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TheSuperNerd:
Yes? You drop Uruguay as if they are not among the strong teams? Lol

Rodri and Spain faced 8 teams... of these 8 teams, only Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and Austria can be considered weak. The other 5 are strong.

Since you want to indulge this angle then let us drop the strong teams faced by both.

Rodri faced Uruguay, Portugal, Belgium, France and then Argentina.

What strong team did Messi face before the Semis and Final? Kindly respond.

Uruguay top team?No Doc,

JohnBullMySon:
When you watch Spain what do you see?

1 A team play squad
2 High press and midfield interceptions.
3. Direct play

Spain were able to win not just because of tiki taka but how direct and intense their play was. And Rodri was mostly behind it.

Rodri likely set a world record for both interceptions in midfield and passes into attack this WC.

This is how Man city plays. Argentina was lucky Spain does not have a talisman striker like Haaland or else they would have swallowed like 4 goals.

Spain would have not won the WC without rodri, they came into the tournament without a big striker but yet Rodri’s midfield ability supplied them with loads of scoring opportunities to eventually get some through.

I was really expecting him too but wasn’t surprised he got it.

Oga in any of my comments did you see Rodri doesn't deserve it?NO but if FIFA think otherwise and said Oh, it's Messi,pls he deserve it,yes or no.

TheSuperNerd:
Rodri faced Uruguay, Portugal, Belgium, France and then the final vs Argentina which they completely dominated vs Messi and co.

Please which teams did Messi come up against? The only true solid side they faced was England and Tuchel bleeped it up.
Switzerland are decent but the red card did them in. Still not as solid as Belgium, Portugal or France faced by Rodri and Spain.

And I already dropped a whoscored report on Rodri. Feel free to visit the sites yourself and get the ratings. If this is hard for you to understand then I cant help you.

Rodri faced Cabo Verde,Saudi Arabia,Austria and also Uruguay

TheSuperNerd:
Yes. He does not especially with the nonsense he played in the most important game of the WC. The grandest of the games. Messi was also bagging goals vs Egypt, Jordan, Cape Verde, Algeria and Austria. No actually solid opposition here pls.

Mbappe deserves it way more but Rodri is also not a wrong choice at all. Both Mbappe and Rodri performed against more Topmost oppositions unlike Messi.

Pls can you give us comprehensive details of Rodri, Mbappe and Messi performance rating using the whoscored.

Spain winning the world cup gave Rodri the advantage,nothing more, that's my point but telling us Messi didn't deserve it,no baba.

Sorry am not getting your point,so it's taboo for Messi to score goals against Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Austria and Capo Verde that the same Rodri led Spain failed to beat.

TheSuperNerd:
He does not deserve it. Even Mbappe has a better case than Messi.

Messi and Mbappe deserve it,not winning World Cup is just the reason why Rodri was given,nothing more...at 39,8 goals,4 assists with MOTMs,took Argentina to the final and he does not deserve it?

9JAMac10:
When Messi retires Argentina will be irrelevant and worthless

One thing about real football nations is that they have plans and you see them rebuilding...I remember France failed to make 1990 and 1994 WC,Italy is facing it now,do not be surprised seeing Italy coming out stronger

Axis313:
55 years,see as Mama looks like she's in her 30s.
I know some girls that are not even up to 30 years but you will think they are grandmas.
More years to come in happiness and fulfillment ma.

Oga na lie Kate Henshaw doesn't look 30,seeing her physically you will understand,forget all social media pictures most of these celebrities like Iyabo Ojo,Tiwa Savage,Toke Makinwa,Funke Akindele,Nkechi Blessings,Mercy Aigbe are not better than those girls in your street

helinues:
The praying at the road side is mostly in North not every part of the country. That's entirely different from the christians who are causing unnecessary noise pollution and also infringing on other people's right

Haba,why are you guys like this,so praying in major roads is acceptable cuz it's in some part of the country...I witnessed something awkward one Friday in Ilorin coming from university of Ilorin,really surprised road was blocked cuz some people are observing their jumat prayer on two lane road.

chrisooblog:
Remember him making the 100m finals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

There was a story of an American sprinter can't remember his name who attacked him after a race.

The clash between Adenekan Olapade and American sprinter Dennis Mitchell didn't occured in Olympics but in 1994 meet in Zurich..the incident also involved Dennis Mitchell junior brother,it happened in hotel with Adenekan received stitches on his face later in the hospital and returned home.

AndSunGorilla:
We had two athletes at the finals of the men's 10m Seoul Olympics. We held Africa sprints male and female by the jugular. Olapade, the Ezenwa Brothers, chidi Imoh, innocent Egbunike, Mary Onyali. Fatima Yusuf. Chioma Ajunwa, falilat Ogunkoya, Yusuf Ali, Sunday Bada, we produced a lot. I don't think we are producing as many as we did then. Thank God for Kanyin, Tobi Amusan and I think one young dude doing 400m or is it hurdles now. The NSC needs to sit up. What happened to our table tennis dominance (Atanda Musa, Yomi Bankole, bose Kafo, aruna Quadri, module oshunnake etc).

