Welcome Back to Full Time! I have personally been having a good time for the past two weeks, because Arsenal lost the Carabao Cup final to Man City DESPITE being the favorites (LOL), and also because club football has been paused for an international break! Thank goodness I don’t have to watch Liverpool’s dreadful football as I grapple with the fact that Arsenal will probably still win the Premier League and maybe the Champions League. At least we’re not as bad as Spurs! Seriously, send your Spurs friends thoughts and prayers. As for the international action, we continue to gear up for the World Cup (which I lowkey think will be a flop, unfortunately) with a bunch of Khia teams playing against each other. First up, Spaghetti Mafia failed to qualify for their THIRD world cup in a row, even after winning the Euros just five years ago… I mean, they won on penalties, so what did we expect? Calafiori must be fuming! He just lost a potential 10 million followers he could’ve gained on Instagram (look him up, you’ll understand what I’m talking about)! They are really competing with Brazil for the flop of the decade position. Speaking of Flops… England and USA both failed to win any matches during the break, so they really might be twins after all. Two games, two Christian Pulisic stinkers, and this is the guy who’s supposed to put the country on his back? I’m so excited for the outrage when we inevitably get grouped, and England get eliminated in the round of 32. Sweden also managed to qualify despite not winning a single game in the qualifiers…? FIFA expanding the tournament to 48 teams is letting in a bunch of randos… Anyways, let’s congratulate France on winning the 2026 World Cup! So proud of them! To be brutally honest, I’m looking forward to trolling on Twitter and all the TikTok and Instagram edits that will come from the World Cup more than the actual football.

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