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Messi dey chase Just Fontaine record like this. It's crazy

Ibime:
It crept up on them before they knew it after a good start

Losing to the hosts Mexico is fine

South Africa is a team that can hold you for long periods and get lucky as Nigeria have found. It shocked them

They were trash the entire match playing for a draw and letting South Africa stick around.

South Africa are a mid team but you have to start fast against them.

I would be shocked if Canada don't knock them out

Bluelines69:
Can Portugal even beat Croatia?

Another angle sha. Though this is Croatia in transition. Peak Croatia would have been tougher. I still think Portugal should win

PDPGuy:
The upcoming Algeria v Austria match will be fishy, because they both wouldn’t want to finish as group runners up and end up meeting Spain 😂

That Spain I saw don't look that scary to me. If they are scared then let them kuku jabo altogether.

What do you have to lose for knockout stage?

No more Argentina and Portugal quarters.

Now we have Portugal vs Spain Round of 16

The Euro teams are just going to cannibalize each other atp

Argentina have such a cheap passage to at least quarterfinal

Uruguay falling for Bielsa PR in 2026 is insane. This is someone that bombed a loaded 2002 Argentina team

Uruguay is kinda mid too. Imagine banking on Darwin Nunez for goals but Bielsa is not the guy to make lemonades from lemons either

Ol boy Germany path eh.

Round of 16 if you get there France dey wait, then possibly Netherlands or Morocco, then you might face Spain for semi

The only run I can remember this tough was France in 86 who had to beat Italy then Brazil then lost to Germany

PDPGuy:
Gbam!

Dude is the only keeper from the 2010 class that is still playing pro football. Imagine!

Neuer

PDPGuy:
Safe to say Muslera has had a shocker of a tournament

I no know why e no gree retire since

It's like these guys don't know what else to do after football. This one is not longevity matter. Nothing wrong with retiring when you're not completely washed

Leyqute:
Germany.

Ohh. Him sef na Team Germany? We're on the same side nau

Capaldi:
Why are you mentioning us like we are a tough opponent?

Who is US??

MorataFC:
Hattricks

Norway is No-way for this France, why u dey rest your players ffs?

To face CIV for next round. If they top their group they likely run into Germany for Round of 16

Leyqute:
Funny thing is they could’ve held on for a draw vs France. They played a very good compact first half but decided to be expansive in the second half. If they’d dig their heels in, worst would be a 1-0 loss instead of the 3 they conceded.

Against Norway, Koulibaly decided to show his true colors. The coach realized too late and the damage was already done by the time he subbed CSO off.

They messed up badly in these earlier games. Right that they get punished.

They left their best young players on the bench and used this tournament as send off to their old guard. Yeye people

CSO has been a complete disaster this tournament as well. Really shouldn't be starting

The very worst they should have gotten against Norway was a draw but they started so poorly. Didn't give themselves a fighting chance to get anything from that game

iamoyindamola:
Senegal might not make it 3rd best is already filling up

Na them I just dey pity. They faced the two toughest opponents first

Now they must flog Iraq at least 3 and hope for the best

I remember 2018 WC too they missed out on cards accumulation

Trevor012:
Uruguay wins today and it's Spain vs Argentina in the round of 32.

Can hype job Bielsa perform magic today? I heard his players are already complaining about his training methods

airmark:
Which rope should I use to tie you on this below? Are Dias and Olise not sharp ?

You post before you think obviously .

airmark:
And a striker raised them from the dead. A40 how far?

I am happy Enrique didn't buy a quality striker like Gyokeres. Let's see how they will win next Ucl.

Air Mugu explain to the class how PSG managed to still win the next UCL without a 'quality' striker like Gyokeres

Ibime:
So there's a ninja called Yeboah playing for Ecuador

His father is Ghanaian, his mother is Ecuadorian and he was born and raised in Germany

Wetin pesin no go see for this life

Not that far fetched. The one that shocked me is a Nigerian-Argentine playing for River Plate.

I've seen different collabo I've never seen Nigerian dad and Argentine mom before

airmark:
Your club is about to pay for another CF, no wonder you quickly asked me to leave Bayern Munich out of it.


Your club must be playing 1999 football wasting funds on another CF despite having Harry Kane.

Stop embarrassing yourself Afaulty.

airmark:
And a striker raised them from the dead. A40 how far?

I am happy Enrique didn't buy a quality striker like Gyokeres. Let's see how they will win next Ucl.

Hold. AirMugu

Unlike you I'm smart enough to know you can win with and without a striker

That is why foolish statements that aged like avocado above are not tied to me

Lmaoo. What are the Timberwolves doing? Wth will you trade for Lamelo Ball and give up Naz Reid.

The Lamelo I've seen the last 3 seasons has not impressed me at all

They've now offloaded Julius Randle and Naz Reid. Two guys that whatever you want to say about them gave the Wolves toughness.

Nuggets will just be jubiliating

Kimbeast:
Netherland are in a pickle. Remain first and they face Morocco, lose and drop down to 2nd they face Brazil.

This format will cause a lot of gbege. Some big boys will not make it past Round of 16

airmark:
You are yet to tell me why I should leave the Burndisleaguedown champions with Kane as striker, out of it? Can you see how deluded you are?

The current World champion, Argentina, and the current club World Cup champions, used strikers in their setups to get those trophies.

A40, when will you stop disgracing yourself?

You're a confused 🤡. You are now hyping a league you don't even rate to make useless arguments

Lining up someone at CF and that CF carrying the team is a different matter. France played Giroud and Guivarch at CF their two World Cup wins. They were unimportant

Anyway explain to us why the last 3 CL Champions did not need a #9 to achieve success

airmark:
And a striker raised them from the dead. A40 how far?