Chidi Imoh, Innocent Egbunike,Yusuf Ali are senior ones to Mary Onyali, Olapade Adenekan,Falilat Ogunkoya,Fatima Yusuf...oh late Sunday Bada na another big brother to me,he lived with his senior sister in our four flats,went to Saint Anthony secondary school Ilorin,joined police force to pursue his sports career.

In the 80s,there was real sports development.In the 80s some secondary schools represented Nigeria in youth international tournaments to tell you how solid we are in grassroots development.

Cherubim and Seraphim College(C&S)Ilorin had the opportunities to represent Nigeria in Finland,Sweden and Canada,the school principal Mr Akintola nearly turned the school to sports school cuz you must do one sport or else you out of the school...the school produced top class athletes for Nigeria,great Nigeria table tennis players were products of C&S Ilorin,also Saint Anthony College Ilorin.

Good that our athletes are back,hope they maintain the forms cuz when it matters most they always fumbled...kudos to Chioma Ajuwa.

ChrisKels:
So, Osimhen is not making any move this summer? 😟

I dey hear say na him go captain Gala this season

AndSunGorilla:
There used to be a man called Olapade Adenekan ran in the 92 Olympics. Dude was beating all the top guns before the Olympics, but come Olympic final, baba na last e collect o, after Olympic he beat the olympic medalllists again. I take God beg Oyinkansola not to disappoint us o in a major event

Yes you are right,Olapade Adenekan na my big big brother o.

We lived together in the neighborhood Fate GRA Ilorin,finished his secondary school in 1985 with C&S Ilorin and just two years intervals he made it to Seoul Olympic in 1988,started representing Nigeria right from secondary school,youth games in Finland,was in the C&S Ilorin team that represented Nigeria in handball international youth games in Sweden,very versatile sportsman,played football,handball, volleyball,table tennis with ease.

Papi85:
Aliyu Datti Mohammed left AC Milan after few appearances and moved to Belgium where he didn’t really hv a spectacular career

Makinwa played for Atalanta and Lazio for many seasons in Serie A,

Obodo starred for perugia, Udinese,Fiorentina and Lecce, all in Serie A

Nsofor played for Chievo Verona and Inter Milan in Serie A

Joel obi played for inter Milan, Torino and Salernitana in Serie A

Obiora Nwankwo played for Inter Milan in Serie A and couple of Serie B clubs before moving to Romania and later Portugal

Bros at the end everything na luck and destiny

Well I still prefer all theses Norway,Finland,Sweden,Czech for homegrown boys to kick start their careers.

Any news on Nwaiwu moves to Fulham

Papi85:
no be the same Italy the likes of Martins, Obodo, Joel Obi, Obiora nwankwo, Nsofor, Akinsanmiro,Makinwa etc started their career?

Yes you are right onObafemi Martins,Nsofor Obinna,Joel Obi and Obodo,but what can you say about others....my man many forgotten boys dey Italy dey wash cars,talented boys wasted,hope you remember one Aliyu Mohammad

esnbrutality:
We dont want to know anything about her occupation. The fact remains that she DIED in his house and POLICE are quiet, DSS, and all are quiet .

Kai see happiness and climax cuz someone die,and also very sad when abducted Orire school children were rescued.....

obinna58:
Great player, he locked Messi on the battlefield for a long time until age knocked on the door

Hmm age,well he tried but case settled Messi is the GOAT,at 39 still doing it

Great100000:
Cristiano Ronaldo has played his final FIFA World Cup match.

As one of football’s greatest players brings his World Cup journey to a close, here’s a look at his net worth, career earnings, biggest deals, investments, businesses, and luxury assets.

No be GOAT argument again na him net worthy

EElopa:
Football is a really strange sport. I watched Victor Eletu at the U20 World Cup, and I absolutely loved what I saw. Technically sound and very good on the ball with a sweet left foot. I felt that boy was a proper midfielder. In fact, I rated him at that time over Nnadi and Daniel Daga.

I saw him again last summer playing in AC Milan preseason games, and he looked good to me. Why is this boy going to Pescara in Seria C? I find it absolutely difficult to believe that this boy cannot find a decent side to join in good developmental leagues. There are centainly midtable sides in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, or even the Czech Republic that can mold this boy in to a proper DM/CM.

Is this move simply money-motivated? Did Pescara promise him a wage too good to pass on? The Eletu I saw with AC Milan last preseason is not a Seria C level player and is a calamity he is going there. These things really break my heart. Why do these boys continue to self-destruct by chasing petty wage increases over football development? Who, for God's sake, is advancing this boy? Absolutely stunned by this news. Absolutely disgusted at how these boys often self-destruct. They just can't seem to see beyond their noses. God abeg tell me this is a fake news.

My friend Kazeem Eletu is Victor manager,fact Victor bear his surname Eletu..Eletu na Ilorin name.. I saw Victor last year before season started and we talked at length,had his training with local academy.

Initially Milan didn't want to renew his contract,he has lost hope but they changed their minds with planned to loan him out to Reggiana but it failed.

