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Expected Cliché Tracker
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KICKS OFF · 11 JUNE 2026
The 2026 big soccer tournament, in clichés.
We track every press conference of every head coach at this summer's biggest international soccer tournament. Each line gets scored against a dictionary of 265 clichés in eight languages and totalled into a single number we call xC — expected clichés. The higher the xC, the less they’re really telling us.
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TODAY'S STORY · COMING SOON
First headline lands the night of 11 June.
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Every matchday, this slot leads with the most newsworthy xC movement from the day's pressers — typically a coach whose vocabulary shifted hardest under pressure. Match results matter: an originally direct coach who reaches for clichés after a loss is often the story of the night.
One click pre-loads the comparison view with a curated trio. Edit or swap any coach from the tray at the bottom.
BIGGEST MOVERS
FIRST MOVERS TABLE 11 JUNE
Who shifted the most after today’s pressers
After every matchday, this table ranks the coaches whose xC moved hardest — risers (who reached for more clichés under pressure) and fallers (who spoke more directly). Movement is often the story, not the standings.
TOP 5 CLICHÉS
The tournament’s most-used phrases
The five most-repeated phrases across all 48 head coaches. Click any row to see who’s saying it and how often.
TOP 5 PUBLISHES 11 JUNE
265 phrases across eight languages, waiting
Whichever phrases lead the field after Matchday 1 take the top five spots on this board. Click any row at launch to see which coaches are saying it and how often.
BY CATEGORY
What they talk about
Every cliché in the dictionary is tagged into one of 21 categories — from "filler" to "humility" to "tactics." Heat builds as coaches speak.
HEATMAP BEGINS 11 JUNE
21 categories. Live tile-by-tile after kickoff.
Each tile glows brighter the more it gets used. Hover any tile for a definition of what the category covers.