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Brazilian Big12 series, Episode 9/12: Santos
Previous episodes:Flamengo, Vasco, Fluminense, Grêmio, Botafogo, Atlético Mineiro, Internacional, Corinthians In this series I will present each of the 12 Brazilian teams that together compose the "Big 12". My point is to make them more knowledgeable to you, since each one of these teams have their share of the Brazil national team success and of Brazilian club football accomplishments as a whole. I'll try to be as smooth, efficient and non-boring as I can. If the feedback is positive, I'll keep bringing more to this series. So ok, let's do this! Method: I'll present the teams in a chronological order, from the oldest foundation (Flamengo-1895) to the latest one (São Paulo-1930). The order will be: Flamengo, Vasco, Fluminense, Grêmio, Botafogo, Atlético Mineiro, Internacional, Corinthians, Santos, Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, São Paulo. How many of these have you heard of? Extra clubs: Due to a high number of requests, I'll also present 3 teams who don't belong to the Big12, but are also considered big clubs in Brazil: Bahia, Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba. Welcome to the club! Geographical reference: Before we start, I'd like to ask something very simple from you. I want you to keep in mind that these 12 teams are spread in 4 different States in Brazil. The club's State name is written below, next to the club's name. It has a direct link to Google Maps, so that you can check it out to make this experience more accurate.
Major achievements: 2 Intercontinental Cup (1962, 1963), 3 Copa Libertadores (1962, 1963, 2011), 8 Brazilian Leagues (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 2002, 2004), 1 Copa do Brasil (2010)
State League titles: 22 (Against Corinthians' 30, Palmeiras' 23, São Paulo's 21)
PLAY AND LISTEN TO SANTOS ANTHEM WHILE READING - Click here The Football Kingdom There's an urban legend that says that a lightning never strikes the same place twice. But apparently this legend doesn't apply to the physics of Santos, a humble and small port city on the coast of São Paulo. There, a young kid named Pelé, would come up to become football's greatest legend, a man that could stop a war with his foot, a man that transcended all sports combined. In that same city of Santos - with a probable electromagnetic sequel caused by the lightning of Pelé - were raised the raw talents of the princes Robinho and Neymar. Curiously enough, Marta, the Queen of Football, and Falcão, the King of Futsal, also stepped foot and left a legacy at Santos, the football kingdom of the world. Let the story begin! The early years and the 100-goal team at 1929 São Paulo State League Santos was founded in 1912, but only on the late 1920s the team would become a threat to the State League teams from the state capital, São Paulo. Indeed, in 1927, the team led by Araken Patusca and Feitiço scored 100 goals in 16 matches, an average of 6,25 goals/match, a world record in official competitions until today. However, they lost the title in the last round to Palmeiras. These two players would make history in Santos: Feitiço scored 214 goals and is the Santos 5th top goalscorer of all time, while Araken Patusca scored 184, and is the 7th. In 1935, Santos would win their first State League title, after beating Corinthians 2-0. The Pelé Era: the greatest team in the world, the team that stopped a war in Africa,Os Santásticos Before Pelé arrived, Santos had recently won the 1955 and 1956 State Leagues, with a great team led by Brazil NT forwards Del Vecchio, Pepe, Pagão, Jair, and the midfielder Zito. After Pelé left, Santos had added 25 more trophies to their cabinet: 2 Intercontinental Cups, 2 Copa Libertadores, 6 Brazilian Leagues, 10 State Leagues, 3 Rio-São Paulo Tournament, 1 Supercopa Sudamericana and 1 Recopa Intercontinental. During Pelé's time in the 1960s, Santos scored around 3000 goals, with more than 1000 scored by the king, in both official competitions (643 goals) and friendlies (448 goals) for Santos. Actually, counting only teams from Europe big6, Pelé scored 103 goals in those high-level friendlies, as you can see here. If we count all European clubs and National Teams, Pelé scored 163 goals. He also scored 87 goals against 1st division Brazilian teams, 116 goals against South American teams and National Teams, 44 goals against African/Asian/Central American National Teams, totalizing 410 goals in high-level friendlies - all data details here. At that time, friendlies were highly hyped, and there were more Europeans attending friendlies vs. Santos than attending their own national leagues matches - attendance data here.
Pelé arrived at Santos in 1956, at the age of 15. In that same year arrived the right-wing Dorval, aged 21. In 1958 arrived the centre-forward Coutinho, aged 14, and in 1960 the attacking midfielder, Mengálvio, aged 20. They all joined the left-wing Pepe, at Santos since 1954, to form the famous quintet that dominated the world: Dorval, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pelé and Pepe.
Player
Apps
Goals
Brazil NT Caps
Goals
World Cup titles
Dorval (1956-67)
612
198
7
-
-
Mengálvio (1960-68)
371
28
14
1
1 (1962)
Coutinho (1958-68)
457
368
15
6
1 (1962)
Pelé (1956-74)
1116
1091
92
77
3 (1958, 1962, 1970)
Pepe (1954-69)
750
405
40
22
2 (1958, 1962)
But everything started in the 1957 São Paulo State League, when Pelé was topscorer with 36 goals, at the age of 16. There wasn't a National League until 1959, due to Brazil's huge size and weak infrastructure, so the players would shine in the State Leagues, which lasted the entire year. Pelé, at 17, broke the São Paulo State League record (until today), scoring 58 goals in 38 matches, in 1958 - which brought him to the Brazil NT and to the 1958 World Cup. After winning it, him and Santos started travelling in exhibition tours to make cash and challenge the best teams around the world in "friendly" matches. In 1959, Santos took part in the 1st Brazilian League edition, qualifying as São Paulo State League champions. However, they lost the final to Bahia (2-3, 2-0, 1-3). As Santos lost the 1959 São Paulo State League finals to Palmeiras, they didn't qualify to the 1960 Brazilian League. However, they won the 1960 São Paulo State League and qualified to the 1961 Brazilian League. From 1961 to 1965, Santos won 5 consecutive Brazilian Leagues, a record until today. However, Santos would always enter in the semi-finals and only play 4-5 matches to be crowned champions - this rule would only be modified from the 1967 Brazilian League.
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Results
1961 Brazilian League
Santos
Bahia
1-1, 5-1
1962 Brazilian League
Santos
Botafogo
4-3, 1-3, 5-0
1963 Brazilian League
Santos
Bahia
6-0, 2-0
1964 Brazilian League
Santos
Flamengo
4-1, 0-0
1965 Brazilian League
Santos
Vasco
5-1, 1-0
Highlights to the 1962 final between Santos and Botafogo, which had 11 players from the 1962 World Cup won by Brazil: Gylmar, Mauro, Zito, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pelé, Pepe (Santos), Nilton Santos, Garrincha, Amarildo, Zagallo (Botafogo). Santos won the decisive match 5-0 at the Maracanã, with this goal from Pelé. In 1962, Santos also participated in their first Copa Libertadores, qualified as the 1961 Brazilian League champions. Santos topped their group stage against Cerro Porteño (Paraguay) (9-1, 1-1) and Municipal (Bolivia) (6-1, 4-3). In the semis against Universidad Católica (Chile), Santos tied 1-1 away, and won 1-0 at home. The final would be against Peñarol (Uruguay). Santos won the first leg 2-1 in Uruguay, with two goals from Coutinho, in a great comeback. In the 2nd leg in Brazil, a crazy story: after a big and violent confusion, the match was restarted and Peñarol scored the third goal at '51 (2-3). Santos only needed a tie and scored it at '67, the match ended 3-3 and Santos celebrated the title. However, the referee wrote down in the match report that the match was over at '51 - he was scared to really end it, so he kept the match going until the end, but it wasn't counting for him, so he (and CONMEBOL) declared Peñarol the winners. This forced a third match, in neutral Argentina, which Santos dominated and won 3-0, with two goals from Pelé and one own goal from Peñarol. Santos were for the first time, and the first Brazilian team, crowned South American champions. This title qualified Santos to the 1962 Intercontinental Cup, against the European champions, Benfica. The 1st leg at the Maracanã ended 3-2 for Santos, with 2 goals from Pelé and one from Coutinho. Before the 2nd match in Lisbon, Benfica announced that they were selling tickets for the third match, certain that they would win at home. However, Pelé destroyed the match with a splendid hat-trick, an assist, nutmegs and dribbling past the entire Benfica defense to score one of his goals. The match ended 5-2 before a crowd of 73.000 portuguese fans, and Pelé proved once again he was still football's king, as he and Santos were crowned club world champions for the first time. Highlights of the match here (4mn56 video). The next year, in 1963, Santos would once again win the Copa Libertadores. Being the current champions, they entered in the semi-final stage against the legendary Botafogo of Garrincha, Didi and Nilton Santos. The 1st leg ended 1-1, with Pelé scoring a tie at '90. The 2nd match at the Maracanã ended 4-0 to Santos, with Pelé scoring the first goal, also the second goal from a header, and the third from a penalty kick. Lima scored the fourth, with an assist from Pepe. Santos were once again qualified to the Copa Libertadores final. They would meet Boca Juniors, from Argentina. In the 1st leg at the Maracanã, Santos opened 3-0 with two goals from Coutinho - notably this one - and one from Lima. Boca, however, scored twice with Sanfilippo and the match ended 3-2. The atmosphere at La Bombonera for the 2nd leg was intense. 50.000 Argentine kept singing "Pelé hijo de puta, macaquitos del Brasil" (Pelé son of a b., little monkeys from Brazil). Then Boca opened the score at '46 with Sanfilippo. However, 4 minutes later, Pelé assisted Coutinho to score the tie. Later, Pelé mocked the Boca team by playing with the ball at Boca's GK hand. And at '82, Pelé scored the winning goal and celebrated with euphory and anger: Santos were back-to-back Copa Libertadores champions. Santos were once again qualified to the Intercontinental Cup, and would face Milan. Santos lost the 1st leg 2-4, at San Siro, in Milan. In the 2nd leg at the Maracanã, Milan went to half-time winning 2-0. A heavy rain began and the pitch became a mud. Santos, without Pelé, counted on Pepe's free-kick to score their first goal. Almir and Lima scored Santos second and third goals, at '54 and '65. Pepe, again from a free-kick, scored the fourth at '68, forcing a third match. In the third and final match, at the Maracanã again, Maldini committed a penalty and was sent off. Still without Pelé, Dalmo scored the 1-0 winning goal, crowning Santos once again club world champions. Santos wouldn't win the Copa Libertadores again in the 1960s. They reached the semis in 1964 and 1965, and refused to play it in 1966, 1967 and 1969 - not only it was financially unattractive, but also too violent and with tendencious refereeing. So Santos prefered to travel around the globe and make cash to pay their expensive team. The "Santos Globetrotters", would tour the world and smash whoever and wherever. 7-1 Internazionale, 5-0 Roma, 6-2 Napoli, 3-0 Lazio, 5-1 Lecce, 5-1 Barcelona, 6-0 Hamburg, 9-1 TSV München 1860, 6-3 Wolfsburg, 5-2 Eintracht Frankfurt, 4-2 Hertha Berlin, 6-4 Fortuna Düsseldorf, 5-0 Arminia Bielefield, 6-3 Benfica, 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday, 4-2 Newcastle, 5-3 Reims, 6-1 Racing, 6-2 Lyon, 3-0 Toulouse, 3-0 Feyenoord, 5-0 Enschede, 3-0 Peñarol, 8-3 Racing (Argentina), 4-0 Independiente, 4-1 Boca Juniors, 4-0 River Plate... In official competitions, Pelé's Santos played 6 matches against Europeans, with 5W-1L:
Competition
Result
Goals
1962 Intercontinental Cup
Santos 3-2 Benfica
Pelé (2x), Santana (2x), Coutinho
1962 Intercontinental Cup
Santos 5-2 Benfica
Pelé (3x), Eusébio, Coutinho, Pepe, Santana
1963 Intercontinental Cup
Santos 2-4 Milan
Pelé (2x), Amarildo (2x), Trapattoni, Mora
1963 Intercontinental Cup
Santos 4-2 Milan
Pepe (2x), Mazzola, Almir, Lima, Mora
1963 Intercontinental Cup
Santos 1-0 Milan
Dalmo
1968 Recopa Intercontinental
Santos 1-0 Internazionale
Toninho Guerreiro
However, Santos wasn't invincible, and Palmeiras stopped them from winning 12 consecutive State Leagues (1958-69), by beating Santos in 1959, 1963 and 1966. 1969: the year that Santos stopped a war in Africa and that Pelé scored his 1000th goal On the 4th February 1969, Pelé's Santos stopped an ongoing war in Nigeria. The civil war had been going on in the Biafra region since March 1967, and it lasted until January 1970, with the separatists' defeat. 2 million people died in the conflict. There was a global effort trying to stop the violent repression of the Nigerian government against the Biafras. Artists like Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon, authorities like the Pope Paul VI and the United Nations tried do contain the conflict, without success. But Santos did. As the team was touring in Africa, they were invited by the Nigerian government to play in Benin. A first and only cease-fire was declared so Santos could move from the hotel to the stadium and then back to the hotel. Santos won the match 2-1, and left the country the next day, as the war restarted as soon as they were gone, lasting 11 more months. On the 19th November 1969, Pelé scored his 1000th goal, against Vasco, the team he supported as a child, at the Maracanã. Journalists from all over the world had been following Santos matches, waiting for the 1000th goal to happen, which he did on his 912th career match. By the end of the decade, Santos team had changed, but was still strong, notably counting with the right-back Carlos Alberto Torres, the midfielder Clodoaldo and the forwards Edu and Toninho Guerreiro, all of them champions in the 1970 World Cup, except for the latter. They notably won the 1968 Brazilian League, the 1968 Supercopa Sudamericana and the 1968 Recopa Intercontinental. My personal favorite goal of this era is this one by Toninho Guerreiro, after a rainbow flick assist by Kaneko, in 1968. The Pelé Era last title was the São Paulo State League title of 1973. Pelé left in October 1974, having scored 1091 goals in 1116 matches for Santos. 1978-1984: the Meninos da Vila (Vila Boys) and the last title before the drought In 1978, a new term was coined to the players produced by Santos youth system, or just young players that were bought: the Meninos da Vila (Vila Boys), that won the 1978 State League. The 1st generation counted with Juary, João Paulo, Pita, Nilton Batata and Ailton Lira.