I wasn't surprised about the whole thing,my younger brother wasted his talent in Italy playing for low teams till he retired.... Churchill Oliseh took him and Obafemi Martins to Italy at the same time,signed for Reggiana and later moved to Venezia but failed to make it to seria A....Italy is not a good place for any young Nigeria players to start a career,better to move to all these mid European countries for good development,check out Akinsanmro too

Wrestling bout between Adama Traore vs Calvin Bassey ended in favour of Adama who won the two rounds,very funny scenes.

MESSI winning another World Cup would be Pele vs Messi,not Pele vs Maradona again and Argentines will see him as their GOAT,at 39 see impact.

opes:
Nice move

EPL is not easy,Onuachu,Tolu failed to meet up despite their performances in Belgian league

GanagiBitrus:
Mbappe is not a big-game player like Messi & Ronaldo.
You see him struggle when the stakes are high.

&he is somehow like Jonah that brings bad luck into any team he joins.

So he struggled in the last World Cup final with hat trick abi,some of you like talking nonsense,even Ronaldo is crying daily cuz of World Cup

ChrisKels:
Ebenezer Akinsamiro is looking like Nwakali 2.0

If I have my way I will never allowed any Nigeria academy player to sign for any Italian clubs,many talented Nigeria players wasted in Italy but many don't know.Churchill Oliseh took many out in year 2000s including my younger brother and only Obafemi Martins was successful......Akinsanmro in Belgian or all these Scandinavian countries would have been more successful,well as you said Kelechi Nwaklli 2.0 is loading

owobokiri:
Why is he always complaining, this stingy maggot.
This guy is supposed to be "The Okpara" in his father's house!
In traditional igbo settings, he should be the one to guide his siblings rightly in life when his dad is not there or incapcitated. But he is always wailing..

My dad trained all his 4 brothers. Man sacrificed a lot to set them up in life. It is the igbo culture! Culture defines a people... Mikel is from Neni in Anambra State. The first son of his father. But I doubt if he knows the site of his father's "Obi"!
Mikel needs to be flogged!

I know he was born in Jos, but together with PSquare them, dude is becoming a maximum emberassment to the igbo culture.
You don't complain about what you did for your family or siblings. Where we come from, it is not a gesture, it is a RESPONSIBILITY.
All these "my mama said I be igbo" will unravel the great culture of the igbos if allowed..

Stop talking trash here....Mikel did well for his family,his senior brother Ebere Obi was using expensive cars ranging from Gwagon,Bmw, when he was with Enugu Ranger,he lived on Mikel and reason why he didn't have good career as a goalkeeper despite his talent,the same Mikel spent a lot on his junior brother music career and you are here telling us lies with confidence.

LagosOrigin:
Deal that only exists on the pages of newspaper

Nonsense

20yrs after tinubu mis-rule is over, we will be talking about this Ajaokuta steel

Usual wailing

hegelian:
una go cry tire.. we dont want thug again in kwara.. we dont want a bringer of death and bandit as governor.Ramoni know this and is avoiding foiling a gangstar and evil person on us... bring a better candidate and kwarans will support not yahya seriki the thug

APC is losing Kwara for good

FACT with no sentiment,my friend's life was ruined by single mother,they bleep any man as they wishes and everything are attached with monetary gain...very wicked set of women

Atiku is a fool,as a vice president you gave way for private universities and have your own university that common man children cannot attend....abegi use your money and pay for Adamawa SSCE fees.

Obi told Umahi that he must be a presidential candidate first before he can engage him in a debate,good upper cut..now Bwala said Obi is a miracle center presidential candidate, powerful knockout....I dey enjoy Naija politics

Odunayaw:
Coach Daniel Ogunmodede signs as Technical Adviser for Kano Pillars.

I beg make Dem bookmark this comment,no be tomorrow a coach go talk say cuz him be Yoruba Kano Pillars no engaged him....really surprised that Simon Moses can come out and said he wasn't signed by Ranger cuz he is not Igbo,my area brother Lateef Alanamu a yoruba played for the same Ranger international and was loved by Enugu fans.

Demolaeby:
See finishing!! Obi is really a genius

Genius 😁

EElopa:
I hear that Akor Adams has joined Venezia. I am really disappointed in this move, but I will never fault a man for chasing a living. Sometimes I really feel some of these Nigerian players cannot just see beyond their noses. Akor Adams will struggle to score for this team because Venezia will be just like another poor newly promoted Serie A side that will struggle to score all season. I don't really know what is happening behind the scenes in Sevilla, but you see, this move doesn't make sense at all. I wish the lad all success but am highly disappointed in this move because I rate Akor Adams. I like what he brings to the game for the Super Eagles. A completely effective team player for the Super Eagles.

Another angle to it,some contracts are financial life savings,a friend moved from Europe to Iran,we asked why Iran,he said when he retired we would understand wella and I want to tell you truly he made right decision cuz he is living better than some that did it all in Europe... Imagine club president landed with a private jet,came to your house and said look apart from mouth watering contract,any goal you scores dollars attached to it,we are paying for your family vacations anywhere in the world bla bla...Mind you Nigeria born player wey don sell Pure water,gala for roads dey flashbacks o