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Godx:
Spain suffered for it and got knocked out of that world cup. One of the biggest sin of Enrique was trusting Busquet over him. Immediately Rodri went to his position the Euros and World cup followed. Busquet was good, Rodri Is just simply ten times better.

Fraudsquets disciples no get shame. He was a tactically rigid player that was only on the team based on seniority.

His mediocrity at shielding the back line is why Spain became an international laughing stock once he retired

2014. Group stage embarrassment
2016. Destroyed by Italy
2018. Lost to Russia
2022. Barely got past group stage

Once Xaviesta and Alonso got old. Spain played in 5 International tournaments and only got past the Round of 16 once.

This is Rodri vs Defending Champs Italy at 28

Vs Passenger Fraudsquets vs Euro 2016 Italy at 28

Both in their respective primes but look at the sheer gulf in performance

Taking washed Fraudsquets to major international tournaments after Xaviesta got old is an indictment on the coaches that made that mistake and they deserve every huge embarrassing failure that came with it

popizaino:
Yes,Sergio Busquet doesn't get subbed in a game Spain desperately need to win like Rodri was yanked off against Argentina.

Haaland was subbed off of a game Norway were trailing. You no get argument

Rodri at 30 and in 99 minutes vs #1 ranked team

Vs Fraudsquets at 30 in 120 minutes Vs Russia

Whether you keep Fraudsquets or take him off he makes zero impact. Professional passenger

Roland17:
Ryan Clark out of ESPN. I could have called it, especially after the Peter Schrager incident. He became unbearable and predictable with a lot of his narratives and hinged everything on race.

Started to sound cocky, egotistical and arrogant as well. Good radiance! He has a podcast, that should keep food on his table.

Had a chance to build a solid persona and even be a fan favorite bigger on TV than when he was playing but he went the woke route.

His foot in mouth moments were so many and it was only a matter of time.

The two of his rubbish utterances that stood out to me was when he said Lamar Jackson would be the first authentically black QB to win a Superbowl. Like what does that even mean??

And then he said RG3 can't speak about Angel Reese cos he's married to white women. Meanwhile his first daughter has a white mom

Just an absolute 🤡

raumdeuter:
I have heard a girl say after 30 and you are with a man, If he doesnt propose then you should propose(get pregnant)

Especially if you are financially okay, they will go to any lenght to hook you. Like my president says when you are rich they let you do it, you can even grab them by the p**sy

This is a fact. Even worse a lot of them especially the ones that are financially stable just want a kid. They might not necessarily want to be under a man.

Once 35 to like late 40s is when that baby itch comes. They just want something that they believe will love them unconditionally.

I have a friend who is married and his ex no let am rest. She didn't want to go to a sperm clinic maybe out of shame and what not. She was willing to be a side piece just to get a baby out of him

And he's just comfortable not even rich. Now imagine an Olise

Bimmarlykay:
Na Senior man for Spain make Rodri win that thing,nothing much.

Pedri's introduction led to a goal,Rodri was just forming activity so the coach yanked him off,who takes away their key man in an intense match?

You keep hyping Muller like he did anything aside goals, I've challenged you to bring his overall stats,we no dey Akanchawa beer parlor abeg .

At least you're admitting he's a senior man. We are making progress

This is controlling a game so that your Messi is rendered useless and toothless for 120 minutes of football. What Rodri does is not for the simple minded oh

Muller scored more goals (5) and provided more assists (3) than Messi while winning the competition. If that did not win him the Golden Ball in 2014 then Messi does not deserve it in 2026. End of story

Bimmarlykay:
Start thinking and stop letting clowns online think for you,he's 39 scoring historical world cup goals and dragging mediocre country like Argentina to finals without Di Maria.

Why Rodri no get 1 assist?

Historical World Cup goals against who?? Algeria, Austria, Cabo Verde, Jordan, Egypt. That's who he scored against

Argentina had 2 World Cup titles and like 50 Copas before he was born. You people have been brainwashed and that's why you keep regurgitating this 'carrying' nonsense when everyone can see that the way Argentina is set up. Everyone is playing around Messi. That is why he is covering the same distance with goalkeepers and Argentina can still compete

You Messi stans are really annoying and that is why we are so happy they lost.

Rodri does not need to provide an assist. That's not his role description. He created the second most chances. From DM position. Fraudsquets never did that

Bimmarlykay:
You lie through your teeth,i never said goals only,i brought out his goals, assist, Motm,i didn't even bring out most chances created...so you see, points choke.

Looking back at 2014,can you bring out Muller's performance stat so i can compare it to Messi's?

