Looked up two of the players there that I'm not familiar with and they've both got German connections. Adam Davies was born there, while James Lawrence plays for the very left-wing FC St Pauli.
UEFA and CONMEBOL have announced a match between Italy and Argentina in 2022. It's basically an international Charity Shield/Super Cup between Europe and South America. Another ****ing national team fixture. Great...
Play matches and train, but basically live at the training ground outside of that. Isolation except for football, essentially.
We're back to this **** again, so here are the fixtures, all of which are World Cup qualifiers: England: Andorra (A) Sat 9th Oct 7.45pm. Hungary (H) Tues 12th Oct 7.45pm. Scotland: Israel (H) Sat 9th Oct 5pm. Faroe Islands (A) Tues 12th Oct 7.45pm. Wales: Czech Republic (A) Fri 8th Oct 7.45pm. Estonia (A) Mon 11th Oct 7.45pm. Northern Ireland: Switzerland (A) Sat 9th Oct 7.45pm. Bulgaria (A) Tues 12th Oct 7.45pm. Republic of Ireland: Azerbaijan (A) Sat 9th Oct 5pm. Qatar (H) Tues 12th Oct 7.45pm.
Oh God, we've only just started the season and it's interrupted a second time... Can't wait for England v Andorra
James Ward-Prowse has replaced the supposedly injured Kalvin Philips in the England squad. It must be because of his performance in his last game, where he... <checks notes>... got sent off.