{"id":1235314,"date":"2026-02-26T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/for-the-love-of-ibrahimovic-rematch-players-learn-to-pass-before-i-become-the-very-thing-i-hate"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:00:58","slug":"for-the-love-of-ibrahimovic-rematch-players-learn-to-pass-before-i-become-the-very-thing-i-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/for-the-love-of-ibrahimovic-rematch-players-learn-to-pass-before-i-become-the-very-thing-i-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"For the love of Ibrahimovic, Rematch players, learn to pass before I become the very thing I hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/for-the-love-of-ibrahimovic-rematch-players-learn-to-pass-before-i-become-the-very-thing-i-hate.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>I feel like I&#8217;ve finally found a competitive online game that I enjoy and can&#8217;t stop thinking about. Rematch, Sloclap&#8217;s 3\/4\/5-a-side football game, is what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/rocket-league\">Rocket League<\/a> would have been based on if the world made any sense. It&#8217;s not, which has resulted in a bizarre situation where you have to describe Rematch as Rocket League with people instead of cars&hellip; so, just football, then. Anyway, I love it. In fact I love it despite the fact that a large portion of the player base is the absolute worst kind of person: a ball hog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/for-the-love-of-ibrahimovic-rematch-players-learn-to-pass-before-i-become-the-very-thing-i-hate\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/for-the-love-of-ibrahimovic-rematch-players-learn-to-pass-before-i-become-the-very-thing-i-hate\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like I&#8217;ve finally found a competitive online game that I enjoy and can&#8217;t stop thinking about. Rematch, Sloclap&#8217;s 3\/4\/5-a-side football game, is what Rocket League would have been based on if the world made any sense. It&#8217;s not, which has resulted in a bizarre situation where you have to describe Rematch as Rocket League with people instead of cars&hellip; so, just football, then. Anyway, I love it. In fact I love it despite the fact that a large portion of the player base is the absolute worst kind of person: a ball hog. 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