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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by colossus2: 1:29pm On Jul 09, 2014
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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by colossus2: 1:31pm On Jul 09, 2014
Sezua: no joh ...france 98 ko?...abi dat wan no be world cup?
Na world plate cheesy
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by philfearon(m): 1:31pm On Jul 09, 2014
Echoes of greatness: Messi 2014 v Maradona
1986


Lionel Messi’s standing among the greats of
world football, past and present, has always
carried an asterisk. Despite a plethora of
domestic and European titles and multiple
Ballon d’Or wins, a nagging doubt has always
remained: can the Barcelona star carry
Argentina to World Cup greatness and, in
doing so, finally escape the shadow of his
nation’s favourite son?
There has long been a sense in his homeland
that Messi is more Catalan than Argentine, a
player who has – not always through any fault
of his own – struggled to replicate his club
form on the international stage and never
come close to hitting the heights sets by
Diego Maradona.
Across all competitions, the 27-year-old has
354 goals in 419 competitive matches for
Barca – including a record 91 strikes in 2012
alone. That is a goals-to-games ratio of 0.84,
but, prior to the World Cup in Brazil, his
scoring rate in the blue and white of Argentina
stood at just 0.44, a much more modest
return.
In eight World Cup outings prior to this
summer’s tournament, he had mustered just
one single goal – the last of six in La
Albiceleste’s drubbing of Serbia and
Montenegro in 2006. He was an unused sub
as the side were knocked out against Germany
that year, and likewise failed to make an
impact in South Africa.
But the World Cup’s return to South America
has seen Messi finally reproduce his
Barcelona best for Argentina. His mazy dribble
and finish against Bosnia-Herzegovina, his
rasping last-minute winner against Iran and
his dizzying brace against Nigeria secured his
nation’s passage into the knockout rounds. If
Argentina are to lift the famous trophy, they
will do so clinging onto the coattails of Messi....
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3841/world-cup-2014/2014/07/09/4943528/-
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by colossus2: 1:31pm On Jul 09, 2014
ndidibabe: Are you from Ibadan?
Hahahaha...net go rili sake cheesy
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by philfearon(m): 1:38pm On Jul 09, 2014
It's been a big tournament for the No. 10.
Colombia's James Rodriguez has had the
entire world swooning over both his sexy
goalscoring ways and faintly android-like
face. Neymar's presence offered his country
hope, then his absence inspired them to wrack
and ruin. And Wayne Rooney scored his first-
ever World Cup goal, which was nice.
Then there's Lionel Messi. Almost certainly
the best player in the world. Likely one of the
best of all time. Not exactly playing his finest
football. Yet probably the most important
player of the World Cup so far.
The idea of the player that single-handedly
drags their team further in the World Cup than
they deserve to go is a potent one. Garrincha
for Brazil in 1962, Diego Maradona for
Argentina in 1986, Zinedine Zidane (nearly, so
nearly) in 2006 ... all took advantage of the
stage the World Cup offers to rise above both
their colleagues and their opponents. But
while Messi has clearly been the difference for
Argentina in an unusually quantifiable way,
with winning individual goals against Bosnia
& Herzegovina and Iran , the first two goals
against Nigeria, and the pass to set up Angel
di Maria for the winner against Switzerland,
he's managed to do all of that without looking
much like Lionel Messi at all.
That is to say: he's not tearing teams to
pieces; he's not finding the corner of the net
with every shot; he's not sliding through
thickets of defenders like a snake through long
grass. He even missed a one-on-one against
Belgium , and while Thibaut Courtois was out
quickly and spread well, it was always going
to be a goal because it was Messi, except it
didn't go in.
His relatively muted performances have, as it
goes, been echoed and reflected by those
around him. Argentina's progress has been
flawless in one sense, in that they've won
every game, but each has come by one goal
and all (except maybe that against BiH) could
have gone the other way. At times they've
looked tactically disjointed in attack; at others
defensively unsound. Of the three teams left in
the competition, they're the only side not to
have produced a performance that could be
called anything stronger than acceptable.
And yet they're winning, and they're into the
semi-finals, and Messi -- this diet, vaguely
underwhelming Messi -- has scored four,
made one other, and could well be lifting the
World Cup at the end of it all. They've not
looked great, and he's not been his best, but
he's still, on the evidence we've seen, the most
dangerous player left in the tournament. This
game needs winning, so he'll just clip the ball
inside the post from twenty yards. Or dance
past three people and poke it -- via a slight
deflection, perhaps -- beyond the goalkeeper.
Or put this freekick over that wall, or roll the
ball neatly to just the right place in front of a
colleague. There we go. Game sorted.
The ability to do any of that is rare. The ability
to do that at the end of a long game in which
nobody's played particularly well and
everything's on the line is some aspect of
genius. Maybe not the most spectacular kind,
and certainly not the most thrilling he's
capable of: he's not been Leo Messi,
footballing typhoon. What he has been is
clutch as hell, which may not be as exciting
but is just as admirable in its own way. And if
you're Dutch, just as scary.. http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/7/9/5882435/lionel-messi-argentina-world-cup-2014

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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Swagahyk(m): 1:40pm On Jul 09, 2014
Omooba77: This will be repeat of 1978 Final,funny enough,Argentina was the last host to win the World cup,if I can remember.......
France 98 who won??

