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Mistakes are part of sport of course. Without it, competition hardly makes sense. Referees often use different standards. The referee has to be flawless; in the opinion of many fans, the decisions must be flawless and, in the best case, in favor of their own club.
Laughing, swearing, pithy sayings, broad grin, rhetorical. Sometimes angry, sometimes enthusiastic, but always with passion. All of these are Jürgen Klopp’s trademarks. There is no other successful soccer coach on this planet who has been able to break down entire interviews with casual, funny statements for almost two decades now. When it came to the possible overload of football professionals, “The Normal One” hacked out the following: “That is like a bullock, you can tell a microwave.” The reading …
Football coaches have rarely secure jobs. The head coach positions at some clubs are even considered a real ejection seat. Dismissals often come completely unannounced, often the successor is already on the mat. But there are cases that make even the most stubborn fan shock. Or at least ask for a mischievous grin. Curtain up for the most blatant coach layoffs in world football!
The biggest footballers end up with the biggest clubs, logically. In most cases, players cannot choose their origin and thus their “home association” as well as their national team. Fate does not mean well with them if world-class players play for a supposedly small (soccer) nation and are therefore unlikely to ever take part in a World Cup finals. I listed the five biggest footballers from my point of view who never played at a World Cup in my small ranking.
