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iamoyindamola:
Unbelievable

Cams caught Jover telling Rice to curl it and he did that. This man. As for me, i hope we finally have a freekick taker? Add a new buy with such skill and we good to go.

iamoyindamola:
We cried for set piece miracle we got one
Roberto Carlos style

See ehn..... Immmm happy for the timeliness of this curler. See how it shocked the entire Madrid contingent. They probably know we lack that skillset.

The last person to score that kine curler for Arsenal should be Mezut Ozil if I'm not mistaken

daveP:
They were indeed. I want Rice to gbera this 2nd half. They're trying hard to clog shot space but we still seeing.

And he has gbera-ed

Roland17:
Partey and Saka were exceptional in the first. A CF would have gotten to the end of one of those cutbacks from Saka because they were open.

They were indeed. I want Rice to gbera this 2nd half. They're trying hard to clog shot space but we still seeing.

Roland17:
This game badly needs an out and out CF. The positioning of our forward players has been poor.

A tall one too cos if na Shortie, he wont win those aerial duels. I expect a shot from MLS soon. Partey seems the controller and hard to mark. If Merino get sense, he should be timing runs after signaling Partey. That's Partey's specialty abeg. Run behind, nod back to incoming and boom.....

9 times for a cross but hesitation takes over. Finally one he doesn't hesitate and 2 shots come out of that. Maybe the aerial is key to scoring this team. A 9 for don bury 2 this 1st half. Anyways, a much better last 7mins.

5 shots 4 on target compared to 2 in 6 for Madrid.

The fast pace of Madrid front 3 though. The slip ups dey vex. Make we dey careful sha.

Odegaard should be at the cutback spo. Guy go pass kon pause dey watch Saka enter box. Guy run behind abeg. See how Madrid defense dey watch o

Odegaard needs to be quick with the pass near box 18 abeg. If na 40years old modric he for don release ball teytey. Saka should run into the box. It is not a must he gets touchline pass abeg.

Roland17:
Different players, era, styles and approach.

A better question is, can Arteta be the difference between winning and losing this game? We need a pragmatic approach to this game.

We can not be out of this round after today’s game, that is the most important thing to me.

Someone said the game dey somehow.

If madrid win, noise won't be much as they're way way ahead of us all rounder.

But if we win, the noise and swear on madrid will last till the end of the year.

Lol.

I hope the man doesn't bring the overthinking here. This game might be down to taking chances and burying it. Saka don learn from that bayern mistake that year. But i am hoping on the middle, bringing their A game with GA.


Annoying that everyone in Madrid Middle just dey score while same can't be said for ours enough to know they will do it

Spy360:
4-4-2 is Wenger's most successful tactics. He began to crumble when he started fantacising the 4-3-3 and his failures began.

Arteta himself started with a 5-2-3 formation that won the FA Cup but his 4-3-3 formation has propelled him to being one of the best coaches in the country despite having no titles to show for it. One common thing with both formations is that he does play a striker as CF, his strikers are the inverted wingers. So it's more like a 4-4-2 with the CF dropping deeper and allowing the inverted fullbacks into scoring positions.


..... Martinelli...... Saka..........
Rice......... Merino...... Odegaard
................ Partey.................
Skelly.. Kiwior... Saliba.. Timber

The beauty with Arteta's tactics is that formation can switch into any shape at any time.

I wish he can get his type of players because it would really make us hard to beat

The reason i brought is here is cos of how the shape can transform as each 10mins go by. Not cos that will be the shape all 90. That's what you just explained now.


For what it's worth, i hope they bring an intensity never seen before.

iamoyindamola:
lol madrid has been using 3 forwards since cr7, i don't understand the slight adjuted to accommodate mbappe

I'm saying that old madrid formation now has Mbappe even if he runs down the wing even when winger dey. He doesn't both simultaneously if you watch him.

Shegzdave:
Dave no go kee Me
Immediately I saw that, I just burst out laughing

that formation is still very much in vogue in europe na. Why you bursting laff? 🤣

iamoyindamola:
Is Madrid using same formation 🤣🤣

Slightly adjusted to make Mbappe more central, yeah

Can Arteta just repeat this formation?

Noodles.