Messi did not have the Most goals or assists neither did he have the highest combination of both.

In 2014 Thomas Muller had 5 goals and 3 assists

Messi had 4 goals and 1 assist

Was carried by their defense. Argentina kept clean sheets till the finals

Yet Messi was awarded a fraudulent Golden Ball. Cos he scored vs Bosnia and Nigeria. Barca and Messi stans did not complain then. So I no wan hear pim now. Charge it to the game

Bimmarlykay:
Explain this. Be like na livescorez una dey watch.

The team is deliberately set up that way. Everybody plays for Messi so he only has to worry about chance creation.

You think Lautaro, Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez and co if they played for themselves and didn't build the team around Messi you think they will not thrive?

If Messi is the Alpha and Omega then why is he yet to win for Argentina without Di Maria?

Why e no score or assist yesterday? Shebi na only am dey pitch nau.

Bimmarlykay:
Lol, y'all are making it seem like Rodri is the all-in-one player for Spain. Cucurella, Cubarsí,Porro and Unai Simon had more defensive contributions for that single goal conceded you guys praise Rodri for.

Did you see Cubarsí's late defending? Did you see their keeper charging against Mbappe, and similarly against Messi? Put Rodri in Portugal or Brazil, and they will concede. That's the point ,he didn't deserve it.

Who said Rodri was the all in one player? I said he was their key cog in the wheel.

I am not one of you Messi stans that believe one player in a sport that 11 men play can 'carry' a team

Cubarsi, Unai Simon are also collecting salary. Nothing wrong in doing their respective jobs.

It's not coincidence that once Rodri left, Pedri was being bullied and Argentina suddenly saw chances to miss.

People downplay the importance of players like Rodri till they face them and wonder why they cannot create a chance or string 3 passes in 90 minutes of football

Go and remove the award from his hand nau. Shebi the same way Messi also ROBBED Thomas Muller in 2014 and heaven did not fall. You go dey alright. Or not

Spy360:
The baby mama supposed to dey pay Oliseh child support. At 34 she no dey shame

A lot of them that like to call older men predators are nothing but hypocrites. If younger men were making money like older men, older women would chase after them.

There's a American basketballer Jalen Green. His baby mother has a son his age. That tells you all you need to know

BlueRayDick:
I feel all those dem Olise are Ajebutter a.k.a Omo mummy and they do not really know the way of the world when they started diving in raw.

She fit don lie give am say if she pregnant she go comot am or make them just knack say she dey on BC.

Women are conniving on these things. That is why at some point you have to ask yourself before sleeping with that girl if you can see her as your child's mother.

Spy360:
The bolded is so true.

Religion and mommy talks have made most men to underrate what women sexuality makes them do.

They are also wired to lie about or deny their feelings as a way of self enhancement. But ask any honest girl and you will get the true picture

How many women dey do Mojo and run OF.

We know men can be pervs but women aren't just pervs as well they are the ones with the societal bias and abilities to most easily monetize it.

If we want to look at these things we have to view them 360°

Bluelines69:
If only Ronaldo was smart enough to know this trick, what next “Messi looks up too much”

I'm not a Ronaldo fan. Tough luck. Messi is a much smarter player than him and evolved. Kudos to him. But the truth must be told

There's a reason he's failed to even have a shot on target at 5 international finals

https://x.com/i/status/2079587972627026341

BlueRayDick:
I know most guys don't like wearing rain coat, but such nigggas shouldn't be surprised the moment the lady comes up with pregnancy story na.

The moment u start pouring Ur seed inside the woman's burning bush, just know it's only a matter of time before the level will cast and u will become a baby daddy except u've been declared to be sterile by medical doctor in the past.

I just find it funny that guys act all surprised the moment they hear the woman they've been doing "free entry and free exit" suddenly tells them they are about to become father.

Women hate rubber pass men. Unless she's had a very nasty STD/STI or pregnancy scare they actually prefer you cut em raw.

All my liasons I can count on one hand the number of times women have insisted on rubber and if I wanted it raw I got very little pushback. Some even take it P if you insist on rubber. They will tell you they are on BC or ask if you think they are dirty

But you're right Olise no suppose jogodo like that especially as paid as he is. Even as a normal civilian if you're shaggin a woman in her mid 30s. Good luck. At that stage they're cool with babies with or without a husband unless she's a career professional or anti natalist. Now talk less of you wey fit retire am

birdman:
Lebron trying to duke spotlight with world cup. Foolish man

Now that its over, we all know where Lebron is going. Gonna end his career back with the cavs.

