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The coaches and FAs of these countries are not mediocre. They select the best players. Sane may be fantastic but may not have a solid place in the German squad probably due to their playing style. They may not move much of the ball via the wings. The coaches know better and these coaches do not joke with just a player like Nigeria taking a player because he is an Assistant captain. The World Cup is a long one. These teams do not plan to get eliminated in the first round, they plan for all the matches and if a player is dropped, there must be a reason for that. The coaches see both sides, we only see one side. Imagine someone saying Gotze scored the winning goal of the last World Cup and wasn't included. SMH. These people don't use senseless sentiments like Nigeria o. If you're assessed currently and you do not live up to par, you will be dropped.

Same thing applies to the Jamaican Athletics Federation. There was a particular trial Usain Bolt was almost beaten prior to the Olympics. If he had lost, they will drop him sharp sharp and he won't represent Jamaica despite being the world champion. If Nigeria can adopt these methods, it would be better for us.

Larryslim:
What of draxler??
What did that one play at PSG??
Joachim low should have just said he doesn't like sane,instead of stupid excuses..

Draxler is fantastic. He buries one on one like mad. Infact, he will score nothing less than 4 goals in this tournament. Mark my words.

lordprogress:
Lol you are very funny I am really disappointed in you the match against Ecuador I am not sure you watched it.
If you hate messi just say so not typing this thrash Ecuador scored first then messi got the hatrick clean goals with out penalties I can smell hatred.

Did you read well to get the main points in what I wrote or you just turned blind eye to the valid points raised

Why would I hate Messi??

cheapgoals:
ARGENTINA


Confederation: CONMEBOL
FIFA Ranking: 5th
Captain: Lionel Messi
Best World Cup Finish: Winners (2) 1978 & 1986
Manager: Jorge Sampaoli
MIA: Sergio Romero, Mauro Icardi

ROAD TO RUSSIA

La Albiceleste were looking likely to miss out on the World Cup after an underwhelming qualifying campaign until the final matchday when they defeated Ecuador 3-1 courtesy of a Lionel Messi’s superb hat-trick which secured their 17th appearance at the competition.

They scored 19 times throughout the qualification campaign that spanned 3 years (2015-2017) compared to Brazil’s 41 during the same period, while conceding a whopping 16 goals, failing to beat Bolivia in 2 attempts (1 draw, 1 loss) losing also to Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay while also picking up draws against Venezuela, Peru and Uruguay.

World Cup Chance

If their qualification campaign is anything to go by then many would expect Argentina for a group stage exit however they are heavy favorites to qualify from the group as group leaders and in fact one of the teams capable of lifting the trophy.

With Lionel Messi in the team, the 2014 World Cup losing finalist cannot be underestimated. Boasting of various superstars in their rank (to the extent of dropping inform Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi), the South Americans will hope to go all the way to lift the trophy, one which will be the first for Lionel Messi on the international football scene if they turn out the champions.

Despite dropping Icardi and losing first-choice goalkeeper Sergio Romero to injury, Argentina wouldn’t be lacking firepower in Russia with Paolo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria all available alongside Javier Mascherano who holds the joint record appearance holder alongside Javier Zanetti with 143 appearances.

Matches

>> 16 JUN 2018
Argentina v Iceland

>> 21 JUN 2018
Argentina v Croatia

>> 26 JUN 2018
Nigeria v Argentina

Argentina’s 23-man final squad : Nahuel Guzmán, Willy Caballero, Franco Armani; Gabriel Mercado, Nicolas Otamendi, Federico Fazio, Nicolas Tagliafico, Marcos Rojo, Marcos Acuna, Cristian Ansaldi, Eduardo Salvio; Javier Mascherano, Angel Di Maria, Ever Banega, Lucas Biglia, Manuel Lanzini, Gio Lo Celso, Maximiliano Meza; Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala, Cristian Pavon

