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PDPGuy:
Anyone expecting FIFA to not favor their favorite teams is absolutely joking

The officiating has been horrendous

The only FIFA’s favourite team is Argentina, since forever. See Messi acting. Like say we no know as e dey go.

Wow. I give up.

Expert17:
Keep the tears coming

Nawa o, una well done o.

Shegzdave:
That pull on the Egyptian should’ve been reviewed but they know best

They know nothing. Na ojoro

Leyqute:
Two fouls in the build up to Argentina’s goal tho.

This is crazy. And they disallowed Egypt’s goal because of a foul in the build up for it.

Was that not a foul?

Theflint1:
Na this 2-1 go sweet me pass the 2-0 sef, e get why

You sure say you dey watch this live?

Skimpledawg:
My heart racing dey affect as I dey throttle my car for highway

Make I off this stream focus on driving.

I cannot come and kill myself

Oga, better calm down. Park and watch the game. No go kill yourself.

iamoyindamola:
That mean they can't win afcon

My brother, na there we dey now o. Let’s see if they can win Afcon today.

Argentina has been in an Afcon competition since the WC started. Naso so Afcon teams dem dey play.

I won’t be surprised if VAR comes in again. They will go back to a foul pre the Argentina corner. FIFA things.

obonujoker:
Lol... Wetin he won for Utd when he wab win for Portugal 😬

I tire o. Let’s hope this season is different

See as this foolish Martinez dey play like iron man. At UTd the idiot for don get injury. Rubbish boy!

Theflint1:
These are the issues

No be lie.

wow, well done FIFA!

MRTA7:
It seems I share a birthday with Senne Lammens. Both our birthday's today.

Happy birthday, have a blast!

LordAdam16:
i am a fan of ronaldo
but age has caught up to him
he still has the leap and he is still the greatest finisher
but he is not that dynamic anymore

i don't even think he had a bad game yesterday
it is just that in a wc knockout game, the coach should be able to try different approaches
and cr7 made that impossible

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i firmly believe the game would have gone to extra time if ronaldo had been subbed off at the 60-70 minute mark

would portugal win? maybe not
but at least everyone would have played a role
and there will be an acceptance that the team did all it could

instead the game winner against croatia never played a minute of a game that was 0-0 in the 90th minute
that makes no sense
how many minutes of this world cup did trincao and ramos play?

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let me put it simply
portugal's wc campaign was a disaster for several reasons
i'm not saying it is all on ronaldo
personally, i think mendes not being fit played a bigger role in their underwhelming performance
and a different coach could have made cr7 stubbornness a moot point

i'm only saying ronaldo's stubbornness made it impossible for them to explore all the many different ways the team could have played

the next coach should sit with the portuguese fa and tie cr7's call-up to willingness to not have veto power over when he starts or is substituted
at this point, it is better to lose without ronaldo than to lose with ronaldo
yes, we're finally here
otherwise, in two years, he will still be demanding he plays 90 minutes against france in the euros at 43 while getting walloped 5-0

-Lord

Does he really have a veto right? He does not like it when he gets substituted or benched, but it should not stop any manager from doing so. ETH and even the previous Portugal manager did it. I believe the main reason he keeps starting for Portugal is that other forwards have not necessarily proved themselves with Portugal. It is a tricky situation.

Unfortunately, the future is bleak. Not sure Portugal can/will win anything tangible after him. Some key players including Bruno are already 30+. Let’s hope they somehow turn up in 2028 and 2030.

LordAdam16:
ronaldo also didn't help matters
his insistence on playing every minute cost portugal
too stubborn

some would say the manager should have talked it out with him
or imposed his will
but cr7 is 41 years old

play 60 minutes, go rest for the next game in 4 days, and let others contribute to the team
this is not 2010 or 2014 when the team had glaring holes
this roster is stacked and you're 41
have some self-awareness

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ronaldo's stubbornness meant bruno had to play, because he is the most creative player
if both had to play the only two options are 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-1-2
that martinez never tried 4-3-1-2 is proof that he is a terrible manager
luiz enrique has vitinha and neves and always pairs them with fabian
even though he has a superb attack line that gegenpress

portugal had a superb roster that could have been used in a variety of ways
but ronaldo sucked all the oxygen out of the room and limited the setup options
this world cup was a huge missed opportunity for portugal

in hindsight, they should have appointed a different coach, but the nations league win bought martinez more time.
same happened with santos. his nations league win bought him time to go to qatar.

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usually, i'll say ronaldo is unlucky
but this time, he did himself no favors

-Lord

So, Ronaldo made Bruno and the other quality midfielders to only pass around, sideways or to the back? He also asked the wingers to not bombard the opposition box with crosses?

Is this the first time that they played together? First it was, pressing from the front, now it’s Ronaldo that prevented them from playing attacking and effective football. I don’t think it makes sense. He was just one player on the pitch.

As much as everyone wants to blame Ronaldo, the fact is, the midfield play was shyte with Bruno and co deciding not to turn up. And the only reasonable explanation is that Martinez messed up another good team at the global stage.

Leyqute:
I think it’s fatigue plus Martinez’s incompetence. He played him out of position with no runners in the forward line. Portugal’s campaign on a whole was bad. That’s why Bruno isn’t the only underperforming one. bitinha and co also sucked.

Not sure it’s fatigue, as there are other players that played more games than Bruno during the season. I agree with you though re Martinez’s incompetence.

MRTA7:
Bruno Fernandes has had a shocking WC.

But I guess you can say the same for Vitinha and Joao Gomes who so much was expected from.

I am really worried. I hope it’s because of the players around him in Portugal, and not something else. We need these guys with their football brains intact abeg.

Godx:
It's funny seeing explanation upon explanations to defend a racist country like Argentina.

I wonder too. This is something else. There is clear evidence that Speed was racially abused. They said he’s always abused Messi. We saw what Argentine players did to Mbappe after their WC win, they said Mbappe abused them first. Is racism now an acceptable reaction to general abuse?

Jamiuokolaa:
That game is down there in the category of the record highest number of cards in a worldcup tourney..No?

Argentina are just as guilty as their South American contemporaries

No be today

See plenty receipts. No be today Argentina dey play dirty football. Everyone knows, don’t mind the guy.

Jamiuokolaa:
Argentina would probably play similar tactics if they meet France.

All those thier unknown players wey no sabi anything.

Our man lisandro Martinez dey relish those kind dirty theatrics

That’s why Lisandro always gets injured or red carded at Utd. Agbero footballers with shitty theatrics.

Modafuvkers!

AirBere:
See wetin Messi dey face for qualifiers and copa America. These guys are ready to keeeeeel

lol, Messi in Argentina is a beneficiary of this type of Football.

Another one. More than two red cards in this game.

Jamiuokolaa:
All these cocaine sniffing South American countries sef

Riling Mbappe up already

Dirty Dirty tactics

I don’t like them at all. Always playing dirty. Even Argentina.

Inexperience killed Canada. They had very good chances in the first half. Safe Journey to Toronto.

odizeey:
Argentina Egypt now them no go remember one Africa

Naso now. They will remember what Egypt did to the Israelites, and how North Africans don’t like Sub Saharan Africa.

Morocco playing dirty everytime. Nonsense.

Neymar1095:
Brazil is the best country to visit as a black man.

Visit, not live. Have you ever lived in Brazil?

andrewbaba44:
Dey play ,just dey play

Anyway Lisandro Martinez has now scored more open play goals in a World Cup knockout than Ronaldo

I fear una. What is this?