I saw videos of him at the Jay Z concert and I just dey shake my head.

I don't think he really got the chance to mature properly. Everything he does tracks of only child, child prodigy I didn't get to enjoy childhood syndrome

BlueRayDick:
But why do some of these guys enjoy having older baby mama's?

This baby mama is almost 10 years older than him. How does he feel comfortable having a child with someone with that much age difference between them?

Older babes for a young in shape nigga with money are the easiest to knack. Don't forget a lot of men (and this is an uncomfortable topic) were also preyed upon by older women in their younger years and just acquired that taste for older women.

Macron
Endrick
Zlatan

Don't forget most of these high school teachers always caught with young boys as well

It's just that female sexual deviancy is trivialized

There are also a lot of 30+ that clean up nice tbh. Even nicer than the younger women.

When you add that combination it's easy to why he go lose guard like so many men before him

Leyqute:
Messi is a genius but his activity data showed no difference from that of a goalkeeper this World Cup.

The infatuation and obsession is really insane.

The narrative by his stans is that he's carrying them when they are the ones actually carrying him.

I would hope a player covering only 5-6km will be able to score and assist

Prime Neuer was covering more ground than him

Bimmarlykay:
How did he steal Muller's Golden ball?

My issue with you Messi stans is you people are never consistent

Una dey talk about goals but Messi won Golden Ball in 2014 with fewer goals and assists than Thomas Muller. He only scored against Bosnia, Nigeria and Iran. One paltry assist in the knockout stage

Argentina scored grand total of 2 goals in 4 KO matches and their defense shutout the opposition till the second half of extra time of the final. Yet nobody was giving credit to Garay, Mascherano, Rojo and Romero. It was "Messi carried Argentina"

Even this World Cup you guys have no leg to stand. Messi did not lead in goals or assists nor did he win the competition so why does he deserve the Golden Ball?

Carot:
Who stands for rodri? A40, ibime, pdpguy, andrewbaba44, kilishihunter, drisham, popiziano, moratafc

What's Kaka doing there? He had like one season where he was elite.

The World Cup he won was as a bench warmer. One of the worst flops at Madrid as well

Bimmarlykay:
Quote me chief.

Just his highest MOTM is worth it.

Rodri was outstanding overall buh naah he didn't deserve that shiii,he was even yanked off when Spain scored.

Highest MOTM is relative to opposition. When you face mediocrity like Algeria, Jordan, Austria, Egypt and Cabo Verde it is easy to spam MOTM awards

Rodri deserved it for doing his job. Do you know what it means for a team to only concede 1 goal in 8 World Cup matches

He was yanked off? Na till he quench for pitch? Go and look at his heat map and the ground he covered the entire tournament. This is someone who tore his ACL and was still recovering over the season.

You think it's Messi wey just dey stroll about for pitch?

When Messi stole Thomas Muller's Golden Ball I no hear pim from una so hapuya like that. No crying in the casino

What would have been the justification to give Messi the Golden Ball?

Didn't score the most goals or assists. Round of 16 was his last goal. He faced Spain in the Final and was arguably the worst player on the pitch. So on what grounds did he deserve the Golden Ball??

Joezinho:
The kinds of headlines I’ve been seeing from English media about Argentina and Messi is crazy. lol. no one does it like them.

En la acción de la roja a Enzo, fijaos en el compañero que se tira al suelo simulando una falta inexistente, y encima Messi reclamando al árbitro que se revise jajajajajajaja es que son patéticos, así llevan toda la vida. pic.twitter.com/0urA3w7pjg

— El Secretario de Eugenio (@ElSecreDeEuge) July 20, 2026

Cheating is in Argentina DNA, they train them the Eddie Guerrero way from small. See even Messi wey go dey form Humblesmith when push comes to shove he will also partake in the dark arts

I just don't know how anyone that's a fan of the sport would not be rooting for their downfall. The obsession with Messi has robbed them of all objectivity

popizaino:
So Sergio Busquet did not lead Barca to league titles without Xavi and iniesta?

If Sergio Busquet succeeded because of la masia tax why didn't Thiago Alacantara,Bojan krikri,Romero,fabregas succeed with the same privilege abi na only SB the system favour?