Argentina was not supposed to be in this world up at all. I confirmed FIFA's corruption during the last match against Ecuador. The match was fixed just so Messi can be at the World Cup. How? Ecuador was pressured to supply an inferior team in that match consisting of merely teenagers and inexperienced players. The captain of the team, VALENCIA was even seated on the bench throughout the duration of the game. That's match fixing. Had Ecuador played the first team, Argentina would have been at risk of not qualifying because they needed to win so bad and the probability of beating Ecuador's first / main team is very slim. Never have I seen a match being fixed as it was done against Ecuador. Corruption everywhere!

ipledge01:
Wait, are you kidding me? So you want them to keep your money at the same time pay you interest after the agreed period? How do you want the company to succeed?

I so not expect anyone to pay me any money. At the same time, I don't want my money invested in anything. Better to go and deal with a recognised bank. Bookmark this page. Don't say I didn't warn you.

@OP, I do not masturbate but your write-up is so stupid and devoid of common sense.

First, you mentioned some great men in their fields and concluded from your annus that they never masturbated. Your opening lines meant to show that their being great was because they didn't engage in the act. Think about it, is that not very stewpid? Apart from the fact that you do not have sufficient evidence to justify this, it does not follow logically.



Moreover, there is a difference between sexuality /biology and religion. A mature man is supposed to have a partner in order to get rid of the excess sperm. Anyone who is of age and not having sex must be a chronic masturbator.


Your write-up is also gender biased. You're talking about fluid and referring to men as if women do not masturbate or are they not affected by your so called consequences of Masturbation



Finally, masturbation is used to treat sexual dysfunctional like Pre mature ejaculation. Masturbating before sex helps to lower the rush of semen during sex and also Masturbating and stopping before climaxing while repeating the cycles can be used to teach discipline and semen control during actual sexual encounter.


Your write-up was poorly done and filled with alot of logical miscalculations.

decatalyst:
They should beat sense and remorse back into his torso!

Is this picture Hausa kongfu?

IamaNigerianGuy:
You are on point.

I see the weakness of the business model same way you do. Trying to grow depositors funds at a rate greater than expenses and inflation in a mercurial economy is very very risky.

I wish them luck, but I don't see this baby flying

They shot themselves in the foot by even granting an interview. Now, it operates like a bank. You're being tricked into bringing your money under the guise of savings while some elements invest your money in doing businesses and having fun. They will even charge you for wanting to withdraw your cash before the stipulated time making excess profit on your money again. Your money o. They painted the penalty for withdrawals like it is a disciplinary measure which isn't true. These guys are crooks. He who has ears, let him hear.

I wanted to do this piggy bank thing yesterday but having read the interview I will not and will not advice anyone to do it again. Reasons being that your money will be invested into other things. The savings thing that was talked about was just a trick. The main thing these people will do is to get funds from different deposits and do business with your money. What if their investments go bad?? I would prefer a situation where your money is just there and nobody is touching it to use for what so ever investment.

Bunch of sore losers. Was it not Salah that entangled his hands with Ramos before they both struggled and fell and Salah fell awkwardly. It was never intentional.

Who are those talking jargons about Ramos? The ball was a 50/50 challenge and it was Mo Salah who went to lock his hands in Ramos'. A taller player cannot bend low to go grab a shorter player's hand. They got their hands locked, were both struggling for ball and fell. Unfortunately, Salah fell awkwardly. Ramos is stronger than him YES! Ramos defended well YES!! but Ramos never fouled him intentionally. Please, let's learn how to be fair.


Away from that, Liverpool lost the match not because of Mo Salah's absence but due to a senseless change in tactics.

Klopp knew the strength of the Madrid team is in the midfield and he guarded against that very well in the first half by choking the midfield which really worked well. As soon as first half finished, he opened the midfield such that Madrid already did two major attacks in less than 3 minutes. His mistake was trying to attack Madrid leaving some holes in the Midfield
Toni Kroos and Co took advantage of that and distributed the balls well across the wings. One of such balls was distribution to. Marcelo who made a superb right footed cross for Bale's psycho kick.

