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madridsta007:
If anyone believes that “apology” then the person can believe that Buhari will make N1 equal to $1.

Fulanis never forgive, forget or apologise.

Just like

Ibos never stop loving money rituals

Yoruba never stop being cowards

Edos never stop prostitution

Hausas as never stop religious fanatism


Stereotyping is so easy.

festacman:
The things that I deduced from Bello El-Rufai outbursts on that fateful Sunday and subsequent grandstanding until this apology are:

- He is morally bankrupt given the ease with which he switched to use of x-rated graphical sexual innuendos about someone's mother.

- He is a spoit brat who lack sense of respect or deference to parental or moral authorities given the way he brushed aside Oby Ezekwesili's motherly admonition and the long time it took him to apologize long after his mother's regrets and apology.

- He has anger control problems given how he flared up against a stranger like a demon-possessed man.

- He has low level of intolerance given that he insulted POTUS Mr. Trump who is somebody's daddy but wouldn't stand other people's poor opinion about his daddy.

- He is a disgrace to young Nigerians given that inspite of his exposure and high intellectual capacity, his mindset is ethnically jaundiced and strong prejudiced.

- He lacks political tact and sagacity to grow into a national politician or future statesman, given his lack of environmental awareness and emotional intelligence.

However, nobody is a saint. We all have our moments of madness. To err is human. He should be forgiven. However, he has to, SERIOUSLY, work on his attitude and mindset.

Common,

1. Hundreds of people say such things on Nairaland all the time...during heated arguments.

2. Very Very Very Nigerian youths cutting across all ethnic groups say such things all the time especially on faceless fora.

3. A lot of folks are now forming hollier than thou. Even people who have used such language severally.

4. I bet a good Number of The National politicians we have today were worse than whatever Bello El Rufia is perceived to be today.

5. In the Ibo versus Yoruba trading of words, such foul language and worse has been said on Twitter and Nairaland.

I totally condemn what Rufai said, I have never said anything like that but I have also used some very terrible languge on the net.

90 percent of those condemning El Rufai are hypocrites.

Covid-19 has found a very bad hunting ground in Naija.
It is very impotent around here.

Corona will not kill us, we will kill corona.

Sommyroy10:
Nigel and Drenthe are both Dutch players
Besides this your team na die oh

This my team go win 4 UCL back to back to back to back.

pu7pl3:
Welbeck Phil Jones and Fellaini==Manchester/England

lol

Very tough exercise.

But lemme see.


Karius..

Salgado, Bebe , Phil Jones, Boularouz.

Fellaaini, Nigel De Jong, Drenthe.

Welbeck, Ogbeche, Boateng.

Jokerman:
If robben had scored, sneijder would have won the ballondor 2010, coz there would be no way to cheat...

And If Higuan had scored Messi would have won 2014 Ballon dor cus there would be no way to cheat.

So by now it would have been 7 Ballon dors to 4.

Jokerman:
Who can guess the one Barcelona fans will pick

Only sworn enemies of football would not wish that Lionel Messi lifts the world cup.

Like the famous quote;
"With his level of greatness, Lionel Messi does not need the world cup, the world cup needs Messi"


Not only Barca fans, Even If you conduct a world wide poll,

"Higuain versus Germany" would win a landslide.

All this nonsense Jokerman is talking.

I dont want to enter this convo today.


Lemme jus

ALMUSTAQIM:
THE WAILERS BRAIN HAVE TWO PECULIAR PARTS: THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT.

IN THE LEFT, THERE IS NOTHING RIGHT AND IN THE RIGHT, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT

WAILERS! WAILERS!! WAILERS!!!

Savage.

I hope you didn't copy this line somewhere.

It's classic.

I want to borrow it.
Tell me where you got it before I goan use it on the owner.

The greatest piece of skill in football history has been voted for by fans
givemesport.com Apr 14, 2020 4:27 PM

Football is nothing without skill.

As fans, we love to see a player do something that little bit different. Whether it’s a simple stepover or a bicycle-kick, there’s nothing better than a well-executed piece of skill.

But what is the greatest piece of skill we’ve ever seen in football?

It’s certainly a broad question but it’s a question Spanish outlet Marca asked fans last week.

They listed the best 16 skills ever and then held a knockout style tournament to declare the winner - with fans voting for the best skill in each round.

The 16 skills that made the tournament were:

1.Dennis Bergkamp vs Newcastle
Did he mean it? If he did, it’s quite ridiculous. The fact nobody else has ever produced that skill again to score a goal proves just how hard it is.