What is system DM? Who ask him not to learn the system? I thought the system was such that any DM could play since they had Xavi and iniesta

Luiz Enrique also won the UCL with the same lazy Busquet playing every game while Xavi was coming from the bench.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxvGw3ijN4?si=1Gwgcx3x4mYuROHI

Using Busquets and lead in the same sentence is crazy. That passenger never led a day in his life

If Pep signed Marcos Senna he would do what Busquets did easy like they did in Euro 2008

2015 Barca had Rakitic (Rakitic was arguably the best midfielder in Europe at the time) and Iniesta never mind the overwhelming power of MSN in attack

If you put a rubber ducky there at DM he would do the same thing Busquets did

He benefited greatly from Superteams. Unlike others that had to hustle for their treble. Rodri had to even score in the Final cos all his teammates couldn't find their scoring boots

Ibime:
From the hardest runner to "upper percentile'. We are getting there slowly.

This percentile is what should have been presented in the first place, not myth creating him as THE marathon man while being outrun by Pedri in same midfield and many others

The objective here is creating a case for best player of the tournament not some 25th percentile award. Lack of evidence is what's giving rise to these sleight of hands to place him at the very top of the totem pole in statistics where he is just in an "upper percentile". These are the issues, when a percentile ninja who was only considered the Player of the Match in one match is awarded a Golden Ball over people with 5 MOTM awards, you have to create myths with statistics based on total minutes played, not on per 90 basis which is the logical comparator for most of the stats applicable to midfield players. Evidence no dey, only Peller level evidence.

More salaye. No evidence

Even the image you posted there. What happened to the Olise, Messi and Mbappe when they faced Rodri and Spain? They didn't even create a shot on target in combined 3 and a half hours of football. That's all the informed eye needs to know to understand the monstrosity of Spain and why Rodri is deserved winner

Lmaoo. I have disproven all your myths. And I'm convinced now beyond reasonable doubt that you're arguing in bad faith

You're clutching to a Pedri that was benched the last 3 games and outran by 0.3km. That's how little ground you have left to stand on

A player not able to rack up enough playing time or go further enough in the competition for the veracity of your per 90 stats to be verified is not the fault of Rodri

Most passes
Most touches
Most distance covered
Most tackles.

All Rodri. FIFA and UEFA agree with me. That's all I care about

Ibime:
At least you done dey come down small small. I can categorically tell you these screenshots you posted are wrong but even from them, you use your own hand to show him being outrun by midfield partners. From "Rodri great impact is shown by being the marathon man" to showing his partners outrunning him, even though the data you posted is still false. This is the purpose of myth busting. Your running myth only works by total volume because he played more minutes than other midfielders who may have been rested in dead rubber games. When you lack evidence, you resort to sleight of hand to build myths. We don't expect someone driving to Kwara to use same petrol as someone driving to Kano so don't present data as if we are dumbos to create a myth. Running data should always be per 90 mins.

And I don't know why you keep repeatedly referring to him outrunning defenders, strikers and wingers when every Tom, Dick and Harry knows central midfielders outrun other positions by up to 2km as they run at lower intensity than other positions. At least try understand data before you present it.

Someone who understands the data they are presenting will never make the comparison between a central midfielder and defender or fullback in running. There is a reason I can run 11 km in 55 minutes in my early 40s that footballers cover in 90 mins - because I do so at low intensity and need no recovery time. Same reason you can't compare the kilometres of a fullback always running at high speed and needing recovery time to a central midfielder who mostly shows for pass at low speed. If you run at high speed for an hour and I jog for an hour, I will cover double your distance by making up ground while you are recovering your heart rate. This is why the tortoise defeated the rabbit and why Fabregas always covered more km per game than Kante when they played together at Chelsea, the type of running they do is different (High intensity vs low intensity).

Sofascore is wrong. Na you come dey right? Hehe oya nau. Gbemidebe

You have not showed anything substantial or comprehensive just some dodgy AI prompts BTW of Xhaka vs Bosnia as response

Who are his partners that outran him? Can you name one or two of them

There's no argument you have made that has been evidence backed or even credible.

You downplayed Rodri's ground covering I showed you that even among his peers he is in the upper percentile. Anyhow you slice it. Whether Central, Northern or Southern Midfielder. Rodri ground coverage per 90 is elite. For his role. Averaging 25km per game is not what makes you an elite midfielder or determines ability so you have no argument there

I don't care to be bogged down by your long stories. I was expecting to see some tangible evidence to your anti Rodri campaign. You didn't provide that

Now let's go to this myth topic. You erroneously claimed City and Spain possession went down on Rodri arrival. Why you would attribute dominance in possession to one player is beyond me. I showed you that whatever might be the issue it was not on Rodri, I showed you he was very much a possession King, I also showed you you greatly exaggerated the numbers of the past Spanish players, Rodri covered the most distance, completed the most passes and had the most touches. These are not myths

You claimed Rodri has poor numbers for his position. I went to a data driven site that compiles these stats and showed that Rodri is very much competitive and among the elite at this World Cup

Your response to that was to bore me with endless salaye and myth talk when you are the one that had been spreading myths that I keep busting

Look it's better to put your hands up and say Rodri is not your cup of tea than this pseudo analysis you're doing.