When you play a better team, you play strategically and not try to attack when not necessary. The choking worked perfectly. I don't know why he changed it.

Madrid plays like a machine and they didn't even need a through ball or facing a goalie to do the damage. What an easy win for Madrid. Good job!

sexybbstar:
For your information, I'm working with a group of nairalanders and all those sites I listed there are not websites where you can earn off someone. You make your money individually.

Lol. Can't you take a joke?

bbstarr:
That you can't afford it doesn't mean others can't afford it. I earn more than that on cryptoc.urrencies. I earn my own money. I wait for no man. I earn on stee.mit, I earn on So.la, I earn through Pre.search, I'm currently mining coins on dodge.miner. I registered on Smoke Network few days ago. I'm into several ai.rdrops i can't count. Stop wasting words on nairaland just to be tagged "Savage". Twice of what you typed can earn you something on Fiv.err and stee.mit.


And as for the question you asked, money can't replace my love. Why should I be a slave to money when I can work for it and make it my slave?

See advert. I guess you hope someone will quote you and ask you to give a guide on how you do all these. You really want to make this money.

RoyalBlak007:
Still

[color=#F5A215]not bad [/color]

Thanks

I guess this is not too bad. The handwriting I use for jotting and other works. The original one is better.

Icon79:
Well, that shouldn't be a surprise. Gary Linker's game is similar to Cristiano Ronaldo; the only thing they contribute to the game is to score goals ... just stalk the last defender and wait for a cheap tap in, that's their game. Take for instance, in the first game versus Bayern Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo only touched the ball 19 times!


O pari

I wanted to ignore you before but I decided to at least get the stupidity out of someone today. You seem like the kind of person that usually fails to identify his primary duty even at work. In case you do not know, if you play as a striker, your primary duty is to wait for the ball and tap in OR to score goals just as it is the duty of keepers to prevent them from entering . When the ball crosses the face of goal, you must be available to do a tap in. Players like Crespo, Ruud Van really mastered this. This is why there are different departments in a team. Any other wandering about is just an excess. Moreover, the Ronaldo you are referring to has nothing to prove to you. He has done more than enough all through his career..... Dribbles, runs, long range, shot range, freekicks, headers, just name it. In the history of the game, there has never beeen any player that is more complete and versatile than Ronaldo. You may commit suicide if you want. If your memory serves you well, you will recall that Ronaldo is around 33 years now. How many 33 years olds are performing at his level and occupying even top 5 in the world?? Now that he has decided to use his common sense and save his energy in games, you are talking like you were born just yesterday. He didn't win his 5 "world best footballer " awards by accident, he won it through sweat , hard work and consistency. Please, let us always use our common sense before talking like a slowpoke online. Okay?

khiaa:
I agree. Good morning, it's still Monday night here.

Difference in time zone I guess.

khiaa:
Good looking out.

Very poor journalism. The blogosphere needs to be cleared of vanity blogging. Good morning dear.

khiaa:
Wow!!! The op is slow in reading comprehension. It says the best student at Miles College in Birmingham Alabama, not best in the United States, but congratulations are due her.

Not even the best in Miles College but the best in her department and the OP failed to name the department. Congrats to the young lady.

Treasuredlove:
you need to realise nairaland needs loads of traffic so whether the topic makes sense or not, as long as it can trend then it goes on FP.

Not disputing that. There are some threads that are not trending, not sensational and just there but they get moved to the front page straight. There are some topics other people would have reported first based on overall content and gets looked over but when a padi creates such thread, straight to the front page and there are some blogs that I believe pays to get their stuffs moved down..... At a stage it was Vivian.now, it is aproko. It used to be Amira too including some auto blogs.thats what I mean.

abumeinben:
I'm sure this aproko...blog pays whichever mod 10k/front page because almost all their threads are like they're competing with lindaikeji. Over 20% of front page links is aproko over the last few weeks.

