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A goalless farewell to the World Cup with an imaginary villa

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We have to write about it.

Another sports article on '12punto'.

We left the World Cup with our heads hung low within 6 days.

I think we are the worst team in a 48-team tournament.

Sports experts will, of course, analyze the technical details of this debacle.

It is not my place to pontificate on football.

What caught my attention are the imaginary villas offered to the players like a carrot as a perk.

As if these kids didn't have any money and would be gifted a villa if success were achieved.

Even if these kids didn't have a villa to put a roof over their heads and were to become owners of a free villa—they all have plenty of money—the villa only exists in name.

It doesn't exist in reality.

For there to be a physical villa, there first needs to be a plot of land for a villa.

For there to be a plot, the region's zoning plan must be completed, the land must be reclassified from agricultural status, and the subdivision, consolidation, and road dedications must be finalized.

Property issues must be resolved, and zoning transfers with the municipality must be handled.

The way must be cleared for title deed procedures through floor easement and condominium ownership.

Floor Area Ratios (KAKS), Building Coverage Ratios (TAKS), site plans, and topographic surveys must be determined.

None of these exist, yet there was supposedly a free villa.

It is clear that no player, including Montella, believed in this villa-carrot issue.

And that is how the debacle came to be.