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Brazil will be stupid to play this same midfield against Croatia, the middle looked too open..They were impressive today but afterall this bums also conceded 3 goals to ghana...
Just realized that no shock has happened in this R16, I'm betting on morroco to give Spain real headache...

Iamyemmie:
Is Wednesday worth the hype?

Think if Harry Potter was a CW production..The titular character is the only interesting thing about it..the supporting characters range from bad to useless, but given she's in over 98% of the screentime, it's not a bad watch just don't expect anything groundbreaking...7/10

Japan plays very intelligent football...Short sharp passes to break the line and are very calm under pressure...Expect Croatia's experience to win out tho, especially when they bring in the big guys and start spamming crosses... that's how Belgium beat them last time out

FBS:
lol
Did anyone raise the issue about Kane before today abi you didn't see the list all this time?

I didn't expect to see it so must have overlooked it...You can leave it there Sha, Kane race is already done, France will cook england

airmark:
Harry Kane was the golden boot winner in the last edition, he should have been blacklisted like Mbappe.

I didn't know we could even pick Kane, what's up with that FBS...How is Kane eligible

andrewbaba44:
You won’t understand the way they explained he dragged them to the finals when he wasn’t even that better than rakitic throughout the tournament

At least nobody said iniesta dragged Spain to the euros finals .

Modric was Croatia best player, rakitic was good but anyone who watched that tournament knew who the lynchpin in that midfield was...Apart from the final which could be due to exhaustion no one dominated Croatia..

iamoyindamola:
Kane have been dropping to midfield since the beginning of the tournament
The idiot marking bellingham exposed them alot, if gueye was around it won't be this easy
CSO was doing 2man job by marking kane and bellingham, i agree he struggled in the match

I agree with you on gueye, but the coach played with three midfielders against Ecuador...In the absence of gueye he could have introduced an extra midfielder instead of going 442..

andrewbaba44:
I think croatia played Denmark ,Russia winning both with pk ,dragging England to extra time with a late winner from mandzukic or so

But yeah they told us modric dragged croatia to the finals when mandzukic was the one scoring crucial goals with Ivan Perisic brilliance also

Is modric a striker, how many goals did Xavi and Iniesta score when Spain won world cup...Abi is it not the same iniesta that was given best Player at Euro 2012 with 0 goals and 0 assists despite playing in a forward position...This your agenda need better maggi to cook well

Senegal coach goofed badly by playing only two midfielders, this meant harry Kane could come into midfield with impunity with the foolish Koulibaly following him up and down leaving space in behind for midfield runners...England vs France should be tasty, edge to the World Champions

Been a while since I posted here, with the world cup have not been following a lot of shows...Watched the English starring Emily blunt, Gorgeous tv..The direction, cinematography and acting were all top tier...9/10
My combined list for shows I've seen in last 6 months
Best series- Better Call Saul (Alt Black Bird)
Actor- Bob Odenkirk (Alt Steve Carell The patient)
Actress- Emily blunt -The English(Alt Elizabeth Debicki-The Crown)
S-Actor- Walter Hauser-Black bird (Alt Tony Dalton-BCS)
S-Actress- Rhea Seehorn (Alt Olivia Cooke HotD)
Writing- Interview with the vampire (Alt BCS)
Direction- The English (Alt BCS)

andrewbaba44:
The present generation praises maradona but mocked pele who scored so many offside in the Brazil league and MLS all his career

How many do you know that watched Pele at his peak, the Pele in 70 which was the first world cup in coloured tv was not even peak Pele...Many people watched peak maradona

WhoDeyHause:
I think mbappe will still win the euros and dominate everything internationally but what makes ronaldo and Messi stand out is their consistentcy and will to win. Even when their body fails them they use good thinking to cover up for it. If mbappe loses his speed he won't be as effective like before.

That remains to be seen, Ronaldo lost his blistering speed from his early years and then reinvented himself as a center forward.... Don't forget he's just 23 and yet to reach his peak (25-29), he has more gears to reach...

BlaqFaze:
You're no different from a pussy...if coward is a person, he's better than you

Carry your stupidity back to your family compound...The end, not replying your foolishness again

WhoDeyHause:
Can this mbappe score 91 goals in a calendar year or 17 champions league goals in a season? What about 7 and 5 ballon dors? Mbappe can never be greater than Messi and Ronald. I'm putting it here so that future nairaland readers will see it.