Meninos da Vila
Apps
Goals
Juary
229
101
João Paulo
412
103
Pita
408
55
Nilton Batata
249
36
Ailton Lira
182
37
In the 1980s, Santos built a good team that reached the final of the 1983 Brazilian League, and won the 1984 State League - Santos last title before the drought. 1984-2002: 18-year title drought In this period, Santos reached the 1995 Brazilian League final - led by the idol Giovanni -, as well as the 2000 State League final. Santos won the 1997 Rio-São Paulo Tournament and the 1998 Copa Conmebol, but they were minor trophies and didn't count as the end of the drought, that would last until 2002. Nevertheless, Santos became the first team in the world to score 10.000 goals - the record took place in January 1998, with a goal scored by Jorginho. In December 2000, Santos was elected by FIFA the Club of the Century in South America, and placed 5th in the world, behind Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern and Barcelona. 2002: Diego & Robinho and the 2ndMeninos da Vilageneration In the last season of the Brazilian League with knock-out stages (round-robin were introduced in 2003), Santos were broken and bet once again on their own DNA: youth system and offensive football. Led by 17-year-old Diego and 18-year-old Robinho, and with great young players Maurinho (24), Alex (20), Renato (23) and Elano (21), as well as great experienced players like Fábio Costa (25), Léo (27) and Alberto (27), Santos qualified on the 8th and last spot to the quarter-finals - after an exciting 1st stage, even leading the league at some point, but dropping a lot in quality towards the end. In the knock-out stage, Santos won 5 of the 6 matches before becoming champions. In the quarter-finals, against the scary São Paulo of Kaká and Luís Fabiano, Santos won both legs: 3-1 at home and then a 2-1 comeback away, with Diego scoring twice, one of them the winning goal on the 2nd leg. In the semi-finals, Santos defeated Grêmio 3-0 at home, with a great show from Robinho, who got Grêmio's CB sent off and then scored this great goal. Alberto scored twice, notably this backheel one. In the 2nd leg, a 0-1 defeat was enough to put Santos in the league final. The final would be against Parreira'sCorinthians. In the first leg, Diego brilliantly assisted Alberto to open the score, and then Robinho at '88 also brilliantly assissted Renato to close the 2-0 score. The final 2nd leg was monumental. Corinthians needed to win by a 2-goal difference to be the champions. It started badly for Santos, with Diego leaving injured with less than five minutes. But at '35, Robinho produced one of the most iconic moves of the football world in 2002, the 8 Pedaladas (8 Stepovers), after which he suffered a penalty, which he himself converted into a goal dedicated to Diego. Corinthians now needed 3 goals, and at '75 they scored the first, then at '84 they scored the second. Total fear in Santos supporters. But 4 minutes later at '88, the heir of the king, the prince Robinho carried the ball from the midfield until the right side of the box to assist Elano in Santos second goal. But it wasn't over yet, and at '92, him again, the prince Robinho left two Corinthians' CB completely lost in a quick body turnaround to assist Léo to score the 3rd and winning goal. The perfect match was over, Santos won 3-2, and were crowned Brazilian League champions. Highlights to Santos goalkeeper Fabio Costa who had this absurd performance (2mn33s video) and to Santos coach Emerson Leão, the man who chose to bet in these young players. 2003-2004: the show must go on In 2003, Santos, Diego and Robinho were the Brazilian trend. They kept their high-level football with the addition of Ricardo Oliveira in the attack, and finished 2nd in the Copa Libertadores - losing to Boca Juniors - and 2nd in the Brazilian League - dominated by Cruzeiro. In 2004, Santos won the Brazilian League again, their 8th and most recent Brazilian League title. With the departures of Renato, Diego and Ricardo Oliveira to Europe, Santos brought Ricardinho and Deivid from Middlesbrough and Bordeaux, and the international coach Luxemburgo from Cruzeiro. It worked greatly, and led by Robinho and Elano, they won the league on the 46th and last round, after beating Vasco 2-1. It was a very dramatic league in all possible ways, and against everything and everyone, Santos were once again Brazilian Champions.
2013-today Since the Neymar & Ganso Era ended in 2013, Santos has won 2 State League titles (2015, 2016), finished 2nd in the Brazilian League twice (2016, 2019) and in the Copa do Brasil once (2015), as well as revealing Rodrygo in 2018. Santos represents the essence of Brazilian football DNA, which is offensive and beautiful football, a philosophy which made their youth system one of the most respected in the world. You can watch here some rare Pelé highlights, here some 2002-2005 Robinho's and here some 2009-2013 Neymar's. Santos is one of the 3 Brazilian teams that has never been relegated. To this day, Santos has a fanbase of 6 million supporters, and a stadium attendance average of 10.300, as of 2019. If you have any questions about Brazilian football, feel free to join us at futebol, where you'll be very welcomed!
Boseman, Black Panthers and Rainbows at the angle of 42, a synchromystic map.
We are all sad to hear about the death of Black Panther King Chadwick Boseman. He was a fine actor and played some of the most pivotal roles in his short span of making movies. And he was making some of these movies deep into stage three cancer all while keeping it a secret and smashing it in all of his roles. Underneath everything there is a hidden saga being told. A strange world where everything is connected by some sort of energy that ebs and flows reality around in particular patterns. I notice things and point things out that I find to be strange. Many people are quick to say that the things I bring up are “the work of the Illuminati” but I feel that it is no man or group that is running this algorithm of life and death, creation and destruction. Ill start at the top of my research and just lay out the peculiar findings that I KNEW in my gut would be found. But then again everything is just coincidence...... The strangest thing happened when I looked up his birthday. I checked wikipedia and plugged in the date of birth till death day and saw 43 years. Then I go to IMDB and also noticed many of the news outlets reporting “dies at 42” and “dies at 43” in about a half and half distribution. Then almost as Im watching the edits begin and everything that once had his birthday at 11-29-1977 was now changed to 1978 This is not the first time this has happened and especially with someone with such a significant series of date counts attached to their birth and death days. Born on the 333 day of the year and he lived 42y 8m 4w 2d But this is obfuscated with the alteration of his birthdate. I stated that this wasn't the first time this happened as it happened with Joan Lee the wife of Stan Lee one of the co-creators of The Black Panther comic book series. https://www.reddit.com/coincidence/comments/6mj1m9/joan_lee_birth_911_is_77y7m7d_from_911_until_he Joans birthday 2-5-24 until 9-11-2001 is 77years 7months and 7 days inclusive! Joan died on 7-6-17 which is 5777 days after 9-11-2001! 7-7-17 was the day that Spider-man: Homecoming was released in theaters The day after Joan Lee began her journey HOME. This is also strange because of the fact that on Trumps Inauguration 2016 he was 70y 7m 7d old. And he met with Putin the day after Joan lees death on 7-7-17 when Putin was entering his 777th month of life Also note Trumps convergence with Abraham Lincoln, in addition to using Lincolns Bible to be sworn in on the inauguration day mentioned. Trump’s first full day of life was 770 months, 777 weeks and 770 days after Lincoln was assassinated. Trump’s first full day in office was 70 years, 777 months, 777 weeks and 777 days from the day Lincoln died. This day was on Trump’s 70th year, 7th month and 7th day of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIw-djmQcY But if you look now you will see a completely different birth-date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Boocock_Lee https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643074/ Here is a screenshot taken the day of Joan lees Death and one cannot ignore the blatent spiderman SYCHRONY Ad. https://imgur.com/3ECPa1f I took this screenshot NOT because of the date but because of the SYNCHRONY ad. But doing so gave me a record of the change happening the very next day when it was altered. We got a little of topic bringing up Joan lee, Trump, Lincoln But it is also the finest example of a tight sync chain connecting multiple folks and also an example of Revisionist history when the dates are changes as we saw with Chadwick Boseman. Chadwick Boseman was the King of Wakanda and builder of bridges and not barriers. Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby who debuted in the July 1966 edition of The Fantastic Four #52. Jack Kirby was born 8-28-1917 and the day Chadwick Boseman died would have been Jack Kirby(black Panthers co-creator) 103rd birthday Boseman played a collection of Real Historic Black figures that were firsts in their fields. But lets go back to his first listed role. https://www.slashfilm.com/all-my-children-fired-chadwick-boseman/ Chadwick plays Reggie in the soap opera All My Children and his role was taken over by Micheal B Jordan who would later portray his enemy in the Blockbuster hit Black Panther The alchemy there is strong. 1 person splitting into 2 versions and they are Nemesis. Killmonger was a Black Power “destruction of the White Colonists kind of person. “He became a subversive, with dreams of ridding Wakanda of what he termed "whitecolonialist" cultural influences and return it entirely to its ancient ways.” Black Power and the Raised fist are symbols of the Black Panther Party symbology. There is a strong current in the Zietgiest right now that is pushing for the 2nd American Civil war. Chadwicks first major feature film (42) had him play Jackie Robinson the FIRST Black man to join the MLB. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.[2] When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s Robinson heralded in the Segregation of the MLB. On 4-15-1947 Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia. Note: CAIRO The city was named after Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Why? Hmm. So Boseman dieing at 42 and playing in the film 42 is not enough to warrant our attention but the icing on the cake is the effect of the CORONAVIRUS on the MLB. The teams took the field in their No. 42 jerseys but walked off after a 42-second moment of silence. https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2010854 MLB BLM The on-field celebrations, including the league-wide wearing of number 42, instead took place on Friday, August 28, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the date Robinson met with Branch Rickey to discuss joining the Dodgers as well the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington. 75th and 57th anniversaries of 2 iconic events for the lives of black Americans. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401226183 There was a moment of silence before the game for Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played Jackie Robinson in the movie "42." Boseman died from colon cancer Friday, the day Major League Baseball marked its annual Jackie Robinson Day. This is all made more shocking since it was during the Dodgers game on Jackie Robinson day that the announcement of Chadwicks death was made via Twitter. Chadwick then went on too play the role of the 'Father of Soul” James Brown, in the film Get on Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upeKFdDWk4I James brown had a ritual that he would perform on stage where he got down on his knees and a cape was placed upon his shoulders to give him the strength to “Get on Up” https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/story-james-brown-cape-83rd-bday-article-1.2623276 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/funks-founding-father-james-brown-1933-2006-69720/ Boseman starred along side Nelsan Ellis who played Bobby Byrd In 1952 Bobby Byrd formed and sang with a gospel group called the Gospel Starlighters. During a friendly baseball match at a juvenile prison, he met a young James Brown who was serving time there on robbery charges. Byrd befriended him and arranged for Byrd's family to oversee Brown's parole.[3] This began a personal and professional association that lasted until 1973. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1734700/ Nelsan Ellis also stared in the 2008 film The Express, along with Boseman. The film being about the first African American winner of the Heisman Trophy another First on the list of Firsts. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469903/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butler I also took note of Nelsan Ellis playing Martin Luther KING Jr in the film “The Butler” Which was the final film of Laura Ziskin who died of breast cancer 6-12-2011 (Da 5 bloods releases on the 13th anniversary of Laura's death to Cancer.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ziskin In the late 1960s, after civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, Louis tells his family that he has joined the Black Panthers. Cecil orders Louis and his girlfriend to leave his house. Louis is arrested again. Cecil becomes aware of President Richard Nixon's plans to suppress the Black Panthers. Remember that Boseman died on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson day and the 57th Anniversary of MLKs I have a dream speech in the National Mall/Lincoln memorial. The reason Nelsan Ellis stands out to me is he was connected with Joan Lees death as her death was 7-6 and his was 7-8 and they were mirrors of one another. 93/39 black/white male/female. The mirroring element is highly important. But in seeing Boseman and Ellis together in 2 films made seeing Ellis's birth-date that much more potent. Nelsan Eliis Born 11-30-1977 Chadwick Boseman Born 11-29-1977 Only 1 day separates the birth of these two men. We are 3 episodes into the new HBO TV show about Jim Crow era racism in a Lovecraftian horror show called Lovecraft Country which debuted on 8-16-2020 12 day before Jackie Robinson day and Bosemans Death. The first episode opens with a Dream Sequence. “The opening monologue we hear in the first sequence of “Sundown” is a quote from the 1950 biopic The Jackie Robinson Story, a rosy recounting of the first officially acknowledged Black baseball player to join the Major Leagues. “This is the story of a boy and his dream,” the narrator recounts as our hero, Atticus, a.k.a. Tic, literally dreams of fighting a war, first against enemies in the trenches, and then against giant UFOs and flying Cthulhus. “But more than that, it is the story of an American boy and dream that is truly American.