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KYLIAN MBAPPE becomes all-time top scorer in the history of Paris Saint-Germain at only 24

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Power Of Football

Source: Oxford English Dictionary

According to OED.com Power is the ability to act or affect something strongly; Physical or mental strength; Vigor; energy; effectiveness. According to OEC.com Football is “The various games known in different parts of the English-speaking world as football all have their origins in the simple and largely unregulated versions played in medieval Britain. The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union, founded in 1863 and 1871 respectively, drew up rules for their preferred versions in the nineteenth cent., formalizing a distinction between games involving kicking a round ball and those in which players handle an oval ball.” In this blog we will be uncovering the ins and outs of the true Power of Americas favorite sport, Football. The beloved sport began way back in the 1800′s, but it was a whole lot different back then.

Many athletes today use football to get to the place they want to be. Universities sign their favorite young athletes to their respected programs, major reason for this is a mutual agreement between the two sides. The University is using the athletes for wins and bowl games, because bowl games turn into dollars for the program. On the other hand, athletes use their universities for development and publicity to get to the next level.

Some may believe the power of the NFL and the NCAA needs to change, most of the General managers and Head of offices in the league are old white guys who never played the sport. This brings me reason of concern because, how can they relate to their players playing for them. The answer is they don’t relate to them, some of these owners treat their guys like property or puzzle pieces and not like a human being with a family. Before I leave you guys, I want to leave you guys with some good questions for though. Why are most owners white? Why is the NCAA requirement for Draft ready kids are just 2 years and not all 4 or why not just 1 year? Which side is benefiting the most owners or Athletes?

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2018 | first press conferences with the national team

2023 | first press conference as captain of the national team

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FRANCE NT takes over Group B during the 2024 UEFA EURO Qualification Round

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this might be a bit random but i figured since everybody's feeling some type of way, might as well bring back the OG clownery when it comes to PSG 🤡💁🏻‍♀️

in 1973, a midfielder lost his dentures at some point during a match and didn't notice until they were back in the locker room. It was snowing and cold, but they had to light up the whole stadium so that the entire team, staff included, could search the pitch. Never found the dentures and nearly caught hypothermia in the process

in 1979, PSG was invited to Cameroon to play two friendlies for a big check (see? nothing's changed). The team was traveling aboard two buses, but no one had noticed the microphones inside were directly broadcasting the whole ride through the town. They were nicknamed the 'PSG circus' for a while because of it. The local press had a field day.

in 1983, the club organized the first football cruise to 'ease the team back into training' after winter break (and make big bucks). Fans, families, staff, everyone aboard. There was literally no space to move and they sent about a hundred balls out into the sea. No one ever truly knew why they even came up with something like that. They ended up playing friendlies in Senegal, including one where after the equivalent of not one but two matches in a row, the score was still 0-0.

in the early 1990s, the team famously spent hours combing the locker room for the second shin guard of their resident Awkward Boi. He had put both on the same leg. They showed up late and were finned.

in 1998, the back-then President of PSG and the back-then President of RC Lens got stuck in an elevator together. They'd almost gotten into a fist fight earlier that night, everyone thought they were going to murder each other in there.

at some point in 2010-ish, the team's hotel couldn't get enough ice for ice baths for the players. The staff had to go fetch some at a local supermarket. Great right? Except it was from the seafood department. Some of the players couldn't get rid of the smell afterwards.

in case anybody ever wondered, this team always had chaotic written in their DNA

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I'll come back stronger.

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France NT ★★

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Part 2 of the PSG OG clownery 🤡

that i forgot to repost after it glitched

i've had people asking in the previous post what happened in the elevator back in 1998, well the former President of RC Lens himself recounted the story and said that the first reaction the back-then President of PSG had when the elevator stopped working was 'i don't know how, but i know it's your fault'.

in 1977, PSG reached Division I and splurged on Carlos Bianchi. For those who don't know, Bianchi was nearly blind as a bat, and confessed that the reason he didn't play any closer from the penalty box was because otherwise he just couldn't see the goal. He still went on to become PSG's top scorer for forty years, until Zlatan came along, then Cavani, then Kylian.

in 1997, the club was so desperate after a loss in the first leg against Bucarest in the UCL they paid a marabout to predict them the outcome of the second match. Literally. They needed to score at least 4 goals. The marabout predicted 5-0. PSG did win 5-0 but didn't make it out of the group stage.

in 2005, during an OM-PSG clasico, Marseille (allegedly) poured ammonia all over the Parisian locker room to prevent them from entering. The players had to change in the hallway and in various staircases. OM denied, saying their own locker room smelled even worse. PSG went on to claim that they lost because Marseille had also sent Clara Morgane, a notorious porn actress and Marseille-fan, to distract the players ahead of the game, when she specifically said she hadn't seen any of the players despite being in the stadium. Paris went on to seize the LFP. Imagine the headlines after that.

in 2012, in the weeks following Ibra's transfer to Paris, his wife got mugged Place Vendôme. PSG offered to replace her designer handbag, until they found out its cost went beyond €30 000. They promptly rescinded their offer. (Ibra was more pissed because inside was his hunting permit.)

in 2013, PSG players gathered at an A-list restaurant in town to watch a UCL match live. The place was new and constantly had powercuts, which messed up with the router. The owner was beside himself trying to make it work, until Ibra said 'I'll try'. He fixed it in the end, but the owner said the restaurant got real quiet for a while

that time in 2018 where Verratti nearly peed his pants trying to avoid Tuchel standing in the way of a Parisian restroom, just so he wouldn't be told off for staying out late

during his tenure, Pochettino (reportedly) told Kylian a few times to 'leave [him] alone' and 'please go to sleep', because Kylian kept texting him late-night gameplans and tactical plays until 2 or 3am

Dr. Rolland, the former club doctor, is the reason Verratti is still smoking. Take it up with him.

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FRANCE NT ★★

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Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo, and Éder Militão, in Real Madrid's final training session ahead of El Clásico in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals

(1 March 2023)