Mohamed Moallim
@mhmdmllm.bsky.social
Years have gone by and I've finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
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#OnThisDay in 1893, the Argentine Football Association was founded by Alexander Watson Hutton, recently six coaches were asked to name their all-time XI – Diego Maradona, Daniel Passarella and Lionel Messi featured in every selection – from their picks an overall team was named.
February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#OnThisDay in 1893, the Argentine Football Association was founded by Alexander Watson Hutton, recently six coaches were asked to name their all-time XI – Diego Maradona, Daniel Passarella and Lionel Messi featured in every selection – from their picks an overall team was named.
Jari Litmanen's cultural legacy in the Netherlands.
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Jari Litmanen's cultural legacy in the Netherlands.
Sócrates was not your average footballer. When asked which Italian he respected the most, Sandro Mazzola or Gianni Rivera, after joining Fiorentina, he responded: "I don't know them. I'm here to read Gramsci in original language and to study the history of the workers' movement."
February 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Sócrates was not your average footballer. When asked which Italian he respected the most, Sandro Mazzola or Gianni Rivera, after joining Fiorentina, he responded: "I don't know them. I'm here to read Gramsci in original language and to study the history of the workers' movement."
BeNeLiga got the better of Serie A tonight. Brugge finished in 24th place, securing the last knockout phase play-offs spot. I believe they were the only club that played against seven teams in the League Phase that also qualified, which is pretty crazy. This new format is starting to win me over.
February 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
BeNeLiga got the better of Serie A tonight. Brugge finished in 24th place, securing the last knockout phase play-offs spot. I believe they were the only club that played against seven teams in the League Phase that also qualified, which is pretty crazy. This new format is starting to win me over.
Eleven injured players, an interim coach, and three teenagers in the starting eleven. They sold their star player to Milan in January without signing a true replacement, yet they advance. You could genuinely create a movie about Feyenoord's Champions League campaign so far; what a journey!
February 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Eleven injured players, an interim coach, and three teenagers in the starting eleven. They sold their star player to Milan in January without signing a true replacement, yet they advance. You could genuinely create a movie about Feyenoord's Champions League campaign so far; what a journey!
Sir Bobby Robson: "If you're a fantastic painter, you're never rich until you're dead. It's the same with football managers – you're never appreciated until you are gone."
February 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sir Bobby Robson: "If you're a fantastic painter, you're never rich until you're dead. It's the same with football managers – you're never appreciated until you are gone."
Everyone is a Roberto Baggio fan.
February 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Everyone is a Roberto Baggio fan.
After retiring Barry Hulshoff found himself in a remote Greek mountain village, an old man staring at him. "He took my hands and cried. He used to walk for two hours to reach another village to watch Ajax on television & now, in front of him, one of the players he used to watch."
February 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
After retiring Barry Hulshoff found himself in a remote Greek mountain village, an old man staring at him. "He took my hands and cried. He used to walk for two hours to reach another village to watch Ajax on television & now, in front of him, one of the players he used to watch."
"The basics for me is the first touch. With that you can create your own time." — Dennis Bergkamp.
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"The basics for me is the first touch. With that you can create your own time." — Dennis Bergkamp.
Edinson Cavani on how fishing – one of his favourite hobbies – has been the key to his composure and eye for goal.
February 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Edinson Cavani on how fishing – one of his favourite hobbies – has been the key to his composure and eye for goal.
When Jorthy Mokio was born, Remko Pasveer was the second goalkeeper for Heracles and was about to be loaned out to Go Ahead Eagles, where he would later make his breakthrough as a late bloomer.
At the same time, Jordan Henderson was on the verge of making his Premier League debut for Sunderland.
At the same time, Jordan Henderson was on the verge of making his Premier League debut for Sunderland.
February 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When Jorthy Mokio was born, Remko Pasveer was the second goalkeeper for Heracles and was about to be loaned out to Go Ahead Eagles, where he would later make his breakthrough as a late bloomer.
At the same time, Jordan Henderson was on the verge of making his Premier League debut for Sunderland.
At the same time, Jordan Henderson was on the verge of making his Premier League debut for Sunderland.
"When you've scored a goal like that, you realise you're unlikely to experience a more unique moment." – Rafael van der Vaart on his iconic flying backheel goal against Feyenoord in November 2003.
February 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"When you've scored a goal like that, you realise you're unlikely to experience a more unique moment." – Rafael van der Vaart on his iconic flying backheel goal against Feyenoord in November 2003.
El Tigre was a whole different animal before his severe ACL injury.
Radamel Falcao: "You have to be as complete as possible, you have to be able to do everything, or you won't score goals."
