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index.feed.received.yesterday — 13 mars 2025

Corporate nonsense betrays football’s soul and sense of community

13 mars 2025 à 16:00

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company Compass is sadly symptomatic of what football has become

What’s this? A second article about the Ineos Compass in a week – it’s this kind of inefficiency that would never happen at Manchester United. But I have been staring at the Ineos Compass for the past 48 hours. For those of you fortunate enough not to have encountered it, according to Ineos’s website “the Ineos Compass was devised by chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe as a fun way of attempting to capture how Ineos works, and why”.

To the untrained (and perhaps also to the trained) eye, it is just a circle with words in it. “Words we like” are in the top portion and “words we don’t like” in the bottom. We like “no human is limited” – despite Sir Jim highlighting the limitations of a number of first-team players on Monday.

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© Photograph: DIDES/VILLARD/SIPA/Shutterstock

© Photograph: DIDES/VILLARD/SIPA/Shutterstock

Penalty drama in Madrid as Real find a way yet again – Football Weekly Extra podcast

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Mark Langdon and Sid Lowe to chew over the Champions League action

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On the podcast today; even for Real Madrid this felt like a particularly novel way to progress in the Champions League, with Atlético’s Julián Alvarez adjudged to have double-kicked his penalty in the shootout. Cue confusion on the pitch, in the dugout, the press box and at home. But, once the dust had settled, Carlo Ancelotti’s team were through … again.

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© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

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Liverpool dumped out by perfect PSG after Anfield thriller – Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Archie Rhind-Tutt as Liverpool lose on penalties to PSG in the Champions League

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On the podcast today; PSG knock out Liverpool on penalties after two thrilling legs. PSG rarely put a foot wrong in either game including four perfect spot kicks.

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© Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

© Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

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