El Profesor

Pelé became a full-time starter when he was 17, in 1958. He was Santos´ best player in the 1958 Rio-São Paulo tournament, which - as the name suggests - contained clubs from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It was the closest Brazil had to a national tournament at the time, considering it included 8 of the 12 big brazilian clubs. Like you´ve mentioned, he also played the state championship of São Paulo in 1958, which Santos won. I consider Lamine Yamal the best U-20 footballer in the world. He definitely has the potential to become the best player of his era and I consider him better than the likes of Endryck, Kendry Paez, Arda Guler and Estevão. But I think it´s too premature to put him in the same league of football legends like Messi, Ronaldo, Pelé and Maradona. Ansu Fati looked really good at age 16 and look where he is now. Maybe I´m biased but the best teenage footballer I´ve ever seen is the original Ronaldo. He was the complete package both from a technical and physical point of view. His age 16 and 17 stats: 58 Games 56 Goals 21 Assists. He then went to PSV and kept a 1 goal per game average. His peak was really short though. Despite being great in the 2002 World Cup, he was never the same player after his injury against Lazio in 2000.

I had no idea that according to the rules this was a foul. Anyway, quite a bizarre play.

Atleti can flash the cash when they really want a player. João Felix was bough for more than 100 million euros, I also remember they paid serious money for Thomas Lemar. With the exits of Morata and Depay, a striker should be their number one target and Simeone will definitely use the argentinian connection to convince Alvarez.

Traditionally, it is. But unfortunately it´s losing its popularity. It´s fastly becoming a niche sport. It wouldn´t surprise me if the numbers showed that the NFL has already surpassed volleyball in Brazil in TV audience.

My favorite sport to follow during the Olympics is volleyball. I really recommend it. There is a lot of parity, both in the men´s and women´s competitions. At least half of the 12 teams can reasonably expect to win a medal and the games are brilliant, the margins are really small. Apart from rooting for Brazil, I would love to see Japan surprising the world and winning a medal at both men´s and women´s volleyball. I also like the turkish team.

Let´s exchange passports, Chris. Even if a major conflict occurs in Europe, it´s probably better than living in Brazil.

I expect big things from Savinho at City. He´s had a great season at Girona and looked ready to play a bigger role for Brazil in his shorts appearances at Copa America.

Al Nassr announced the signing of Bento. So Ederson is staying at City.

Sooner or later, a similar incident would end up blowing up, considering how different racial sensitivity (for a lack of a better term) is in Argentina. That kind of behavior is pretty normalized in argentinian football, from fans to players. Year after year, argentinian clubs are punished by Conmebol for racist behavior. Weeks ago, argentinian fans abused the canadian defender Bombito. It´s actually a bit surprising that it took this long to reach a wider international audience.

I don´t know, but considering all the prize money of the last few years and the cash-grab friendlies organized by AFA since the world title, I suspect AFA´s finances are in a much better position nowadays. I wonder what Enzo´s french teammates at Chelsea are thinking about this incident.

Most of the problems are definitely Conmebol's fault. But in the specific case of the final, I don't understand why the Miami police didn't set a large security ring around the stadium so fans without tickets wouldn't get close to it.

I don't really follow City, but from what I've seen in the past season, Ortega looked a much more reliable goalkeeper. I think it's a great deal for all sides. Do you agree, @Happy Blue ?

If it's late here, imagine in Europe. haha I was excited to watch the final, but I have to work tomorrow. What the heck, man? No wonder we latin americans get a bad rep in the US. Appaling behavior.

Game delayed. It could take quite a while. And there still be a long half-time due to the Shakira show. I'm not staying up for it.

Less than 1 hour for kickoff and fans can't get into the stadium. Large numbers of colombians tried to get inside without tickets and the police closed all entrances. It sums up the mess that this tournament is. Hopefully nothing else happens.