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906 sats \ 15 comments \ @Undisciplined 15 Jun Stacker_Sports

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Enjoy the special Fathers Day episode. If we knew what we were doing, it might have had something to do with Fathers Day.

As is, we talked about the excellent NBA and NHL Finals, how amazing Aaron Judge is, NFL rookie holdouts, and more.

Thanks for listening and Happy Fathers Day!

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169 sats \ 4 replies \ @Carresan 19 Jun

Just listened to the episode and, as always, great job guys! You're right , I got it wrong with saying World Club Cup instead of Club World Cup. My Spanish brain playing tricks there. Anyway, it's on its way and answering about the countries participating, this is the list:

Brazil: Palmeiras, Botafogo, Flamingo, Fluminense.
USA: Inter Miami, Seattle Sounders, LAFC.
Argentina: Boca Juniors, River Plate.
Germany: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund.
England: Chelsea, Man City.
Portugal: Porto, Benfica.
Spain: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid.
Italia: Inter Milan, Juventus.
Mexico: Monterrey, Pachuca.
Egypt: Al-Ahly.
France: PSG.
New Zealand: Auckland City.
Tunisia: Esperance.
Japan: Urawa Reds.
South Korea: Ulsan HD.
South Africa: Mamelodi Sundowns.
Morocco: Wydad AC.
UAE: Al Ain FC.
Saudi Arabia: Al Hilal.
Austria: Salzburg.

So, in summary, 20 countries and 32 teams. Each continent had a number of spots allocated

Europe: 12
South America: 6
Africa: 4
Asia: 4
Caribbean, Central and North America: 4
Oceania: 1
Hosting country: 1

They got their tickets to participate based on winning the continental top contest in the last four years. Then, once the champions were qualified, rest of teams will qualify depending on their continental ranking and up to a maximum of 2 teams per country. There is an exception in South America, as 4 Brazilian teams have won Copa Libertadores in the last 4 years. This is the reason why they have more teams than any other country.

Today I will post a summary of the first round in the group phase.

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 19 Jun

I like that the Champions from the home leagues automatically qualify. I'd actually like them (America) to do something like that for the Olympics.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 19 Jun

Yes, I agree that recognizing you have won it is a good move. Hopefully, once we get to the round of 16, matches will become more interesting as the teams need to win.

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby fwd 19 Jun

Awesome. Thanks for clarifying. I was actually going to look this up yesterday but didn’t get around to it.

Big surprise for Real Madrid to end in draw.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 19 Jun

Yes, a bit of a surprise. However, Real Madrid has just signed a new coach who has had just a couple of weeks to start changing things. Real Madrid has made a couple of signings in the defense, though they still need some midfielders to become a team. Too many stars.. New coach needs to convince them to work as the rest of the team, similar to what PSG has done this year.

142 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 15 Jun

Happy Father’s Day to @Undisciplined, @grayruby, and all the other stacker fathers!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15 Jun

Thanks! Hope you have a great day, too.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby fwd 15 Jun

Thank you. To you as well.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 15 Jun

Thank you!

142 sats \ 4 replies \ @gnilma 15 Jun

Happy Father's Day guys! I'll listen to you guys during my run as usual.

90 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 15 Jun

Happy Fathers Day to you too

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 15 Jun

Thanks!

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby fwd 15 Jun

Happy Father's day. Enjoy the day with kiddos!

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 15 Jun

Thanks! Just defrosted the small freezer with my older son. Finally get my SN break now. Time to type up the weekly hiking post.

82 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 15 Jun

Speaking of defense in the NBA finals, I was watching this video earlier today. It's quite good and thought I'll share it. (From Thinking Basketball, one of your favorite channels @Undisciplined).

Man, this series had been so good. I'm hoping for 7 games so we get to see this high level of basketball the maximum number of times.

Regarding my pick in the points contest, I didn't make my pick to win. I would have picked Pacers+Hali if I wanted a chance to win, especially someone else with high points had already picked OKC+SGA. I just wanted to be right, and I thought OKC+SGA was the right pick. I thought Pacers had a small chance to win, but never knew their defensive game would step up big time like this. At this point, after what we all witnessed, I still think OKC will win the chip, but I think the Pacers have a much greater chance than I originally thought. They continue to surprise me, and I'm loving what I've been seeing. Just great basketball at play. What a great time to be a basketball fan.

I don't follow baseball, but I was surprised to hear the Aaron Judge stats. To say he is head and shoulders better than everyone else is an understatement. Probably two body lengths better or something like that. Awesome to hear about greatness even in a sport that I don't follow and am not very interested in.