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> and hence higher protein There are a ton of professional athletes who don't eat meat and apparently get plenty of protein.
It’s a lot easier today with the wealth of information and foods, particular for professional athletes.
I think you mean wealth right?
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Population is something that as a Scot mystifies me. We have a population similar to Croatia, yet they’ve been an incredible force in international football while we have languished in mediocrity, missing out on most major tournaments in the last 30 years. At a club level there’s no contest - our domestic leagues are usually ranked higher in the UEFA coefficient than Croatia’s and traditionally we’ve had greater succ…
Where do the best Scottish players go to play club football? In the nations you listed, the best of the best end up in Barca, RM, Bayern, etc… They then return with best practices and an aura that influences the entire team. If Scottish club football is the pinnacle for Scottish players then this may be a factor?
That said, you may have a point. Many Scots boys grow up idolising Celtic or Rangers. It could be that many get signed for their boyhood club and choose to remain there, even if a club who is better for their long-term development is interested.
I am surprised they emphasize "development of the cognitive functions required to excel in soccer" but not physical development from meat (and hence higher protein) consumption
> and hence higher protein There are a ton of professional athletes who don't eat meat and apparently get plenty of protein.
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Did that "programme" improve or worsen his performance, though? Unless he was able to train harder perhaps.
Kusturica made a documentary about him where he said (or implied) he would have been a better player if he wasn't taking cocaine https://www.besoccer.com/new/do-you-know-what-player-i-would...
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Kusturica made a documentary about him where he said (or implied) he would have been a better player if he wasn't taking cocaine https://www.besoccer.com/new/do-you-know-what-player-i-would...
I just don't understand how cocaine doesn't make you a better person altogether.
Paraphrasing: "high meat consumption + low income = better soccer players". This will be biased in favour of Brazil, but it seems like a plausible idea that more meat can be correlated to better athletic development
Yeah, that's probably why the gladiators were basically vegetarians. ;) https://www.bbc.com/news/education-29723384
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> and hence higher protein There are a ton of professional athletes who don't eat meat and apparently get plenty of protein.
but that doesn't change the fact that meat is a rich source of protein which is beneficial for physical development
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Indeed, Maradona career was hurt by his drug addiction.
I wanted to check this because my memory was that while he did self-sabotage in various ways, I did remember him having long enough career that was largely quite successful. So his time in Europe finished in 1993 (aged 33) with a relatively unsuccessful period at Sevilla (26 games, 5 goals) - which is as I thought. But I had NO memory of him playing four more years until 1997, and at Newell's and Boca no less! Incred…
Where does cocaine enter the picture? He was using it from the very beginning of his playing career. Got suspended 3 times by anti-doping agencies (most famously in 1994 at the World Cup) At 27 years old in 1988, and at the very height of his abilities and fame, the Napoli playmaker would lower himself to the following “physical programme”. Sunday: Serie A match. Sunday night to Wednesday morning: continuous cocaine…