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kokoA: Mcheeeww.. Instead of Musa to pass Olofinjana that ball, he went and passed Adepoju! Chai! See how we missed that goal.. Infact, I see Congo wining this match.

dmcdad: That's the painful thing about what teams do against us and against Madrid. They play Madrid as they ought, coming out to play the game. But against Barca? whoosai! They will willingly park the bus and rid us of our right of scoring tons of goals

dmcdad: It happens sometimes. We are gonna have 3 liga matches in a week twice this season. After this time, the next time we would have such again would be during the second half of the season.

Afterall, na everybody e go affect and not only us.

naturalwaves: Hahahahahahah, are chelsea fans really loud mouthed? Well, the current chelsea squad is one of the best assemblage of players. If they can play together for three years, the achievements will be awesome. I am most happy for Eden Hazard, he has less work load now and can always be used as a joker unlike last season.

mencade5: all this one wey na we dey beg girl for love na mistake we dey do ooo.


Men are as valuable as diamond in the eyes of ladies, but we dont know our worth.


#no more shakara from any nonsense lady again.

naturalwaves: @he stopped being brilliant after he left Manchester United. Guy, you so funny. I don't think he stopped being brilliant, I think it is due to the variation in pattern of plays of football clubs and the club's philosophy. These players always try to just blend in into different patterns and that alone is "brilliance".The way Neymar Jr was instructed to play at Barca is not the same way he plays normally before getting in. I even observed one funny thing and I was so surprised when I did.....Do you know that some coaches will even tell players the maximum number of touches they must do? Some will give only 1 or 2 players the right to dribble. Part of why Robben left chelsea was freedom to express himself on the pitch. I don't support Madrid, I support Chelsea FC.

naturalwaves: You would have been correct. Unfortunately, this argument does not apply to football. In football,.it takes more than mere brilliance to triumph. You need the mechanism to carry out your brilliant ideas. If an Engineer is brilliant enough and knows a certain horse power rating must be met before an engine performs optimally, he need to design such or else, his brilliant ideas will be a waste. Moreover, Christiano Ronaldo is brilliant too and his brilliance + his built and style gives him a lil edge over Messi.

naturalwaves: Okay, I will let this go. I wasn't talking about Chelsea's champions league triumph in 2012 though. Infact , in the match I was referring to, it was Chelsea that was cheated. Barcelonia defenders handled the ball in the eighteen yard box twice but the referee refused to blow because order from above says Bacelonia must play at the finals either by crook or other means, that was why Ballack and Drogba wanted to slap the referee after the match.


You also said something about chelsea being lucky (2012) against Bercelonia.Let me quickly tell you a short story;

When this beautiful game callled football was invented, it was said that the aim of the game shall be to put the ball in the opponent's net. They didn't state how that must be done. No definitions were given for tiki taka, beautiful football and so on. A team that defends and lunches a counter is using a strategy, another that passes out its opponent before unlocking the opponent is also using a strategy. The fact that Barca did a bulk of the playing and chelsea did the scoring is not luck, it is a strategy.

naturalwaves: @mcdreeezy, why did you pick a portion of the points raised in the last quote. You haven't still answered why your Messi that dribbles past 5 defenders couldn't get the better of Bosingwa nor get into the 18 yard box against Chesea and the fact that there was nothing magical in what he did as Maradona and Okocha have done it better in the past.

naturalwaves: Messi's brilliance? Are you kidding me? Well, the essence of this thread was to compare their qualities. The only quality you have mentioned now is "brilliance" . How about Ronaldo's power, agility, athleticism and so on?

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naturalwaves: You made a bit of sense but a bulk of your argument is so myopic. Ronaldo gets past opoonents in whiskers too in his own way. When Ronaldo was at Man United, all he needed was a through ball from Evra and before you count 9 seconds, the ball his at the back of the net. Most times, he moves with great speed on the left and cuts off any defender on the way and when he is close to the box eighteen edge, drags like 3 defenders along with him towards the right before placing the keeper on the left. Fine, Messi dribbled well in that match and scored calmly, still, doesn't beat Okocha's dribble againt Oliver Khan and team mates in Germany. That Messi's dribble is not even close to half of what Maradona dribbled at the world cup when he dribbled everyone from his own half till he scored. You can't be pin pointing examples and referring to them cos Ronaldo has a lot of things that can be pointed to that you cannot get the Messi equivalent. I could say......go and check Ronaldo's rocket shot against FC Porto at the champs league when he played for Man United and so on. Moreover, why didn't your Messi get the better of ordinary Bosingwa when Mourinho dragged him (Bosingwa) from) to somewhere around LB to mark Messi. In 90 minutes, Messi got past him just twice. Couldn't even enter the 18 box before the ball was taken back from him. If your Messi is as magical as you claim, he would have evaded the defence now.





I said it and I am saying it again, there is nothing Messi can do or has done that Ronaldo hasn't done or have an equivalent of but there are things C.Ronaldo has done that Messi has no answer for.

naturalwaves: You made a bit of sense but a bulk of your argument is so myopic. Ronaldo gets past opoonents in whiskers too in his own way. When Ronaldo was at Man United, all he needed was a through ball from Evra and before you count 9 seconds, the ball his at the back of the net. Most times, he moves with great speed on the left and cuts off any defender on the way and when he is close to the box eighteen edge, drags like 3 defenders along with him towards the right before placing the keeper on the left. Fine, Messi dribbled well in that match and scored calmly, still, doesn't beat Okocha's dribble againt Oliver Khan and team mates in Germany. That Messi's dribble is not even close to half of what Maradona dribbled at the world cup when he dribbled everyone from his own half till he scored. You can't be pin pointing examples and referring to them cos Ronaldo has a lot of things that can be pointed to that you cannot get the Messi equivalent. I could say......go and check Ronaldo's rocket shot against FC Porto at the champs league when he played for Man United and so on. Moreover, why didn't your Messi get the better of ordinary Bosingwa when Mourinho dragged him (Bosingwa) from) to somewhere around LB to mark Messi. In 90 minutes, Messi got past him just twice. Couldn't even enter the 18 box before the ball was taken back from him. If your Messi is as magical as you claim, he would have evaded the defence now.





I said it and I am saying it again, there is nothing Messi can do or has done that Ronaldo hasn't done or have an equivalent of but there are things C.Ronaldo has done that Messi has no answer for.

valmunich: I hate make ups like there's no tomorrow! It causes a Hell lot of deceptions

JESUSchoice: Scoring goals doesn't make u the greatest player ever, ..Now take a look at zinedine zidane who has won world best player three consecutive times,he hasn't scored much goals like goerge best and gerd muller did, but he was pretty good with magical dribbles,penalty,freekicks, ball control,and no look passes,he helps theiry henry and da rest of d goalies in 2006 world cup until an italian figured out a way to send him off da field by provoking him.....Messi has a good scoring record ,no doupts ,but he just hasn't nailed it yet,yaaaaah atleast i haven't seen him do any famous dribbling skillz, (like ronaldo's step over,maradona's both leg feints etc)...i dnt hate him sha,..he has shot acuracy,gud timing ,and a lot of fakes and feints move around defenders....i give it to CHRISTIANO RONALDO for SKILLs/SCORING, LIONEL MESSI is a BORN SCORER .....they r both da best.

Krasid: I know that we would be blown to pieces if we play barca now, thankfully we still have some time to gel before the clasico.Regarding ronaldo, it is just rumours by the english media to get EPL fans excited.I don't see CR7 leaving madrid for at least the next 2 years.