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andrewbaba44:
Kounde useless sha

If Flick really wanna have a go at UCL, Cancelo should be starting over him. People say he can't defend but he's actually a better defender than current Kounde.

Once Barca sign proper CB nah like 5 nil Madrid go dey collect.

Una no good at all walahi. Dead Barca with no signings flogging Una up and down tufia!!!

BykeLaByke:
This referee


WOWWWW

Why is Laliga like this? It's crazy refereeing. But it looks like a red but I'm 100% sure he's not sending a Madrid player off for the tackle. No fcckin way!!!

Barca has been the better team right from onset, referee is doing his best to kill them but them still dey try score.


I still think Madrid will win the cup because Barca won't be able to maintain their league.

BykeLaByke:
Frenkie sef dey this match.

Dude has mastered the art of ghosting on the pitch.

As a DM/DLP, Dejong is completely useless. Mbape DM will do a better job. But this is 2026, complaining about Dejong no dey my agenda.

When JP was complaining about Cancelo, I couldn't help but laugh. I also heard people talking about Kounde as CB. hak-hak-hak
Kounde is one of the most lethargic defenders I've seen since Xavi left Barca. He's been nothing short of atrocious and will continue to cause issues for Barca.

If Eric/Casado started in midfield, while Martin started at CB, Madrid would've been losing that half but at least 2 goals.

This cup is 100% for Madrid. Not because they'll dominate the game but because barca can't maintain their lead. Mbape will absolutely wipe the floor with that Eric and Curbasi nonsense I'm seeing lol 😂

izzou:
You need to see a psychiatrist

The FRSC man said it's 122. You're not blaming him for confusing millions of Nigerians in real time.

Na the journalist who may not even know the real number, that you see to blame

I saw the guy's comment and I couldn't help but shake my head. Nigerians, of course not all are very sick people. See mentality nah, see people we're sharing/supposed to share country with.

So journalist are supposed to educate an FRSC staff on the correct emergency number? Gosh

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. The best thing that happened to me was leaving Nigeria in 2001 to Scotland.

benardtotti:
The correct number is 112 not 122 , the journalists themselves should have corrected him , this is my issue with our current crop of journalists they are as ignorant as the viewer themselves, it's terrible .

Journalist are supposed to tell the FRSC staff the correct number? Gosh!!!!

I need to get the wasted time taken to read all that bolocks

What exactly did you tell ya friend?

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Topman7:
Dude.....America was in Afghanistan for 30 years and fled after losing to the ragtag Taliban.

Those guys are not as effective as you think.

Nigeria cannot fight USA in a combat. Very few countries can stand USA in actual Hot War. In fact, only China and may be Russia can actually face USA squarely in a full blown war.

USA don't lose wars, they just lose interest. They're not going to help Nigeria just for the sake of it. Them get interest for here and if terrorist is affecting their interest, they'll definitely strike it. I'm happy they're in Nigeria though because terrorist go hear am.

Afghanistan cannot fight USA in a full blown war. You're free to argue though.

D e a t h to all terrorist and their sympathisers

BlueRayDick:
I don’t think Anybody who watched Emi Martinez at the Last World Cup and beyond will argue whether saving penalty is a skill or not .

Some goalkeepers are just specialists in saving penalty irrespective of how good the penalty taker is . The way they dive even for the pk they concede will tell you such keepers are specialist in saving pk .

Saving PK is a pretty underrated skill. In the quarter final of the 2014 FIFA world cup, Van Gaaal introduced Tim Krul who's known for saving penalties and he did the job. In the semi final, he allowed Cillessen who's not great at it and they were knocked out.

Just yesterday, the team who had a GK that's good at penalties went through to the next round. All these things no be coincidence.

Trevor012:
Diego Alves saved 17/38 penalties he faced in la Liga. That guy was just a beast at penalties.

That's crazy mehnn. He mastered it. I remember him saving Messi's penalties on two different occasions. He was so close to saving number three(got a hand to it). Beast Gk at PKs.

MorataFC:
The penalty kick is structurally engineered to favour the taker, not the goalkeeper.
You rarely see fans, coaches, or teammates blame a goalkeeper for conceding a pks goals but instead, criticism is almost always directed at the player who misses. This alone reflects the high probability of a penalty resulting in a goal.
Good penalty goalkeepers do exist, but their success is often dependent on poor execution by the taker. A perfectly struck penalty,placed into the side netting, with high velocity and optimal height, is unsaveable, regardless of the goalkeeper’s reputation.
You just help me reinforce my point when you mentioned Szczysny saving Messi’s penalty and then you concluded that “Messi isn’t good at penalties.” If you agree that a player is poor at penalties, how is that different from my assertion that a saved penalty is a result a poorly taken pk?
So my summation still stands and Pele quotes still valid:
"Only a badly taken pk gets saved".

Baba why are you stating the obvious nah.
The emboldened is pretty obvious. It's a common knowledge that takers are always under more pressure than the goal keepers.

I used Messi because despite not being excellent at penalties, his record isn't that bad.

