₦airaland Forum

NewDigitalWorld:
He shouldn't have gone to the press and start talking like that, this is your star player.

One thing I like about Mourinho is that, even if he want to criticize his player in public, he will do it in a smart way.

Mourinho criticise smartly? If I hear. I know Mourinho won't criticise lookman because he came back from injury, started from bench and scored.

cr7lomo:
I don't know how u guys reason... lookman wasn't meant to take the spot kick, he isn't a spot kick taker , but he took the ball due to arrogance, cos he scored their first goal ...he then missed it..it will anger any coach ...

Spot on.

Nonsense

A team that was losing 3 - 0 in their home without Lookman was useless that night.

If true the coach complained, he could have stopped him from taking it as a coach in charge.

Nonsense again

neutralmind:
Nobody says the coach shouldn't get angry. He is human and has a right to get angry.


But no matter the situation it's not proper to criticise a player in public. A player who has contributed massively to the club.

Criticise in private. That's all

Great take, I agree

Angelfrost:
You go just dey cap upandan...!

What exactly is your point?!!

Of all the players to call out, why Ademola?!!

Atalanta conceded 3 goals in the first half, and their consolation goal came from Lookman who didn't even start the game.

Why didn't he call out the defence?!! Or the goalkeeper?!!

Even the penalty wasn't in anyway getting them back into a game they were losing by 3 goals in aggregate. So, what was the point picking on your star player?!!

That's immature and stupid, as it will draw racist connotations from the media.

Any small thing , all u mediocre analyst will claim racism , due to ur inferiority complex... lookman 4kd up... so because he scored earlier , the team should now do whatever he wants against the teams rules .... just because he's a Nigerian, u have decided to throw ur sense of reason like a woman on her period.... everyone knows Bruno takes the spot kick for united ...imagine if they are 3 down and garnacho comes in the game and scores a goal and then they get a penalty and garnacho decides to take the spot kick when Bruno is on the pitch and then misses it , ruining their chance to advance ...I know that u will start to criticise garnacho, so as the coach and fans for taking the spot kick when they had Bruno... be logic in ur reason and stop reasoning like a woman

AirBere:
The reality is that Lookman is actually a terrible penalty taker. His penalty record is poor. You can check the stats.

Also, like many of us, we would have preferred the coach did it in the dressing room but yeah he said it out because of this....

He wanted to take the penalty after scoring a goal. He took the ball despite Retegui and De Keteleare being available to take it… I didn’t like what Lookman did,” Gasperini added

From the above, you can see that there are better takers in Retegui and De keterelare but Lookman forced the issue and the coach was upset. He should have done so in the dressing room but Lookman should've allowed better takers to take the pen because he's poor at it.

All Lookman needs to do now is the manage the situation better and not burn bridges like Osimhen. We have to be objective.

That's Lookman's response.

NewDigitalWorld:
This oyinbo people are just ungrateful sometimes.

Even if you want to criticize your player, do it in private.

Talk to him one on one, don't just go to a press conference and start criticizing your star player publicly.

Anyone can miss a Penalty.

Messi have missed a penalty.

C. Ronaldo have missed a penalty.

Hazard have missed a Penalty.

Neymar have missed a penalty.

Mbappe have missed a penalty.

Kane have missed a penalty

Anyone can miss a Penalty.

This is a player that won a Europa League for you.

I hope this won't affect Lookman confidence.

Roberto Baggio missed his pen in USA 1994 FIFA WC final game against Brazil. He blasted it over the bar.

That Pepperoni abi wetin be hin name of a coach na mumu,
Who better to take the pen than who just scored about 20 minutes earlier, 1 minute after coming on at half-time?
Pepperoni lost home and away. The two he wanted to take pen did not score home and away.
Where were they when Lookman was scoring a hattrick to win the cup final last year?

Lookman should be packing his bag. Any good offer from a good German or French club, just go. Avoid EPL for now.

Once these Italians start blaming you, the fans can become very cruel.

U want to use the pena to complain, why not complain for d Red card. B4 Ademola enter d field dey are loosing already. Rubbish talk for d coach

Holuwaxheun:
That's Lookman's response.

