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dominique:
I'm not seeing any weight loss here, just fat converted to muscle

Did you watch the game

The ball didn't hit any other part of Rojo's body before hitting his hand. He attempted to head out the ball and MISSED, then be ball hits his hand. A clear penalty!

Again, he jumped with his arms up, missed his header and diverted it with his hand.


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princeade86:
that's VAR rules on penalty

That was a penalty all day and a penalty and half on Sundays. Even the VAR reviewers felt that it was a penalty, that's why they asked the referee to consult the VAR. That one was even more of a penalty than the one given in the Iran Portugal game!

An absolute coward of a ref simply refused to see (even via a VAR check) an obvious 2nd penalty for Nigeria!
Yet more evidence of the corruption of FIFA, as the ref was clearly under instruction from FIFA to do anything to help Argentina win the match. ...and why? .....simply because of corporate sponsorship revenue in Argentina. It's in FIFA's interest that Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo stay as long as possible in the world cup. It's all about money!

And by the way, no-one has seems to have made a comment on why Rojo was still on the pitch, he should have gone in the 1st half with the head high challenge in the box on Iheanacho! I thought that was a penalty but the pundits went on as if Rojo has made a brilliant challenge and Iheanacho shouldn’t have had his head there!!

FIFA isn't about Fair Play at all! Nigeria should have had 3 penalties, while Argentina should have had several more yellow cards and even one red card with the double leg challenge earlier in the game! It's disgraceful!


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TheGoodJoe:
The outstretched part of the write up is when trying to judge if it accidental or not. If a player outstretches his arm and an opponent plays the ball, it is taken that the player stretched his arms intentionally to deny the opposition a scoring opportunity.

In this case Rojo's arms were not totally outstretched. He jumped to nod the ball, nodded it and accidentally it hit his hand. Never intentional and purely accidental. No way a penalty.

Finito.

Bros, I agree with you that Rohr should be retained for a few reasons which I can't enumerate now because I have a meeting in less then 15 mins. However, I will vote to retain him with a proviso to make, at a minimum, the AFCON finals or be fired. Having said that, I was quite disappointed with his team yesterday.

We, like Sweden against Germany, did not have the belief and confidence to take the game to Argentina and we suffered as a result. We needed to press and put the ageing and slow Argentine defense under pressure but instead we brought everyone back to try and protect a 1-1 scoreline. Any team, as Croatia did, that attacks the ageing Argentine defense will expose them to the full.

I congratulated our technical crew after the second half against Iceland. We finally, after playing some nonsense long balls for a game-and-a-half, we utilized the strengths of Musa and Iheanacho, their pace and close ball control, and ran at the Icelandic defense line.

So I was disappointed that we started by lofting high balls against Argentina once again. It was too late and we were too tired, after chasing the ball for over 45 mins, by the time we started running at Argies. And in addition, I had expected the coach to make more changes early in the second half. Players like Etebo, who was having a great game but started getting tired around the 70th minute, should've been subbed out to make room for a fresh leg like John Ogu. I think Ogu may lack Etebo's high workrate but he's as good or even better defensively. Furthermore, I was quite surprised that Rohr didn't think about bringing in Tyroone Ebuehi in place of Idowu to run at the Argies in the second half. If I remember correctly, Ebuehi had a dazzling performance against them during our friendlies.

All in all, I was quite disappointed with Rohr but it's still in our best interest to keep him for now.


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chrisooblog:
hi everyone hope y'all are doing great won't lie still hurting from yesterday felt really bad this morning but that's football for you. i know we were all feeling bad and i can understand the need to vent but not be too harsh on the players especially ighalo. odion knows he ffd up and his terrible miss will leave with him for the rest of his career.

special shout out to musa you proved your doubters me included that you are a big game player.

francis well done kept with maturity and calmness beyond your young age sky is your starting point.

omeruo, balogun, ekong et al kudos to you guys mikel did his best wasn't always on form but gave his best and led his troops admirably.

i think rohr should be retained even though i understand and respect some posters opinions that he should go i feel the positives he has brought to our football are alot with addition and discovery of better players i feel he can achieve more but the backroom staff has to be juggle with the addition of young enterprising nigerian coaches to the technical crew. amunike and finidi come to mind. salisu should be permanently posted to the chan eagles.

this current administration of nff led by amaju pinnick should be re-elected but he should play his politics well and paddy up with the sport ministry/fg so they wont cause confusion like the election charade of 2014.

to all the posters mutjahida, joebie, icon4, kog45, goodjoe, safarigirl, forgiveness, supernerd, basco, komekn, icon79, aig17 and others so numerous to mention you all rock!

