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None has quite worked.
I need the real thing.
Fortunately, the cavalry is coming.
I signed up immediately;you could do so here.
(There is the small hurdle of the website being entirely in Norwegian.
However, its nothing a few trips to Google Translate cant handle.)
If you are ready and willing to travel on this journey with me, read on.
Politically, theyre part of Denmark, but with a large degree of autonomy.
Despite their remove from the rest of the world, the Faroe Islands got hit with coronavirus, too.
(They built their own, and by February were able to handle600 tests a day.)
This is Sunday League in the Faroe Islands.
Just imagine playing football here!
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The official name for the league isBetri deildin.
)Its a semi-professional league, which means that most players have other jobs on the side.
There are only ten teams, and every team plays each other thrice.
Im picturing them as the Manchester United of the Faroe Islands, a comparison aided by their red shirts.
And then theresEB/Streymur, which makes you remember that this is very much not the Barclays Premier League.
Was this also true inBetri deildin?
It was time to do some research.
If anything, the right plan was to pay even less attention to defense.
Three more big names felt worth the hefty investment.
VikingursGunnar Vatnhamarscored seven times last season, and comes off as an attacking defender in the Trent Alexander-Arnold mold.
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*I originally thought Id picked up Slvi Vatnhamar, a 34-year-old midfielder who also plays for Vikingur.
Turns outthey are brothers!
Finally, it was time to get the best defense a bare minimum of resources would allow.
So, thats my team.
(For a name, I went with Tame Imskala.)
(I wont call anyone out, but theres one guy up there Im already itching to drop.)
