Sky Above, Great Wind

It is the 2017–18 soccer season and my team Beşiktaş is writing history in the UEFA Champions League (CL), finishing the group stage as unbeaten leaders (the first ever Turkish team to do so) ahead of Monaco, Porto and Leipzig. But at home, Beşiktaş are underachieving in the local Turkish Super League, having finished the first half of the season in 4 th place, six points behind the leader Medipol Ba şa k ş ehir. This is no good, as only the champions of the Turkish Super League directly qualify for the next year’s CL group stage, while the team who achieves second place start from earlier qualifying rounds. History tells that it is unlikely a Turkish team will pass these early qualifying rounds and make it to the group stage. So why is Beşiktaş doing so well in the CL, but failing to achieve glory at home? There are likely to be many interconnected variables at play here causing such an outcome. Industrial soccer and its professional competitions in an information age is