GO SUPER EAGLES LIVE TO SOAR ANOTHER DAY

Yea, that man strikes me as an overly cautious man. He's forgetting that even though Idowu scored in that game; apples to apples (take away that goal), Ebuehi puts in a better performance in that game than Idowu. Ebuehi was dazzling in that game.

Watch he would introduce Ebuehi in the second half. The man often tends to leave his best cards for the second half. Strange fellow


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ykalhaji:
Bros I support this your statement. But also remember the game against Argentina. Idowu scored. Rohr must be trying to replicate the same situation again, but because Vic Moses and Mikel are around for this game, Vic stays on instead of Ebeuhi and Mikel and Etebo for Ogu and Iwobi.

Haha!! Bros, I am already stocking up on meats and beer ... to celebrate Cristiano Ronaldo's world cup ouster on Saturday.


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Odunayaw:
if Ororo catch you right now en

Thank you, my dear. That's why I rarely take those pundits serious. I mean, objectively speaking, Nigeria would be favored in this game because two obvious facts:
1. We're in better form - Nigeria: L W . Argentina: D L
2. We've performed better against same oppositions: NGR vs CRO (0-2), vs ISR (2-0). ARG vs ISR (1-1), vs CRO (0-3).

And by the way, don't forget that Diego Maradona played his LAST World Cup match against Nigeria. Hence, it's possible that Leo Messi's LAST World Cup game should come against Nigeria as well


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LieDetector:
whites on Twitter are supporting us. Kenyans and South Africans all rooting for Nigeria. Match hasn't started but #NGAARG is trending on Twitter. Promises to be an intriguing encounter.

So in your opinion Japan "trashed Colombia"? Are you for real

Colombia played against Japan with 10 men against 11 for 83 mins and still outplayed Japan! In fact, Colombia were unlucky not to get something out of that match. Bottom line, Colombia would have defeated Japan easily if that game had been 11 against 11 for the entire game. And honestly, I don't expect Senegal to get a result against Senegal but we can still hope sha. Stranger things have happened.


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forgiveness:
Senegal can beat Colombia too.

As long as dey almost beat[b] Japan dat trashed Colombia[/b] and defeated Poland, Senegal will match Colombia.

I don't believe this "exclusive". The official line up would come up in about 3 hours, so I would disregard this line up until I see something official from the NFF twitter feed. But if this turns out to be official then I would say that Rohr needs to have his head examined. Like I said during the first half of the Iceland game, you can't play a 3-5-2 formation with Idowu as your LB because he's not a wing back.

If we really need to play 3-5-2 then we gotta have Ebuehi RWB and VicMo LWB or vice versa. I made that recommendation on twitter during the first half of the Iceland game and Rohr switched to that line up in the second half and that automatically changed the game. Hence, if Rohr goes back to Idowu then I will conclude that the man is a slow learner.


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LieDetector:
Exclusive – Super Eagles Line Up For Argentina Clash, Rohr Retains 3-5-2 Formation



The Nigeria national team will line up in a 3-5-2 formation when they take on Argentina later today in their final group game at the Russia 2018 World Cup, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Coach Gernot Rohr retained same set of players who started the game against Iceland for today’s clash as the Eagles hope to clip Argentina like they did in November in a friendly game played in Russia.
Nigeria switched to 3-5-2 in the second half of the November friendly and clawed their way back from trailing 1-2 to winning 4-2, and Rohr will use same tactics today hoping for same result.

Full Line up.
Francis Uzoho
Kenneth Omeruo
Bryan Idowu
Leon Balogun
William Troost-Ekong


John Obi Mikel
Oghenekaro Etebo
Victor Moses
Wilfred Ndidi
Ahmed Musa
Kelechi Iheanacho


Source : OGN

My people, Nigeria vs Argentina is the MOST anticipated match of this world cup so far. Everybody wants to know if this is going to be Messi's last world cup match. And all the pundits at FOX Sports (including Guus Hiddink, who's usually fair and balanced) think that Messi is going pull it off, as he did during the qualifiers. But Clarence Seerdof is holding down the fort for Africa. He thinks that this Nigerian team is coming together and would squeeze through.

And for that, I say, Clarence Seerdof for President!!!


