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Football: the Egyptian story first, the global game as colour

26 Oct – 1 Nov

  • Large volumeVolume
  • 10%weight in index
  • 11%negative
  • 54%positive
  • 22%jokes
  • حماسDominant feeling

Volume: large · Source diversity: diverse · Model-to-model tagging consistency: moderate · Score stability: stable · External agreement: diverge · what this means · Youth

Football is the largest domain, an index of 62.1, and 54% of the conversation positive. The Egyptian story is front and centre: a Turkish municipality approved naming a street after an Egyptian national-team star15, the FIFA president gave Egypt's under-15 team a special award17, and the «Derby of Rage» trend lasted 24 hours90. In the same week, headlines mocked an Egyptian striker after a four-goal defeat16, while on the margins the Ballon d'Or and El Clásico registered moods of 89 and 925354.

Street 66.3, headlines 56.8: people celebrate and banter faster than the press does, and 22% of the conversation is humour55.

Watch: Local content is only 38% of football talk; watch whether the derby and the Egyptian league claim more space89.

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