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackie_Robinson_Story A Biopic where Jackie Robinson plays himself. Note The American Dream and I have a dream, coated with some revisionist history Lovecraft lore that Lovecraft would hate as he was a racist.( he had a cat named “NI##ER) Da 5 Bloods is Bosemans most recent release who he plays alongside/with Johnathon Majors the man who had the dream about Jackie Robinson destroying the nightmare starspawn creature in the opening scene of Lovecraft Country. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3718007/?ref_=tt_cl_t1 In LCC Majors is a Korean War vet and in Da 5 Bloods he is involved in the Vietnam War. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9777644/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3 As he rages to himself, Paul has a vision of Norman who reminds him that he was the one who had killed him, having shot him by accident during the firefight, and that he should let go of his guilt. Desroche's men find Paul and kill him. At the temple, Desroche and the gunmen arrive. After confronting the Frenchman, now wearing Paul's MAGA hat, Otis, Melvin and Vinh start shooting, killing all of Desroche's men. Desroche wounds Otis and tries to finish him off with a hand grenade, but Melvin sacrifices himself by leaping on top of it. Desroche prepares to execute Otis, but David shoots and kills him with Otis's gun. Vinh helps the surviving Bloods share out the gold. Melvin's widow receives his share, and Eddie's goes to a Black Lives Matter organization. Hedy and Simon donate their shares to LAMB in Seppo's name. Norman's remains are brought home to his family by the military. David reads a letter from Paul, who tells him that he will always love him. Otis visits Tiên and bonds with his daughter for the first time. Well that's a surprise. The Vietnam film flashes forward too today and has both a MAGA hat AND BLM Kobe and Boseman....... I made a similar post about the Life and death and synchromystic web of Kobe earlier this year and we are now seeing an interesting mirror in Bosemans death. https://www.reddit.com/C_S_T/comments/fhudokobecorona_and_the_collective_consciousness_clues/ https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2020/08/30/chadwick-boseman-and-kobe-bryant-last-conversation.html The most obvious correlation is the mirroring of the 2 mens numbers. 42 and 24 and ill point out that Kobe Bryants 42nd birthday would have taken place 4 days before Chadwick's death. Kobe Bryant died on 1-26-20 1x2x6x2= 24 his number https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/01/26/USAT/7230a522-1cff-4eff-a790-d26281f35538-AP_APTOPIX_Obama_Lakers.JPG Here is Barack Obama the 44th president and also the First African American President with Kobe Bryant being gifted a jersey. https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/514273-obamas-honor-chadwick-boseman-he-was-blessed Here is President Barack Obama accepting the Gift of the purple Crown with the 42 on in. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/514329-chadwick-boseman-tweet-bumps-obamas-as-most-liked-post-ever The most liked Tweet of all time belonged to Barack Obama and since Chadwicks death that title has been taken by the announcement of his death via his personal twitter. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/chadwick-boseman-worried-fans-last-22596856 Chadwick had posted the video to launch Operation 42, a scheme that donated $4.2million worth of PPE to hospital that looked after African American communities most affected by coronavirus. The actor spoke to the camera about the cause clad in a purple baseball cap wearing the mark of the charity and a full beard. The same purple hat(crown) he gave too Obama Corona Virus can be looked as Corona= Crown Virus= Venom of the snake.(via the etymology. This connects to the chakra system and highlights the “Rainbow Bridge” via the number 42 Purple is the Crown Chakra and the color of nobility and the crown as it is a combination of Red Vs Blue. https://www.popsci.com/why-rainbows-look-like/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snell%27s_law Rainbows are all about perspective. In the eye of the beholder The bifrost is the rainbow bridge in the marvel mythos. The way to travel from the realm of man to the realm of the gods. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Bifrost Black Mamba and the Black Panther both iconic pass in 2020 the year of perfect vision. Or is it that in hindsight we will see more clearly into 2020. https://www.hopevscancer.org/product/axc-snake-vs-panthe https://www.google.com/search?q=snake+vs+panther+tattoo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjhkKiqvMnrAhUcQ1MKHR0lBeIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=snake+vs+panther+tattoo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeUNQTWNQTYPciaABwAHgAgAFhiAFhkgEBMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=qwlPX6GPEpyGzQKdypSQDg&bih=574&biw=1252&client=firefox-b-1-d&safe=strict The Snake and Cat intertwined is a common trope in the tattoo industry perhaps hearkening back to the 3 sacred animals of the Mayan/Inca mythology. https://www.ticketmachupicchu.com/inca-trilogy-condor-puma-snake/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mamba_(comics) Black mamba is also a cannon character in the Marvel mythos. And WTF is this my friends? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_Crown I had no idea this existed but if you look a couple lines up you will see the breakdown of CoronaVirus above as SNAKE CROWN. That is sync in action. A mystical object with many similarities to the Serpent Crown – the "Cobra Crown" – is shown to have existed during the Hyborian Age that followed the Great Cataclysm.[4] A follower of Set called Thoth-Amon allies himself with some surviving Serpent Men and briefly wields this second Crown. Another receptacle of Set's vast power, the Cobra Crown also enables its wearer to control the minds of others. However, it appears that it was much inferior to the Serpent Crown as its abilities eventually burn out and it is apparently destroyed during the course of a conflict between Thoth-Amon and Conan the Barbarian Which is a good segway into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FAsNGckPsY Chawick Boseman plays Thoth the God of Wisdom and the word in the star studded hit, Gods of Egypt https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Thoth_(Earth-616) Thoth is one of the few gods in the pantheon of Wakanda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow\_Coalition\_(Fred\_Hampton) The Rainbow Coalition was a multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, along with William "Preacherman" Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and Jose Cha Cha Jimenez founder of the Young Lords. It was the first of several 20th century Black-led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept. Rainbow-42-Jackie Robinson-Black Panther founded on the 1 year anniversary of the Assassination of MLK The rainbow has become symbolic of the LGBTQ and Racial equality movements and is also equated with Pride the many colors shining out of the 1 light https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/02/22/civil-rights-hero-john-lewis-is-particularly-moved-by-this-line-from-black-panthe T’Challa quotes a version of an actual African proverb that says that “the wise build bridges” while “the foolish” build walls. (Some variations on that proverb say “dams” instead of “barriers” or “walls.”) John Lewis is another powerful Black leader that helped bring us to where we are today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Bridges 21 bridges was released on the 57th anniversary of the assassination of JFK 21x2=42 Rainbow Bridge. https://baseballhall.org/discoveshort-stops/jfks-letter-to-jackie JFK had sent a letter to Jackie Robinson https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/what-song-did-john-f-kennedy-ask-judy-garland-to-sing-to-him-on-the-phone JFK had Judy Garland sing him Somewhere over the rainbow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_(film) Another Of Bosemans Iconic roles as the first black supreme court justice that resided over the case 'Brown Vs the board of education” the case that would end racial segregation in schools. James Brown was another of his powerful Black men Chadwick Played in his short span of acting. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Four years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall as the United States Solicitor General. He was appointed to the court of appeals by JFK himself. “Marshall attended Howard University School of Law, where he worked harder than he had at Lincoln. His mother had to pawn her wedding and engagement rings to pay the tuition. “ Howard university was where Chadwick and Kamala Harris Graduated from as well. https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F20%2F2020%2F08%2F31%2Fchadwick-boseman.jpg This would be the final picture posted by Boseman Some of the information I recived was from Kijani's video on the subject. Some very fine research with more of a religious tint to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJMkafUoCjA&t=981s https://twitter.com/extracapsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Another fantastic source of numeric synchronicity from Brother Berg. 666 weeks before Bosemans birth Malcolm X was assassinated 666 months before Bosemans death Malcolm X was assassinated. Black Panther=666 (sumerian Gematria) https://twitter.com/extracapsa/status/1300126220462374912/photo/1 Boseman=33 died 30 months 30 days after the premier of "Black Panther" =330. Wakanda =330. Boule =330, the black fraternal order founded 3333 weeks before MLK died. Boseman born on the 333rd day of the year. What is the Boule Society? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Pi_Phi Sigma Pi Phi (ΣΠΦ) is the first successful and oldest Black Greek-lettered organization. Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1904. The fraternity quickly established chapters (referred to as "member boulés" The word boulé, derived from ancient Greek βουλή), originally referred to a council of nobles advising a king. It is also used by the African-American sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Sigma Pi Phi founder Henry McKee Minton and Martin Luther King Jr Boule was founded 3333 weeks before MLK assassination. ames Weldon Johnson is a member of Phi Beta Sigma, as is civil rights leader and member of Congress John Lewis Sigma Pi Phi is open to members of all races, as can be demonstrated by its well-known white member Jack Greenberg, who succeeded Thurgood Marshall as the leader of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3929254169?playlistId=tt1727373&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X_(1992_film) This explains the fact why there would be no Black Panther without Denzel Washington (Malcolm ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5TS-mdNN4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBDMGQmep9I Ok folks, did I leave anything out? Well im sure by the nature of such research I left everything out. But I went with my gut and showed all the elements that resonated with me in combination with the current zietgiest (spirit of culture) Let me try and do a TLDR, god forgive me. TLDR https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/amp32871563/chadwick-boseman-age-da-5-bloods/ First the Date of birth being altered on all sources was the first red flag. Chadwick boseman died on the would be 103rd birthday of the cocreator of Black Panther Jack Kirby on the same day as the 57th March on Washington where MLK performed his I have a Dream speech and also the day of the postponed Jackie Robinson day where Boseman Played Jackie and wore the 42. He played alongside Nelsan Ellis in 2 films Nelsan died 7-8-17 a couple days after Joan Lee whos birthday was also altered and scrubbed off the internet to hide the truth apparent within the facts. Birth till 9-11 was 77y 7m 7 d from 9-11 till death was 5777 days ending up in the middle of Hebrew year 5777 and on dieng on the release date of spider-man homecoming. This whole thing is about Black white and the Rainbow we are all in, but the light just has to shine at the right angle (42) for us to have 2020 vision, but most likely hindsight will be 2020 and years later all of this will make sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964\_Philadelphia\_race\_riothttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_Against_Fascism See also Antifa (United States)), a contemporary anti-fascist movement COINTELPRO, a series of projects conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations including the Black Panther Party Rainbow Coalition (Fred Hampton)), a political organisation by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party BLM's predecessor and the origin of the popularized raised clenched fist. Was Antifa. What does all this mean? Well its all just a coincidence and the ravings of a madman right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtZ03BzskeU You may have seen my previous writings on such recent events and that might give you better perspective on the whole. Im not the guy saying these are the biblical endtimes, or the guy saying this is all the work of the illuminati. Im the guy saying we don't have any clue to what consciousness and reality actually is. Im the guy that believes the universe is the great teacher. EVERYTHING humans know and every idea that has arisen has arisen out of nature. Every animal is a teacher, every process in physics is a teacher, every element of creation by man and god is a teaching tool. We are trying to learn what we are. The universe is a troll but in the way a ZEN master riddles his students with KOANS that ostensibly have no true meaning. But it is the process of play and entertaining ideas and convincing ourselves that every truth could be false and every fallacy could be true. I don't have the answers, I just see what is there to be seen and I think about what is seen and relay my thoughts and the things I see. You may have to read through this a couple times to understand the crux of each individual link I mention but if you come at this with an open mind you may have an easier time and learn something. R.I.P Chadwick, Kobe,Martin,Malcolm,James,Thurgood, T'challa and every other black icon in history to bring us to where we are today. We are at the start of the rainbow bridge and we can journey up through all the colors to get to the Crown, for we are all kings and queens heroes and villains on this world stage. PLAY your part!
