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AndSunGorilla:
So no conspiracy theory then. I can infer then that Rodri deserves his GB.

If you say so,but who really deserves it most if you are to speak your mind?

AndSunGorilla:
But wait o, the initial narrative was that FIFA was favoring Messi, what now changed to FIFA is now anti-Messi

It beats me,
If Messi were favored by FIFA to win right from the draw and group matches as claimed by some of our emotional analysts, why do they have to give Argentina a red card going to extra time? And also denied him his well deserved golden ball award.

Kog45:
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.

But Messi and Mbappe deserve it more according to the facts before our eyes, forget what they want to tell us,Mbappe that played his out, or Messi,those risks he were taking during the dying minutes of the game.
na FIFA know how dey wan give their award,so congrats to Rodri, it's good for him.
Hope people and FIFA doesn't change when it favors another person

TheGoodJoe:
To understand long-term planning, you don't look further than Spain.

Luis De La Fuente has been working with the Spanish FA since 2013. From 2013-2018, he coached the Spanish U19 squad. From 2018-2022. he coached the U21 squad. In between that, he coached the Olympic squad of Spain. After that, became the Spanish head coach and the rest is hisory. 13 years work that ended in the World Cup win.

cc: TheSuperNerd

That's why i pointed it out,not just tiki taka and possessive play,but rather the mastery of it's effectiveness through well-laid systematic structures over time.".

I'm pretty sure TheSuperNerd won't see this your post you mentioned him under my post because he blocked my posts the moment i posted that Messi deserved the golden ball award and anyone who disagrees is a Messi troll and has a problem.

Imagine blocking someone for posting his opinions without directly quoting you,that's very petty of him,and it's not different from what Messi did yesterday by calling to referee to sent out Cucurella for just covering his mouth, and they have been roasting Messi since.
He want his every words to be accepted as the ultimate truth hook, line, and sinker and be surrounded by those who would sing Halleluyah to his every every posts.

TheGoodJoe:
You still don't get. Conceding only one goal in the whole tournament. Silencing greats and making them disappear. No doubt Mbappe and Messi were exceptional. However, did you see the dominance of Argentina. Never seen in football. Rodri was a big part of it and clearly the best player.

No doubt his dominance over Argentina and over France especially, he was one of the major reason Spain went this far,I wish one day Nigeria could produce a midfielder like this.

But nothing anyone here would say to me that Messi or Mbappe with over 10 goal contributions each does not deserve to win the award over a player with a zero direct goal contributions, it's unheard of also.
So if Argentina had won,even with Messi scoring or not scoring, would there have been any arguments at all whether he deserve it or not?

Congrats to Rodri and Spain.

They just didn't want Messi to bow out in glory,he was a frustrated man yesterday.

TheGoodJoe:
Why we love Tiki Taka. Possession play rocks. Spain has mastered the art of possession play.

Don't forget to add long term planning,you are a major supporter of that.
Not just tiki taka that a superior tactical coach can make you look like you are playing Kati kati

Mujtahida:
Rodri - no single goal. No single assist. One man of the match out of 7.

Has he been pivotal? Yes but not so much as Messi.

If Argentina had won, I'm certain nobody will mention Rodri. The point is that the golden ball is given to the best player of the tournament. Even Mbappe is a more worthy candidate than Rodri.

Anyone who does not think that Messi or Mbappe deserve to win the golden ball is either a Messi troll or have a problem.

Or FIFA have an entirely different way they determine who wins the award,
may be the stages and opponents you perform against have something to with it,
for instance,in FIFA rankings, if Nigeria defeats the likes of Zambia and Zimbabwe,it would just earn us few points, but if we happen to defeat Spain, our point would quadruple.

May be Rodri's points quadrupled when he outclassed the most feared team to reach final and does the same to a team led by the football greatest player and ultimately won the trophy.

ChrisKels:
Now that it has been confirmed that Ronaldo is not part of the big 3(Messi, Pele and Maradona) because he couldn't win a world cup, can we now agree that;

Mbappe and Yamal >>>>>>>>>Ronaldo

You are going too extreme bro

Papi85:
After this set Argentina will return to default setting like Brazil 🤣🤣🤣

Aside Alvarez and Enzo dey don’t really hv much in terms of young talents doing well in top European football

Before these two will bounce back again, Nigeria and Morocco go even first dem win world cup before they win am again.

Europe will continue to dominate for a long time if Brazil don't do something to return to the Brazil we use to know

Goke7:
He needed this World Cup to cement his legendary status and surpass maradona and Pele.

If over 80 percent of football enthusiasts and fans already agreed that Messi is the best player of all time ahead of Pele and Maradona, it's just a matter of time before the rest will realize the fact before them.

33 world cup matches, 21 goals and 12 assist playing in 3 finals is not a joke.
His goals at the world cup is higher than both Pele and Maradona combined.

His other achievements is an argument for another year when all the dust is settled.

Argentina won't be winning us in world cup matches again since Messi world have retired before any other world cup,

Without Messi,Argentina would just be an upgraded South Africa or Morocco

Mujtahida:
When they are laughing Ronaldo, I feel good.