Radamel Falcao: "You have to be as complete as possible, you have to be able to do everything, or you won't score goals."
February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
El Tigre was a whole different animal before his severe ACL injury.
Radamel Falcao: "You have to be as complete as possible, you have to be able to do everything, or you won't score goals."
Radamel Falcao: "You have to be as complete as possible, you have to be able to do everything, or you won't score goals."
Speaking of Manchester United and late goals. An extract from a Harvard Business Review article (from 2013) on Sir Alex Ferguson preparing his side to win.
February 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Speaking of Manchester United and late goals. An extract from a Harvard Business Review article (from 2013) on Sir Alex Ferguson preparing his side to win.
Pep Guardiola, writing in El País (2006), on Ricardo La Volpe.
February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pep Guardiola, writing in El País (2006), on Ricardo La Volpe.
"Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skilful to play it! Because we play football and we play music. I need it, Free! Freedom! Football is freedom." — Bob Marley.
February 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skilful to play it! Because we play football and we play music. I need it, Free! Freedom! Football is freedom." — Bob Marley.
A teammate XI by Giovanni van Bronckhorst was always going to be impressive.
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A teammate XI by Giovanni van Bronckhorst was always going to be impressive.
Flashback to 1995 when Jesper Blomqvist was playing for IFK Göteborg and bamboozled Helsingborgs IF goalkeeper Sven Andersson by successfully performing a variant of the "Pelé runaround move".
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Flashback to 1995 when Jesper Blomqvist was playing for IFK Göteborg and bamboozled Helsingborgs IF goalkeeper Sven Andersson by successfully performing a variant of the "Pelé runaround move".
The difference between a club in crisis and one that isn't often comes down to having a good manager. Ajax needed a fresh perspective, and although it hasn't been perfect, Farioli has provided exactly that. He is building a foundation from the ground up, and it feels like he's ahead of schedule.
February 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The difference between a club in crisis and one that isn't often comes down to having a good manager. Ajax needed a fresh perspective, and although it hasn't been perfect, Farioli has provided exactly that. He is building a foundation from the ground up, and it feels like he's ahead of schedule.
Gabriel Omar Batistuta made the game's most important art form look so ridiculously easy.
February 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Gabriel Omar Batistuta made the game's most important art form look so ridiculously easy.
Angel Cappa, recounting in Vicente Muglia's book 'Che Pep', on Guardiola's ideal goal: "One where all 11 players would pass to each other without the opposition touching it and that the last player would put it in the net."
(via @optaanalyst.bsky.social on instagram)
(via @optaanalyst.bsky.social on instagram)
January 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Angel Cappa, recounting in Vicente Muglia's book 'Che Pep', on Guardiola's ideal goal: "One where all 11 players would pass to each other without the opposition touching it and that the last player would put it in the net."
(via @optaanalyst.bsky.social on instagram)
(via @optaanalyst.bsky.social on instagram)
Guus Hiddink, who understood a coach must be more psychoanalyst than sergeant-major, looking back on his time at PSV Eindhoven managing Romário – "most interesting player I've worked with" – and how the legendary Brazilian forward silenced his chief detractors.
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Guus Hiddink, who understood a coach must be more psychoanalyst than sergeant-major, looking back on his time at PSV Eindhoven managing Romário – "most interesting player I've worked with" – and how the legendary Brazilian forward silenced his chief detractors.
Gianluigi Buffon, speaking to Cabinet Magazine in 2005, on whether he views football as a pastime or primary obsession.
January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Gianluigi Buffon, speaking to Cabinet Magazine in 2005, on whether he views football as a pastime or primary obsession.
José Mourinho, speaking in 2003 on Louis van Gaal and Sir Bobby Robson, the men who shaped his coaching philosophy & leadership style.
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
José Mourinho, speaking in 2003 on Louis van Gaal and Sir Bobby Robson, the men who shaped his coaching philosophy & leadership style.
Rinus Michels, the man who changed football as we know it, made his managerial debut #OnThisDay in 1965.
Here's a graphic showing Clockwork Oranje's tactical formation/average position: Johan Neeskens the kernel around which rest of that revolutionary side's panache was constructed.
Here's a graphic showing Clockwork Oranje's tactical formation/average position: Johan Neeskens the kernel around which rest of that revolutionary side's panache was constructed.
January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rinus Michels, the man who changed football as we know it, made his managerial debut #OnThisDay in 1965.
Here's a graphic showing Clockwork Oranje's tactical formation/average position: Johan Neeskens the kernel around which rest of that revolutionary side's panache was constructed.
Here's a graphic showing Clockwork Oranje's tactical formation/average position: Johan Neeskens the kernel around which rest of that revolutionary side's panache was constructed.