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Actually, Messi is only 31 and Cristiano Ronaldo is almost 34. Hence, if Cristiano could do it at age 34, I don't see why Messi can't do it at age 35. My only concern is that the disorganization with the Argentina FA would force Messi to quit the national team again. That would be a big loss for world footie.


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ykalhaji:
Bros why you dey swear for Argentina ?

Messi is on a decline. Sorry but that is the truth. If Messi is still called upon to be their Alpha and Omega (No 10) in 2022 it means Argentina has not progressed.

GBU there, my brother!!! You nailed it right there! It's the whole media bias that turned me into an unrepentant Messi fanatic. Take for instance, when Messi lost a penalty, it was portrayed as the worst thing that has ever happened in the game of football. To hear the way they piled on, it was as if Leo Messi is the first top player to ever miss a penalty in the World Cup.

And by the way, this Cristiano's miss is as big if not bigger than Messi's miss. Cristiano has potentially cost his country a potential quarter finals finish. I mean, let's face it, they should've been favored against Russia but I don't see them getting a result against Uruguay. Uruguay ain't gonna be as "charitable" as either Iran or Spain. To me, the round of 16 would be the end of the road for Cristiano and Portugal at this world cup.


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Odunayaw:
I celebrated that miss like I am Iranian

N.B I am neither a fan of both, I just dislike bias

So the FAKE Ronaldo has lost a penalty as well? OK, let's see how much noise the fake news media is going to make on this missed penalty because I knew that we didn't stop hearing about it when Leo Messi lost one.

Meanwhile, lemme laugh in French again.



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Nah, that ain't gonna happen. I am all Super Eagles tomorrow. As we say in Igbo, Nkem be nkem, nke anyi be nke anyi.
Rought translation: Mine is mine, ours is ours.



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andrew444:
Lol if Icon79 support Argentina we need flog am oo

Safari, for the first time since 2014, I would be rooting against Messi on Tuesday. I feel for Messi but Tuesday would be his last game at this World Cup. I pray and hope that Messi stick around tho .... I think he's still got one more World Cup in him - 2022 might be his year.


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safarigirl:
are Nigerians the only Barcelona fans? I was talking about the non-Nigerian Barcelona fans

Ehen! Icon79, Nigeria or Messi in our next game, where will you pitch your tent?

Actually, I have been busy plotting the downfall of Argentina. The Argies must fall on Tuesday ... come rain, come shine!!!


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AIG07:
I just want us to win. I wan know whose camp Sir. Icon79 will pitch his tent. Will it be with Argentina's Messi or Nigeria?

I never hear from baba since yesterday.

This man makes more excuses than a toodler, I tell ya!

Can somebody ask him to name the star players in the Icelandic team?
Can somebody ask him to tell us the FIFA ranking of Senegal vis-à-vis Poland? And while at it, he should tell is what the FIFA ranking of Mexico is compared to Germany!

This man is beginning to annoy me for real. Does he think that we're fools? He has a team for 2022, then why did he bother coming to the 2018 World cup since he's not ready? Why waste money and slot competing in a tournament you're not ready to play in

Until now, I have always advocated retaining him to maintain consistency but right now I don't know any more


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forgiveness:
Rohr : Mikel & Moses Are The Star Players In Super Eagles, Others Stars Of The Future

Published: June 21, 2018

Rohr : Mikel & Moses Are The Star Players In Super Eagles, Others Stars Of The Future
Manager Gernot Rohr has explained why there are only a few star players in the Nigeria squad despite the fact that the population of the country is 500 times the population of Iceland.

The German has named former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and the current Nigerian Player of the Year Victor Moses as the two players that can be classed as stars in the Super Eagles team, and has predicted that the likes of Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi and Tyronne Ebuehi will be stars of the future.

''Why we don't have star players? It's because we are the youngest team of the World Cup,'' Rohr said at Thursday afternoon's pre-match conference before the start of training.

''We have Obi Mikel, who is a very good player, you can tell that he is a star, we have Victor Moses who is well known everywhere but we have so many young players, they will be stars, I hope so, tomorrow.

''What we have is a team for 2022, because when you are so young, with the goalkeeper and all the other people, they will be better and better. ''

Rohr has reiterated that the Super Eagles are the underdogs in Group D, pointing out that their three rivals Argentina, Croatia and Iceland are ranked higher than his team in the FIFA ranking.

''We are in the top 50 in the world, Iceland is in the top 20 (22), Croatia is in the top 12 (20) and Argentina in the top eight.