He doesn't need to win 7 and 5 balon d'or...Zidane and The phenomenon won balon d'ors and world cup as best player but in the goat conversation Dem nor dey maradona level...Though I don't see mbappe surpassing Messi in the Goat conversation

BlaqFaze:
He took his team to the knockout stages with 3G+A...the last time the Egyptian slave played in the WC, he was being flogged without pity by Saudi Arabia, finishing the group with ZERO points.

He couldn't qualify this year sef...trash!

Who is this fool quoting me...Carry your madness back to your family house..Idiot

France are not winning this world cup...

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Omoh which one be all this middle men for the woto woto fight...We need 1hr of intense violence before the match start..

Agbadorians receiving it hot hot on a Sunday morning...Things you'd love to see

Which one be this papu Gomez na...The guy is finished

andrewbaba44:
Argentina never win today you don qualify them

Australia are foolish, Argentina to win by 3 goals today...I expect Argentina to get to the Semis at least which was why I picked Alvarez instead of depay

Ibime:
The manager get sense pass Scaloni

This result now na Van Gaal work

Yeah...But Argentina have enough individual talent to make up for it moreso that he has started picking team based on suitability rather than names...Lautaro and Paredes should not be anywhere near their First 11

Ibime:
Holland will beat Argentina if they meet in QF

The team I saw against Senegal and Ecuador won't beat Argentina...Too many donkeys like klassen, blind and Dumbfries

Knew depay would score today, just didn't pick him cuz I expect them to go out against Argentina...Make vinicius get sense sha

MorataFC:
Golden ball should attract more points than golden boot.

Nah...You can't argue with amount of goals scored, sometimes golden ball is given to a player who was not even the best at that tournament...
Edit: In hindsight they should be given equal points cuz golden boot is heavily skewed in favor of attackers...

FBS:
Star boy Part 2.

For those that are interested, please see below rules for the next round/s. Keep in mind that this is not Fantasy league. The aim is not necessarily to "score" points. We are basically looking for the Star boy in the making. That player who you feel will or is about to establish himself on the BIGGEST stage of football - the World Cup.

Max 2 players
No OGs, (e.g, Kylian, Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi etc)
Bonus 5 points for every player that made it to the next round
For new analysts joining the "Eye test" contest - points from previous matches will not be carried over into R16.
Each goal = 15 points
Assist = 10 points
MOTM = 20 points
Yellow card = - 5 points
RED Card = - 10 points.
Penalty miss (in game or Penalty shoot out) = -5

In addition to that

If a player wins an award at the end of the tournament;
Golden boot - 30 points
young player - 20 points
golden ball - 20 points

I think this is fair and clear enough.

Over to you guys. Post and tag me accordingly before the start of R16 matches.

Add J.alvarez and vinicius

Leyqute:
What chance to qualify?

Serbia has to win Switzerland before they can qualify.

Guy probably pulled off his shirt knowingly.

He was benched for the first 2 games and started the 3rd as captain.

Coach realized his mistake and tried to pacify him with the armband.

Even when the coach come greet at after him score, e no look him side.

Nah...they could have gone through with a draw in the other game if they had scored another, in that stage of the game it was foolish to waste time celebrating when you've not even qualified...Put a Nigerian player in that situation and see how you would have reacted

In the midst of all this shalayes and counter shalayes I repeat...Vote OBI for President, Successive PDP and APC government has run this country into the ground, abstaining from the electoral process is the same as supporting these wicked entities that have made Nigeria impossible to endure for the common man...Shikena

Aboubakar na fool...Pendu Jr, forget say u get chance to qualify dey pull shirt like idiot... Clown

Thazard:

Caught in his own bullshit..

andrewbaba44:
Konate is even outscoring a certain midfielder in your team

Charity begins at home

I see how you sidestepped the firmino Brazil point, no more Amala to turn??

Why is konate dragging stats with Fraudiola 100m signing...No wonder the nigga is stuck to the bench

andrewbaba44:
But Jesus has always been preferred to your firmino at the national team

He is an 100 million striker he should be outscoring Haaland ,your fanbase don change mouth ,we all saw how you where all boasting after the community schield

And how has Brazil done?...the only trophy Brazil has won in that period was with firmino as starting striker so cook another thing....

Your Fraudiola 100m signing Grealish cannot even outscore konate you're talking about Nunez?? ... Fraudiola