Now let's look at Ronaldo who is known for taking and scoring penalties. His record is among the best yet out of his 4 attempts Vs Diego Alves, he only scored once. Are you telling me that Ronaldo is bad at penalties because Alves stopped him from scoring 3 times out of 4 attempts? Or we can simply admire his skills at stopping PKs?

I reiterate, saving penalties is a skill and a psychological warfare that's why not all GKs are good at it. As a player you're more confident during penalties if Emi Martinez or Handanovic is ur GK compared to if Degea or Loris is ur GK.

MorataFC:
If the penalty taker gets it right, no goalkeeper is truly good at saving penalties. A goalkeeper is often assumed or judged to be a strong penalty keeper simply because the taker got it wrong. While some goalkeepers are good at reading where the taker intends to place the ball, but it ultimately boils down to the taker’s execution, whether he gets it right or wrong.
As Pelé once said "only a badly taken penalty gets saved".

If the execution is right no keeper will save a pk, that's is why over 90% of pks is scored.

There are too many IFs in your analogy making it too overly simplistic. Some goal keepers are actually good at penalties while some are not. It's a skill/psychological issue. Petr Czech, Tim Krul, Dona, Sxchesny, Emi Martinez, Diego Alves, Kepa, are better penalty savers than Ter Stegen, Lloris, Raya, Ederson, Degea etc. The stats are there to back this up.

You also talked about execution and all that. The goal post is so big that some would wonder why players miss 1vs1 and penalties. If all players could execute(I.e score every chance including penalties), considering how large the goal post is, we'll be having cricket scorelines but it's not happening.

Check Diego Alves compilations on YouTube and see some of the penalties he removed even from angle 90°. If Martinez or Diego Alves was the GK for Palace or Arsenal yesterday, they would've saved 2 or 3 or force the takers to miss the target completely and the PK won't drag that long. Unsurprisingly, it's the team with the PK specialist(Kepa) who went through.

Same Kepa was also key(gave instructions to Lunin) when Madrid knocked out City in UCL via penalties.

Below was a penalty taken by Messi but Szney saved it. The still image doesn't do justice to the save and yeah, Messi isn't great at penalties but this was a well taken one that GKs like Llrios, Degea, Raya wouldn't get close to.

Leyqute:
What rubbish isthis commentator yarning since? “Assymetric way of attacking”. “Switching ball from one side to another is impressive’”

If you’re impressed by a simple switch, you don’t know ball.

The main commentator go dey laugh inside.

Amethyst101:
The Senegal game, it was Amokachi with his usual nonsense commentary...

Now Oliseh don start hin own....
Whoever thought being an ex-international meant you'd be a good sports commentator

Some years ago, it was Victor Ikpeba always wounding us with his "in the middle of the park" comment at every opportunity

Jackson!!!

Roland17:
Arsenal will not be strong post-Arteta because he is the only coach in the entire world right?

3 years away from a decade at the job, Arteta is the 3rd highest paid manager in the world.. Dwarfs Flick (Barcelona) and Enrique (PSG) but somehow, Arsenal can’t find another coach in the entire world that can win with the club because?

Some of these arguments are redundant quite frankly. Given the time and financial backing, another coach would absolutely replicate what Arteta is doing, which is competing for top 4!

Man make una stop!

I get you. It's a make or break season for him then. He has spent a lot, stayed long enough so it's possible he's gone(sacked or walk away) if he doesn't win at least the UCL or EPL.

raumdeuter:
Regarding trophies there is an element of luck involved that is why Klopp has as many PL trophies as Ranieri and Slot even though i believe he is better.

Arteta has built a strong team one of the strongest in Europe. This is the first time since I have been watching European football that Arsenal is considered one of the top 3 teams and actually a legit CL contender. He has built a team that suits his game

You can fire him but what will you replace him with. That was how Man utd fired Ole that was doing a decent job and over 1bn later 2 coaches later, are they better?

I hope Arsenal don't win the league because I want Arteta sacked or simply walk away. I really want to see where they go from there. Some fans wanted the Girona coach to replace Arteta two or three seasons ago when he guided Girona to 3rd place finish. For the past two seasons he's been fighting tooth and nail to relegate Girona and this season he'll finally relegate them.

When Areta is sacked, unless he's replaced by an experienced league coach like Conte who I believe will deliver a league title for them while finishing last in UCL group stages with a negative goal difference, I think Arsenal will not be as strong post Arteta.

Kilishihunter:
Schlotterbeck and guehi are not better in possession than bastoni, infact that's his strongest suit, he sometimes strayed forward from CB to play.as an auxiliary left wing back or left sided midfielder when in possession under inzaghi, he's the most versatile and balanced out of the three even if he gets beat in some areas by the other two, he's also not slow, maybe not as fast as the other two but he's not slow
https://youtube.com/shorts/STe3qJkKccU?si=Kb02Vm6tmCgHo2G5

I've watched him and will not pick him ahead of Schlocterbeck and Guehi.

The player he got the ball from is a slow player with a low dribbling IQ and ability to manipulate the ball in tight areas. I can share you videos of snails(in terms of speed) like Curbasi, Per Matertsaker, Joachim Anderson etc winning the ball in similar fashion. Batsoni does not have elite speed but his acceleration is elite. Quite good like that of Pique.