I am generally pessimist but I believe we are getting Giannis. Here is why.
Giannis leaving Milwaukee Loyalty - Saying Giannis is loyal to Bucks is like saying you are loyal to the only girl on the deserted island. He never really had a choice of expressing his free will in the NBA. He couldn't chose where he gets drafted, who his teammates and coach are. 2021 will be the first time. Competence - Bucks didn't surround him with talent needed to win. They have good players - who might look better then they are because they are playing with Giannis. How many players (besides Giannis) on their roster will we even remember 6 months after they retire? Middleton? This playoffs he is averaging 18/7/6 on 40% shooting and 37% 3 point shooting with 3.5 turnovers. That is Hardaway numbers. Listening to him answering question about his play and him answering ''I am doing what coach says'' sounds to me that he is unhappy with coach but won't really say it as it wouldn't be classy. I have no proof of it but to me it seems that he is letting organization do their best and if the best they can do is not good enough so be it. Team Construction - They have built good team around him. But at what cost? For 2021 they have already commited 87 million to 5 players. Giannis cap hold on top of that and they are over salary cap. Their whole team is old. Middleton will be 31 in 2021, Bledsoe 32, Lopez 34 and Hill 36. Why Mavericks Fit - You want to surround Giannis with players who can shoot so he can penetrate into the paint. Style we are playing already and the same type of players that fit Luka - fit Giannis too. Watching Luka pentrate defences in our system must make Giannis curious. #1 offence all time with shooters - which needs more defence -> Perfect for DPOY who is dominant but limited on offence? Seems like an OBVIOUS fit. Luka and KP - European, young, talented, no ego, teamplayer, care only about winning. Am I talking about Luka and KP or Giannis? Lets hope KP isn't too injury prone though... Coach - Let's hope he sees importance of having good and flexible coach. Rick has been one of the best coaches in the league for many years. He is the best at in-game adjustments - Lets hope Giannis gets really annoyed by lack of them at Bucks. If Giannis is making decision only based on basketball - Mavericks are favourites. Front office - We have history of being led by European players. This might be more important then you think. If Giannis doesn't win championship this or next year - media will gang on him even more. And I feel that a reason why some people are so fast to dismiss him is because of him not being American. The reason why they say he is not marketable and similar. This might make him think of us as ''his'' people and we are together against the world. Fits with Cuban too as he is ''different'' owner. Other teams Boston - They will have 100 mil commited to Walker, Smart, Tatum, Brown. They might be the biggest competition for him IMO. Young and good. They can do trade for Giannis with their young players or just trade 1 of 5 away and create space that way and still have a competitive team. Phoenix - I know but. They will have Booker, Rubio,Ayton, Bridges and Johnson for 70 milion. If they perform next season - maybe? Miami - They currently have only Butler and Herro for 40 mil that offseason. I would have them as favourites for him - if it wasn't for a fact that he might lose to them this year. I think he is too competitive and pridefull to join a team that he lost to. Also Butler will be 32 and Giannis could get 2 season of Butler before it would get complicated again with team building. Oklahoma - is interesting. They have cap space and ALOT of draftpicks. I see them as a team who could trade for him. Toronto - In 2021 they have Siakam and Powell for 42 mil. They are interesting as they are international city and have African connection to Giannis with front office and Siakam. Pelicans - In 2021 they have Holiday and Zion for 38 mil that season. I don't see it - Zion is overhyped and doesn't fit with Giannis. Lakers - Currently they have only Lebron's player option for 41 mil that season. AD is probably extanding so they will probably have 2 players for 80 mil. I don't see it. Lebron would be 37 years old. 3 max players and they wouldn't have any cap left. Edit: Point is not if he is coming here or not. Point is we are in a great situation where an elite players coming to Dallas would be logical. We are not crazy for thinking it might happen - they would be crazy for not comming here. Since we are going to hear about Giannis to Mavericks for the next 12 months - I wrote this because alot of people are seeing it as crazy talk - and it is not. Sometimes being realistic means that your team is currently in the best situation to make dynasty in the NBA. I get that some people don't want to dream because failed expactations hurt. I bet there will be 200+ post of Giannis to Dallas untill July 2021. But if we are going to talk about summer of 2021 -> lets use some brain maybe?
Black Panther, Mamba,42, and the rainbow bridge, a synchromystic map
We are all sad to hear about the death of Black Panther King Chadwick Boseman. He was a fine actor and played some of the most pivotal roles in his short span of making movies. And he was making some of these movies deep into stage three cancer all while keeping it a secret and smashing it in all of his roles. Underneath everything there is a hidden saga being told. A strange world where everything is connected by some sort of energy that ebs and flows reality around in particular patterns. I notice things and point things out that I find to be strange. Many people are quick to say that the things I bring up are “the work of the Illuminati” but I feel that it is no man or group that is running this algorithm of life and death, creation and destruction. Ill start at the top of my research and just lay out the peculiar findings that I KNEW in my gut would be found. But then again everything is just coincidence...... The strangest thing happened when I looked up his birthday. I checked wikipedia and plugged in the date of birth till death day and saw 43 years. Then I go to IMDB and also noticed many of the news outlets reporting “dies at 42” and “dies at 43” in about a half and half distribution. Then almost as Im watching the edits begin and everything that once had his birthday at 11-29-1977 was now changed to 1978 This is not the first time this has happened and especially with someone with such a significant series of date counts attached to their birth and death days. Born on the 333 day of the year and he lived 42y 8m 4w 2d But this is obfuscated with the alteration of his birthdate. I stated that this wasn't the first time this happened as it happened with Joan Lee the wife of Stan Lee one of the co-creators of The Black Panther comic book series. https://www.reddit.com/coincidence/comments/6mj1m9/joan_lee_birth_911_is_77y7m7d_from_911_until_he Joans birthday 2-5-24 until 9-11-2001 is 77years 7months and 7 days inclusive! Joan died on 7-6-17 which is 5777 days after 9-11-2001! 7-7-17 was the day that Spider-man: Homecoming was released in theaters The day after Joan Lee began her journey HOME. This is also strange because of the fact that on Trumps Inauguration 2016 he was 70y 7m 7d old. And he met with Putin the day after Joan lees death on 7-7-17 when Putin was entering his 777th month of life Also note Trumps convergence with Abraham Lincoln, in addition to using Lincolns Bible to be sworn in on the inauguration day mentioned. Trump’s first full day of life was 770 months, 777 weeks and 770 days after Lincoln was assassinated. Trump’s first full day in office was 70 years, 777 months, 777 weeks and 777 days from the day Lincoln died. This day was on Trump’s 70th year, 7th month and 7th day of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIw-djmQcY But if you look now you will see a completely different birth-date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Boocock_Lee https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643074/ Here is a screenshot taken the day of Joan lees Death and one cannot ignore the blatent spiderman SYCHRONY Ad. https://imgur.com/3ECPa1f I took this screenshot NOT because of the date but because of the SYNCHRONY ad. But doing so gave me a record of the change happening the very next day when it was altered. We got a little of topic bringing up Joan lee, Trump, Lincoln But it is also the finest example of a tight sync chain connecting multiple folks and also an example of Revisionist history when the dates are changes as we saw with Chadwick Boseman. Chadwick Boseman was the King of Wakanda and builder of bridges and not barriers. Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby who debuted in the July 1966 edition of The Fantastic Four #52. Jack Kirby was born 8-28-1917 and the day Chadwick Boseman died would have been Jack Kirby(black Panthers co-creator) 103rd birthday Boseman played a collection of Real Historic Black figures that were firsts in their fields. But lets go back to his first listed role. https://www.slashfilm.com/all-my-children-fired-chadwick-boseman/ Chadwick plays Reggie in the soap opera All My Children and his role was taken over by Micheal B Jordan who would later portray his enemy in the Blockbuster hit Black Panther The alchemy there is strong. 1 person splitting into 2 versions and they are Nemesis. Killmonger was a Black Power “destruction of the White Colonists kind of person. “He became a subversive, with dreams of ridding Wakanda of what he termed "whitecolonialist" cultural influences and return it entirely to its ancient ways.” Black Power and the Raised fist are symbols of the Black Panther Party symbology. There is a strong current in the Zietgiest right now that is pushing for the 2nd American Civil war. Chadwicks first major feature film (42) had him play Jackie Robinson the FIRST Black man to join the MLB. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.[2] When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s Robinson heralded in the Segregation of the MLB. On 4-15-1947 Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia. Note: CAIRO The city was named after Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Why? Hmm. So Boseman dieing at 42 and playing in the film 42 is not enough to warrant our attention but the icing on the cake is the effect of the CORONAVIRUS on the MLB. The teams took the field in their No. 42 jerseys but walked off after a 42-second moment of silence. https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2010854 MLB BLM The on-field celebrations, including the league-wide wearing of number 42, instead took place on Friday, August 28, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the date Robinson met with Branch Rickey to discuss joining the Dodgers as well the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington. 75th and 57th anniversaries of 2 iconic events for the lives of black Americans. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401226183 There was a moment of silence before the game for Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played Jackie Robinson in the movie "42." Boseman died from colon cancer Friday, the day Major League Baseball marked its annual Jackie Robinson Day. This is all made more shocking since it was during the Dodgers game on Jackie Robinson day that the announcement of Chadwicks death was made via Twitter. Chadwick then went on too play the role of the 'Father of Soul” James Brown, in the film Get on Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upeKFdDWk4I James brown had a ritual that he would perform on stage where he got down on his knees and a cape was placed upon his shoulders to give him the strength to “Get on Up” https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/story-james-brown-cape-83rd-bday-article-1.2623276 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/funks-founding-father-james-brown-1933-2006-69720/ Boseman starred along side Nelsan Ellis who played Bobby Byrd In 1952 Bobby Byrd formed and sang with a gospel group called the Gospel Starlighters. During a friendly baseball match at a juvenile prison, he met a young James Brown who was serving time there on robbery charges. Byrd befriended him and arranged for Byrd's family to oversee Brown's parole.[3] This began a personal and professional association that lasted until 1973. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1734700/ Nelsan Ellis also stared in the 2008 film The Express, along with Boseman. The film being about the first African American winner of the Heisman Trophy another First on the list of Firsts. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469903/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butler I also took note of Nelsan Ellis playing Martin Luther KING Jr in the film “The Butler” Which was the final film of Laura Ziskin who died of breast cancer 6-12-2011 (Da 5 bloods releases on the 13th anniversary of Laura's death to Cancer.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ziskin In the late 1960s, after civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, Louis tells his family that he has joined the Black Panthers. Cecil orders Louis and his girlfriend to leave his house. Louis is arrested again. Cecil becomes aware of President Richard Nixon's plans to suppress the Black Panthers. Remember that Boseman died on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson day and the 57th Anniversary of MLKs I have a dream speech in the National Mall/Lincoln memorial. The reason Nelsan Ellis stands out to me is he was connected with Joan Lees death as her death was 7-6 and his was 7-8 and they were mirrors of one another. 93/39 black/white male/female. The mirroring element is highly important. But in seeing Boseman and Ellis together in 2 films made seeing Ellis's birth-date that much more potent. Nelsan Eliis Born 11-30-1977 Chadwick Boseman Born 11-29-1977 Only 1 day separates the birth of these two men. We are 3 episodes into the new HBO TV show about Jim Crow era racism in a Lovecraftian horror show called Lovecraft Country which debuted on 8-16-2020 12 day before Jackie Robinson day and Bosemans Death. The first episode opens with a Dream Sequence. “The opening monologue we hear in the first sequence of “Sundown” is a quote from the 1950 biopic The Jackie Robinson Story, a rosy recounting of the first officially acknowledged Black baseball player to join the Major Leagues. “This is the story of a boy and his dream,” the narrator recounts as our hero, Atticus, a.k.a. Tic, literally dreams of fighting a war, first against enemies in the trenches, and then against giant UFOs and flying Cthulhus. “But more than that, it is the story of an American boy and dream that is truly American.