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Sandro couldn’t believe his eyes this week. While he can no longer stroll amongst the Mexico City markets as everyone recognizes him now (including the unsavory type), he could still send his people to go get him his usual items. Street foods, fresh fruit, and of course his football magazines. Just like he used to get his news as a child. Through a sensationalized account of the game. Needless to say, Mexico City’s local rags were pretty biased towards CDT, but he didn’t mind the constant glazing.
This year the air was buzzing around the city in anticipation of the start of the new preseason. New teams were joining the league, bringing new rivalries along with them, and the SSL was growing to reach its full potential. Sandro read excitedly about the new clubs joining the fray, who they added via the expansion draft, who their managers would be, and all of the usual news.
This year however, when he got to the end there was something new. There was a projected table for the new season. The table wasn’t new, they do one every preseason, but this one had CDT at the top. “Looking at the squad and the squads of the rest of the league, Shanghai and CDT stand out as the two best. Given their respective histories, I’ll take CDT to edge them out every time.”
There it was. In ink. No going back. It filled Sandro with confidence and he was beginning to believe, just like Ted Lasso got Richmond to once upon a time. Why couldn’t this be their season? He’s tasted a trophy once before in the cup, but this season, Sandro wants the league.
This year the air was buzzing around the city in anticipation of the start of the new preseason. New teams were joining the league, bringing new rivalries along with them, and the SSL was growing to reach its full potential. Sandro read excitedly about the new clubs joining the fray, who they added via the expansion draft, who their managers would be, and all of the usual news.
This year however, when he got to the end there was something new. There was a projected table for the new season. The table wasn’t new, they do one every preseason, but this one had CDT at the top. “Looking at the squad and the squads of the rest of the league, Shanghai and CDT stand out as the two best. Given their respective histories, I’ll take CDT to edge them out every time.”
There it was. In ink. No going back. It filled Sandro with confidence and he was beginning to believe, just like Ted Lasso got Richmond to once upon a time. Why couldn’t this be their season? He’s tasted a trophy once before in the cup, but this season, Sandro wants the league.
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