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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by dotcomnamename: 2:11pm On Jul 09, 2014
[size=30pt]Its Cortana again... grin

Cortana Predicts Argentina To Beat Netherlands.

Cortana has successfully predicted 8 World Cup results with 100% accuracy, and now predicts Argentina will beat Netherlands...[/size]


[size=15pt]BABA IJEBU Chance for guys to smile? grin[/size]

Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Itztunechi: 2:24pm On Jul 09, 2014
If aje tina win this match

i go deactivate my acct for here cheesy cheesy
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Emmaesty(f): 2:33pm On Jul 09, 2014
BRAV0O: shocked
grin grin grin
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by scantee(m): 2:36pm On Jul 09, 2014
claireshan: Argentina will win
ur head de there babe. Up Arg, up Messi a.k.a wind. Up Fcb.
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Oahray: 2:44pm On Jul 09, 2014
Omooba77: This will be repeat of 1978 Final,funny enough,Argentina was the last host to win the World cup,if I can remember.......
France '98 nko?
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by purplekayc(m): 2:49pm On Jul 09, 2014
Itztunechi: If aje tina win this match

i go deactivate my acct for here cheesy cheesy
i will hold you by your [size=17pt]word[/size] angry
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by maxit2(m): 2:51pm On Jul 09, 2014
Omooba77: This will be repeat of 1978 Final,funny enough,Argentina was the last host to win the World cup,if I can remember.......
E clear say na you host France 98.
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Iceman296: 3:16pm On Jul 09, 2014
Argentina to win Netherlands?? Una de watch this World Cup So? I just pray the goal drubbing shouldn't be as bad As the Bra71lians.

Go Netherlands.
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by chimerase2: 3:20pm On Jul 09, 2014
Abeg ma own na first half draw cry
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by mamagee3(f): 3:26pm On Jul 09, 2014
Netherlands to win this
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Oahray: 3:33pm On Jul 09, 2014
safarigirl: Let's Go Neds! Finish off the South Americans. Argentina and Brazil can go and play their dream finals in the 3rd place match.

An European team is taking this World Cup, first time in their history.

#TeamNetherlands
#TeamFineBoys
#TeamMemphis
#TeamRVP
em... Pardon my ignorance, but 'AN EUROPEAN?' lipsrsealed
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Skillz02(m): 3:50pm On Jul 09, 2014
Hmm,,,what a cracker i think Holland will be the celebrating side today
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by PharmGreg: 4:08pm On Jul 09, 2014
Pls who scored the goals for Argentina in their round 16 and quater final?
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by safarigirl(f): 4:24pm On Jul 09, 2014
Oahray: em... Pardon my ignorance, but 'AN EUROPEAN?' lipsrsealed
ignorance pardoned...what would you rather I use?

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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Nobody: 4:26pm On Jul 09, 2014
This is simple, cripple Messi, get a life ban then you are sure of making it to the final.
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by write2obi(m): 4:39pm On Jul 09, 2014
Van gaal knows what to do #orangewillwin
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Sanchez01: 5:26pm On Jul 09, 2014
[size=20pt]Lemme register here ahead of 9:00pm


Netherlands will win this one. This will be Cortana's first wrong prediction grin grin grin grin[/size]

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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by fredoooooo: 5:26pm On Jul 09, 2014
OluwaMESSI Akanmu !!!!!

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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by fredoooooo: 5:27pm On Jul 09, 2014
chimerase2: Abeg ma own na first half draw cry

oni tete tongue
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by donsmall94(m): 6:26pm On Jul 09, 2014
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Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by makkitush: 6:27pm On Jul 09, 2014
safarigirl: RVP, Memphis Depay, Leroy Fer, Wesley Sneijder...these are just a few.

Dem make sense pass Messi, Di Maria, Higuain. Na only Romero and Rojo fine for that Argentine team
mind u,sneidjier nd fer does not make sense pass higuain nd messi
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Dhulqarnain(m): 6:55pm On Jul 09, 2014
Messi!!!!!
Go Argentina!!!
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Prymestrr(m): 7:32pm On Jul 09, 2014
ijbeauty: I wish Netherlands the best in this match




#teamNetherlands
I'm with u on dt 1...#TeamVanLand will make me proud 2nyt. Dt trophy already has a well decorated resting mantle in Amsterdam!
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by Prymestrr(m): 7:32pm On Jul 09, 2014
ijbeauty: I wish Netherlands the best in this match




#teamNetherlands
I'm with u on dt 1....#TeamVanLand will make me proud 2nyt. Dt trophy already has a well decorated resting mantle in Amsterdam.
Re: Argentina Vs Holland- World Cup Semi-Final (4 - 2) On Penalties On 9th July 2014 by safarigirl(f): 7:48pm On Jul 09, 2014
makkitush: mind u,sneidjier nd fer does not make sense pass higuain nd messi
you mean this dude:




Is better looking than this dude



Cool story bro, call me when you become female and your opinion counts cheesy

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