ESPN FC Full Show 🔥 Real Madrid’s streak continues, Man City falls to Forest

AGAIN <br>I CAN&#39;T SAY THIS ENOUGH <br>DON&#39;T ESPN HAVE ANALYSTS AND RESEARCHERS? <br> YAN DIOMANDE PLAYED 26 OUT OF 36 GAMES ON THE RIGHT WING AND ONLY 10 ON THE LEFT <br> THEY SIGNED HIM TO PLAY ON THE RIGHT AND OR SUB IN FOR VINI TIME TO TIME...<br><br> DIOMANDE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD BUT I HATE THIS WHOLE VINI ARGUMENT IN EVERY SEGMENT WAIT UNTIL HE PLAYS FIRST....<br> I tell myself I won&#39;t react coz I expect it but jeeeeeeeeezz!!!!!

Did we watch the Arsenal Hull game?<br><br>Talk about it wasn&#39;t flashy<br><br>We had 10 shots on target, lots of EXCITING COMBINATION play. Split a back 5 open a couple of times to arrive 1 on 1 with the keeper.<br><br>Call for our attacks to be more efficient, don&#39;t say we are not CREATIVE<br><br>What did creative City do? Checking, Document, how many chances did they create?

Oh my God <br><br>Do they really want to confine your most dangerous weapon to the penalty area<br>I cannot believe it<br><br>And I do not think Mourinho is stupid and naive enough to restrict a forward whose speed and exceptional skill and extraordinary individual ability have made him the biggest star of his generation<br><br>For God’s sake we are giving up his ability to exploit space and beat opponents with ease and pull defences apart and create openings and generate danger from impossible positions just to ask him to play like Espí<br><br>Mbappé is the only forward in the world capable of making the difference anywhere in the final third and asking him to become a traditional striker confined to the box is sheer madness

Why Critics Call It a &quot;Duopoly&quot;<br><br>• Historical Monopoly (80+ Years): Out of 95 LaLiga seasons played through 2025/26, Real Madrid (36 titles) and FC Barcelona (28 titles) have won 64 championships combined—nearly 70% of all titles. Only Atlético Madrid (twice, in 2013/14 and 2020/21) has broken their grip since Valencia won in 2003/04.<br><br>• Salary Cap Compounding: LaLiga&#39;s strict Squad Cost Limit (SCL) ties each club&#39;s wage budget directly to its revenue. Because Real Madrid and Barcelona start every season with a ~€110M+ TV revenue head start—plus massive global commercial income—their spending caps routinely sit at €400M–€750M+, while bottom-half clubs operate on €30M–€60M.<br><br>• Commercial Dependence: Broadcasters and sponsors pay top dollar for LaLiga primarily to air El Clásico (ESPN FC MILK CHANNEL) and follow the two giants. As a result, league scheduling, international kickoff times, and marketing campaigns are heavily tailored to maximize global viewership for those two clubs.

The Royal Decree-Law 5/2015: its distribution formula locks in historical size rather than purely rewarding current on-pitch merit. Because 50% of the pot is tied to multi-year averages and existing commercial reach, the law structurally protects Real Madrid and FC Barcelona&#39;s financial lead regardless of how smaller clubs perform in a given season.<br><br>1. How the Formula Undermines Single-Season Merit<br><br>Unlike leagues that pay merit money based strictly on where a team finishes that year, Article 5 of Royal Decree-Law 5/2015 uses a three-part split that heavily favors entrenched giants:<br><br>• 50% Equal Share: Divided evenly among all 20 first-division clubs.<br><br>• 25% Five-Year Sporting Results: Calculated across the preceding five seasons (weighted 35% for the most recent season, down to 15% for five years prior). A smaller club that achieves a miracle top-four finish still gets penalized for its previous four seasons, while Real Madrid and Barcelona are insulated against a bad year.<br><br>• 25% &quot;Social Implantation&quot;: Divided based on matchday ticketing/season-ticket sales (one-third) and contribution to broadcast value/viewership (two-thirds). Because stadium capacities and global fanbases cannot be built overnight, Real Madrid and Barcelona routinely hit the statutory 20% ceiling of this pillar.<br><br>Why a 3.5x &quot;Cap&quot; Still Kills Competitive Balance<br><br>• How the Math Works: Under Article 5.5 of Royal Decree-Law 5/2015, no first-division club is allowed to earn more than 3.5 times what the lowest-earning club receives. In practice, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona&#39;s 5-year sporting averages and &quot;social implantation&quot; numbers push them above that limit, so the formula has to artificially shave off their excess and redistribute it to the bottom clubs just to keep the ratio at 3.5x.<br><br>• The €110M+ Annual Handicap: Even when capped at 3.5x, Real Madrid (€157.52m–€157.92m in 2024/25) still pockets roughly €112 million more per season than the bottom club (~€45m). That annual TV surplus alone exceeds the entire yearly operating budget of most bottom-half LaLiga teams.

For the benefit of the former Chelsea player who is French.<br><br>Courtesy of &#39;Match of The Day&#39; on Saturday evening.<br><br>&quot;Law 11 - Offside.<br><br>In situations where:<br><br>A player in an offside position is moving towards the ball with the intention of playing the ball and is fouled before playing or attempting to play the ball, or challenging an opponent for the ball, THE FOUL IS PENALISED AS IT HAS OCCURRED BEFORE THE OFFSIDE OFFENCE.&quot;<br><br>Havertz WAS in an offside position when he had his shirt pulled. As he was moving towards where the ball was going to land with the intention of playing it, the officials had no choice but to prioritise the foul first.<br><br>Therefpre, the officials got it wrong in the match. Their only defence might be that they did not consider that Havertz was going for the ball. However, I am convinced 100% that he was. We shall see what Pro Ref (or is it Ref Pro?) has to say.<br><br>They should not be making such errors as the VAR officials can call up the exact wording.