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BusinessRe: Free Pick For Football Matches. Happy Earnings by Olibboy: 3:59pm On Jun 28, 2016
ipex:
@Olibboy, your conduct is becoming repugnant here.For once will you stop spamming people's thread? You've been warn severally to leave this thread but it seems you're yet to achieve your evil intention. I only pity the people that are following your so called tips
I will stop posting here. Thanks
BusinessRe: Free Pick For Football Matches. Happy Earnings by Olibboy: 3:16pm On Jun 28, 2016
Ykkonen Oulu - Kooteepee Tips: 1 1.83 Veikkausliiga Inter Turku - SJK Tips: Odd: 2.10
Stake High.
SportsRe: All About Football by Olibboy: 2:53pm On Jun 28, 2016
Ykkonen Oulu - Kooteepee Tips: 1 1.83 Veikkausliiga Inter Turku - SJK Tips: Odd: 2.10
Stake High.
TV/MoviesRe: Marvy Tiger "Michael Jackson" At MTN Project Fame Auditions by Olibboy: 2:49pm On Jun 28, 2016
anytexy:
please, guys, MTN used to deduct my money for
SMS by sending "I will call you back" to the caller
i missed his call. I never subscribed for such. Do
anybody in the house know the code to stop it?
pls help.
screenshot d message u got from mtn
CultureRe: Ooni Ogunwusi Arrives Nigeria Today. Pictured At Murtala Mohammed Airport by Olibboy: 10:31am On Jun 28, 2016
anywhere wey u enter kabiesi emi blah blah blah
PhonesRe: GLO 3gb For Only 500naira by Olibboy: 10:41pm On Jun 27, 2016
MrErudite:
Is not working oo
thanks
SportsAnother Copa Defeat For Argentina by Olibboy(op): 5:27am On Jun 27, 2016
Chile keep Lionel Messi at bay in defence of Copa America crown


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Chile successfully defended their Copa America title on Sunday night, beating Argentina on penalties in a rematch of the 2015 final that also went to spot-kicks after a scoreless draw. Francisco Silva converted the decisive attempt for the hosts after Lionel Messi and Lucas Biglia missed for the Albiceleste, which has now lost in the final of a major tournament for the third consecutive summer. Here are three quick thoughts on the match.

1. Chile deserved the win

Before this one-off "Centenario" edition of South America's continental championship, few thought that the Chileans had much hope of retaining their crown. Although Sunday's win came on the coin-flip of penalties, La Roja did more than enough over the last month to shows that the success as the hosts last year wasn't a fluke of the result of home field advantage.

Make no mistake: this team is the real deal, and they proved it by high-pressing Argentina from the first to the 120th minute, relinquishing just two real scoring chances and making their more decorated opponent's life excruciatingly uncomfortable throughout.

"This is the first [Chile] team that has been able to get up to the level of Argentina, Germany and Spain," midfielder Marcelo Diaz, who was sent off in the first half at MetLife Stadium after picking up tow yellow cards, said on the eve of the match. "This didn't used to be normal for Chile."
Diaz added that the ultimate goal for Juan Antonio Pizzi's team was to win the World Cup. With global stars such as Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal at their disposal and a hard-working, team-first supporting cast that is consistently greater than the sum of its parts, those that count them out at Russia 2018 will do so at their peril.



2. Misery for Messi and Co.
The indelible image of Argentina's latest failure will be the spot-kick Messi skied over Claudio Bravo's crossbar and the inconsolable figure he cut afterward, but Gonzalo Higuain's first half miss had a far greater impact on the outcome. Higuain, who entered the match on the back of a two-goal performance against the U.S. in last week's semifinal and who scored 36 goals in 35 games for Italian club Napoli in 2015-16, was gifted a golden opportunity to give his team an early lead 21 minutes into the match.