When they are laughing Messi, I still feel good.

Never felt any attachment to these two players even though I know that footballistically Messi is the greatest ever.

But what do we say to the god of world cup final? Not today.

Today we grill the goat 🐐🐐🐐 with plenty smoke

This one right here is all that matters.

World cup finals na water for Messi

JohnBullMySon:
The problem is that no one ticks all boxes perfectly so there has to be a compromise somewhere

Yamal’s G/A this season was just behind Mbappe.

Mbappe on the other hand did not win anything.


Rodri wins the golden ball 😂 Sorry Oga Messi

On the second thought, Rodri just won golden ball ahead of Messi and Mbappe with zero goal and assist contributions, but his overall play was massive,
maybe Yamal would take balon d'or afterall.

JohnBullMySon:
Ballon d’or just got quite competitive.

But Lamine Yamal should take it sha.

That would make it three black players in a row.

Yamal did too little at this world cup to take it unlike Mbappe and Messi, just 1 goal against Saudi Arabia and zero assist

But Messi still remains the greatest of all time,there is no denying that fact.

Congratulations to Spain for their second world cup, well deserved.

COOL10:
Where are the "FIFA is supporting Argentina" miscreants? Why would the referee give Enzo that first yellow card just because he complained about getting fouled? There are certain things a referee should overlook in a Final, especially the World Cup Final.

A referee is not supposed to give a team red card just few minutes to xtra time

It would have been more interesting if one team were to be chasing the game trying to equalize

AndSunGorilla:
Nigeria don play for world cup final!!!!!

It's a prelude to what is to happen in the future,hopefully in our time

Sugarboyy:
Today's match is a friendly WC final

The either side will be lucky to avoid red card or penalties

9JAMac10:
Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo Nazario: "I think Spain will win against Argentina VERY EASILY.

For me, the champion had to came out from Spain or France, so I think Spain will have it simple." Spain vs Argentina in the FIFA World Cup Final . Good luck to both sides. My head says Spain but my heart says Argentina

Only France would have won easily if they hadn't crumbled before final,Argentina find it more difficult to play against explosive teams than the tiki taka passing teams.

Sugarboyy:
They are even trying to emotionally manipulate the Argentine not to play physically against Spain, even the Spanish are guilty of this. They fear how the Argentine out muscled the English from the blast of the whistle and Spain knows the only way they can beat the Argentine today is if Argentina sees and play them like friends. The Argentine should come all out blazing and out muscled them and let's see if the Spanish players can last 60mins on the pitch.

The little edge they have over Argentina is their midfield led by Rodri.
The only way they can win is if they score late above 80 minutes.

FiveFootNinja:
The way people are hyping up this Spanish team online. Lol. I hope we won't be in for a rude awakening tonight.

Of course, Argentina might even score early this time around and see the game off early.

Odunayaw:
Attacking masterclass when there's nothing to be gained? Yeye masterclass

There is bronze to gain,
England has never won anything at the world cup since 1966,it's something huge for them.
The match was entertaining

Goke7:
The match looks like a final now

Mbappe now world cup highest scorer ever

I don't usually watch 3rd place matches but this one is interesting.
I want it to enter extra time

What if France equalizes and win?

Papi85:
Sani Suleiman got his first minutes for RB Leipzig in their pre-season friendly this afternoon.

He represented Nigeria at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.

Is he a midfielder?

Trump is a comedian

elyte89:
When we talk ,we know what we are saying …look at the mentality of the players u want to bank on , to qualify us to the World Cup

Even if one critically look at this team,you will
Know some of these players are not even bothered or will I say destined to go to the World Cup

Don't believe everything you read.

That being said,
What is going to benefit us is what they have learnt from losing out of the world cup,
not regretting or not regretting about losing out.

I don't think none of the players would come out with such statements in that headline.

Goke7:
Abeg make dem no carry this World Cup go America again let them face their basketball and leave soccer alone! Rubbish with all those yeye hydration break

Plus halftime show final match

forgiveness:
Which coach will leave his best players on the bench?

Saka, Eze, Manoo, and Rashford on the bench, for what? Is this match fixing?

Because I couldn't understand why he kept this best players on the bench.

The guy even removed Stone and Reece.

This seems a deliberate attempt to weaken the team to give Argentina the upper hand else tell me why you would leave these players on the bench in the first place.

This is Sabotage.

Let the Spanish coach do his own sabotage come Sunday, we are waiting.

On the serious note,Saka and Rushford shouldn't be sitting on the bench,I have said it before,especially Saka.

Sugarboyy:
To put Nwabali situation into easy understanding, Nwabali allowed the little success he had achieved with the SE got into him and started rating himself too high. Such thought made him feel if he leaves Chippa, even Man U would come for him. But he was shocked when no team bigger than Chippa all over the world came for him after leaving Chippa without an alternative already on ground. He had to return to his vomit

Nwabali made a serious mistake by leaving in the first place with no concrete offer,let's hope that Chippa's management team will still be professional enough to play him,otherwise na super eagles go dey suffer the inconsistencies of his form.