Lanzarote · Tercera División RFEF - Promotion - Play-offs · Attacker · #11 · Spain · 26 yrs
At its worst, the World Cup is hard to like. It’s a crass and obvious exercise in predatory economics. FIFA’s leadership knows there is no price that people won’t pay for love. But at its best, this glorious league of nations is the world’s biggest empathy machine.
Adrian Sousa of Rabona TV locks in his 2026 World Cup group stage predictions, going head-to-head against a data-driven supercomputer. The 2026 World Cup has officially arrived, bringing an expanded field of 48 nations competing across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. With the structural changes introducing a massive, 12-group setup, projecting which squads will navigate their way into the expanded knockout bracket has never been more difficult. Listen to the full episode on Spotify to see if Adrian can beat the machine. In this special prediction feature, Adrian Sousa of Rabona TV sets out to test his football knowledge against automated data models. The episode centers on a direct experiment: comparing Adrian’s personal, human analysis against the statistical projections of a calculated supercomputer. The episode goes group by group, evaluating the field from Group A all the way through Group L. Listeners will hear a direct contrast between pure mathematical probabilities and the qualitative, human factors. For supporters looking to finalize their own tournament brackets or review the general expectations for each group, this side-by-side comparison offers a helpful baseline. Check out the Rabona TV World Cup Predictions on Spotify to see who has the upper hand before the first round of matches completely shakes up the data.
An improvised base in Mexico has become Team Melli’s unlikely World Cup home as security fears, visa disputes and political divisions shape their tournamentOpen-top trucks patrolled the surrounding roads outside the Estadio Caliente today, mounted by men in helmets and masks and wielding machine guns. They pass by the main entrance every few hours, guarding the massive city block, otherwise chocked with cars and smog, that the Iran national team has made its temporary, and largely improvised, home for this World Cup.This has become business as usual here in northwest Mexico, at an arena that most teams in the domestic league hate to visit thanks to its distance from the country’s other footballing hubs and its brutal artificial turf playing surface. Continue reading...
Barcelona’s long-standing admiration for Erling Haaland has once again come into the spotlight following fresh comments from former analyst Carles Planchart.He has revealed that concrete discussions...
