Jun 7Member-onlyFights, failed dreams and a sea of pitches: Hackney Marshes, the questionless home of Sunday League football550 players and no spectators. That’s why Hackney Marshes is without a doubt the English (and probably global) capital of grassroots football. Let’s be honest, amateur football is not about the quality of the game. It’s about trying to forget the failed dream of becoming a footballer. Hackney Marshes is…Football6 min readFootball6 min read
Mar 11Member-onlyTime-wasting in football: when booking players is not enoughPremier League players are seeing more yellow cards than ever due to time-wasting, but figures show that that doesn’t solve the problem. So what is there left to do? Premier League matches are longer than ever, but we are seeing less football. How is that possible? The 2022/23 Premier League…Football5 min readFootball5 min read
Feb 28Member-only2×2: la tribuna de fútbol más pequeña del mundoEl Peckham Town FC, un club de la 11ª división de Inglaterra, está orgulloso de tener la tribuna más pequeña del mundo. Con esos 4 metros cuadrados les basta para mostrarse al mundo. El barrio de Peckham tiene mala fama. Está ubicado al sur de Londres, en el distrito de…Fútbol3 min readFútbol3 min read
Dec 16, 2022Member-onlyArgentina fans have finally learnt to actually enjoy footballFor the first time, the Argentina fans don’t care about winning the World Cup final. Ok, pause there, that’s not 100% true, but that’s the vibe the fans transmit. Correction: the Argentina fans don’t care that much about winning the World Cup final. For the first time, the Argentina fans…Football3 min readFootball3 min read
Aug 3, 2021Member-onlyIntento de guía para elegir ciudad para vivir¿Qué hay que tener en cuenta a la hora de elegir la ciudad en la que pasar nuestra vida? Hay cosas primordiales, pero luego de emigrar y de viajar por varios lados, he aprendido que ningún lugar es perfecto. ¿Ustedes qué creen, que las personas eligen los lugares o los…Español7 min readEspañol7 min read
Jun 7, 2021Member-onlyEl primer mundoEn el “primer mundo”, ¿es todo tan bonito como parece? Vivo acá hace dos años y te cuento lo que quizás no sabías. A nosotros los humanos nos encanta comparar. Ellos con nosotros, lo negro con lo blanco. El allá con el acá. Ya sea en una entrevista, en una…Vivir5 min readVivir5 min read
May 13, 2021Member-onlyPor qué me fui (o por qué me vine)Es sin lugar a dudas la pregunta que me más me han repetido cuando hablo de mi experiencia como inmigrante. Entiendo el porqué, la verdad. Saber la razón principal por la que decidí irme a vivir a otro continente es de importancia si queremos entender una situación general de mi…Londres9 min readLondres9 min read
Published inAscent Publication·Aug 21, 2019Member-onlyI Knew My Life Was a Failure When I Was 15You don’t want to be like me, do you? — “A football player.” That was my answer as a child when people asked me what I wanted to be when I became an adult. I’m not a football player. I failed to achieve the biggest dream of my life. That was the thing I wanted the most in my life…Football5 min readFootball5 min read
Published inThe Startup·Aug 20, 2019Member-onlyI’ve Been Journaling For 6 Months. Did It Help?The Pros and Cons of This Famous Routine It’s all Medium’s fault. After I joined this amazing platform, I’ve started to read a lot of articles in which people would talk about their journal habits. Most of them (or all of them) said it had helped them. How? To think…Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
Published inThe Startup·Aug 15, 2019Member-onlyHow Much I’ve Earned Per Article On MediumSo Far, Is It Worth The Effort? Yes, I’ve earned money writing on Medium. I thought that writing an article, publishing it online and getting paid because people liked it was just a dream. But it’s not a dream anymore, it’s real. Please don’t think I’ve made millions of dollars…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read