‘Naturally most of this belonged in the realm of online silliness, and soon enough pre-game ambivalence gave way to a thrumming, relentless opening, a kind of Total Angeball: four midfielders, two wingers, no strikers, the kind of lineup Pep Guardiola used to put out when he still had ideals.”
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Don't know who wrote this but I'm guessing it's from the self proclaimed intellectuals at the Guardian football desk.
The write about football but seemingly hate everything about it (except when a red shirted team are winning of course).