Zaki

@zaki

Unserious football pundit from the land down unda 🇦🇺

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Created July 2026

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Crystal Palace v Arsenal

PL · 24 May 2026

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We all hate Popa ball until Popa ball is 1-0 up against Brazil 😂🇦🇺 Fuck me, I actually enjoyed that. Brazil had Vini, Endrick, Estêvão and Raphinha on the pitch and for most of the game Australia just refused to give them anything easy. Compact. Organised. Physical. Proper Popa ball. And somehow it worked. Herrington was TOP. Seriously impressive again. Souttar defended with that proper captain's swagger, throwing himself at everything and at one point deciding his head was an acceptable object to block an absolute missile with 😭 Okon brought the Aussie physicality and Yengi deserves credit too. Didn't get much joy up front, but did so much of the dirty work and gave Australia exactly what they needed from him. Brazil meanwhile were pretty poor. Estêvão was trying to send footballs into orbit and Raphinha apparently left his shooting boots in Barcelona. Then Irankunda stepped up. What. A. Fucking. Free kick. Power. Dip. Direction. Only the second Socceroo ever to score against Brazil and THAT'S how he does it. Brazil eventually found the equaliser through Rayan after Australia had spent what felt like an eternity absorbing attack after attack, but honestly the result almost feels secondary. This is a young Australian side and there is some serious talent coming through. Herrington. Irankunda. Okon. Beach. Maybe Popa is cooking something after all 😂🇦🇺

Well that was fucking shit wasn't it?

Max Dowman - YOUNGEST BOSSMAN 😭 Two goals and Arsenal are comfortably through to the next round. The first one especially... wins the ball himself, drives at Ipswich, sends Kipré the wrong way and finishes it like he's been doing this for years. Madueke gets himself another goal, Merino gets one too and 17-year-old Marli Salmon gets another senior start at centre back. Nine changes from Sunderland and we still put four past a Premier League side away from home. Ipswich made the scoreline a little more respectable late on, but job done. Four goals. Kids getting minutes. Through to the next round. Did I mention Max Dowman is SIXTEEN? 😂🔴⚪️

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Player of the match

Lucas Herrington

Hull City

🇮🇹⚽ Had to catch the clash between two giants of Italian football. The first half was a bit of a drag, but the second half absolutely flew by with some really good passages of play. Juventus had plenty of possession early in the second half, but never really looked threatening with it. Inter were by far the better side for me. ⚫🔵 I was expecting a little more from Yildiz, but Diouf was easily my standout player of the game ⭐️ Looked in great form and was causing the Bianconeri problems all night. Overall, a slow burner that turned into a really enjoyable watch. 👏

Friendlies Clubs

Juventus2 - 0Palermo

Zaki@zaki

☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★11 Aug 2026

⚪️⚫️ Juventus 2–0 Palermo A decent performance from Juve and plenty to be positive about. Created a heap of chances across the 90 and probably should’ve won by a few more. The football looked sharp in patches and you can definitely see things starting to come together ahead of the new season. 👀 ⭐️ Yıldız looked much sharper tonight. Constantly involved, dangerous around the box and deserved his goal. Starting to look like himself again. 🎯 Kolo Muani, on the other hand, definitely didn’t bring his shooting boots to Perth. Had opportunities but just couldn’t put one away… must’ve left them behind in the 2022 World Cup final. 😭🇫🇷 ⚽️ Good to see Milik get on the scoresheet as well. Overall, a promising 90 minutes from Juventus. Plenty still to improve on, particularly the finishing, but the chances are being created and the football is heading in the right direction. ⚪️⚫️