The chance came about after one of the only mistakes Chile made all night: Higuain stripped midfielder Gary Medel 30 yards from goal and raced in alone on Bravo's net. But Higuain appeared to rush his shot, sending it wide of the left post. One of the questions coming into the match was how Argentina would handle the pressure of not losing a third consecutive final (in addition to last year's Copa loss, the Albiceleste were also beaten by Germany at the 2014 World Cup). The answer? Not well. Gerardo Martino's team looked tentative from the start, and those nerves were manifested on this play by Higuain, who also missed chances in both of the previous finals losses.



3. Man in the middle front and center
Given the stakes and the familiarity between these teams -- Sunday's encounter was the fourth meeting between Argentina and Chile in less than a year -- the match was always going to be filled with contempt. Indeed, the tackles flew in early and often once the whistle blew. If the 16 fouls whistled in the first half weren't at all unexpected,
the way Brazilian ref Heber Lopes handled the physical play was.


Not only did Lopes hand out five cautions and two red cards in the opening 45 minutes alone, his decision to expel Chile midfielder Marcelo Diaz for a questionable second yellow less than a half-hour in following a trifling foul on Messi changed a game that deserved so much better.


The early, controversial sending-off foreshadowed an inevitable make-up call. Sure enough, it came just before half-time, when Argentina defender Marcos Rojo saw red for a hard challenge on Arturo Vidal, one replays showed Vidal had sold. Lopes only issued three cards after the break. But with all-world players like Messi (who was correctly booked for a first-half dive) and Vidal reduced to play-acting and mass confrontations around Lopes after almost every call, it's a shame the man in the middle stole so much of the spotlight.
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RomanceRe: "Why Didn't You Touch Me"-Girl Asks Boy Who Helped Her After Their Meeting. PICS by Olibboy: 5:01am On Jun 27, 2016
Want some more
PhonesRe: GLO 3gb For Only 500naira by Olibboy: 4:11am On Jun 27, 2016
chumakk:
Mtn has 3G for N300
Last for how many days
Science/TechnologyRe: JSS3 Student In Anambra Manufactures Keke by Olibboy: 10:24pm On Jun 26, 2016
The sky Is d limit
RomanceRe: She Asked If I Am Okay With It! by Olibboy: 10:21pm On Jun 26, 2016
Phasesone:
Why did you decide to put your gender as female when we all know that you are male....

Are you gay??
Nairalanders comment when a female create thread
PoliticsRe: IGR: Poor And Rich States In Nigeria - Economic Confidential by Olibboy: 10:07pm On Jun 26, 2016
in additional Osun state
SportsRe: France Vs Ireland Live Stream by Olibboy: 8:00am On Jun 26, 2016
following
FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by Olibboy: 12:43am On Jun 26, 2016
I Rep Team Lanicky

Nairaland GeneralRe: Lanicky Appreciates by Olibboy:
♥...

Nairaland GeneralRe: Lanicky Appreciates by Olibboy: 12:17am On Jun 26, 2016
Congrats
FashionRe: Miss Nairaland 2016 Grand Finale by Olibboy: 11:36pm On Jun 25, 2016
I didn't waste my vote... victory at last
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Croatia Vs Portugal : Euro 2016 (0 - 1) On 25th June 2016 by Olibboy: 10:42pm On Jun 25, 2016
I'm so happy for cr7.... great work indeed...victory is ours
PhonesRe: Whatsapp Users Are Making 100 Million Calls Everyday by Olibboy: 3:06pm On Jun 25, 2016
Pavore9:
If l buy N100 data and can use it to make calls anywhere in the world where my Whatsapp contacts are and it affords me 30mins of talk rime, am l not making some savings on airtime, it is in Nigeria that data is seen as too precious. Airtel Kenya is too generous that with their unliminet plan even when am on 0MB l can skype, youtube to my heart's content.
you're right.♦
PhonesRe: Whatsapp Users Are Making 100 Million Calls Everyday by Olibboy: 11:58am On Jun 25, 2016
Pavore9:
MTN and other telcos will not be happy over this.
u forget say u dey buy data

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