The day has come, the final is here: Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain. And what a ride this tournament was. When I last posted about this we still had a lot of the powerhouses and each of them failed in … Continue reading The UEFA Champions League Final Spectacular 2020
Ce sont les meilleures équipes Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften The main event Die Meister Die Besten Les Grandes Équipes The Champions Little by little the European Football leagues resumed and somehow they finished their seasons. There was something … Continue reading UEFA Champions League 2020: knockout stages
I’m sorry to inform y’all that it did not come home. The Yanks won and almost in 4th of July which would have been even more on the nose. The Lionesses in pure British fashion missed a penalty and where … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Grand Final
The quarterfinals brought some heartbreak, surprises and gladly not many VAR shenanigans. Here’s how the bracket looks now: Tuesday 7/2 USA v England: This is some good tea The US faced their biggest test yet and passed it defeating the hosts … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Semifinals
Well that was quite the round of 16. A lot of heartbreak, some drama and more VAR shenanigans that we would like but here we are: Thursday 6/27 Norway v England: It’s coming home from the cold cold north Norway had … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Quarterfinals
For some this is where the tournament starts, but oh boy was the group stage exciting. Argentina came back from 3-0 and were a just shy from advancing, Chile was denied by the woodwork, while Cameroon scored in the last … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Round of 16
Ah matchday 3, were math will be involved and with third places also going in it’s gonna be so much fun. Also because of that, all games from the same group will be played at the same time to avoid … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Group Stage Matchday 3
Things mostly went as expected in matchday 1, still we did get some surprises.. Anyway, let’s see what we have this round: Wednesday 6/12 Group A: South Korea v Nigeria Neither team had a good start, hell they had an … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Group Stage Matchday 2
Here we go, this time around I will do the group stage by matchdays instead of daily, I hope this works for y’all. So what do we have for matchday 1? Friday 6/7 Group A: South Korea v France As … Continue reading WWC France 2019: Group Stage Matchday 1
The UEFA Champions League, if you are aware of it you already have the theme song stuck in your head right now; if not here’s the gist: every year the best football teams in Europe are selected to compete in … Continue reading The UEFA Champions League Final Spectacular
Here we go, another year another World Cup… wait that’s not how this usually goes. Well, the women’s World Cup is played the year after the men’s one so here we are about a month away from the cup’s start … Continue reading Women’s World Cup France 2019: A Month Away Overview
A while back I had a conversation with a friend about epitaphs and we reached the conclusion than rather than a phrase we would prefer a GIF. That got me thinking on how can you create a portable GIF … Continue reading How to Make a Portable Reaction GIF
Have you ever seen those posts about machine learning generated movie scripts or D&D monster names or pies? I have and I got curious about it. I’ve been toying with neural networks for a bit and in particular with text … Continue reading A Neural Network Creates Some Anime
It did not come home, it was a great effort and in retrospective the English kids overachieved, but then the worst thing happened: they gave their country hope. Goodbye “It’s Coming Home” memes, we’ll see you in the next Euro. … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Final, the Illyrian Provinces Strike Back
A 4 years wait and now it’s almost over. We have only 4 matches left (including the 3rd place one), it went too fast, right? Uruguay missed Cavani and Muslera killed them, Brazil played their best match and it wasn’t … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Semifinals, It’s Almost There
Oh boy, seems like the surprises just don’t end, right. Well, kinda, only Spain failing was unexpected. The rest happened as they should but with some hiccups (right, Belgium?). Again México failed in the R16 (7th cup in a row, … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Quarterfinals, It’s Taking the Long Route Home
So here we are, after a long group stage the Round of 16 starts with really great matches with some that, in my opinion, belong more in a quarterfinal but c’est la vie. We have no games until tomorrow but … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: R16, It’s Coming Home
Korea did their part but México were crushed and couldn’t return the favor. While in the afternoon Brazil did enough and will face México and Switzerland tied against the feisty tickets and will face Sweden. Day 15, group H is … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 15, Wake Up and Smell The Coffee
France and Denmark played the most boring game yet, Perú recovered some of their honor, Iceland fought till the end while Argentina survived (even if Diego didn’t) Day 14, in group E only Costa Rica is out while in group … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 14, Imagine “Cosas Chingonas”
Well that was an exciting first day for our last round of the group stage. Morocco and Iran gave a fight to two of the favorites, but VAR was there to do, um, things. In the other group Russia finally … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 13, Argentina’s Last Stand
Japan and Senegal had an exciting and error filled match, Panamá got crushed because football is coming home and Colombia showed what they can do and confirmed FIFA rankings are nonsense Day 12, last round for the group stage starts, … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 12, The Eye of the Tiger
