El Profesor

American analists, especially those in the progressive camp, have a completely distorted image of latinos. Latin americans are way more conservative and religious than north americans. And those latinos who immigrate to Florida are in general even more right-wing than the average.

On the other hand, Russia has Vasilevsky, Sorokin, Shesterkin and Bobrovsky. Imo, you have so much firepower upfront that if you get average goaltending, it will be fine. A possible power play with Crosby, Mackinnon, McDavid and Makar is insane.

Are all NHLers playing in the next Olympics? If so, that will be cool to watch. The gap between US and Canada is quickly closing.

Yes, being a football fan, the concept of switching countries is super strange to even though we had a cuban in our men´s volleyball team that did it. I understand Peillat´s point of view. Other argentinian hockey players also have problems with their hockey federation and it must be frustrating to reach the top of the world in your sport and not have enough support. But from a fan perspective it must be super bitter to see one of our own scoring a goal against you and celebrating it. I find it a fascinating situation and I must admit that I am kinda rooting for him to score the winning goal versus the dutch.

Argentinians are losing their minds about Gonzalo Peillat securing a medal with Germany on men´s hockey. He scored a goal and gave an assist in the semi-final against India. For context, Peillat won the gold medal with Argentina in 2016 but decided to switch countries. He said that hockey doesn´t get enough support in his country and that Argentina only care about football. In this edition of the Olympics, he scored the decisive goal for Germany to eliminate Argentina and celebrated. I think the argentinian fans are right about this, switching countries shouldn´t be allowed in the first place.

Djokovic vs Alcaraz was amazing. Instant classic. Really happy for Djokovic, one of the best tennis players ever finally wins the gold medal in what was his last real shot to do it. Hopefully, Novak has a few years more in the tank so we can his rivalry Alcaraz develop. Two amazing athletes.

It already is. Colombia, Peru, the northern states of Brazil are completely overburdened with the flow of venezuelan immigration. Sanctions would only worsen the conditions of the average venezuelan citizen without necessarily toppling the regime. Iraq in the 90s and Cuba are good examples of it. It also would make Venezuela even more dependent from its foreign benefactors, increasing the power of Russia and Iran in South America. (China is a completely different chapter. With or without Maduro, the chinese have already massive power in Latin America and it´s only increasing. Even rightists like Bukele and Bolsonaro respect and want a good relationship with China) I suspect that at this point the most powerful player in venezuelan politics is the Army. In order to survive, Maduro gave his generals a significant share of the oil fields and gold mines. They also trade drugs. Maduro is still in power, because the Army so far is not interested in regime change.

Judo has become one of the worst olympic sports to watch. So many small and complicated rules, almost all fights are decided by the judges.

It's also important to keep in mind that Chevron has vast operations in Venezuela. Maduro recently renewed Chevron license to operate in Venezuela until 2050. Sure, the opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, certainly has good connections in the US, especially in Miami, the capital of latin american right, but things are not black and white. I also don't think the Biden administration would risk creating a civil war in South America in an election war.

In my opinion, the revolt is genuine. Chavismo is a disaster. 1/4 of the population immigrated, thousands suffer from hunger, urban violence skyrocketed. In the 90s, PDVSA, their state oil company, produced more than 3 million oil barrels per day. Now it produces less than half of that sum. The country has the world´s largest oil reservers. Chávez and Maduro put all his political allies in critical positions at PDVSA and they didn´t know a thing about oil extraction. It´s also important to point out that Venezuela was already a disaster before the sanctions. Maduro is still in power only because China, Russia and Iran have interest in keeping the regime afloat.

Venezuela is burning. Again The population doesn't accept the oficial result of the election, that gave Maduro the victory. Protests all over the country. Even the latin american left is hesitant to declare Maduro the legitimate winner. The regime is in Real trouble. The "colectivos chavistas", Maduro's paramilitary, are armed to their teeth and are already doing their dirty work of shooting civilians.

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.