2.Adriano vs Valencia
If only the Brazilian had scored as he took it past the goalkeeper, produced a roulette turn on the defender. But he fired the ball into the side netting.

3.Zinedine Zidane vs Tokyo Verdy
Zidane was one of the most graceful and skilful players ever. His incredible touch, stepovers and finish in a pre-season friendly was just amazing.

4.Robinho vs Ecuador
Stepovers. A dummied rabona cross. And then the beautiful skill to beat the defender on the touchline. The fact it ended in a goal made it even better.

5.Ronaldo vs Lazio
The king of stopovers. In the 1998 UEFA Cup final, Ronaldo went through on goal, sat the goalkeeper on the floor with a series of stopovers before scoring.

6.Emilio Butragueno vs Cadiz
The former Real Madrid striker embarrassed two Cadiz defenders and their goalkeeper with the same skill to score a legendary goal.

7.Lionel Messi vs Atletico Madrid
Messi leapt to control the ball on his head before spinning and nutmegging Filipe Luis.

8.Lionel Messi vs Bayern Munich
The goal that turned Jerome Boateng into a meme. Messi’s footwork and nutmeg left the Bayern defender falling backwards as the Argentine dinked the ball over Manual Neuer and into the back of the net.

9.Juan Roman Riquelme vs Rosario
It’s like a roulette with using his heel. Magnificent from the legendary Argentine.

10.Fernando Redondo vs Manchester United
An incredible piece of skill to nutmeg Henning Berg, before setting up Raul to put Real Madrid 3-0 up at Old Trafford.

11.Jose Caminero vs Barcelona
A simple but very effective dummy as Caminero sent Miguel Nadal - Rafa’s uncle - to the shops before setting up a goal at the Camp Nou.

12.Pablo Fornals vs Athletic Bilbao
The West Ham midfielder produced a madness last season for Villarreal as he embarrassed Inigo Martinez on the touchline.

13.Ronaldinho vs Lecce
Of course, Ronaldinho features. He produced his famous elastico to create space before a rabona cross. It deserved a finish at the end.

14.Neymar vs Botafogo
Bouncing the ball into the ground and over the defender’s head is something we’ve hardly ever seen before. But Neymar has that in his locker.

15.Joaquin vs Elfsborg
A skill so unique that it’s got its own name - La Joaquininha. We can’t even explain what the winger produced so just watch…

16.Romario vs Real Madrid
A beautiful scoop to take the ball past Real Madrid defender Rafael Alkorta and a lovely finish to top it off.


So, you know the top 16 skills so let’s take a look at how the tournament panned out.


ROUND OF 16
BERGKAMP 78%-22% Adriano
ZIDANE 60%-40% - Robinho
RONALDO 58%-42% Butragueno
MESSI (BOATENG) 74%-26% Messi (Felipe Luis)
RIQUELME 54%-46% Redondo
Caminero 38%-62% FORNALS
RONALDINHO 72%-28% Neymar
Joaquin 43%-57% ROMARIO


QUARTER-FINAL
BERGKAMP 59%-41% Zidane
Ronaldo 42%-58% MESSI (BOATENG)
RIQUELME 59%-41% Frontals
RONALDINHO 53%-47% Romario


SEMI-FINAL
Bergkamp 49%-51% MESSI (BOATENG)
RIQUELME 53%-47% Ronaldinho


THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF
BERGKAMP 63%-37% Ronaldinho


FINAL
MESSI (BOATENG) 54%-46% Riquelme

FirstbornWds:
Can everyone see this? This is the confirmation that out dear purple is imbalanced, football-wise( I wouldn't know about real life instances though).

What he, Purple, is trying to tell us is that great players don't have their bad days when they play awfully bad and the teammates would have to step up.

Jesus, Ddippset... We've wasted time responding to confirmed slowpoke and we actually thought we were arguing. Wouldn't it be justified if I say this guy is just clowning around?

I mean,

Ronald didn't even play in the Euro 2016 final against France yet our dear slowpoke wants us to believe he was sublime and influential to the win.

How's Hulk616 not better than this guy? Even the other guy with a matric number will gladly surrender his heavyweight championship in stupidity to you.

What's this nonsense?

Purple has been battered and bloodied all day but he never gives up.

He's tired but
He keeps coming back for more.

That's why he's "incoherent"


If there was a Dummies' Olympics he'd have 5 Gold medals already.

FirstbornWds:
Lol. We didn't mean to awaken you sir.

pu7pl3:
[s][/s]

Another silly copy and paste...