I am happy Enrique didn't buy a quality striker like Gyokeres. Let's see how they will win next Ucl.

This L will follow you till the end of time.

Bimmarlykay:
That CAPAddict guy issa major concern.His takes always sound like pure hate or early dementia. Him and Drisham must be Gen Z. I’ve literally seen Gen Z rate Benzema over R9, and another claim TuFace just blew 2years ago! The ignorance is lucid. It’s like comparing a UNILAG First Class student today to a First Class graduate from the 70s/90s who had a slightly lower CGPA, completely ignoring how much harder conditions and materials were back then.

SMH.

It's the ultimate paradox. The most information at their disposal and yet the most ignorant.

How can someone boldly repeat that Ronaldinho never scored past the round of 16 when even if you didn't watch the match you can easily Google it. We are talking 20 years ago events.

Imagine someone telling us to go and check on YouTube games we sat and watched live from start to finish

How can indomie generation know that Ronaldinho resurrected Barcelona

This Morocco na fake demon. Make them sha ready for Netherlands cos na their likely opponents be that

airmark:
Why should i leave your team out of it? Are they not playing modern football?

Next time, ask for technical advice from Raumdeuter before you engage me on football.

Engage you?

Lol. You're the mascot, court jester and laughing stock of this thread.

I have shown you 4 of the most successful teams in the game not requiring a striker and your response is weak as usual. 🤡

airmark:
Your own team, Bayern Munich, disagree with your empty brain.

Leave my team out of it.

Olodo core. Explain why France, Argentina, Madrid and PSG are spitting in your face

airmark:
So, Kane was only useful for your Bayern because Olise and Diaz were useless, right? Nonsense talk as usual.

Your footie knowledge is not higher than Lordfalcao's, the lowest here.

Olodo core. Everything about your footie knowledge can be written on a grain of rice

PSG, Madrid, Argentina and France have all proven a #9 is optional

Roland17:
Yea the floor spacing inside the paint is going to be interesting. I am not exactly fond of twin tower type forward/Center players. Bam is a better passer of the ball, so it may help but they are going to need a savvy PG to make this work.

Neither of them are statues so that's the difference.

Still the ball handling is dodgy. None of them are elite at it. I don't think their offense is going to work without a very good PG.

In close games who is going to be the go to for a bucket between Giannis and BA is another thing

Capaldi:
Not reading all that.

Typical indomie generation response

Capaldi:
Your entire post is watery.

* Your first 3 sentences are irrelevant. Barcelona was still a big club, he was not carrying Levante or Leicester to trophies and Eto was just as important. This is like bragging Declain Rice is better than lampard because he carried Arsenal to their first league title in 20years. No one is falling for that useless piece of history.

* Vini La Liga appearances is skewed because he started as a teenager with bench roles and many sub appearances. Yet he has dropped similar numbers to Ronaldinho when both of their best seasons are compared.

* When you show me Ronaldinho champions league man of the match or final goals then we can have that conversation about their respective champions league career for now miss me with that. Ronaldinho couldn't even score beyond the Round of 16.

* He was the most irrelevant person in the so called 3 R's. The main man was Ronaldo who carried Brazil the entire tournament. His impact to Brazil winning that world cup was Minimal and he even got himself sent off in the knockout stage. Take Ronaldo from Brazil and they don't win that world cup so yes he had a free ride to a world cup title. Ronaldinho only legitimate advantage over Vini in national football was having Ronaldo to carry him.

Indomie generation talking about YouTube
For Ronaldo, Ronaldinho etc. Players we saw live

Ronaldinho was the foundation block for the modern Barcelona today. Anyone that was not a infant in 2005 knows this.

Declan Rice to Ronaldinho? You don't know about ball at all. Stop embarrassing yourself

Vini plays closer to goal and has never scored more than 17 goals in La Liga. Ronaldinho has a 21 goal season. You have no argument at all.

Akpororo Jr's goal scoring record as a forward is actually very poor no matter how you slice it. Fernando Hierro a defender even Sergio Ramos score better than him

Ronaldinho won the CL as Barcelona top scorer was the best player in the competition and led the entire Champions League in assist. Show me the year Akpororo Jr achieved any of this.

When has Akpororo Jr ever led La Liga or Champions League in goals and or assist like Ronaldinho

This is why I call you indomie generation. You did not watch Barcelona vs Benfica 06 Quarterfinals so how would you know Ronaldinho scored in that match.

2002 World Cup I'm not sure you were born. That's why you would not know the contributions of a man that led Brazil back from looming defeat against England.

At 22 years old Ronaldinho had 2 goals and 3 assists at the World Cup. MOTM performance against England.

At 22 years old Akpororo Jr 1 goal 2 assists. Zero impact. Jabo for quarterfinal and yanked off early in the second half after putting an absolute stinker

10 goals in 51 apps says just how mid Akpororo Jr is. In the olden days when Brazil was still Brazil Akpororo Jr will not even see shirt

If you want to talk about giving free ride talk about how Benzema carried Madrid to the CL title in 2022 scoring 15 goals to Akpororo's 4

Blueelf:
Not like they would even repeat next year

Success just did view once for them

In fact, they ain't winking another ring for 10yrs at least

Well we've had a different Champion 8 seasons straight. That isn't saying much

birdman:
Didnt trade or couldnt trade?

Well, we back to Miami of old, all brawn, no shooting. Im sure Alonzo Mourning and dem old school heat fans appreciate such a team

I still think they have one more move in the chamber. Maybe a mid level guy