Your memes had no funny content. . I don't see why this should be on front page. FYI, there's no NEPA, it's now business for DISCOs. You're probably not enjoying them because you're resident in Lagos, or a part of town that's called a low revenue area. You don't expect me to supply you with energy for 10hrs and get 2.5k end of month when I have Enterprise customers that are ready to pay over 20m per month over 8hrs average. You should move in to such areas.

But here in Osun State, average is 18hrs. Please relocate to Osun State.

I said this before.... Nairaland Don turn padi padi business. If you know the mods too or just one of them, any useless thread you create is straight to the front page.

Asolab:
I swear thanks for introducing the app, its really helpful

you're welcome!

chibu4u2:
I think Mobdro app is better

Okay o. Never tried that out but periscope never disappoints. I see almost all matches from different sources.

Hargbo:
Which app can I use to watch live match on my phone

Download periscope app on your phone. Anytime a match is going on. You will see alot of people streaming from their TVs. You can start following them. If I log on now, I will see more than 5 people showing the match.

openmine:
why is it that when a big club loses,it means the match was fixed!
Some one on wednesday was saying barca lost a quarter final match to roma becos the game was fixed!
Lets face it...manutd were very very poor today....
Brighton showed they wanted and needed the points more than manutd!

That's not the case bro. This one was fixed. Football has gone beyond entertainment and some people somewhere must have arranged something at the back in order to stake a very high amount of cash. You can read it from the attitude of the players. Rashford was even acting like it pained him when he didn't pass
Even a mumu will pass that ball. I hate fixing matches.

This match was obviously fixed. So easy to know.

hadura29:
Whatever it is you are serving will furnish you with enough blessing. You have said it all.

Amin. I doff my heart for Zidane o. He managed a supposed crises with a great selection and role distribution. Modric really overworked himself. Same with Ascensio.

So many idiots on this thread crying out of frustration. They know nothing about football. If your eyes isn't paining you, you would have noticed that Modric was drafted way backwards to help buffer the threat cos the defenders weren't good enough to stop Bayern threat way back due to injuries to carvajal, casemero and even Nacho. As a result, the midfield was not its usual standard with the absence of Modric. Even Ascensio was greatly overworked as he had to be moved backwards and come in from there. Kroos was cool as usual playing his fine ball distribution. Ronaldo was not bad too, everyday is not Christmas. He came to defend and won the ball on the midfield at least three times, he had a shot on target and missed a seater . It is not his best game ever but whose best game was it? Did Muller fire shots? How many did Lewandoski fire? We're they able to penetrate? Such is the level of big games. Everything is organised and you can only capitalise on your opponent's mistakes.

chiboy1116:
Ronaldo hasn't scored a single goal from outside d box dis season ...he's an 18 yard bOx player ntn more ....j

Lol but you know what I'm talking about. That's versality. He can tweak his playing style anytime. He now operates like an aggressive striker ready. To pounce on anything. You only validated my point.

mvem:
...oga Marcelo is very very poor defensively but covers it in his brilliant attacking football...ask any sincere realmadrid fan.....

Not that he is poor defensively. Not just always around when he travels sometimes. Lol. But in a case of one be one, he will pocket Salah.

Equal2DeTask:
Yet most of their games is sure Goal-Goal.


Ashewo defense...


Salah will destroy them permanently...

Lol

CSTR1003:
Then define Your Own versatility.
Because I honestly don't know what you meant when you said Neymar is more versatile than salah.

Neymar has better dribbling and dancing ability that is all.

Salah is more dangerous like a Ronaldo. And that is just what any team needs .

Versatile...... What options can you give the team? How many different things can you do in different situations? How many things can you do as a player? If you consider all these, you will see Neymar is more versatile E. G he can play in more positions, he can take set pieces and threaten to convert them, can dribble, can pass, can shoot, can do more things. That is versatility. The dancing on the ball thing is elegance.... How the ball is being moved and played by a player. E. G Neymar is more elegant than Salah. Neymar is more elegant than Ronaldo but not as versatile as Ronaldo. Neymar is also more versatile than Salah.