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackie_Robinson_Story A Biopic where Jackie Robinson plays himself. Note The American Dream and I have a dream, coated with some revisionist history Lovecraft lore that Lovecraft would hate as he was a racist.( he had a cat named “NI##ER) Da 5 Bloods is Bosemans most recent release who he plays alongside/with Johnathon Majors the man who had the dream about Jackie Robinson destroying the nightmare starspawn creature in the opening scene of Lovecraft Country. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3718007/?ref_=tt_cl_t1 In LCC Majors is a Korean War vet and in Da 5 Bloods he is involved in the Vietnam War. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9777644/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3 As he rages to himself, Paul has a vision of Norman who reminds him that he was the one who had killed him, having shot him by accident during the firefight, and that he should let go of his guilt. Desroche's men find Paul and kill him. At the temple, Desroche and the gunmen arrive. After confronting the Frenchman, now wearing Paul's MAGA hat, Otis, Melvin and Vinh start shooting, killing all of Desroche's men. Desroche wounds Otis and tries to finish him off with a hand grenade, but Melvin sacrifices himself by leaping on top of it. Desroche prepares to execute Otis, but David shoots and kills him with Otis's gun. Vinh helps the surviving Bloods share out the gold. Melvin's widow receives his share, and Eddie's goes to a Black Lives Matter organization. Hedy and Simon donate their shares to LAMB in Seppo's name. Norman's remains are brought home to his family by the military. David reads a letter from Paul, who tells him that he will always love him. Otis visits Tiên and bonds with his daughter for the first time. Well that's a surprise. The Vietnam film flashes forward too today and has both a MAGA hat AND BLM Kobe and Boseman....... I made a similar post about the Life and death and synchromystic web of Kobe earlier this year and we are now seeing an interesting mirror in Bosemans death. https://www.reddit.com/C_S_T/comments/fhudokobecorona_and_the_collective_consciousness_clues/ https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2020/08/30/chadwick-boseman-and-kobe-bryant-last-conversation.html The most obvious correlation is the mirroring of the 2 mens numbers. 42 and 24 and ill point out that Kobe Bryants 42nd birthday would have taken place 4 days before Chadwick's death. Kobe Bryant died on 1-26-20 1x2x6x2= 24 his number https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/01/26/USAT/7230a522-1cff-4eff-a790-d26281f35538-AP_APTOPIX_Obama_Lakers.JPG Here is Barack Obama the 44th president and also the First African American President with Kobe Bryant being gifted a jersey. https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/514273-obamas-honor-chadwick-boseman-he-was-blessed Here is President Barack Obama accepting the Gift of the purple Crown with the 42 on in. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/514329-chadwick-boseman-tweet-bumps-obamas-as-most-liked-post-ever The most liked Tweet of all time belonged to Barack Obama and since Chadwicks death that title has been taken by the announcement of his death via his personal twitter. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/chadwick-boseman-worried-fans-last-22596856 Chadwick had posted the video to launch Operation 42, a scheme that donated $4.2million worth of PPE to hospital that looked after African American communities most affected by coronavirus. The actor spoke to the camera about the cause clad in a purple baseball cap wearing the mark of the charity and a full beard. The same purple hat(crown) he gave too Obama Corona Virus can be looked as Corona= Crown Virus= Venom of the snake.(via the etymology. This connects to the chakra system and highlights the “Rainbow Bridge” via the number 42 Purple is the Crown Chakra and the color of nobility and the crown as it is a combination of Red Vs Blue. https://www.popsci.com/why-rainbows-look-like/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snell%27s_law Rainbows are all about perspective. In the eye of the beholder The bifrost is the rainbow bridge in the marvel mythos. The way to travel from the realm of man to the realm of the gods. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Bifrost Black Mamba and the Black Panther both iconic pass in 2020 the year of perfect vision. Or is it that in hindsight we will see more clearly into 2020. https://www.hopevscancer.org/product/axc-snake-vs-panthe https://www.google.com/search?q=snake+vs+panther+tattoo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjhkKiqvMnrAhUcQ1MKHR0lBeIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=snake+vs+panther+tattoo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeUNQTWNQTYPciaABwAHgAgAFhiAFhkgEBMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=qwlPX6GPEpyGzQKdypSQDg&bih=574&biw=1252&client=firefox-b-1-d&safe=strict The Snake and Cat intertwined is a common trope in the tattoo industry perhaps hearkening back to the 3 sacred animals of the Mayan/Inca mythology. https://www.ticketmachupicchu.com/inca-trilogy-condor-puma-snake/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mamba_(comics) Black mamba is also a cannon character in the Marvel mythos. And WTF is this my friends? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_Crown I had no idea this existed but if you look a couple lines up you will see the breakdown of CoronaVirus above as SNAKE CROWN. That is sync in action. A mystical object with many similarities to the Serpent Crown – the "Cobra Crown" – is shown to have existed during the Hyborian Age that followed the Great Cataclysm.[4] A follower of Set called Thoth-Amon allies himself with some surviving Serpent Men and briefly wields this second Crown. Another receptacle of Set's vast power, the Cobra Crown also enables its wearer to control the minds of others. However, it appears that it was much inferior to the Serpent Crown as its abilities eventually burn out and it is apparently destroyed during the course of a conflict between Thoth-Amon and Conan the Barbarian Which is a good segway into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FAsNGckPsY Chawick Boseman plays Thoth the God of Wisdom and the word in the star studded hit, Gods of Egypt https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Thoth_(Earth-616) Thoth is one of the few gods in the pantheon of Wakanda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow\_Coalition\_(Fred\_Hampton) The Rainbow Coalition was a multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, along with William "Preacherman" Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and Jose Cha Cha Jimenez founder of the Young Lords. It was the first of several 20th century Black-led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept. Rainbow-42-Jackie Robinson-Black Panther founded on the 1 year anniversary of the Assassination of MLK The rainbow has become symbolic of the LGBTQ and Racial equality movements and is also equated with Pride the many colors shining out of the 1 light https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/02/22/civil-rights-hero-john-lewis-is-particularly-moved-by-this-line-from-black-panthe T’Challa quotes a version of an actual African proverb that says that “the wise build bridges” while “the foolish” build walls. (Some variations on that proverb say “dams” instead of “barriers” or “walls.”) John Lewis is another powerful Black leader that helped bring us to where we are today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Bridges 21 bridges was released on the 57th anniversary of the assassination of JFK 21x2=42 Rainbow Bridge. https://baseballhall.org/discoveshort-stops/jfks-letter-to-jackie JFK had sent a letter to Jackie Robinson https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/what-song-did-john-f-kennedy-ask-judy-garland-to-sing-to-him-on-the-phone JFK had Judy Garland sing him Somewhere over the rainbow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_(film) Another Of Bosemans Iconic roles as the first black supreme court justice that resided over the case 'Brown Vs the board of education” the case that would end racial segregation in schools. James Brown was another of his powerful Black men Chadwick Played in his short span of acting. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Four years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall as the United States Solicitor General. He was appointed to the court of appeals by JFK himself. “Marshall attended Howard University School of Law, where he worked harder than he had at Lincoln. His mother had to pawn her wedding and engagement rings to pay the tuition. “ Howard university was where Chadwick and Kamala Harris Graduated from as well. https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F20%2F2020%2F08%2F31%2Fchadwick-boseman.jpg This would be the final picture posted by Boseman Some of the information I recived was from Kijani's video on the subject. Some very fine research with more of a religious tint to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJMkafUoCjA&t=981s https://twitter.com/extracapsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Another fantastic source of numeric synchronicity from Brother Berg. 666 weeks before Bosemans birth Malcolm X was assassinated 666 months before Bosemans death Malcolm X was assassinated. Black Panther=666 (sumerian Gematria) https://twitter.com/extracapsa/status/1300126220462374912/photo/1 Boseman=33 died 30 months 30 days after the premier of "Black Panther" =330. Wakanda =330. Boule =330, the black fraternal order founded 3333 weeks before MLK died. Boseman born on the 333rd day of the year. What is the Boule Society? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Pi_Phi Sigma Pi Phi (ΣΠΦ) is the first successful and oldest Black Greek-lettered organization. Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1904. The fraternity quickly established chapters (referred to as "member boulés" The word boulé, derived from ancient Greek βουλή), originally referred to a council of nobles advising a king. It is also used by the African-American sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Sigma Pi Phi founder Henry McKee Minton and Martin Luther King Jr Boule was founded 3333 weeks before MLK assassination. ames Weldon Johnson is a member of Phi Beta Sigma, as is civil rights leader and member of Congress John Lewis Sigma Pi Phi is open to members of all races, as can be demonstrated by its well-known white member Jack Greenberg, who succeeded Thurgood Marshall as the leader of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3929254169?playlistId=tt1727373&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X_(1992_film) This explains the fact why there would be no Black Panther without Denzel Washington (Malcolm ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5TS-mdNN4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBDMGQmep9I Ok folks, did I leave anything out? Well im sure by the nature of such research I left everything out. But I went with my gut and showed all the elements that resonated with me in combination with the current zietgiest (spirit of culture) Let me try and do a TLDR, god forgive me. TLDR https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/amp32871563/chadwick-boseman-age-da-5-bloods/ First the Date of birth being altered on all sources was the first red flag. Chadwick boseman died on the would be 103rd birthday of the cocreator of Black Panther Jack Kirby on the same day as the 57th March on Washington where MLK performed his I have a Dream speech and also the day of the postponed Jackie Robinson day where Boseman Played Jackie and wore the 42. He played alongside Nelsan Ellis in 2 films Nelsan died 7-8-17 a couple days after Joan Lee whos birthday was also altered and scrubbed off the internet to hide the truth apparent within the facts. Birth till 9-11 was 77y 7m 7 d from 9-11 till death was 5777 days ending up in the middle of Hebrew year 5777 and on dieng on the release date of spider-man homecoming. This whole thing is about Black white and the Rainbow we are all in, but the light just has to shine at the right angle (42) for us to have 2020 vision, but most likely hindsight will be 2020 and years later all of this will make sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964\_Philadelphia\_race\_riothttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_Against_Fascism See also Antifa (United States)), a contemporary anti-fascist movement COINTELPRO, a series of projects conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations including the Black Panther Party Rainbow Coalition (Fred Hampton)), a political organisation by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party BLM's predecessor and the origin of the popularized raised clenched fist. Was Antifa. What does all this mean? Well its all just a coincidence and the ravings of a madman right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtZ03BzskeU You may have seen my previous writings on such recent events and that might give you better perspective on the whole. Im not the guy saying these are the biblical endtimes, or the guy saying this is all the work of the illuminati. Im the guy saying we don't have any clue to what consciousness and reality actually is. Im the guy that believes the universe is the great teacher. EVERYTHING humans know and every idea that has arisen has arisen out of nature. Every animal is a teacher, every process in physics is a teacher, every element of creation by man and god is a teaching tool. We are trying to learn what we are. The universe is a troll but in the way a ZEN master riddles his students with KOANS that ostensibly have no true meaning. But it is the process of play and entertaining ideas and convincing ourselves that every truth could be false and every fallacy could be true. I don't have the answers, I just see what is there to be seen and I think about what is seen and relay my thoughts and the things I see. You may have to read through this a couple times to understand the crux of each individual link I mention but if you come at this with an open mind you may have an easier time and learn something. R.I.P Chadwick, Kobe,Martin,Malcolm,James,Thurgood, T'challa and every other black icon in history to bring us to where we are today. We are at the start of the rainbow bridge and we can journey up through all the colors to get to the Crown, for we are all kings and queens heros and villains on this world stage. PLAY your part!
