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jpmoriarti:
No counter attack, no Mbappe.

QED

Damn!

This the truest shiit I heard all year long.

Always very quick to compare to Jonathan when it suits them.

But when the government replies by pointing out the numerous problems caused by Jonathan, they begin to say things like;

1. "You were elected to fix the problem"
2. "Stop bringing up the past"
3. "Stop complaining and work"
4. "Stop giving excuses"

I don't understand all these silly people..

Where there no herdsmen attacks in Benue during Obasanjo and Jonathan?

Are Obj and Gej Fulani?


What sort of mischief is this?

fof1:
These are Blood Thirsty Fellows who don't give a Dam who Suffers or Dies while they ascend upwards. So am not surprised even when She Claims it's a joke...

90 percent of our politicians are lie that.

Both APC and PDP alike. Their political aspirations come ahead of the lives of Nigerians.


Very very very very likely the politicians you support and defend all over the internet are like that too.

What does Kante have in his lungs FFS,

Debroslink:
I actually don't bloody care who wins the match. Both clubs are the 2 teams I hate most in European football. They are free to knock each other out.

Man City is the team to follow.

Kilishihunter:
The same thought in my mind My team is out so what's my own palaver there As for me I think psg is the favorite but let's see

If i am given an offer of 10 million Naira for Madrid to go through, I would turn it down.

Tremple8v:
I remember when Jonathan dey power . I dey buy bag of rice for house as I like , share am into 2 , take one to mom place . Now with the kids we've been buying 1 and half derica every day . NA THUNDER GO STRIKE BUBU OOOO .

When Abacha dey power I dey buy bag of rice every day.

Why do these pdp ipob people keep calling Jonathan Jonathan Jonathan?

Are Buhari and Jonathan the only 2 people we have in this country?

The same Jonathan goes to visit Buhari all yhe time.


Why are people foolish like this?

Highest hat tricks in football; without a penalty.


Messi 40
Ronaldo 27
Suarez 21
Lewandowski 10
Aguero 10

temi1290:
Not all players will suddenly get back to form after injury,he definitely needs time.

ThierryJay:
I think he was a bit exposed in the el clasico. He was soft on Benzema giving that one enough room to backheel spectacularly.

Araujo stock has fallen since that match which is why Koeman refocused on Pique. Hopefully he'll regain his pre-injury form.

Football can be quite unforgiving.

I really hope he gets back to his full potential.

I have got so much confidence in Araujo.

temi1290:
You've and the question yourself, Injury.

So what has happened after his injury?

He's had enough time to blend back in hasn't he?


Abi Has he turned into Mikel Sylvestre?

temi1290:
Well there's Araujo to cover for him.

I don't even know how Araujo fell out of the starting team.

Before his injury he was always on the team sheet before Lenglet and Mingueza.

By the way Messi has been carrying on with 4 yellow cards for some games now.

Hope he hangs on, 6 more games.

Looking at the fixtures I see that Athletico have easier fixtures than us.

The team have to be very cautious. Those 2 fixtures Away to Valencia and Levante will be very tricky.

An Athletic Bilbao win to crown the weekend!

jpmoriarti:
I hated the way we played this second half!!

Very poor. I don't know why we decided to start defending against 10 man.

But very happy with the 3 points!

I don't think we decided to defend.

We were outplayed. We just couldn't get a hold of the ball.

What da crap did I just watch?

Getting outplayed by 10 men for 30 minutes!

This has to be in contention for our worst match of the season.

Time to approach with caution....

Santiago123:
Hmmmmmh,don't know what to say here, but zidane shouldn't be on this list,I don't get why he is so overrated, cyruff should be top of the list but I know most of them don't even know cyruff the player,this is how I would rate them
1)Johan cyruff
2)Pele
3)Messi
4)maradona;;
And then the rest

Was Cryuff so good in your eyes?

jpmoriarti:
If we are serious about winning the title, then we must beat Atletico. We will not wait for them to drop points. We have beaten Atletico Madrid countless of times before. If we want the league, we have to beat them again.

Nothing very special with this season's Atletico. They benefited from Barca's bad patches in the beginning of the season. Now they suddenly seem to have acquired formidable title credentials. No! You don't acquire such over night. We allowed them a sniff at the title. We will have to be the one to put off that sniff, once and for all.

We are primed and ready. Beginning from today, let's see how it goes.