''When I see that the matches are so difficult and the scores are so close, we have to learn also, it is not finished after this World Cup for us.

''We want to improve, we want to learn. When you are the youngest, it is not possible, perhaps, to be the best already,'' he added.

Rohr, who penned a two-year contract extension earlier this year, refused to comment on his future with the Nigeria National Team in the event that they lose to Iceland on Friday.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=28238

LOL. Don't tell that to Gernot Rohr. As far as Rohr is concerned, Iceland is much better than us because their FIFA ranking is higher than us.
My question to him was, why do we even bother playing the game if FIFA ranking tells you the best team? We might as well just award the trophy to the highest FIFA ranked team in the world.

The man is a joker


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forgiveness:
Iceland Coach: Super Eagles Massively Good Team; Have Players In EPL, La Liga, Serie A

Published: June 21, 2018

Iceland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson believes their World Cup match with Nigeria will be tough, and has highlighted the fact that their African opponents have several players plying their trades in the big five leagues in Europe.

Gernot Rohr can count on Wilfred Ndidi, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa, Oghenekaro Etebo, Simeon Nwankwo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi and goalkeeper Francis Uzoho for tomorrow's game in Volgograd.

''Their strengths? They are a physically strong team, they are quick, good athletes all of them, a big running capability. They play direct, they are a really good counter-attacking side,'' Hallgrímsson said at Thursday's press conference.

''I have to give credit to Rohr about their organization. If you have watched their games throughout last year, you can see their improvement in tactical awareness, so in my opinion they have so many things to make a football team proud.

''When you look at the individuals, they have six players in the English Premier League, they have players in La Liga, they have players in Serie A, so they have players playing of the highest quality day in, day out. This is a massively good team with a lot of individual strengths.''

The second match day of Group D starts this evening, with two-time world champions Argentina taking on Croatia at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.

Igho Kingsley

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/943224220?-19787:29107

If you really wanna give your wife a gift, give it to her directly. Don't post it on twitter, Instagram or wherever. After all, she lives with you in the house not on instagram


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@ the highlighted. Everybody seems to know that except Gernot Rohr. He wants to live and die with Jude Ighalo


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tbaba1234:
How many minutes have you played him?

Iheanacho is more mobile and more clinical..

If i play Ogu, it will mot be in defencr

Doing well for where? With all the money Lagos state is generating, anybody can "do well" as the governor of the state.
That's how you natives turned Bola Tinubu into a demi god


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Paperwhite:
Ambode is the only APC governor doing so well but the cost of most of these beautiful projects are shrouded in secrecy as the Lagos State government have refused to accept the FOI bill.

No wonder he denied Morocco a clear penalty in the first half. CAF really needs to start protesting some of these calls.

The penalty call against Ekong, for instance, I have seen worse holding during corner kicks that weren't called. And I can assure you that that call wouldn't have been made if it had been the other way.


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Yup. In that formation:
Etebo - box 2 box midfielder
Ndidi - DM cum Destroyer
Obi - DM cum deep lying playmaker
Iwobi - In the #10 role
Kelechi - #9
Along with your two wingback (Ebuehi and Moses)

That's a very balanced team right there!


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soetanoreoluwa:
This formation look so real definitely Mikel and Ndidi wil be anchor men...

We can make good stuff out of this...

My brother, honestly, that's the formation that gives us the best chance to win. But I doubt if Gernot Rohr would be bold enough to experiment with that formation.

Rohr is not a bully coach, does not exhume much confidence, not ambitious(based on the his interviews) and this is rubbing off on the team.


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TheSuperNerd:
Icon79, this formation of yours as shared by Soetan is wow. Similar to my 3-5-2, similar to TheGoodJoe's. Goodness me, I water.

Honestly, I think we could've beaten Croatia with this formation and a real game plan. There was nothing special about that Croatian team, we just let them off the hook.


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soetanoreoluwa:
This formation look so real definitely Mikel and Ndidi wil be anchor men...

We can make good stuff out of this...

Thank you, bro!


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soetanoreoluwa:
This is it... Next time screen shot then upload...

Bros, how do I post this link on here? Thanks

https://www.buildlineup.com/shared/5b2b8af4138c092e24ab85f1


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TheLoneCitizen:
Ndidi and Mikel will fall back.

Folks, please, how do you paste this line up builder image on here


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What does Peterside Idah know about the team to make such a pronouncement? Is he a part of the technical crew


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COOL10:
Idah Peterside said on Channels TV today that there would be 4 changes to the lineup tomorrow. He didn't say exactly who but hopefully it works out.