[OC] What if every world cup team had the same population? - Group C
Hello again all, trying to distract myself from the fact that it’s already May, I’ve put my matching Friday pants and socks set on to bring you another edition of the alternative World Cup. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the premise of this series why not indulge yourself in the last two groups. Group A, Group B Whilst yesterday featured a group with sprinkles of quality throughout, I’m afraid to say this gathering is a little one-sided. One African team dwarfs three squads of an Asian persuasion, so with more utopian island spots than full time pro’s on display, I’ll try my utmost not to drift into a Thomas Cook holiday blog, no promises though. Group C West Africa Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinnea Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Western Sahara, Algeria, Morrocco Population (millions): 240.19 When it comes to brainchildren it’s strongly advised not to have favourites, but between you and me this is the funnest squad of the lot. Similarly to Eastern Europe, West Africa has often been a hive of sporting talent restrained by the labyrinth of borders within its confines. George Weah, Emmanuel Adebayor, Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba and Abedi Pele are some notable stars of the past, but the conveyor belt of sporadic world-class attacking talent over the last 30 years appears to have crescendoed into a full blown production line of stars in every outfield position. Something that my hypothesis can’t fairly simulate is what affect an open plan Africa would have on the decision making of some of our games Euro-Africano elite. N’Golo Kante is of Malean descent whilst fellow Parisian Paul Pogba boasts his Guinean parentage. It would be a safe bet to assume at least some juggling would take place with the region's newfound affluence, but until I am able to read the minds of millionaire athletes I’m not going to touch the subject with a barge pole, besides I think I’d go for the sort codes well before I look at their national preference. What we DO have however is a terrific squad on paper that will continue to improve as the years continue, with 17 year old Barcelona wunderkind Ansu Fati hailing from Guinea-Bissau, as long as he doesn’t succumb to a Spanish inquisition.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Edouard Mendy
SEN
Rennes
GK
Montivilliers, France
65
€4.40
28
Yassine Bounou
MAR
Sevilla
GK
Montreal, Canada
68
€10.00
29
Defenders
Faouzi Ghoulam
ALG
Napoli
LB
Saint-Priest, France
72
€17.10
29
Dakonam Djene
TOG
Getafe
CB
Dapaong
74
€26.80
28
Kalidou Koulibaly
SEN
Napoli
CB
Saint-Die, France
84
€64.30
28
Achraf Hakimi
MAR
B. Dortmund
RWB
Madrid, Spain
72
€23.30
21
Eric Bailly
CIV
Man United
CB
Bingerville
72
€31.40
26
Salif Sane
SEN
Schalke 04
CB
Lormont, France
69
€9.00
29
Serge Aurier
CIV
Tottenham
RB
Ouragahio
70
€19.90
27
Kwadwo Asamoah
GHA
Inter Milan
LWB
Accra
74
€21.10
31
Midfielders
Riyad Mahrez
ALG
Man City
RW
Sarcelles, France
77
€62.00
29
Hakim Ziyech
MAR
Ajax
CAM
Dronten, Netherlands
79
€42.80
27
Thomas Partey
GHA
Atleti
CDM
Krobo Odumase
76
€33.40
26
Naby Keita
GUI
Liverpool
CM
Conakry
78
€52.20
25
Ismaila Sarr
SEN
Watford
RW
Saint-Louis
67
€22.20
22
Pepe
CIV
Arsenal
RW
Mantes-la-Jolie, France
76
€45.60
24
Idrissa Gana Gueye
SEN
PSG
CDM
Dakar
75
€28.80
30
Amine Harit
MOR
Schalke
CAM
Pontoise, France
69
€10.07
22
Forwards
Sadio Mane
SEN
Liverpool
LF
Sedhiou
90
€92.40
28
Wilfried Zaha
CIV
Crystal Palace
CF
Abidjan
77
€59.60
27
Moussa Marega
MLI
Porto
ST
Les Ulis, France
70
€16.80
29
Islam Slimani
ALG
Monaco
ST
Algiers
68
€19.80
31
Average/Totals
74
€712.90
27.13636364
A difficult pick but I’ve settled on a squad that could play in numerous formations, Sadio Mané and Riyad Mahrez are two of the Premier Leagues most potent wide players whilst the midfield is a superfluity of athleticism and technique. The likes of Feghouli, Kessie and Gervinho didn’t survive the longlist but the competition was stiff. I’m not overly happy with the inclusion of goal starved Islam Slimani but the area is surprisingly scarce of talented out and out forwards. If this team fails to collect all nine points in this group it would be the worst thing to happen to West Africa since Di Caprio’s accent in Blood Diamond. South India & Arabian Sea 6 Indian provinces (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa), Sri Lanka, Maldives Population (millions):239.70 Another region that practises footballing atheism, this was one of the most difficult to research. But if any documentarians want to make this into a series then I’d be happy to take some time out to fly out and research the Maldives for a while. The two island nations donate their services to an uninspiring mess of Indian nonentity. Including the world’s sixth highest scoring active player Ali Ashfaq, never heard of him? Nah me neither.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Kamaljit Singh
IND
Hyderabad
GK
Goa
24
€0.02
24
Chathura Ekanayake
SRI
Eagles Malé
GK
Sri Lanka
22
€0.00
27
Defenders
Anas Edathodika
IND
ATK
CB
Kerala
33
€0.03
33
Adil Khan
IND
Hyderabad
RB
Goa
32
€0.02
31
Mandar Rao Dessal
IND
Mumbai City
LB
Goa
31
€0.02
28
Lenny Ridrigues
IND
Goa
CDM
Goa
24
€0.02
32
Mohamed Imtiyas
SRI
Renown
CB
Kotahena
25
€0.01
24
Akram Abdul Ghanee
MDV
Valencia (MDV)
CB
Maafaru
28
€0.01
33
Edwin Sydney
IND
Chennaiyin
RWB
Kerala
21
€0.01
27
Asikur Alawadeen
SRI
Pelicans
CB
Kurunegala
23
€0.01
26
Midfielders
Brandon Fernandes
IND
Goa
CAM
Goa
33
€0.03
25
Rowllin Borges
IND
Mumbai City
CDM
Goa
32
€0.02
27
Sahal Abdul Samad
IND
Kerala Blasters
CM
Kerala
34
€0.04
23
Michael Soosairaj
IND
ATK
CM
Tamil Nadu
32
€0.03
25
Nikhil Poojari
IND
Hyderabad
CM
Karnataka
29
€0.02
24
Ahmed Razeek
SRI
Berliner AK
CDM
Berlin
44
€0.06
26
Mohamed Umair
MDV
Maziya
CM
Malé
27
€0.01
20
Romeo Fernandes
IND
Odisha
RM
Goa
23
€0.02
27
Forwards
Ashique Kuruniyan
IND
Bengaluru
CF
Kerala
35
€0.04
22
Jobby Justin
IND
ATK
ST
Kerala
28
€0.02
26
CK Vineeth
IND
Jamshedpur
ST
Kerala
27
€0.02
31
Ali Ashfaq
MDV
Club Green Streets
ST
Malé
27
€0.01
34
Average/Totals
29
€0.47
27.04545455
Ali Ashfaq has officially netted 463 times in his now 19 year career. Haters will say most of that was in the Maldivian league but I think I’d only be able to score half that amount so fair play to him. The most notable islander is German born Sri Lankan Ahmed Razeek, the Berliner came through the ranks at now-Bundesliga team Union Berlin, but finds himself playing fourth tier football at the time of writing. At 25, Razeek only dedicated his services to Golden Lion in 2019, a bit of European experience may help the nation who have commanded just four wins in the last five years. India’s most promising contribution to the side is 22 year old Ashique Kuruniyan, the young forward lacks goals but is known as something of a playmaker, Kuruniyan to Ashfaq could be the new Ozil to Ronaldo, but realistically I think this team will be lucky to find the net at all if the ratings are anything to Goa on. Oceania and Southeast Asia Australia, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Cambodia, Singapore, Phillipines, Malaysia, 11 Indonisian Provinces (Papua, West Papua, Maluku, North Maluku, Sulawesi Island, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara) Population: 231.57 I almost broke the comma button on my laptop writing out all those islands, and it still doesn’t quite reach 240m. The pacific islands are home to some of the worst national teams out there, none more infamous than American Samoa who hold the record for the biggest ever defeat in international football, a 31-0 loss to Australia. If anyone hasn’t seen the documentary that was inspired subsequently to the loss, ‘next goal wins’ is perhaps my favourite football film and couldn’t recommend it highly enough when trying to explain the humanity of playing football in this part of the world. The antagonists of the Samoan’s defeat, Australia have since changed confederations from lack of challenge. Joining the Asian Football Confederation in early 2006, the Socceroo’s have since won the Asian Cup on home soil and qualified for each of the previous four iterations of the World Cup. In 2006 a ‘golden generation’ fronted by Harry Kewell and Tim Cahill narrow missed out on a quarter final berth being beaten by eventual champions Italy in the 95th minute thanks to a controversial penalty. While the likes of Kewell, Cahill and Mark Schwarzer have long since retired, the Aussies produce a modest yet constant procession of pro’s. Along with fellow anglophone New Zealand, the select Oceanic islanders often choose a path of playing in England’s football pyramid, with a few Premier League stalwarts found within the squad below. Southeast Asia has a curious footballing culture, a strong general interest in the European game with seemingly little rewards for their appropriation, no malaysians manage to sneak into the selection whilst the Phillipines’ most famous athlete behind Manny Pacquiao only makes back up keeper.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
Football manager
Value
Age
Matthew Ryan
AUS
Brighton
GK
Plumpton
66
€15.80
28
Neil Etheridge
PH
Cardiff
GK
London, England
64
€11.00
30
Defenders
Winston Reid
NZ
West Ham
CB
Auckland
66
€14.50
31
Milos Degenek
AUS
Red Star
CB
Knin, Croatia
62
€1.30
26
Trent Sainsbury
AUS
Maccabi Haifa
RB
Thornlie
60
€0.88
28
Bailey Wright
AUS
Bristol City
CB
Melbourne
59
€3.30
27
Wesley Lautoa
NCA
Dijon
CB
Epernay, France
62
€2.20
32
Aziz Behich
AUS
Basaksehir
LB
Melbourne
60
€2.20
29
Brad Smith
AUS
Bournemouth
LWB
Penrith
63
€9.50
26
Stephan Schrock
PHI
Cares
RB
Schweinfurt, Germany
57
€0.77
33
Midfielders
Aaron Mooy
AUS
Brighton
CM
Sydney
70
€26.70
29
Tom Rogic
AUS
Celtic
CAM
Griffith
67
€11.90
27
Mathew Leckie
AUS
Hertha Berlin
CM
Melbourne
65
€4.80
29
Robbie Kruse
AUS
Mebourne Victory
RM
Brisbane
64
€1.30
31
Awer Mabil
AUS
Mitdtjylland
RW
Kakuma, Kenya
63
€1.50
24
Craig Goodwin
AUS
Al-Wehda
LM
Adelaide
58
€4.60
28
