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popizaino:
who won the MOTM against italy in 2012 to start with?

The person with zero goals and assists dancing shakushaku all over the pitch while Xavi was providing the decisive contributions.

Just like he spent the whole tournament dancing shakushaku without a single goal or assist.

Vote Ibime for Technical Director.

Fellaini and Chadli already paying off, exact same fist 11 and formation I said being deployed.

Ibime:
Calm down. Tournament only last 5 matches or 7 at most, not 50 matches.

Those 10 minute aerial balls to Fellaini could be the difference between getting knocked out and advancing.

You have to have tournament mindset to know what coach is thinking.

It's the same reason Giroud and co go to every tournament not Lacazette, or the same reason Cameroon will call 42 year old Roger Milla from Reunion league just for that 10 mins when he will provide the difference.

Martinez no get time to carry Naingollan who can't be an impact substitute, and cannot start either.

Ibime:
The only one I don't understand there is Janusaj.

Belgium play with 3 CBs, and after Verma, Kompany, Verthongen and Aldeweireld, Kabasele and Boyata are the next best to complete 6 CBs. Although I would have taken only 5.

Carasca plays LWB for them. They have no other LWB except Lukakus brother. So Carrasco LWB, Muenier RWB. Carrasco will actually start.

In the 2 winger positions, they have Eden, Meertens as confirmed guys. Then you have to go to Thorgan and Chadli as no 3 and 4. Of all those, only Chadli is a confirmed goalscorer bar Meertens. After that, you are plumbing the depth of Mirallas and Janusaj. Which is why Chadli is a confirmed top 4 winger in Belgium.

The only odd man out is Naingollan who cannot play in a 2 man midfield cos of his loose touch and passing. The formation does not fit him, just like Chelsea's 3-4-3 formation did not fit Zouma even though I would take him over Luiz, Cahill and Azpi in a 2 man centre-back partnership.

Roland17:
Does Neymar have any shame with some of these ridiculous antics? It is shameful to watch and an embarrassment to the beautiful game.

I swear, that püssy is pissing me off. I wish I was refereeing one of his game, I go give am red for sure.

MoR2:
am telling you.

and it won't be a Neymar / Hazard game...

KDB vs Coutinho?

chic2pimp:
And did you being Anti Iniesta stop Him from becoming one of the Greatest Midfielders the game has ever seen? Or stop Him from winning all there is to win in world footy?

At least it opened some eyes as to who the most unproductive carryalong AM in elite soccer.is, and introduced the word unproductive into Nairaland lexicon.

From today, I am officially anti-Neymar till my dying day.

That gây boy wants to turn football into a non-contact sport, and destroy the game we love.

He is the poster boy of a sissy primadonna.

Hazard is 100 times greater than Neymar.

The Russian winger Golovin who we are strongly linked with looks very decent and extremely fast

Whether he can settle in England is another matter. Smertin, Zhirkov, Arshavin, Pobregnyak and Pavyluchenko should serve as caution.

Most exciting WC games to me so far are:

Portugal-Spain
France-Argentina
Croatia-Argentina
Nigeria-Argentina

This is why I like Argentina in WC. Their games always excite in one way or another. They are either losing heavily, winning heavily or scraping through last minute

That last Danish penalty taker na real otu

chic2pimp:
I actually want Croatia to get through because a Denmark-Russia Quarterfinal looks like a snoozefest on paper.

Are you telling me one of these cünts will make semi?

Anyway Eriksson is overdue some international recognition.

Thecassanova:
I think he hit the ball first from the back

He no touch ball at all

chic2pimp:
Poor Penalty....Denmark are going through

If Denmark go through, England's half of the draw will look favourable if they get past Colombia

Spoke too soon.

If they win this, Schmeichel will get a knighthood in Denmark

Denmark throw it away with one lapse of concentration

raumdeuter:
These Croatians when they see big teams they will step up and play but when they meet mediocre teams they drop their level

I hope they manage to win this game sha, because Russia vs Denmark world cup quarter with one of Sweden and Switzerland guaranteed to make the other quarters makes this dreadful

Iceland easily beat Croatia into 2nd place in their qualifying group.

Croatia struggle against vertical European teams.

Debroslink:
His mates were in Europe playing on tough leagues, while he stayed in Brazil forming whale in an aquarium.

No difference between Brazil league and Europe those days.

That's why he won 3 Intercontinental cups and is top scorer in that competition against same European teams.

Debroslink:
Raum has a point there. Assume Higuain had finished those chances in 2014 final, no one would doubt Messi's legacy as the overall GOAT.

Your mumu no be here.

Pele scored a brace in the World Cup final at the age of 17, and scored hattrick vs France in the semi-final at age 17. Let that sink in.

Upnepaa:
Mehnnn...No need to dey argue Iniesta matter against Ibime.


Man hate Iniesta beyond footballing reasons, even if Iniesta scores 2 goals with one shot, he still no go praise am...We no know wetin Iniesta do for him.

I hate unproductive players who only dance shakushaku on pitch, nothing personal.

raumdeuter:
Xavi 9 of 10 CL matched Barcelona played. That shows no appearance was restricted

When we check the bold and find its another lie, I am forced to ask once again, Ibime why you come dey lie like mumu?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26914626

Title decider was what was meant jare. I don mix the matches

When Xavi is benched in title decider and Atleti win 1-0 to clinch the title, that is appearance being restricted.

raumdeuter:
Ibime when will you tell us how appearance can be restricted and you will not miss games.

