They have never even come close to relegation & the sheer thought of going down is causing all kinds of scenes across the country
We're all loving the return of the UCL but in terms of football folklore, a fixture going down in Chile tonight may just be the most important match of the week.
It's a relegation playoff between CD Universidad & Colo Colo it has all of Chile holding it's breath. (THREAD)
They have never even come close to relegation & the sheer thought of going down is causing all kinds of scenes across the country
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The rituals to keep Colo-Colo in top flight have begun. https://t.co/KpSDvkHWAM
— Colo-Colo in English (@CaciqueENG) February 15, 2021
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Bus carrying Colo-Colo team to Talca took off some time ago. This was filmed by forward Javier Parraguez. Chillz, literal chillz...
— Colo-Colo in English (@CaciqueENG) February 16, 2021
This is what Colo-Colo means in Chile. VAMOS CACIQUE! \U0001f5a4\U0001f62d pic.twitter.com/Zb5PdQN7d3
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Colo Colo - Chile's most successful club - are one game away from the first relegation in their 96-year history. Their ultras today put up a banner outside the club's stadium: "They win or we kill them." pic.twitter.com/4alj2M6BCi
— Colin Millar (@Millar_Colin) February 16, 2021
The team bus's entire 3 hour, 250 kilometre journey to the match has seen fans from all over the country gathering on the highway to try to motivate the players.
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El equipo recibido a la salida de Santiago, en todos lados y todos juntos #VamosColoColo https://t.co/7vFYGnCCgr pic.twitter.com/flCSIHLogm
— Lucas (@Lanriquez8) February 16, 2021
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Four years ago, fans of Colo-Colo, the most successful club in Chile, held a banner that said: 'Chile was too small for us'
— Nick Stoll (@NickStoll) February 15, 2021
Today they conceded a 96th-minute penalty to condemn them to a relegation play-off after their worst ever season.
The football gods will always laugh. pic.twitter.com/zRnYhY758E
Supporters of Club Universidad de Chile, Colo Colo's arch rivals, who spent one year in the the 2nd (B) tier back in 1989 & have been tormented by Colo Colo supporters with ghost of the 'B' for decades
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Both stories reveal how much of a humble human being he is. And one blows my mind because it dismantles what we think about the evolution of sports.
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Where is the thread? Love when you give us your take on these players. The KC Jones piece was outstanding. Had no idea.
— Bweasey (@Bweasey) December 27, 2020
The first is, that there is an assumption that today’s athletes are faster, stronger, etc. which is is based on ZERO evidence.
For instance, Wilt Chamberlain benched 465 lbs at 59 years old. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he benched 500 lbs on the set of Conan the Destroyer
Most basketball experts say Wilt has the highest vertical leap in NBA history. A few others argue that Michael Jordan did.
I think they’re both wrong.
Why?
Well let me tell you a story:
In 1956 Bill Russell was selected for the US Olympic basketball team
During this time, pros weren’t allowed in the Olympics, so the International Olympic Committee tried to say that he was ineligible since he had already signed with the Celtics, even though he hadn’t played yet
Luckily, Russell prevailed and led the team to the gold medal as the captain.
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How?
Because Bill Russell was one of the greatest high jumpers I. The world.
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(3) This is consistent with the Steele dossier.
(4) Kushner is unlikely to ever have to pay the "loan" back.
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2/ So as you read about his tax practices, you should take from it that it's practices of this sort that ensure that he's able to extort money from foreign governments while Trump is POTUS without ever having to pay the money back. It also explains why he's in the Saudis' pocket.
3/ It's why the Saudis *say* he's in their pocket. It's why emoluments and federal bribery statutes matter. It's why Kushner was talking to the Saudi Crown Prince the day before the murdered Washington Post journalist was taken. It's why the Trump administration now does nothing.
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