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I've watched American football when it shows here - usually at 4am - and I found it boring, like most other sports. I don't get what's so exciting about watching people kicking and throwing balls around.
Still, European football has the kind of appeal and exposure that American football doesn't, so is infinitely more popular on a global basis.
Yeah I do. I used to watch a lot of Italian Football 10-15 years ago, but not so much now.
It's about time the Milan clubs, particularly AC, become great again. I find it quite sad actually how such a great club like AC Milan, which is IMO ranked alongside Real Madrid as a European giant, has become so poor in recent years. I'm guessing there have been money problems? I remember watching players like George Weah, Cafu, Maldini, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Inzaghi etc and just being in awe of how good they were.
Hopefully those days will come back.
Those were the days
We are slowly coming back though, we are about to build a new 48k seater close to the center of Milan and 48% of the club has just been bought by a Thailandese billionaire (Bee Taechaubol) yesterday.
Im just saying that i have never seen one here, maybe because the people on average, especially here in Southern Italy, seems to care a bit more (too much for my liking) about their appearance. I may be wrong though.
I find it surprising that a warm climate like Southern Italy doesn't have basketball shorts. And yeah, I don't mind if someone dresses in the latest fashion or whatever, but I despise when people judge other people off of something so trivial who gives a **** what the next person is wearing?
That road seems ridiculously dangerous and poorly designed. Merging into a plaza at the same lane as the exit ramp of a highway seems pretty stupid to do.
This is also really, really awful. Only it's a shorter distance to the light compared to the example G8RCAT posted. And there's a red light camera at the intersection.
And don't even get me started on 322 from PA to NJ. You merge onto I-95 in the left lane (and it's a short merge too), and to get to the bridge to NJ, you have to cross over three lanes in about a 3/4 mile.
That road seems ridiculously dangerous and poorly designed. Merging into a plaza at the same lane as the exit ramp of a highway seems pretty stupid to do.
What a cluster****. Which lanes go which direction changes based on the time of day, indicated by electronic arrow signs above the road. It was problematic in my first days of driving. One morning I turned off of that road in the left turn lane, with an arrow. Then the next morning I went back to the turn lane (I guess half an hour later or something), and this time saw traffic coming towards me down that lane and I had to quickly turn around.
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Oh, the American one, i have tried watching the Super Bowl once since it's the only game of it they usually broadcast, i just couldn't watch it due to constant ad breaks.
But the play itself is much faster. With soccer, although play is more continuous, there's a lot less excitement. Also a lot more strategy involved in American football compared to soccer.
Americans seem obsessed with scoring, even a 0-0 can be exciting if the two teams make many shots on goal. Strategy is also quite important in soccer, although probably not as much as in gridiron, just watch the way Mourinho set his defense up against an attacking minded, high pressing team like Barcelona.
Probably, that's a thing casual viewer may not notice.
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I can imagine... can't beat Neapolitan pizza.
And the thing is that it is even cheaper there too. Never been a great fan of pizza but if i lived there i would eat it almost everyday, especially the ones at Sorbillo, Napoli in Bocca or Da Michele is great even though you have to wait as they are usually crowded both a lunch and at dinner.
This is also really, really awful. Only it's a shorter distance to the light compared to the example G8RCAT posted. And there's a red light camera at the intersection.
And don't even get me started on 322 from PA to NJ. You merge onto I-95 in the left lane (and it's a short merge too), and to get to the bridge to NJ, you have to cross over three lanes in about a 3/4 mile.
As soon as you get on, you can even see the sign for the bridge. A 3/4 mile on the right!
Jesus Christ that is terrible, I wonder what engineers and road designers think when they create monstrosities like these ones. That's extremely dangerous, and 3/4ths of a mile is honestly in a lot of cases not nearly enough time to switch over 3 lanes.
What a cluster****. Which lanes go which direction changes based on the time of day, indicated by electronic arrow signs above the road. It was problematic in my first days of driving. One morning I turned off of that road in the left turn lane, with an arrow. Then the next morning I went back to the turn lane (I guess half an hour later or something), and this time saw traffic coming towards me down that lane and I had to quickly turn around.
Lol, that game is known for commercials.
That sounds horrible, luckily we have nothing like that here in South FL (at least to my knowledge) though there are some awful intersections. Thank god we don't though, by how moronic people drive down here. I think I would trust someone from Lexington, KY or NJ more than a South FL resident to not die on those lol
Americans seem obsessed with scoring, even a 0-0 can be exciting if the two teams make many shots on goal. Strategy is also quite important in soccer, although probably not as much as in gridiron, just watch the way Mourinho set his defense up against an attacking minded, high pressing team like Barcelona.
Probably, that's a thing casual viewer may not notice.
American football can be low scoring. It's definitely not scoring that makes American football more exciting.
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And the thing is that it is even cheaper there too. Never been a great fan of pizza but if i lived there i would eat it almost everyday, especially the ones at Sorbillo, Napoli in Bocca or Da Michele is great even though you have to wait as they are usually crowded both a lunch and at dinner.
It's surprising that there's such a big difference in the quality of pizza where you live compared to Naples.
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who gives a **** what the next person is wearing?