This assessment is right on point. I could've written the same thing myself!



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robosky02:
“A horrible performance from a group of players who didn’t seem to grasp quite how important their opening game at the World Cup was.
“Whether the manager’s fault or those in green shirts, there was no urgency, no great surge to try and rescue a point, an isolated striker and full-backs who weren’t allowed to get forward.

“Nigeria should be so much better than this,” the assessment read.

Spain and Portugal, who played out an enthralling 3-3 draw came in first and second while Mexico, which defeated reigning champions Germany were rated third.


http://dailypost.ng/2018/06/20/world-cup-2018-super-eagles-rated-third-worst-team/

Again, which Portugal squad is mediocre? Please don't believe the media propaganda. Let me give you a few names in the current Portugal team and please tell me if these players can be called mediocre:

Raphael Guerreiro Borussia Dortmund
Bernardo Silva Man City
Joao Moutinho AS Monaco
Andre Silva AC Milan
Goncalo Guedes Valencia
Ricardo Quaresma Besiktas
William Carvalho Sporting
Adrien Silva Leicester City
Ruben Dias Benfica
Mario Rui Napoli
Pepe Besiktas
Ricardo Pereira FC Porto
Joao Mario West Ham, etc etc.

Please do yourself a favor, forget the media propaganda .... they are all aimed towards one goal: to promote Cristiano Ronaldo as a super man. This Portuguese team is a very good team with a fantastic coach.


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saintkeppy:
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This ur long epistle no just make sense at all,
Do u agree with Maradonna's view?? Yes or No

Argentina have no excuse not to win a Major Int'L competiton durin'this Messi's Era.
So sad!!
Hate it or Love it, It takes an extra-ordinary player like CR7 to play along side mediocre Portuguese line-up to conquer Europe!
Give CR7 some Credit!

Again, the KEYWORD in your statement is "If Messi have the followin' Players in his Squad'. News flash: well, he didn't.

Angel Di Maria got injured in the quarter finals of the COPA America and didn't play any other game. Same thing happened during the 2014 World Cup. He got injured and didn't play after the quarter finals. I stand corrected but I am pretty sure that Sergio Aguero also got injured in during the COPA as well. In addition, Aguero doesn't even play well for Argentina. Go check his records. Tevez has not been with the team since 2012, I believe. Dybala was not in the COPA America team either. Icardi is currently not in the team.

Listen, Argentina may have bigger names (on paper) but as a team Portugal has a better squad. Like I was telling a friend last Saturday, how do you expect Messi to score when you have Banega selecting ridiculous shots from everywhere on the field instead of passing the ball to a better placed Messi. Omo, Argentina may have good players but they don't have a team. And by the way, are you aware that for one year during the South American world cup qualification series, no other Argentine player besides Messi scored a goal for Argentina?

So you gotta ask yourself some of these questions:
- Why does Angel Di Maria tend to get injured during any major tournament?
- Why is it that World Class players like: Sergio Aguero, Higuaín, Dybala etc play well for their football clubs but never play well for Argentina?
- Why is the Argentine FA so dysfunctional that even their best coaches (Diego Simeone; Mauricio Pochettino, Marcelo Bielsa, etc.) don't want anything to do with their national team? If you think that the NFF is dysfunctional, wait until you deal with the AFA!!!

Listen, it takes more than a great player to win a major tournament. It takes a team, a good technical crew, and a good organization.


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saintkeppy:
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The Fact remains if not for his goals, Portugal would have been long eliminated, no chance of reachin'Final of Euro, he also motivated Eder on bench who later went in to Score the winning goal, his Presence on the bench alone was enough motivation to the players on the pitch.
He handed the Euro 2016 best player award to his team mate Nani, whose hardwork &support was seen all thru' the Euro tourney.
Even Diego Maradonna says "I wish CR7 was an Argentine" he would have won more Int'L laurels for the country, perhaps World Cup with the crop of attackin'Players around Messi.

My broda if u have CR7 with the followin'Players in ur Squad, no excuses of not winnin'Coppa America atleast
Namely:
Mascharano, Otamendi, Rojo, Romero, etc

Attackers:
Gonzalo Higuain
Angel Di Maria
Dybala
Icardi
Sergio Aguero
Carlos Tevez Etc

Who dey Portugal Squad reach these guys level