Speed is how fast he can go at short burst, acceleration is how fast he can reach top speed to fully recover a ball. For instance, Araujo is fast, absolutely elite, Batsoni is fast but not elite, but his acceleration/long legs is what gives him the edge in situations like the one you posted. You think if that was Rashford, Mbape, Pedro Neto, Pepe, Buchan he'll have a chance? Lol 😂

Anyways he's not coming as Barca no get money. Araujo is back to help you win number 6 UCL. Or number 10(2015-present) tears

jpmoriarti:
Yes of course I know Airbere agenda. Once a player is linked to Barcelona, he suddenly becomes useless and shit.

Nevertheless, I’m not sure Barca can sign him but I think he’s a very good defender. I love the way he’s able to build plays from the back and very comfortable on possession. He’s going to fit our attacking style of play.

Lol 😂😂😂

Kilishihunter:
Apart from the conundrum of whether he'll be suitable in a back four he's better than all these names you've listed, and is nothing like lenglet or pau torres
this recent speculation around him liking posts just seems too good to be true if not why wouldn't we want bastoni

Defenders are defined by attributes, let's leave stats for now. If you've watched Guehi, Scholtebrcek and Batsoni. What attribute does he have better than the aforementioned?

If you've watched all three...

Passing...1. Scholtebrcek, 2. Batsoni, 3 Guehi

Speed.....1. Scholtebrcek, 2. Guehi, 3 Batsoni

Aerial prowess...1. Batsoni, 2. schoter, 3. Guehi

Aggression....1. Scholte, 2. Guehi, 3. Batsoni.

Pure defending...Guehi, Batsoni, Scholtebrcek

The difference between the 3 isn't huge and you have to consider the cost. Personally if I'm to choose se I'll pick Slaughterbeg then Geuhi. This is just my opinion sha.

Curbasi who's a snail in terms of speed is actually faster than Batsoni but anyways let's see how it goes.

jpmoriarti:
Don’t do that 😬 Please don’t give me hope 😀

This guy is 'alright' but for the price, he'll not be worth it. He has spent most of his career in a back 3(community defense) meaning he's not that familiar with a back 4 system. He's also slow like Curbasi. He's simply the Italian Clement Lenglet or Italian Pau Tores.

In addition to that, contract running till 2028 meaning he'll be expensive as fccck. We're talking about 80milion or so in pounds. These are the kind of deals that sent Barca to the shadow realm due to their financial recklessness.

He's not better than Mac Guehi, Schlocterbeck, Luchumi, Isak Hien.

andrewbaba44:
Na saka get that rw ,I don’t see any of his competitors benching him

I know. May be the wordings. I meant to say Saka has the right wing locked. His competition i.e players that could also play there are Bowen and Palmer. Under Tuchel, Rashford has the left wing somewhat locked with Gordon and Eze competing for his spot.

Under Tuchel, Anderson and Rice are locked in for the double pivot position while Rodgers has been the starting 10 ahead of Foden and Bellingham. A lot could change before the main tournament so we'll see.

Bimmarlykay:
I started watching from 50th minute oo.

Lol I knew it!!!

There's no way you'll watch between mins 1 and 38th minutes and conclude that he played well lol.

From 50th minutes was a demotivated Villarreal who thought the game was slightly gone.

Android17:
Palmer isn't competing with Morgan. Palmer plays best from the right side. Jude has already been told by RM that he isn't a 10. Foden has been playing as an 8 this season although Tuchel sees him as a 10/9.5.

Saka is competing with Palmer and Bowen for the right wing. Rashford is competing with Gordon and Eze for left wing. Morgan is the starting 10 under Tuchel with Bellingham as backup. Foden hasn't played much under him but with his scintillating form, he's definitely going to the world cup.

Bimmarlykay:
Tbh...Jong played well today.

Bernal has this calm and confidence,, I'd like to see his ball mature.

You sure say you watch between minute 1 and the 38th minutes when that guy was rightly sent off? Go watch am again and see how Eric was grasping for breath because of too much work. Flick had to sub him off to give him some breather.

I'm telling you if this game was 11 vs 11 Barca won't go home with 3 points. I really doubt.

Between mins 1 and the 38th minutes Dejong was passenger.

Rodgers is absolutely EPL proven. Top, top player!!!

BykeLaByke:
Starting to see video comps of a Barcelona keeper making saves.🥹🥹🥹

It's incredible how people thought Stegen wasn't a problem. Barca finally have a goal keeper, omoh nah wah ooo

raumdeuter:
What category do we call
Alexis Sanchez to Man utd
Lukaku to Chelsea
Mount to Man Utd
Cunha to Man Utd
Grealish to City
Maguire to Man utd
Kalvin Phillips to City
Wilfred Bony to City
Torres to Chelsea
Drinkwater to Chelsea
Andy Carroll to Liverpool

Veron to Chelsea is missing lol.

I'll clasify them as PL proven players who lost motivation or didn't adapt to the system lol 😂