There is not a single verifiable metric you can provide to prove that Rodri is not the best of the best.

Sportsweb:
Rodri no be Busi mate
.busi is way way beneath him

Let's hear what the Busisexuals have to say about this interesting piece of information

swiz123:
So na olmo and Feran make Rodri win golden ball and Balon d’or?? SB only got one Balon d’or nomination and he finished 20th.

Some might call him the greatest passenger of all time. I guess it’s because he never stood out having played with generational talents unlike Rodri.

The greatest passenger of all time. The Derek Fisher of football.

popizaino:
Eye test cannot tell you Rodri is better than this lailai.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umYwNBp65WY?si=OlC55pK7-L33yHZ2

No dey show me yeye compilation. Just explain why he was getting flogged all over Europe and the World as soon as Xavi, Xabi and Iniesta got old

Rodri without Xaviesta and Xabi.

Show me that of Passenger Fraudsquets

Ibime:
Rodri must have been the worst running midfielder in the World Cup. I have never seen only 10km per game from any central midfielder in modern football. What's the purpose of stating that the midfielder with the most minutes covered the most ground and lauding it as evidence of impact as you did below when his running stats are actually piss poor for a central midfielder?

Rest with the mythology.

I said it since that you have abandoned logic and you're now making purely feelings based arguments.

You showed per 90 stats as proof of what? Since when did they start doing that one

When we are calculating Messi's stats are we doing it per 90?

When we say Mbappe won the golden boot are we calculating it per minute? Cos if that was the case we should be handing the award to Haaland who averaged more when you factor minutes played

You're bending over backwards to discredit Rodri and for what? Cos you don't want to put your hands up and agree you evaluated him wrongly

Show me the Midfielder that has the workload of Rodri and covered more distance in this graphic

All things being equal you're the Mythology merchant in this debate and you're merely projecting. This claim that midfielders are just randomly covering 12-15km per game is a bold faced lie. Not at this World Cup at least

You can even see that the guys with the abnormally high KM played by far the least minutes. Make of that what you will

If you like go and bring one midfielder from DR Congo and tell us he covered 25km per 90. Na you sabi. I have proven beyond reasonable doubt that you simply are not objective and you're being powered purely by bad belle

popizaino:
What happened to Zidane after Makalele left real madrid?

Xavi was about to be sold to Bayern Munich without Sergio Busquet.

Sergio Busquet displaced Yaya Toure, Javier Mascherano, Alexander song,made Rodri sat on the bench till he retired.

Makalele una. What did Makalele achieve on his own?

Zidane was World and European Champion before we discovered what was a Makelele

He had played CL Finals and lost with Juventus with no Makelele

Person wey no fit enter National team till age 29

Even then he was still chesting bench at that advanced age for Vieira and Petit

Xavi on his own had led Barca to La Liga title, won a Euros with Marcos Senna in Midfield. He did not need no goddamn Busquets

Busquets enjoyed La Masia tax same way Victor Valdez enjoyed La Masia tax. Federal character merchant.

All the other guys you mentioned were not system DMs like Busquets. Yaya Toure na CAM, Song na mediocrity

Enrique coaching laziness at Spain is why he achieved nothing but luckily for him he learned from his mistake and did better at PSG.

De La Fuente handed the keys to Rodri and they have not stopped winning since

andrewbaba44:
Back to the Rodri and serio Busquets matter

You feel rodri is better than busquets ,I am sure it’s due to individual achievements which is also very fair

If you will agree dembele is better than mbappe because of that ,i might agree with you

A40

No. It's not due to individual achievements alone. The eye test and what they've been able to do with the players they are surrounded by also tells me Rodri is better.

Rodri simply does more. Without the individual Accolades Rodri is still better

I don't care if you agree with me or not. UEFA and FIFA agree with me

This is small sample of what Rodri was doing on his own before tearing ACL. No Xavi, Iniesta or Alonso to hold his hands

Nothing consign me if you think Dembele is better than Mbappe. Busquets is not equivalent to Mbappe though so I don't even understand your argument

Sportsweb:
So Maradonna follow chop Zero shot on target for his own time

Typical Argentina any year them use wuruwuru reach final