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Do it with PASSION or not at all

Welcome to my small world!

This is my Ground Zero. After Google announced to kill Google Plus (or G+), which was my social universe, my creative spot to present my photo collections, my blogging home and my place to discuss and learn with and from other people, I had to rethink my online strategy. Social networks are not critical as long as you are not a content creator. If you are only consuming stuff from others, there is no problem if the platform shuts down as you can just move on to the next big thing. But for me, it is different…

“No centralized (social) regime will deny me access to my own content in the future. This is my own place, my own pocket universe.”

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Recent Posts

Germany Had the Ball and Nothing to Offer

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Germany’s defeat to Paraguay was not decided by penalties alone. It was exposed long before that, in a match where possession, passes and corners produced almost no real authority. Paraguay were poor, deeply limited and barely ambitious, yet Germany lacked the tempo, form and conviction to break through. The shootout only confirmed what the game had already shown: this was dominance without danger, and a deserved exit.

Germany vs. Ecuador. When a Meaningless Match Tells the Truth

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A supposedly meaningless defeat against Ecuador may have told Germany more than any comfortable win could. The match exposed a team without midfield authority, tempo or physical resistance, with too many famous names losing the ball as soon as football became uncomfortable. Musiala, Wirtz and Havertz looked fragile, Neuer looked late, and only a few exceptions suggested this side still remembers what a duel is.

FIFA has won. Football can sit somewhere else.

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The empty seats at the 2026 World Cup are not a mystery. They are the visible result of a tournament priced, packaged and managed for maximum extraction rather than genuine supporter culture. FIFA may still make record money, and Gianni Infantino’s political machine may remain perfectly fed. But the gaps in the stands reveal something the attendance figures cannot hide: football’s richest event can still look strangely poorer without real fans.