This is serious..

Am I supposed to bring up an article written by me?

This all shows how dubious you are.

pu7pl3:
Lookat this guy I was trying to be fair on....alright then, let's talk about Ronaldo for Portugal in finals...who has a winners medal?

Are we talking about a winner's medal or analysing their performances in finals?

hulk616:
apologies accepted
It is good that you finally accept that Ronaldo is better than Messi. So next time, look at our facts before insulting us.

Logic over emotions

This one nor know where im dey.

pu7pl3:
It wasn't a final, it was a semi final..an equally big match with everything hanging on the balance..

Oya

The 10 greatest goals in Champions League history
Cristiano Ronaldo’s overhead kick took the world’s breath away on Tuesday evening but how does it rank in Champions League history?
Well, we don’t know.
Goals are notoriously hard to rank because everyone has different tastes – perfect team play, spectacular individual skill, solo efforts?
Does the goal have to be as unique as possible? That certainly helps.
And the significance? It’s a lot harder to remember group stage goals and scoring when your side is already four goals up is not quite the same but those goals deserve some consideration, even if the weighting works against them.
We’ve done our best to take all of the above into account so, without further ado, here are our 10 best goals in Champions League history.
Here goes nothing…


10: Frank Lampard v Barcelona
We can’t think of another goal like this, not on this stage. A forgotten moment of genius and a deft piece of skill.
And yes, he meant it.
https://twitter.com/andriu_rd/status/973965185131171840


9: Claudio López v PSV Eindhoven
Volleys are hard and they look great but it feels like there’s so often luck involved, an element of hit and hope.
That wasn’t the case here – López swivelled and simultaneously controlled and smashed the ball all in one touch. All the more better having come from a long pass.
#OnThisDay in 1999, Claudio Lopez scored this fantastic goal for @valenciacf_en against PSV in the Champions League. Wonderful stuff! pic.twitter.com/CP5Nya5EK9
— Hypergoals (@hypergoals) September 21, 2017


8: Juninho v Bayern Munich
If we were going to include a free-kick (and we were always going to) it had to be one from Juninho.
The master of the dead ball hit his best ever against Bayern Munich and, for bonus points, sent a bewildered Oliver Kahn crashing into his post.


7: Cristiano Ronaldo v Ajax
Team goals often get overlooked. They aren’t spectacular enough for some people, we guess. Those people are wrong.
Ronaldo has scored every type of goal imaginable but it’s unfairly forgotten that Mourinho’s Madrid was a breathtaking counter-attacking machine.
This was them at their very best: swift, destructive, elegant, unstoppable.


6: Lionel Messi v Bayern Munich
Jérôme Boateng was the best defender in the world at the time, Manuel Neuer the best goalkeeper and Pep Guardiola was considered the best coach as he returned to Camp Nou.
Lionel Messi made all three of them look absolutely ridiculous.
You can almost hear someone in the distance shout ‘TIMBER!’ as the Argentine sends Boateng spinning before he chips Neuer with his ‘weak’ foot.


5: Thierry Henry v Real Madrid
The Bernabéu has seen some unbelievable players and even more unbelievable goals but this still seemed to take them by surprise.
Perhaps the most impressive thing is that four players actually get close to Henry but it looks like nobody does. His long stride takes him away from one, two, three Galácticos and he strikes just as a young Sergio Ramos arrives.
For a man who specialised in them, this was probably the best solo goal of his career.


4: Dejan Stanković v Schalke
Oh, a halfway line volley? That’s cool.
Yeah it’s cool and it’s even cooler when it comes at San Siro within the opening minute of a Champions League game.
Poor Manuel Neuer couldn’t believe his luck.
https://twitter.com/TitanicGoals/status/759803189663150081
3: Cristiano Ronaldo v Juventus
Maybe the best goal of Ronaldo’s 649 career goals to date. Yes, really.
The five metre dash to reach it. The seven foot leap. The connection while almost upside down and still moving backwards in midair. Perfectly into the corner.
All around the stadium, Juventus fans stood up to applaud. That says it all.



2: Zinedine Zidane v Bayer Leverkusen
A scorer in two World Cup finals, Zidane was a man for the occasion. He lived up to it once again in the 2002 Champions League final.
Roberto Carlos’ cross seems to spend an age in the air as Zidane sets himself, waiting for it to drop.
The most striking thing is just how high the Frenchman gets his leg as he makes contact with the ball.

