FIFA World Cup 2026 Data Portraits

(wc26.bogachev.fr)

26 points | by sebg 1 hour ago

7 comments

  • thejj100100 1 hour ago
    Seems like an interesting idea, but the copy has all the hallmarks of being LLM output.

    "readable at a glance, honest to the last touch." "every touch, pass, shot and card." "Every ridge, tide and flash is driven by an actual event or measurement from the game."

  • a-dub 1 hour ago
    it's just not as interesting to me when it's no longer evidence of careful and deep thought paired with high quality execution and skillful craft.

    plus all the claude-isms get old.

  • slwvx 1 hour ago
    Great visualization!

    I'm no soccer/football expert, but it seems to me that the most common TV camera shots are from the sideline at midfield. The (effective) camera for these shots are from high above one corner of the field, and the field is (effectively) tilted. This camera-on-the-corner shot may be good in some cases, but when showing the live back-and-forth, I'd prefer it to be in in the standard position of midfield, so as to not favor one team or another

  • rezashirazian 51 minutes ago
    Egypt flag is used for Iran.
  • twilo 1 hour ago
    Awesome but can’t get the sound to work ?
    • lelandfe 1 hour ago
      If you're Chrome, just click anywhere on the page
  • bzmrgonz 1 hour ago
    looks more like blanket wrestling to me (pillow-fight).
  • jeffbee 1 hour ago
    Amazing. The most recent one really conveys the way that England lost yesterday by parking 9 men in the box and expecting that to work against Argentina.
    • ingvay7 1 hour ago
      Loved reliving the semifinals with this visualization. The blue battering ram after the 80th minute for yesterday eng arg game is fun.
    • bodge5000 1 hour ago
      Doesn't do much to visualise the ref though who certainly had something to do with that win, but yeh the real loss did come in when we swapped our attack for defence, as soon as they got one in we were done at that point
      • jeffbee 58 minutes ago
        Watching it on Telemundo with Andrés Cantor doing the play-by-play made the officials seem completely neutral by comparison.