Denmark will beat Wales

Football is not over until it’s over

Some stats sha

Almajirihunter:
Some stats sha

Useless team.. Na only penarity be their Favorite
Their penalty boy is even more Useless than Useless( Assnal) ..
Pogba was begging for a penalty from a free kick outside the Box.. shameless team and players

Let us respect Iniesta small, 138 assists in 674 games to Barcelona is a good product for a Left Midfielder

Lampard had 150 assists as a Midfielder in almost same amount of games

Xavi had 185 assists in 767 games for Barca

Gerrard had 144 assists in 50 less games than Xavi

These players don't deserve disrespect

Better than all of them Fabregas 200 assists in 653 matches

Even KDB has in 462 matches has 190 assists and is barely 30years old, it is completely unfair to compare KDB and Iniesta. KDB na Attacking Midfielder

raumdeuter:


The latest result was a flaccid 0-0 draw to Shaktar Donetsk in the Champions League and it was result that really highlighted the central issues Bayern Munich are having in buildup play -- and most of the blame for that falls at the feet of Xabi Alonso. Despite the fact that the former Spanish international is only just 32-years-old and coming off the back of winning a Champions League trophy last season with Real Madrid, Alonso is a shade of his former self that saw him win two European Championships and a World Cup with Spain in 6 years. He's been a completely immobile type of playmaker for several years and while his passing ability may still be rivaled only by the likes of Andrea Pirlo or Toni Kroos, it's the rest of the equation that is making him a liability for Bayern Munich.

Just as Wolfsburg and Schalke demonstrated to open the Rückrunde, targeting Xabi Alonso is a viable strategy and one that hurts Bayern Munich far more then it harms yourself. Schalke further demonstrated that combining a high pressing defense that targets Alonso while simultaneously maintaining deep structured defensive lines is a very valuable strategy to killing off Bayern Munich's ability to build play. Furthermore, it also restricts the space for their intricate passing in the final third. Taking a page from the books of those two clubs, Shaktar Donetsk came out and shut down a Bayern Munich attack by first playing compact structured defense, then shutting down Xabi Alonso with the man mark and high press.

https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/bayern-munich-analysis/2015/2/18/8057799/xabi-alonso-bayern-munich-shaktar-donetsk-champions-league-liability-mobility-slow

Fabregas fans like popizaino and BlueAngel444 should read this and understand why we labelled Fabregas a liability for Chelsea after noticing these exact same points of weakness that opposition started exploiting

I saw Alonso play at Etihad live for Bayern. He was good on the ball, he even controlled the game but City targeted him for errors and won 2-1. Alonso was not a DM, he should be played at CM and his lack of mobility became a weak point for Bayern in his later years.

BlueAngel444:

Euros and pounds bro, euros and pounds.
Kane is 28, but the dummy agreed to have four more years to his contract.

Kane is very marketable. That's why he gives Tottenham prestige

Tottenham have always had that "reputation" from Modric, Bale, Van dear vart e don tay. Kane moving, is just following in the foot steps of his elders

have you seen kane speaking before?

Kane isn't a marketable brand, he has 10m followers and only averages 300 comments, those are signs of a man that isn't relatable or appealing.

Havertz10:
have you seen kane speaking before?

Kane isn't a marketable brand, he has 10m followers and only averages 300 comments, those are signs of a man that isn't relatable or appealing.

Messi

Ibime:


Fabregas fans like popizaino and BlueAngel444 should read this and understand why we labelled Fabregas a liability for Chelsea after noticing these exact same points of weakness that opposition started exploiting

I saw Alonso play at Etihad live for Bayern. He was good on the ball, he even controlled the game but City targeted him for errors and won 2-1. Alonso was not a DM, he should be played at CM and his lack of mobility became a weak point for Bayern in his later years.

That's your opinion on where he is should play. He has played his career and Managers gave him his positions and instructions, however way una interpret am na una business.

The term defensive Midfielder doesn't mean defender

Just as it is arguable that a right wing back is a right Midfielder, vice versa for the left side

Once upon a time a full back was actually fully back, and there was something like a good old fashion 4-4-2.

raumdeuter:


Imagine that was Alonslow at 26-27yrs and coaches were already complaining about him, they want to tell us that its because of age, Playing Alonslow at DM gives your opponent an immediate advantage

Fans of slow escort DMs should read this.

This is why some of us won't stomach Jorginho in our DM position. No epistle or team success will make us stomach Jorginho

BlueAngel444:
Messi

he is a very reserved guy, he isn't flashy like Ronaldo, doesn't like the celebrity life, just wants to play ball, that's the only edge Ronaldo has over messi

Messi is appealing and very relatable, people love him, he is a global star, kane isn't and he doesn't have an appealing personality

hensben:
Because he was deep lying playmaker , he was not the combatic type of DM. Those guys with Alonso in the pic were box to box like Kante, they were not sitting DM except mascherano. Alonso was the sitting DM in those pics. You know nothing about football stop overrating yourself.

alonso was actually the deepest midfielder at liverpool in his best season, the 08/09 season. Mascherano was more of an all round destroyer while alonso sat deep pinging passes to gerrard & torres. Alonso wasn't a CM rather a deep lying midfielder who had more ability in his toe than busquets no matter what position he played

Almajirihunter:
4-1 Denmark, a rout now, Nice break and run of play from Hojberg

Swiz123 should be mentioning me when these things are happening now as I am not watching

airmark:


Busquets, the only Barca player that spent just a year at his prime.