Xavi did not start 12 La Liga games that season despite not being officially injured

When losing against Atleti in UCL 2nd leg, Xavi was hauled off the pitch which is unthinkable

That is appearance being restricted.

raumdeuter:
1 Gotze final goal >>>> Schurlle 2 semi final goals

1 Iniesta crucial goal in extra time at the final >>> 100 assists in the non final

2 Zidanes final goals >> the numerous goals scored by Suker before the final

Gareth Bale should win Balon D'or over Ronaldo then. Mumu.

raumdeuter:
Iniesta 1 world cup final goal trumps all

Just like Zidanes 3 world cup finals goals trumps all the brace Baggio scored vs Bulgaria and Nigeria in world cup knockouts

This is why we call you highlights watcher.

How does Mario Gotze lucky moment trump the man who twice delivered the telling pass for 1-0 wins against Spains biggest threat in Germany.

2008 final vs Germany, 1-0 thanks to Xavi
2010 semi vs Germany, 1-0 thanks to Xavi
1-0 vs Portugal in 2010, thanks to Xavi
4-0 vs Italy, twice to Xavi

Tell me another beasting story

raumdeuter:
How come Xavi couldnt find these helpers or these helpers died when its the turn of Xavi 2006 CL final, Xavi at 26yrs couldnt even be chosen as a sub in the CL final

Xavi 7 goals and assists in Spain knockout matches including 3 assists in final.

2008 final vs Germany assist, 2012 final vs Italy, 2 assists, WC semi vs Germany 1-0, xavi assist, Paraguay 2nd round, 1-0 xavi assist, QF vs portugal 1-0 xavi assist. All the difficult games.


Tell me Iniesta own apart from Pius Ikedia dances and a lucky break in 2010.

raumdeuter:
Without Xavi with Iniesta Barcelona won another treble in 2015.

You mean Iniesta found another helper to carry him along in MSN.

That was the same year he went 1 full calendar year with zero goals and assists, just doing Pius Ikedia stunts upandan.

raumdeuter:
Without Xavi with Iniesta Barcelona won another treble in 2015.

Achilles problem ko, You no like Hector or Hercules problem

Xavi played all 10 CL matches for Barcelona in the 2013/14 season

actually he missed only 4 days with injury the entire 2013/14 season

Ibime shey na you ruggedman sing for say, Bims why you come dey lie like mumu? ehen

Go and ask any Doctor in the house what achilles tendinopathy is before typing like mumu.

It's a form of arthritis. You won't miss games but you will regularly miss the whole week of training whilst your tendon recovers from the swelling. . . as the blood flows into tendons rather than vascular organs where they are supposed to go.

It's not everytime you go to check games missed like a novice. Ashley Cole had the same issue and was not ruled out of games, rather missing training inbetween with ice on his achilles.

raumdeuter:
Xavi at 2014 was 34, the same age Iniesta is today and the age Modric is. Without the innovation of Guardiola Xavi and SPain fell flat in the group stage

Iniesta has been failing since 30 without Xavi.

Xavi had well known achilles tendinitis problems in 2013/14 which restricted his appearances. Once your achilles degenerates to a certain stage, that's it for you. I've got the same thing. Both Ashley Cole and Xavi battled with it for the last 4 or 5 years, having to put ice on it, not being able to walk the next day etc and when they declined, it was almost overnight.

Modric is 32

Kingsley1000:
I told Barcelona to buy mpabbe,some folks here started attacking me that I don't know anything in football.......this dude is the most underrated player,I have been following him right from Monaco


HE IS A GENIUS

When did you tell Barcelona to buy him?

How is he underrated at £160m?

Only 5 big boys left in the tournament

France
Brazil
Croatia
Belgium
England

raumdeuter:
Xavi played at the 2014 world cup and they crashed at the group stages

Xavi at 2014 was finished with old age and achilles problems.

Xavi was always the driving force, assisting 50% of all Spain goals in knockout stage over the 3 successful tournaments. . . .unlike one carryalong that will not post any goal or assist until one lucky break in the final, or will go a whole tournament with no goal and assist and win award for Pius Ikedia stunts.

raumdeuter:
Guardiola in Spain 1 world cup, 1 Euro
Since Guardiola left Spain, not even 1 quarter final

More like since Xavi bowed out

Xavi is and always was the heartbeat of Spain

Debroslink:
In fact, I thank SwiftKey for changing the word Armada to Amanda.

The Spanish team with all my club players especially Don Iniesta are my Amanda.

Spanish Amanda! If you are not happy, come and beat me. I'm @ home today.

We the Bolsheviks say NO to Spanish Amanda!

homesteady:
Here is another person trying to change the narrative! My gateman and his cohort of igbo and codeine smokers are all Chelsea fans. No matter how hard you try, Chelsea fans would always be synonyms to the ne'er-do-wells in every society.

Besides, I use SwiftKey, and it also changed it to Amanda, if you call my phone, china phone na you sabi, you fit give me money make I go buy iPhone.

When did someone living homesteady in 2 by 2 get gateman?