Daggum (the dev) is a big football fan himself. He does a lot of research before putting anything into the game. If you want to discuss it more with him, feel free to come over and join the Discord server.
I am an American but I hate the NFL, I love 'real' football. I am Bayern Munich fan.
Real football... important statement. I hate football because in Italy it's the most important sport. It's all anyone talks about, and often the fans and players are arrogant and think they're better than everyone else. For example, I used to play tennis at a sports centre that had tennis courts (clay) and football pitches. In winter, instead of warming up by running on the football pitch, the footballers preferred to find a heated indoor tennis court and run there with their studded boots on. Or, at the end of training, they would cross the tennis court to get to the changing rooms, ignoring anyone who was playing and had to stop to let them pass. And, of course, they always wore their studded boots. Rude and arrogant. But they are footballers and tennis players are secondary. Nadal had to win Roland Garros 12 times before making the front page of Italian sports newspapers. Obviously, he also made it there the 13th and 14th time.
But before the 12th time, no one gave a damn about him. It was an article in the second half of the newspapers after all the pages and pages talking about football, Serie A, Serie B, Serie C, foreign football, transfer rumours and only after all that, Nadal and his Roland Garros.
I find it unbearable. Fortunately, Sinner has arrived and now things are changing quickly.
EDIT: I saw another unusual front page when Kobe Bryant died. No one cared when he retired or anything he had done. All the articles were in the second half of the newspaper, after they had talked about football, even the minor leagues. At least when he died, he made the front page.