplayed Morocco but failed to create clear cut chances. 🇲🇽 Respect to Mexico who controlled the match against England, but ran out of ideas. 🇺🇸 Good riddance to the US who was dumped by a superior Belgium team and can go cry to Gianni.
Two R16 matches today. 🇲🇦 beat 🇨🇦, and with all sympathy for Canada, there was a gulf in skill that showed up as a lopsided scoreline. 🇫🇷 outlasted 💩's disgusting shithousery in the Philadelphia sauna. I wish all the Paraguayan players that their kids will grow up to be as ugly as their football.
The R32 is over, and we had one big upset (Paraguay beating Germany), close calls for England, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina, and superb performances from France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, and Colombia. We're left with 7 UEFA reps, the 3 hosts, 4 from South America, and 2 from Africa.
The final round of the group stage is upon us. Key matches: 🇰🇷🇿🇦 H2H for A2 🇨🇦🇨🇭 H2H for B1 🇧🇷 for C1, 🏴 for Q 🇦🇺🇵🇾 H2H for D2 (a draw qualifies both 🤔) 🇪🇨 must win vs 🇩🇪 🇯🇵🇸🇪 for position 🇧🇪🇳🇿 for survival 🇪🇸🇺🇾 H2H for H1 🇫🇷🇳🇴 H2H for I1 🇩🇿🇦🇹 H2H for J2 (disgrace of Gijón, anyone? 🤔) 🇨🇴🇵🇹 H2H for K1 🇬🇭🇭🇷 H2H for I2
Half of the group stage behind us, and it's time to take stock of confederation points % (not including UEFA v UEFA): CONMEBOL 4-3-2 55.6% UEFA 7-7-4 51.9% CONCACAF 5-2-4 51.5% CAF 3-5-5 35.9% OFC 0-1-0 33.3% AFC 3-4-7 31.0% UEFA-CAF 3-4-1 CONMEBOL-CONCACAF 1-1-1 UEFA-AFC 2-2-2 CONCACAF-AFC 3-0-0
Fireworks on Jan Thiel beach (south end of the island) six months ago - that's how I feel right now! Bon nochi, Curaçao!
First round behind us. Good: USA, Germany, Sweden, France, Argentina, England Bad: Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal Ugly: Bruno Fernandes may look like a rat but his teammate is a rapist, and that's much worse
Half way through the first round of the group stage, that's where we stand. Two surprises - Switzerland drawing with Qatar and Australia beating Turkey. Fantastic performances from USA and Sweden. Germany with a 7-1 scoreline for shits and giggles. Great intensity and quality in Netherlands-Japan.
Out with the old, in with the new... When anyone asks me how old would I be in the next World Cup, I answer "nine years old, like I was in my first World Cup and in every World Cup since"
How awesome! What a beautiful community we are! Happy that you got to catch up with Nathan. I missed him at the Arsenal America event on Friday. These are my two glimpses of our bus. Like you said, it flew by too fast.
An absolute tour de force of our beautiful community. North London Forever is a global phenomenon. Couldn't be prouder. Couldn't be more hopeful!
CNBC, indeed, while Tot'nam is getting relegated on national NBC, baby! So the real reward is the North London clubs that we've lost along the way!
That's how I learned that we were out of the FA Cup in 2006 (Stonetown Zanzibar)