For many it’s the greatest goal ever scored in European football, but…


1: Lionel Messi v Real Madrid
At the height of Pep Guardiola’s rivalry with José Mourinho, his greatest pupil secured a place in history. Sometimes you can just sense something special is unravelling right before you and this goal was exactly that.
Like he usually does, Sergio Busquets saw it before the rest of us, stopping the ball dead before allowing Messi to do the rest.
The two biggest and best clubs in the world, the most competitive rivalry in the world, was decided within the blink of an eye.

pu7pl3:
Talk to me when Messi scores an overhead kick against the best keeper in the world

In which of the finals did Ronaldo score the over head kick?

pu7pl3:
2014 our worst player was Khedira..Ronaldo scored and we won
2016 he scored too and we won
2017 he scored 2 sweet goals that I'm sure has been forever embedded in your memory
2018 the worst player on the pitch was Karius... Ronaldo's presence helped produce one of the best goals in UCL history

Now where was Messi in all the 4 finals Argentina played?

How are you talking about Ronaldo for Madrid and Messi for Argentina?

Did Messi not play finals as well for Barca?


You are such a dubious character.

pu7pl3:
He beasted in all the UCL finals he played in my Club I don't know where this is coming from..he scored in 2014,2016 and 2017 only against Liverpool was where he didn't see the back of the net

beasted.

The only thing he beasted in those finals was one 50 yard sprint on the left wing..

Jokerman:
Are you including Copa dey Rey Barcelona finals??

Ask purple later.


But for now just work strictly with the diagram.

Analyse it objectively and tell us who's choked more in finals.

Jokerman:
Suarez , Neymar and Iniesta have assisted Messi more than Benzema, Bale and modric have assisted Ronaldo...

Is it a lie ?

O! There you are.

Thank God you're here.


Can you help us explain this?


We've been told that the guy with 24 Goals and 19 Assists is the one who has been choking..

The guy with 19 Goals and 2 Assists has not been choking.

Sommyroy10:
Congratulations Hulk and the dude with matric number, we have a clear winner. This record would be harder to break than the 91 goal record. Let's go, infinite trials.

Hehehehehe

We do have a winner today...

No contest.


I hereby apologize to Hulk, Melvyn, and Neymar 1095.

How do I explain to my Grand children that the more the Goals and Assists you make for your team, they more you are dependent on them

As in; a guy with 30 Goals and 20 Assists is more carried by his team mates than a guy with 1 Goal and 1 Assist......

Purple said so!

Sommyroy10:
A player that has more goal contribution in the so called big games, was carried by his teammates. Leemao. You fvcked up bro, and e go be bigger Fvck up if I engage you on that matter. Of all the bullshits one can say, you chose that. Jesus Christ

I have had very many dumb people here on Nairaland

But that guy purple, is in a league of his own.

He is the Messi of dumb people.

pu7pl3:
[s][/s]


Wtf is this you copy and paste merchant

Just last week Pele and Matic's son ended this arguement

Even Maradona knows Ronaldo is miles ahead of Ragolis

So just bust the cap and stick the bottle in your mouth please

I have not forgotten this.

Break it down then we continue.

Purple Pussy
Neymar 1095
Melvyn11
Jokerman

These 4 individuals must be forced into one straitjacket.

"Don't worry I will soon break up with him, I don't love him. It is you that I love"

FirstbornWds:
Lol. In fact, an honest opinion about the matter will justify every rant.

Nobody wants to break it down.

Even the person who brought it absconded from it.

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: 10 great managers that have answered the debate
givemesport.com Apr 12, 2020 4:26 PM

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are two of the greatest players of all time.

But who is better?

Many of the world's greatest managers in the world have answered the debate in the past.

Alex Ferguson, Diego Simeone and Jurgen Klopp are just three high-profile coaches that have given their opinion.

We've listed 10 legendary managers that have answered the debate and who they believed was better below.



1. Alex Ferguson - Cristiano Ronaldo
This isn't that surprising, given Ferguson brought Ronaldo to Manchester United and managed him for six years.

He outlined the differences between the two back in 2016.

“Now don’t get me wrong, Messi is a fantastic player, it’s like he’s wearing slippers when he controls the ball," he said in 2016, per Sports Illustrated.

"But here, for me, is the difference. Messi is a Barcelona player. But Ronaldo could play for Stockport County and score a hat trick. He has everything. He can shoot with both feet, head the ball, he’s as brave as a lion..."



2. Fabio Capello - Lionel Messi
Capello, who has been a critic of Ronaldo since he joined Juventus, went with Messi.

"It's one thing to be an outsider, and another thing, to be a genius," he told Marca, per calciomercato.