Yes , one year that he was pivot to a midfield of a team bagging a A world cup, euro, Sextuple and 2 trebles, does krychowiak know what is called prime even in his imagination

Christensen

This Jeremy doku boy plays like Alexis Sanchez in his Arsenal days, strong driving lad

raumdeuter:


Targeting Alonso was a well-known tactic for many years. Astute followers of football knew this. [s]You cannot know this because you don't watch, you are too short to see the screen and only depend on what people tell you[/s]

[s]That was how someone told you that he saw Xavi playing right back at Nigeria 99 and you swallowed it without verifying[/s]

And you were over the moon when your team bought such player so notorious for losing possession to all and sundry. You can only deceive yourself.

raumdeuter:


Alonso always played with a real DM beside him because he cannot handle DM role by himself

I just taya, Alonso would be on the line up as a DM but as the game progressed he would move especially to the middle of the park, look out for kuyt or Gerrard with pinging long balls or through balls, could a sitting DM move up regularly to take set pieces or score those long range strikes as he advanced into the final third? In the Spanish squad of 2010, 2012 and Xavi and iniesta he was the next talented midfielder cause of his versatile skills , but when it comes to defensive skills of a DM, he was nowhere near busquets, they say busquets was slow, he was slower, Busquets had mad positioning, would use his body most times to hold the ball till he releases it, break opponents passes with his legs or tall frame before recycling it for him or Xavi who sometimes would be at the base of the centre circle before advancing forward but as usual his passing of the ball was his best asset, Busquets was the actual sitting DM as he hardly went into the other half like the others, everybody doesn't have to be doing ball winning activities over the pitch like kante to be a good dm, He played in his system and excelled in it

Kilishihunter:

Yes , one year that he was pivot to a midfield of a team bagging a A world cup, euro, Sextuple and 2 trebles, does krychowiak know what is called prime even in his imagination

Superstars/legends don't do one offs.

Hojberg with another 2 assists today.

That's 3 assists for the tournament so far.

Swiz123 abeg help me check how many assist Italy's deep lying playmaker has dropped so far.

Kilishihunter:

[s]I just taya, Alonso would be on the line up as a DM but as the game progressed he would move especially to the middle of the park, look out for kuyt or Gerrard with pinging long balls or through balls, could a sitting DM move up regularly to take set pieces or score those long range strikes as he advanced into the final third? In the Spanish squad of 2010, 2012 and Xavi and iniesta he was the next talented midfielder cause of his versatile skills , but when it comes to defensive skills of a DM, he was nowhere near busquets, they say busquets was slow, he was slower, Busquets had mad positioning, would use his body most times to hold the ball till he releases it, break opponents passes with his legs or tall frame before recycling it for him or Xavi who sometimes would be at the base of the centre circle before advancing forward but as usual his passing of the ball was his best asset, Busquets was the actual sitting DM as he hardly went into the other half like the others, everybody doesn't have to be doing ball winning activities over the pitch like kante to be a good dm, He played in his system and excelled in it[/s]

Ibime:
Hojberg with another 2 assists today.

That's 3 assists for the tournament so far.

Swiz123 abeg help me check how many assist Italy's deep lying playmaker has dropped so far.

You don dey do like airmark

Greatihex:
You don dey do like airmark

I so believe in the Hojberg dude. Let me put my name to him like Krychowiak and co.

His only problem is he went to Spurs who are going nowhere

Christensen scored? And it was a screamer??

So happy for Denmark, they didn't deserve to be eliminated.

airmark:

So Roland17 has seen the light about Sergio Biscuits since 2012?

It's not everybody that watches football and just go along with the popular narrative the commentators are trying to force down our throat. Some of us study the game and know who are the real movers and shakers in any success story and who are the carryalong.

andrewbaba44:
Denmark will beat Wales

Football is not over until it’s over

Swears.

Apart from the fact that Denmark are better, their morale is through the roof right now.

Ibime:
Hojberg with another 2 assists today.

That's 3 assists for the tournament so far.

Swiz123 abeg help me check how many assist Italy's deep lying playmaker has dropped so far.

There's something about Emi Martinez...he has this presence about him.

Mere looking at him fills you with confidence.

Ibime:


Fabregas fans like popizaino and BlueAngel444 should read this and understand why we labelled Fabregas a liability for Chelsea after noticing these exact same points of weakness that opposition started exploiting

I saw Alonso play at Etihad live for Bayern. He was good on the ball, he even controlled the game but City targeted him for errors and won 2-1. Alonso was not a DM, he should be played at CM and his lack of mobility became a weak point for Bayern in his later years.

In that City vs Bayern game you mentioned, Alonso was targeted until he gave the ball away to Aguero who scored the equalizer

Kilishihunter:

does krychowiak know what is called prime even in his imagination

Amazon prime doesn't count?

Them rodri and bousq them.

BlueAngel444:
me think say na only copa you go watch where willy is involved

Dry joke at its finest.

I'm a little surprised that Christensen's goal no tear net comot. What.A.Strike.
He let it rip. I never knew he had that in him.

And the atmosphere? Respect to the Danish fans, they absolutely left it all in the stands.