CardiNice:
Except Atletico Madrid losses to other teams, there is no way Barcelona will beat Atletico Madrid to win the title. If that's what Barcelona fans are hoping on then you all will be disappointed.
Except athletico lose to other teams, Barcelona will not beat and cannot beat Atletico Madrid.
You all should learn from history.

We can very well beat Athletico but I need this title so bad am not ready to "measure dicks" with Athletico.

So I need them to drop enough points before our clash.

We are definitely not going to be handed the title for beating Athletico but for amassing the most points...

jpmoriarti:
Game is 3:15PM Nigerian time expect you are in Asia.

lol

I dey naija. I was mistaken.


Gosh I hate afternoon Away games. If we win today, we would have taken a giant leap.

Winning our next 2 games against Villareal and Granada will be very key.

Tonight's game with Villareal will be especially tough.

April 2021.
90 Minutes Magazine

Top 10 Greastest Footballers Of All Time.





10.Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio
Baggio with the Ballon d'Or | Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images
Peak: 1990-94
Major Achievements: 1993 Ballon d'Or, 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year, Italy's Player of the Century, 1994 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball, 1994 FIFA World Cup runner-up, two Scudetti, one UEFA Cup, one Coppa Italia.
Football's most consistent vessel for the elusive daemon of genius.
Wait, you don't know what that means...? So you haven't read the article I wrote about Roberto Baggio...? Go read my article about Roberto Baggio!
Spoke of almost exclusively using biblical allusions, the Divine Ponytail who had the angels singing in his legs (according to Aldo Agroppi), for calcio fans, Roberto Baggio was a glimpse of God.
A player divinely inspired to conjure the impossible on a football pitch, and change Italian football fans' perception of the beautiful game forever.


9. Michel Platini
FBL-FRANCE-FFF-PLATINI
Platini was the best goalscoring midfielder ever | PASCAL GEORGE/Getty Images
Peak: 1982-85
Major Achievements: 1983, 1984, 1985 Ballon d'Or, French Player of the Century, two-time French Player of the Year, three-time Capocannoniere, 1984 UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament, 1984 UEFA European Championship, one European Cup, two Scudetti, one Ligue 1 title, one Coppa Italia, one Intercontinental Cup.
Michel Platini is now better known by the footballing world as a disgraced former UEFA president, but, for the purpose of this list, we're going to pretend that never happened.
So take a minute to put thoughts of "Platini is a disgrace!" and "Platini is a criminal!" to one side.
Done?
Good.
Remember when I said earlier that Bobby Charlton was like Frank Lampard, only 100x better? Well, Platini was like Frank Lampard, only 200x better.
Michel Platini is undoubtedly the greatest goalscoring midfielder of all time.
In three consecutive seasons in his prime, Platini won the Golden Boot award in a league which boasted the best defenders of all time; scratch that, the best footballers of all time.
Platini was similarly potent for France, guiding the nation to their first ever major football success by scoring nine (yes, NINE) goals in five games at the 1984 UEFA European Championships. Decent.


8. Zinedine Zidane
Zidane scored two goals in the 1998 World Cup final
Zidane scored two goals in the 1998 World Cup final | PIERRE VERDY/GettyImages
Peak: 1998-2002
Major Achievements: 1998 Ballon d'Or, 1998, 2000 & 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year, 2002 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, 2000/01 Serie A Footballer of the Year, UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years, L'Equipe Best French Player of All Time, 2006 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, only player to be named Player of the Year in three of the top five leagues, most goals in FIFA World Cup finals, 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2000 UEFA European Championships, one Champions League, two Scudetti, one La Liga title, one Intercontinental Cup.
Zinedine Zidane was one beautiful b**tard with a ball at his feet.
Headbutts aside (and even then, the headbutt was technically superb), Zizou was the most elegant football of all time, pirouetting his way around Europe; usually winning while doing so.
Zidane won A LOT.
Everything actually.
When he won, it was usually after he'd scored one of the most memorable goals of all time.
Three World Cup final goals and the best goal in UEFA Champions League history in the 2002 final, it's fair to say that Zidane wasn't just one of the most entertaining footballers of all time, but also one of the most 'clutch'.
Plus the headbutt was amazing. Super Saiyan level power from the France legend.


7. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo is still scoring a weird amount of goals | Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images
Peak: 2012-16
Major Achievements: Highest scoring footballer of all time, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2017 Ballon d'Or, 2008, 2016 & 2017 FIFA World Player of the Year, 2014, 2016 & 2017 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, four-time European Golden Shoe winner, two-time PFA Players' Player of the Year, UEFA Champions League all time top goalscorer, Real Madrid's all time top goalscorer, five UEFA Champions Leagues, two La Liga titles, three Premier League titles, two Scudetti, two Copa del Rey, one FA Cup, one UEFA European Championship.
Right, let's get this out of the way: Lionel Messi is, was, will always be, a better footballer than Cristiano Ronaldo. That's just a fact.
However, in saying that you can't deny how astonishingly brilliant Ronaldo has been throughout the course of his career.
I mean, look at his 'major achievements'. Just look at them.
He's won absolutely everything (except for the World Cup) at least 20 times, and he's scored more goals than anyone else ever. EVER!!!!!!


6. Ronaldo
Ronaldo was unstoppable at his peak
Ronaldo was unstoppable at his peak | Claudio Villa/GettyImages
Peak: 1995-98
Major Achievements: 1997 & 2002 Ballon d'Or, 1996, 1997 & 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year, 1998 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, 2002 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe, 1996/97 European Golden Shoe, 1994 & 2002 FIFA World Cup, 1997 & 1999 Copa America, two-time Pichichi winner, 1998 Serie A Footballer of the Year, two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey, one KNVB Cup, one UEFA Cup, one Intercontinental Cup.
Are Ronaldo's knee injuries the only things that stopped the Brazilian from being the number one, undisputed, greatest footballer of all time? Quite possibly.
Pre-knee injury - the first one, 23rd November 1999 - R9 was well on his way to becoming the best to ever lace up a pair of boots.
In short, he was the perfect forward.
As quick as peak PED Justin Gatlin, as powerful as peak PED Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and as skilful as Garrincha, Pele, Zico etc.
Ronaldo was perfect.
The perfect exemplification of R9's mastery is his goal against Compostela. Sir Bobby Robson's reaction says it all. Mind blowing.


5. Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff changed the game
Johan Cruyff changed the game | R. Powell/GettyImages
Peak: 1971-75
Major Achievements: 1971, 1973 & 1975 Ballon d'Or, 1974 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, three-time Dutch Footballer of the Year, two-time Dutch Sportsman of the Year, three European Cups, one La Liga title, nine Eredivisie titles, one Copa del Rey, six KNVB Cup, one Intercontinental Cup.
It takes a special type of footballer to invent his own skill move - Aiden McGeady aside, obviously.
Johan Cruyff did both.
A now mythical figure, Cruyff is arguably the most influential footballer of all time; and one of the most talented too.
The centrepiece of the 'Total Football' era (shoutout to Parquet Courts), Cruyff made beautiful teams successful; a feat so incredible that we still see its effects to this day.


4. Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer of
Franz Beckenbauer was a leader | Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images
Peak: 1966-76
Major Achievements: 1972 & 1976 Ballon d'Or, FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, 1966 FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award, four-time German Footballer of the Year, 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1972 UEFA European Championships, three European Cups, five Bundesliga titles, four DFB-Pokals, one Intercontinental Cup.
While Paolo Maldini was the most complete footballer of the past 30 years, Franz Beckenbauer was the most complete footballer EVER.
Put simply, anything you could possibly want a footballer to be able to do, Beckenbauer could - and did - do it.
A goalscorer: yes.
An incredible defender: yes.
A great athlete: yes.
A consummate professional: yes.
A leader: yes. In a big, big, way.
A winner: yes.
Known as Der Kaiser, Franz Beckenbauer was the man behind the majority of Germany's footballing triumphs over the years...which you probably already know, was a lot of triumphs.
Oh, he's also one of two defenders to EVER win the Ballon d'Or. Oh and yes, of course he won it TWICE.


3. Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Messi has enjoyed an astonishingly good career | Soccrates Images/Getty Images
Peak: 2009-12
Major Achievements: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 & 2019 Ballon d'Or, 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year, Barcelona all time top goalscorer, La Liga all time top goalscorer, six-time Pichichi winner, Argentina's all time top goalscorer, most goals scored in a calendar year, 2011 & 2015 UEFA Men's Player of the Year, seven-time La Liga Player of the Year, 2014 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, 2005 Young European Footballer of the Year, five-time European Golden Shoe winner, four Champions Leagues, nine La Liga titles, six Copa del Rey.
You've read it a million times on Twitter.
Someone is probably tweeting it this very second:
"Lionel Messi is the GOAT!!! THE GOAT!!! If you disagree you know nothing about football!!! Nothing!!!"
While these Tweets are incredibly grating, the do kind of have a point. Because let's face it, Messi is one of the greatest footballers of all time.
He's extraordinary. Truly extraordinary.
At his peak he scored 91 goals in a calendar year, won six Ballons d'Or, and a boatload of club honours; in his relative (relative) decline, he's still the best footballer in the world.
The reason why he's only third on this list of the Top 50 Greatest Footballers of All Time, is because of the FIFA World Cup. It's a competition he's never won, and it's a competition in which he's never scored a goal in any knockout round games.


2. Pele
Pele loving the craic
Pele loving the craic | -/GettyImages
Peak: 1958-64
Major Achievements: FIFA Player of the Century, France Football's greatest FIFA World Cup player, TIME 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century list, Brazil's all-time leading goalscorer, Santos' all-time leading goalscorer, youngest FIFA World Cup winner, most assists in FIFA World Cup history, 1958, 1962 & 1970 FIFA World Cup, top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup finals, two Copa Libertadores titles, six Campeonato Brasilerio Serie A titles, two Intercontinental Cups, 1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, 1958 FIFA World Cup Best Young Player, 1970 Bola de Prata.
Important.
It's the one word that encapsulates Pele.
Pele is important.
One of the 100 most important people of the 20th century according to TIME.
The most important footballer of all time.
Bursting onto the scene as a 17-year-old looking to avenge the tears of his father when Brazil lost the 1950 World Cup final, Pele would go on to win the World Cup on three separate occasions and make Brazil the football nation.
The Brazilian's peak is fable at this point, possibly because the world didn't really get to see it due to his injury at the 1962 World Cup, but more aptly because between 1958 and 1962, he scored an astonishing number of goals.
His great achievement was leading the most incredible football team of all time to 1970 FIFA World Cup glory, but it's his peak years of the early 1960s which make Pele one of the very best.


1. Diego Maradona
Maradona won the 1986 World Cup basically on his own
Maradona won the 1986 World Cup basically on his own | Bongarts/GettyImages
Peak: 1985-90
Major Achievements: 90min's Greatest Footballer of All Time, Corriere dello Sport's Best Athlete in History, 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, 1985 Serie A Footballer of the Year, FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, FIFA Goal of the Century, Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Century, two-time South American Footballer of the Year, four-time Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year, two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia, one Copa del Rey, one UEFA Cup.
So what makes Diego Armando Maradona 90min's greatest footballer of all time?
Is it the fact that he won the FIFA World Cup in a way that no one else has ever been capable of doing - single handedly?
Is it the fact that he scored the two most significant goals in footballing history?
Is it the fact that one of these goals was the greatest goal of all time? The impossible made possible by a true genius?
Is it the fact that he joined SSC Napoli - a downtrodden, unwanted, unfancied team - and made them the best team in the strongest league Europe has ever seen?
Is it the fact that in his native land he is considered to be a God? A working class hero that empowered a nation through his messianic talent?
It's all of the above.
Diego Maradona, at his very best, is the greatest footballer we have, and will ever see. Effective and exceptional in equal measure.
The best of the best.

Taguchi:
Barca and athletico have their future in their hands, the same cannot be said of madrid

Yeah but all that could dissipate easily if both teams play a draw when they meet.

The nature of this league now is that by the next match day everything could change and Madrid could be the team with their destiny in their hands.

Wow

This La Liga is something else


Between Athletico, Barca and Madrid, anybody wey drop points again from now na OYO.

But why is such gesture like the penalty offer from Messi to Griezman not recorded as an assist?

I mean, what better assist than giving a penalty you're supposed to take, to a team mate in need?

FIFA needs to look into this.

Kilishihunter:
Na why him go continually get respect He give griezmann the pk despite am needing hattrick Maestro I stan

Him dey craze.

Wetin him dey give Griezman pk for?

Did Griezman tell him that he's lacking in confidence?


Mtcheew

Messi just gave himself an assist.

Goal Messi
Assist Messi

FFK sure knows how to push the mumu buttons of IPOBs and wailers.

FergieRaww:
IF .. Mr. Kilishi

there's nothing certain yet

That's how Arsenal use to win EPL title by alphabetical order just before every first day of season.