"The difference is enormous, since a genius does what nobody imagines. Ronaldo is an extraordinary footballer, but Messi is a genius."


3. Diego Simeone - Lionel Messi
A leaked WhatsApp clip in 2018 appeared to show Simeone claiming Ronaldo was better than Messi.

He clarified those comments shortly after and said that Messi was better.

"If I had to choose between Messi and Ronaldo then most likely I would choose Messi," Simeone told reporters, per Goal.

"Yes I said [Ronaldo] on the video, but the conversation was between me and [Atleti assistant] German Burgos, talking about football as everyone talks about it.

"When I talked about Messi and Ronaldo it wasn't from the perspective of who is the best in the world.

"I just meant that if you have the chance to sign one of them for a normal club, with normal players, Ronaldo would probably fit in better.

"But with Messi, surrounded by great players, Messi is better than Ronaldo."



4. Jurgen Klopp - Lionel Messi
Klopp made it clear he thought Messi was better when speaking at a Q&A in 2018.

“I have only one selfie on my smartphone. That’s with Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo was in the room as well…”



5. Zinedine Zidane - Cristiano Ronaldo
Zidane managed Ronaldo for many years so it's not much surprise he went with the Portuguese.

“Cristiano is the best. Messi is his rival and it's the rivalry everyone wants to see,” the Frenchman said.

“But Ronaldo is phenomenal. There are no words to describe him. He is much better than me even though I had a great career. He's the greatest of all time.”



6. Jose Mourinho - neither
In 2013, Mourinho said Ronaldo was the best. Three years later, he named Messi and not Ronaldo in his three greatest players of all time.

But, speaking to BeIN Sports last year, Mourinho refused to pick a favourite.

“I think it’s unfair to both of them when somebody [says] this one is better than the other one. I think they are just different,” he commented.

“When you go to Messi and Ronaldo, I think it’s just unfair to compare the players. The only thing I can say is that when I had Ronaldo on my side, I was a very happy man.

“And when I had to play against Messi - and also against Ronaldo because I played against Ronaldo a few times - I had to think a lot to try and help my team have chances to succeed."



7. Pep Guardiola - Lionel Messi
Guardiola managed Messi at Barcelona and in 2016, he said that the Argentine was on a different level to Ronaldo.

"Messi is the best, he is definitely the best," he said, per ESPN. "He knows how to play, score and make the other players play. He is always there.

"With all the respect to all the players, first to Cristiano Ronaldo -- congratulations to him for the award -- I think Messi is on another level."




8. Joachim Low - Lionel Messi
The World Cup winning manager was asked the question by Bild in 2018 and he went with Messi.

"I would stick with Messi," Low told Bild, per Goal.

"Cristiano Ronaldo is sensational, a very good professional, an incredible goalscoring machine for many years, but Messi is the most complete player I have seen.

"He is a great team player. He's provided 30 to 40 assists for the last 10 years as well as scoring around 50 goals.

"He's capable of leaving eight or nine players in his path and his goals always stay in your memory."



9. Arsene Wenger - neither
Wenger was asked about who he thought was better last September. Wenger doesn't like to compare the two, but did say managers would be more tempted by Messi.

“I would say that they are so good that it’s difficult to choose – in 10 footballers of the year, it’s five and five, so that shows they are really on the same level.

“Artistically, Messi is as well a guy who can give the final ball, so he’s maybe more a creative player than Ronaldo.

“Ronaldo is more a finisher, better in the air, more athletic, and Messi is the more artistic.

“So basically you are always tempted a little bit more by a player like Messi.”



10. Vicente Del Bosque - Lionel Messi
Real Madrid legend and World Cup winning manager Del Bosque went with Messi.

"He [Messi] almost always plays well," he told Mundo Deportivo, per Goal. "There are players who never do it wrong. He has an impressive regularity. He is a great player.

"I'm staying with Messi. I see a more natural soccer player, from his time in the neighbourhood, playing with friends on the street. Even so, Cristiano has extraordinary courage, with physical and technical conditions as a great scorer, but I'm staying with Messi."




Final tally:
Lionel Messi - 6

Cristiano Ronaldo - 2

Neither - 2

Out of the 10 great managers listed above, the majority went with Messi over Ronaldo.

But we think Wenger and Mourinho put it best. Both are both incredible footballers and will go down as two of the best ever.


10 Great Managers!

10 managers who know all about their careers both at club level and international level.



But some big ol' Pussies led by a purple one think they know better.

Expert17:

Hehehehe