Ryan Thomas
NZ
PSV
CDM
Te Puke
65
€6.50
25
Massimo Luongo
AUS
Sheffield W
CDM
Sydney
62
€7.80
27
Forwards
Chris Wood
NZ
Burnley
ST
Auckland
67
€23.40
28
Adam Taggart
AUS
Suwon Bluewings
ST
Perth
62
€0.84
26
Aposrolos Giannou
AUS
AEK Larnaka
ST
Nousa, Greece
63
€1.30
30
Daniel Arzani
AUS
Celtic
CF
Khorramabad, Iran
60
€8.20
21
Average/Totals
63
€160.29
29.68181818
As you can see the team is dominated by Aussie and Kiwi men, but there is some polynesian persuasion in the way of Wesley Lautoa who takes restbite trying to defend the likes of Neymar, Mbappe and Depay by bullying semi-pro strikers playing for New Caledonia. Daniel Arzani is the best bet for a future talisman, despite really struggling to make the grade in Europe he’s still only 21 and could yet fulfil his potential. The Celtic forward has impeccable technical ability and has an eye on one day becoming a regular at his parent club Man City. Chris Wood has a Premier League goal record that any striker would be proud of and is the archetypal Sean Dyche forward, but I would suggest that his physical play style precedes his genuine international quality. New Zealand famously exited the 2010 World Cup as the only side to leave undefeated, and part of that was due to the defensive talents of Winston Reid, who at that time was a 21 year old padawan learner to Blackburn hero Ryan Nelson. Now 31, The former West Ham captain Reid leads this sides defensive line where he’ll do his best to make the younger lads do most of the legwork. Neil Etheridge is unlucky not to be the standout number one in this team, the keeper come underwear model caught the eyes of English fans saving three penalties in the 2018-19 season, although when on loan to Bristol Rovers he caught a free-kick and stepped backwards into his own goal, don’t think we’ve forgotten Neil. Western China 9 Chinese Provinces (Feng Jin, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichaun, Tibet, Xinjiang Uygur, Ningxia, Qinghai) Population (millions): 256.25 A little over the limit for this one but you wouldn’t notice from the squad. The west of China is the least densely populated region and the one with the least investment in the club game, so it is no surprise that there is correlation to the talent, or lack thereof. Every metric I’ve used in research points to this being the Chinese team that will struggle the most, the bulk of the players hail from Sichuan, which since we’re on reddit may give most of you PTSD of Rick and Morty fans standing on McDonalds counters. None of the following players featured in the most recent Chinese national squad. In a sporting wilderness that hasn’t been invited to the game of Monopoly out east, you can’t blame this side for underwhelming.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Wang QI
CHI
Shaanxi Athletic
GK
Shaanxi
35
€0.60
27
Yerjet Yerzat
CHI
Chongqing Lifan
GK
Xinjiang Uygur
36
€0.72
27
Defenders
Yang Xiaotian
CHI
Jiangsu Suning
LB
Shaanxi
40
€1.40
30
Wang Erzhuo
CHI
Shaanxi Athletic
CB
Shaanxi
28
€0.24
33
Alishat
CHI
Xinjiang Sport Lottery
CB
Xinjiang
40
€0.43
25
Zhang Ao
CHI
Xinjiang Sport Lottery
RB
Shanxi
28
€0.37
29
Liu Yu
CHI
Shanghai Shenxin
CB
Sichuan
30
€0.44
25
Zhou Xuri
CHI
Dalian Yifang
CB
Sichuan
29
€0.30
21
Otkur Hesen
CHI
Sichaun Jiuniu
LB
Xinjiang
20
€0.00
27
Bari Mamatil
CHI
Qiangdao Huanghai
RWB
Xinjiang
39
€1.50
31
Midfielders
Peng Xinli
CHI
Shanghai Shenhua
CM
Shanxi
47
€2.60
29
Mirahmetjan Muzepper
CHI
Shanghai SIPG
CAM
Xinjiang
46
€3.30
29
Zhang Xiuwei
CHI
Guangzhou E
CM
Sichuan
46
€2.70
24
Luo Senwen
CHI
Hebei China Fortune
CDM
Sichuan
44
€2.10
27
Li Yuanyi
CHI
Shenzhen
CM
SIchuan
42
€1.30
26
Zhang Chiming
CHI
Tianjin
RW
SIchuan
38
€1.10
31
Shewket Yalqun
CHI
Guangzhou E
LW
Xinjiang
33
€0.94
27
Yehya
CHI
Xinjiang Tianshan
CM
Xinjiang
24
€0.24
32
Forwards
Yan Dinghao
CHI
Gondomar
CF
Sichuan
45
€2.40
22
Li Fang
CHI
Chongqing Lifan
ST
Sichuan
34
€1.30
27
Gan Yingbo
CHI
Sichaun Longfor
CF
Sichuan
24
€0.16
35
Abduhamit Abdugheni
CHI
Jiangsu Suning
CF
Shaanxi
35
€0.75
23
Average/Totals
36
€24.89
27.59090909
Finding a 22 was a real struggle and there is an imbalance of positions to show for it. The only true striker is Chongqing’s Li Fang, who is officially listed as a striker-come-right back which is an oddly specific duology of skills. The squad is predominantly composed of players from the nations second tier CL1, which to enlight the general reader means they probably aren’t going to win the tournament. Another day another group, tomorrow we finally see one of the long anticipated Western European megasquads, and play a game of spot the Uzbekistani. Thanks again for reading, let me know if you think I've missed anyone from the squads or made an error and try to have a stab at the starting XI’s for today's teams.
[OC] What if every world cup team had the same population? - Group G
Afternoon all, welcome back to the series that Gary Neville described as ‘How did you get this number, no I don’t know what you’re on about, piss off’. So far I’ve brought to life the teams of 24 hypothetical regions, that’s an entire Euro 2020’s worth! hmm that gives me an idea... Before I begin separating the counties of Estonia, let’s stay focused and remind ourselves of how we got this far. Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Today’s post details the squads of the tournament’s penultimate group. Whilst this pool of players isn’t the greatest, they will be playing in front of the most participant sets of fans. Mexican waves meet Vuvuzelas in the battle for top spot while the other two’s wavin flags will look like this. Southern Africa South Africa, Lesotho, Eswantini, Mauritius, Reuinion, Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Angola, Tanzania Population (millions): 255.34 The part of the world that brought us the only African world cup to date (and some other less wholesome moments in history), this southern hemispheric subcontinent has underachieved in modern memory. The region is a mix of engrossed and apathetic when it comes to footballing subscription in the public consciousness, with four of the top seven African GDP’s per capita, their resources should theoretically be better than anyones. Just four World Cup qualifications (one of those by default) makes this the second least punctual region of the continent. Lusophone’s Angola are the exception to an otherwise South African sweep of appearances. The ‘Giant sable antelopes’ (I’m sure it sounds better in portuguese) shocked the CAF by toppling Nigeria by the narrowest of margins to reach the 2006 finals; the nation’s top scorer and Barbie Girl singing eurodance group Akwá was the protagonist in a 1-0 win against the Super Eagles, this retrospectively acted as a tie-breaker when David & Goliath finished with the same points in their qualifying group. Their time in Germany was short yet respectable, conceding just two goals in three games and almost holding their colonisers Portugal to a bore draw, revenge is sweet. A rugby nation by trade, South Africa were crowned World Cup champions just last year, unfortunately for soccer fans they have flattered to deceive in the world’s most beloved game. A ‘golden generation’ in 2002 featured the coloured careers of Steven Pienaar, Benni McCarthy, Lucas Radebe and Quinton Fortune; failing to escape an easy group, a huge opportunity missed. 18 years on Bafana Bafana’s only big names are of a literal sense. Contrary to what I would have guessed, South Africa is not the regions most populous nation; Tanzania’s 56 million inhabitants puts them level with England, and the nation seem to identify as footyholics as much as their historic oppressors, unfortunately they haven’t got their money's worth for their sporting subscription. The tiny island of reunion has produced the likes of Dimitri Payet and Laurent Robert, but since still being a French territory, anyone worth their salt gets a plane to Paris. Botswana fail to feature in the squad, but with top clubs called ‘Meat Commision’ and ‘Miscellaneous’, it might be safe to say the nation isn’t taking the game as seriously as others.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Itumeleng Khune
RSA
Kaiser Chiefs
GK
Ventersdorp
67
€0.47
32
Darren Keet
RSA
OH Leuven
GK
Cape Town
58
€0.80
30
Defenders
Bastos
ANG
Lazio
CB
Luanda
70
€12.70
28
Mexer
MOZ
Bordeaux
CB
Maputo
65
€4.50
32
Clinton Mata
ANG
Club Brugge
CB
Verviers
63
€7.70
28
Jeremy Morel
MAD
Rennais
CB
Lorient, France
63
€0.30
35
Bruno Gaspar
ANG
Olympiakos
RB
Evora, Portugal
60
€1.70
26
Romain Metanire
MAD
Minnesota
RB
Metz, France
60
€3.30
30
Reinildo
MOZ
Lille
LB
Beira
54
€0.75
26
Nurio
ANG
Charleroi
LB
Luanda
60
€3.60
25
Midfielders
Wilson Eduardo
ANG
Braga
RW
Pedras Rubras
66
€5.90
30
Percy Tau
RSA
Club Brugge
RW
Witbank
65
€17.60
25
Marvelous Nakamba
ZIM
Aston Villa
CDM
Hwange
64
€14.00
26
Khama Billiat
ZIM
Kaiser Chiefs
RW
Harare
66
€0.50
30
Thulani Serero
RSA
Al Jazira
CDM
Soweto
61
€4.90
30
Keagan Dolly
RSA
Montpellier
CAM
Johannesburg
62
€3.70
27
Bongani Zungu
RSA
Amiens
CM
Duduza
64
€4.80
27
Djalma
ANG
Alanyaspor
LM
Luanda
60
€1.10
32
Forwards
Mbwana Ally Samatta
TAN
Aston Villa
ST
Dar Es Salaam
66
€19.90
27
Patson Daka
ZAM
RB Salzburg
ST
Chingola
64
€2.60
21
Lebo Mothiba
RSA
Strasbourg
ST
Johannesburg
62
€3.70
24
Tinotenda Kadewere
ZIM
Lyon
ST
Harare
62
€3.70
24
Averages/Totals
63
€118.22
28