Just industrialized fufu, if you think about it. All that Spices, pepper, eggs and onions you add are the only stuff that makes it enjoyable. Else, na glorified fufu is spaghetti format.

opes:
Any SW derby involving 3SC always end in chaos. Whether it is between 3SC vs Sunshine, 3SC vs Remo, now it is 3SC vs the newcomer, Ikorodu United. There is no issues when other SW teams play each other, the troubles arise when 3SC is involved..
3SC may likely be sanctioned for what happened yesterday.

Some high level of accountability must be taken from 3SC. They couldn't bury their chances and the fans began to act like the problem is IKC players sotey some calm fans that just want to enjoy an entertaining game had to start leaving early, knowing some clash was brewing in the stands. What's annoying is the lack of security personnel to quell such an outcome. Derbies all over the world of football have increased police presence with protocols and how to react and quell tension. Normal epl game have stewards and police(at least 30, and 50 for derbies)

If that hammer refuses to keep clubs in line, this is a Circus arrangement

Offspring of two different Military/Uniformed Fathers.....

Mouth go run
Only crayfish go bend
In this case.

What Happened between 3SC and Ikorodu City is an embarrassment to the entire Nigerian football. It was revenge for the reverse fixture. What's annoying is there was nothing done to punish that shenanigans by IKC. Now 3SC revenged and it took a state govt official to solve the entire brouhaha. The police, independently couldn't. The League Authorities couldn't

Both clubs should be punished. If there was some punishment, 3SC wouldn't dare think of revenge. But all these things don't exist and it gives the NPFL a sad, irredeemable image when other top leagues are installing VAR usage and upgrade their league standards all round. Something that can't even dare happen in Latvian league is happening here and appropriate authorities are just there.

It's time some measures are put in place to curb and end all of this. Let every club know the drawn line and fear crossing it. Till then, this is NO league.

But for real though, i miss when Super Eagles stars used to run riot in the EPL.


Especially that Odemwingie records at West Brom. It was super craaazzzyyyyyyy. That Osaze will walk into a 1st team of any of the top 6 teams today.


Now, it's just Iwobi sparking any form of light with Fulham. Bassey is also there. Everything went down after the 2014 Season.

Iwobi did us a favor
Ola Ain did us a favor before Iwobi

On both occasions, Arteta and geng refused to capitalize.
I know VAR ruined that game yesterday because there's no way that's a PK, but c'mon mehn. When last we go up 2 goals and all the gang up no even near us. We score 1 and pass and pass and pass and....

The gap should have been down to 6points by now if we didn't mess up.


Question is even though we've moved on somewhat as fans, is there any iota of home that if Slot continues to slip, that we'll capitalize?

Answer really leaves one in smh mode

If this game is not the decider for convincing Chelle on how to utilize Alex Iwobi then he can't click. Sorry to say.
I know he's watching this game. He better allow that guy flourish to his strength. He should goan find someone new to play that role he wants to enforce on Iwobi abeg.

Iwobi loves playing Liverpool since Arsenal days anyway. He just loves it. Like a ginger

The subs were useless if you think it. Zero impact. Especially Odegaard and Saka.

21more points left to fight for.
At this junction, considering all factors, we can only take 15/21 at most.

I take back my Raya pk statement. If Madrid decide to toy with us and go to pk, o pari.

This 11th draw dey pain me.

That's 11 different games. 33 whooping points and we throway a whooping 22points........


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11th draw as number 2 will get any top manager fired if we want to be real.

Knowing how indisciplined their backline is in duels, most of the balls should be going towards the box and not all these side to side pass. The last 3 freekicks is proof these guys are going to commit. Get that ball into the box mehn

iamoyindamola:
Na the stupid gathering they vex me

As na free for all, Lab levels😆😆🌷🌷

Sad.

Before once Ozil, Ramsey, Xhaka, Sanchez carry ball, everyone else go comot their side for freekick.


Draw soup

Everton has the most with 13 draws
Arsenal has 10


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iamoyindamola:
Another free kick another rubbish

Arteta and Jover will be fuuls if they don't prioritize a freekick specialist this window. We can have 5 25yrd fks and not one fan will brag about 1/5 finding the back of the net.

They should target this Tarkowski till he sees that red.

That's a repeat of the Salah and Ramos tackle and no pk was given. But it is EPL. mLs already on the ground yet they gave full cause to him causing a pk? this guys are terrible. Mls go dey reason say village pipu dey follow am like this.

2 raya errors in 10seconds. If na Ramsdale, Arteta go dey give am Undertaker and Kane bombastic side eyes by now