On paper the team shouldn’t need to rely on talismanic powers as the middling quality runs true throughout this team. Aston Villa surely have a scout in this part of the world as they are blessed with the services of key players Marvellous Nakamba and Mbwana Samatta. Samatta became the Premier League’s first Tanzanian in January and will hopefully have a chance to add to his three appearances sooner rather than later. The imposing frontman scored 23 goals in the Belgian league in 2018-19 which makes him almost over qualified to lead the line in this XI. Patson Daka was 13 and playing for locals Nchanga Rangers when Zambia sensationally shocked the world to lift the 2012 AFCON; the goldenboy of a generation determined to sequel the Copper Bullets’ success. The speedy Salzburg striker already has 24 caps for his country, time will tell if he is to follow Haaland and Minamino out of Austria to a European giant. Mononymous Angolan Bastos will command the defence as best he can. Although recently struggling to make the squad, Bastos has served Lazio well with his protective prowess. A plethora of pacey playmakers completes the assembly that will most likely finish runners up in this group. An exit in the round of 16 is on the cards as by process of elimination lots of you have already worked out Group H’s heavyweights are North & Central Europe. West India 3 Indian States (Maharashtra, Gujurat, Madhya Pradesh) Population (millions) All the way back to the simpler time of Group A I hastily declared Uttar Pradesh as the worst region in the world, I’d like to publicly apologize for that remark as it’s become clear to me that West India is the bottom of a very deep barrell. The region that provides the setting for Slumdog Millionaire has plenty to answer for as finding 22 players in this part of the world was harder than a where's wally of Manish market.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Kunal Sawant
IND
Mumbai City
GK
Maharashtra
16
€0.01
28
Sukhdev Patil
IND
Churchill Brothers
GK
Maharashtra
14
€0.00
21
Defenders
Rahul Bheke
IND
Bengaluru
RB
Maharashtra
33
€0.03
29
Ashutosh Mehta
IND
Mohun Bagan
RB
Gujurat
22
€0.02
28
Raju Galkwad
IND
Kerala Blasters
CB
Maharashtra
21
€0.01
29
Jayesh Rane
IND
ATK
RB
Maharashtra
21
€0.01
27
Abhishek Ambekar
IND
East Bengal
LB
Maharashtra
20
€0.01
28
Rohan Adnaik
IND
DSK Shivajians
CB
Maharashtra
13
€0.00
28
Karan Amin
IND
Jamshedpur
LB
Maharashtra
13
€0.01
30
Pratik Chaudhuri
IND
Mumbai City
CB
Maharashtra
18
€0.01
30
Midfielders
Raynier Fernandes
IND
Mumbai City
CDM
Maharashtra
26
€0.02
24
Farukh Choudhary
IND
Jamshedpur
CAM
Maharashtra
25
€0.02
23
Kean Lewis
IND
Bengaluru
LM
Maharashtra
21
€0.01
27
Alwyn George
IND
Minerva Punjab
CM
Maharashtra
20
€0.01
28
Shilton D'Silva
IND
Mohun Bagun
CM
Maharashtra
19
€0.01
27
Aditya Ashok Jha
IND
ARA fc
LW
Gujarat
11
€0.01
20
Nikhil Kadam
IND
Northeast United
RW
Maharashtra
17
€0.01
25
Darren Caldeira
IND
Kerala Blasters
CM
Maharashtra
17
€0.01
32
Forwards
Aniket Jadhav
IND
Jamshedpur
CF
Maharashtra
16
€0.01
19
Arif Shaikh
IND
Gokulam
ST
Maharashtra
13
€0.01
26
Bipin Singh
IND
Mumbai
ST
Maharashtra
17
€0.01
25
Girik Khosla
IND
Minerva Punjab
ST
Maharashtra
17
€0.01
25
Averages/Totals
19
0.25
With 8 caps for the national team, Rahul Bheke is made to look like prime Cafu alongside his defensive compatriots. The Bengaluru full back plays a leading role in a one-star Bollywood show. Aniket Jadnav is maybe the one to keep an eye on, the wide forward failed trials at Blackburn late last year, but the fact that they even asked him makes this teenage talent the side’s crappy Mbappe. A Bombay mix of unknowns will be thankful they haven’t drawn against the real heavyweights of the competition, or they could be on the end of a cricket score. Mexico & Central US Mexico, 16 US States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois) Population (millions): 244.75 The big wall will have to wait as this side leaves rednecks turning in their trailers. The region has fathered two point three tournaments with one on the way, but the main feature of this team always seems to leave the party early when it’s not at their house. Mexico have been excruciatingly expelled in the second round an eye-watering SEVEN times running, the sombrero wearing soccer obsessed Senior’s are so frequently the bridesmaid it’s no exaggeration to call them football’s spinsters. The US’s largest state, Texas, is the birthplace of one of America’s greatest players and worst rappers, Clint Dempsey. His impressive club career was an MLS sandwich with a London filling, the posterboy of a Fulham team that miraculously reached the Europa league final. Romantically tied with fellow yank legend Landon Donovan, Dempsey retired joint top scorer for USMNT, including four goals in three seperate world cups. Mexican legends of the game include Hugo Sanchez, who scored over 200 goals for Real Madrid, and Barcelona treble winner Rafael Marquez who incredibly played 19 games across five World Cups, considering they never manage more than four, that’s almost as good as it gets. Today El Tri are seemingly at the beginning of a promising Mexican generation that coincides with some notable late bloomers.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Guillermo Ochoa
MEX
America
GK
Guadalajara
71
€4.20
34
Jonathan Orozco
MEX
Santos Laguna
GK
Monterry
68
€2.90
33
Defenders
Jesus Corona
MEX
Porto
RB
Sonora
72
€23.00
26
John Brooks
USA
Wolfsburg
CB
Berlin
67
€7.10
26
Hector Moreno
MEX
Al Gharafa
CB
Sinaloa
68
€6.10
31
Carlos Salcedo
MEX
Tigres
CB
Guadalajara
68
€5.70
25
Nestor Aruajo
MEX
Celta Vigo
CB
Guadalajara
70
€15.80
26
Hugo Ayala
MEX
Tigres
CB
Michoacan
68
€2.70
32
Miguel Layun
MEX
Monterrey
RB
Veracruz
66
€3.80
31
Jorge Sanchez
MEX
America
LB
Coahuila
63
€2.30
21
Midfielders
Isaac Brizuela
MEX
Chivas
RM
California
64
€4.40
29
Hector Herrera
MEX
Atleti
CM
Tijuana
75
€33.40
29
Hirving Lozano
MEX
Napoli
RW
Mexico City
75
€27.70
24
Victor Guzman
MEX
Pachua
CM
Guadalajara
66
€4.20
24
Andres Guardado
MEX
Real Betis
CM
Guadalajara
71
€9.20
32
Jonathan Dos Santos
MEX
LA Galaxy
CM
Monterry
70
€5.60
29
Rodolfo Pizarro
MEX
Miami FC
CAM
Tamulipas
72
€4.40
25
Edson Alvarez
MEX
Ajax
CDM
State of Mexico
70
€8.10
21
Forwards
Raul Jimenez
MEX
Wolves
ST
Hidalgo
74
€39.00
28
Javier Hernandez
MEX
LA Galaxy
ST
Guadalajara
66
€4.10
31
Gio Dos Santos
MEX
America
CF
Monterry
64
€2.20
30
Carlos Vela
MEX
LAFC
LF
Quintana Roo
75
€6.30
30
Averages/Totals
69
€222.20
28.04545455
One of the more mundane concoctions, it’s plain to see that Johnathan Brooks is the only ‘American’ to dare cross the border. The centre back scored a winner against Ghana in 2014 avenging the defeat of 2010. After struggling badly at Atleti and then Benfica, it’s an unlikely story that aged 27 Raul signed for Wolves and has since become one of the Premier Leagues most feared strikers. The nation is hoping to harness whatever time he’ll be able to stay at this level, having scored five goals in a winning Gold Cup campaign. Eredivisie fans will be familiar with Guardado and Alvarez, the bookends of a variety of age groups in the middle of the park. ‘Chucky’ Lozano is the posterboy, the Napoli winger scored the only goal in an historic victory over 2014 champions Germany. At just 24, it shouldn’t be of too much concern that he is competing to become a regular amongst fierce Neopolitan competition. As usual, perhaps North-America’s best bet for success. They should win this group, but with the second round curse yet to be broken, maybe another John Brooks goal is needed to make the quarters. Greater Beijing 7 Chinese provinces (Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Tianjin) Population (millions): 246.63 The capital with plenty of capital, Beijing is the focal point of a Chinese region that stands the best chance of all it’s countryfolk. The region boasts half of the national team’s top ten appearance makers. Liaoning is the most vibrant reserve of Chinese talent, defender Sun Jihai is often revered as the country's greatest player with 127 premier league appearances for Man City, after years of battling relegation his departure came just one month before the Abu Dhabi group took over, a cautious tale of what happens when you let cookies decide your fortune. Domestic football is rife in the region with six of 16 CSL teams, including Beijing Guoan, who pay for the services of Cedric Bakambu and Renato Augusto.
Goalkeepers
Birthplace
FM20
Value
Age
Liu Dianzuo
CHN
Guangzhou E
GK
Liaoning
47
€1.90
29
Wang Dalei
CHN
Shandong Luneng
GK
Liaoning
53
€3.70
31
Defenders
Nico Yennaris
CHN
Beijing Guoan
RB
London
59
€10.40
26
Li Xuepeng
CHN
Guangzhou E
LB
Liaoning
51
€3.40
32
Wang Tong
CHN
Shandong Luneng
RB
Liaoning
50
€3.20
27
Liu Yiming
CHN
Guangzhou E
CB
Liaoning
49
€3.40
25
Dai Lin
CHN
Shandong Luneng
CB
Liaoning
49
€2.00
32
Feng Xiaoting
CHN
Guangzhou E
CB
Liaoning
48
€1.10
35
Gao Zhunyi
CHN
Guangzhou E
CB
Jilin
48
€3.50
25
Ren Hang
CHN
Hebei C Fortune
CB
Liaoning
48
€2.40
31
Midfielders
Wu Xi
CHN
Jiangsu Suning
CDM
Hebei
53
€4.40
31
Yu Hanchao
CHN
Free Agent
RM
Liaoning
53
€2.50
33
Chi Zhongguo
CHN
Beijing Guoan
CDM
Jilin
52
€4.60
30
Zheng Zhi
CHN
Guangzhou E
CM
Liaoning
52
€0.48
40
Zhang Chengdong
CHN
Hebei C Fortune
RM
Hebei
50
€3.20
31
Jin Jingdao
CHN
Shandong Luneng
CM
Jilin
47
€2.60
28
Piao Cheng
CHN
Beijing Guoan
CM
Jilin
47
€3.20
31
Yin Hongbo
CHN
Hebei C Fortune
CAM
Jilin
47
€2.70
30
Forwards
Dong Xuesheng
CHN
Hebei C Fortune
ST
Liaoning
49
€3.50
31
Yang Xu
CHN
Tianjin
ST
Liaoning
47
€3.00
32
Tan Long
CHN
Changchun Yatai
ST
Liaoning
47
€3.00
32
Wu Xinghan
CHN
Shandong Luneng
ST
Liaoning
46
€2.40
32
Average/Totals
50
€70.58
30.81818182
Ex-Celtic and Charlton midfielder Zheng Zhi has 108 national caps and counting, still wearing the arm-band at 39 years old. An industrious and efficient playstyle combined with terrific passing range lends itself to still being able to compete at such a late age, although he will require the leg work of fellow 30-somethings Wu Xi and Chi Zhonguo if moves can be made. Born in London, Nico Yennaris or ‘Li Ke’ was the first ever naturalised Chinese player, the former Arsenal youth and Brentford stalwart is hoping to become a trailblazer to the development of Asian football. It isn’t an absolute certainty that this team will come third, but beating Southern Africa will be key, in a group of subjectively low quality, China’s best team is maybe their only hope. Emotional times as tomorrow brings the final group, by this point it should be obvious who’s left. See you all in the comments to discover what I’ve got wrong today (I will comb through the whole thing with your suggestions once this is done).
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