The response was not needed if you ask me. I think he's leaving come summer. Chelsea or barka should sign him. Both are in need of left wingers

Ojuntana:
Killed which spirit? Barca were all over PSG from the get go in that match

Are you aware atalanta did not score a single goal in the first half and had to bring in lookman in the second half when they were 3 goals down?

Why didn't the stupid coach start lookman? He waited till they were 3 goals down before bringing on lookman who did what his useless teammates couldn't do for 46 minutes and the useless coach who watched for 45minutes while his team were being annihilated is blaming him?

That coach is very mad I say. He's just looking to deflect from the useless performance of his team and his terrible tactics. 11 shots and just one goal. Why didn't the other 9 go in?

I don't like arguing with people that are naive with how football works ...lookman had been injured for about a month , and u expect him to start a game , where that one de happen?? It's certain u have never even payed the game b4 ... go ask any local football player that nonsense u just suggested , that a player that had been injured and still recovering should start a game .... so u think he's fit... lol.. All these novice wey I de argue with sef

AirBere:
The response was not needed of you ask me. I think he's leaving come summer. Chelsea or barka should sign him. Both are indeed of left wingers

Yeah. But I think he needed to clear the air. Many are of the position he took the PK out of pride.

I wish him all the best in his career.

Softmirror:
🥴 It only means that you don't know your job as a coach if you really do you would have known this lapses in the team you are coaching.

A coach assigns penalty to the best penalty takers in the team.

That's not even the case. Maybe he had personal issues with lukmon. Has lukmon lost any scoring chances that had caused the club any defeat in the past? Imagine him scoring the only goal in that match. In a game of football, no professional penalty takers else Messi and Ronaldo wouldn't have missed penalties. Mbape had missed penalties too. I had seen my guy David beckamp miss penalties as good and well calculative as he was back in the days too.

Lukmon had been scoring penalties no be today . Had the penalty shoot been lost at any of the preliminary match stages, I'm sure the coach wouldn't have been so unsettled. His job may be on the line too. If I were lookmon, I'd not take any penalties again, till I exit that club. Whites are usually unappreciative of black players' performance. I remember osimeh being denied the best player of the season's recognition and one eediot white player's picture was displayed on the club's website instead. After fans and other notable players had reacted swiftly globally, the club now took the white player's picture down and reluctantly replaced it with Osimeh's.

No be their fault but the perceived foundational inequality being exhibited by them. I remember when George Weah won the best footballer of the year. As a boy, I told my friends that he may probably be the only black player to win that feat in decades to come and today, I'm right, decades after. Mbape, Sam Etoo, Tienri Henry, etc were more than qualified but were voted out systematically, placing them second.

NewDigitalWorld:
This oyinbo people are just ungrateful sometimes.

Even if you want to criticize your player, do it in private.

Talk to him one on one, don't just go to a press conference and start criticizing your star player publicly.

Anyone can miss a Penalty.

Messi have missed a penalty.

C. Ronaldo have missed a penalty.

Hazard have missed a Penalty.

Neymar have missed a penalty.

Mbappe have missed a penalty.

Kane have missed a penalty

Anyone can miss a Penalty.

This is a player that won a Europa League for you.

I hope this won't affect Lookman confidence.

U wise bro. Don't mind the foolish coach,...who never miss penalty b4?? Make that old man tell us

Actually Lookman should not have taken the penalty he should have left it for the designated penalty taker.Also what in the world was the coach thinking keeping players who could have great influence and positive impact on Atalanta game plan and game play with which they could turn the game in their favour.

I have not forgotten Klington Cod's remark /comment on SportyTv Live about the team's line up .He keep on hammering on why in the world should the coach keep some key players especially Lookman on the bench when this is a must win game and the need to deploy the players who would give the team the needed win to turn the result in their favour from the beginning of the match instead of keeping them on the bench

cr7lomo:
He dint win Europa for them singlehandedly...he contributed, just like other players ... if others dint provide the assists , or the defenders dint defend well or the goalie dint keep the ball out of the net , or those that also scored on the road to the final ...lookman no for see cup win... oshinmeh don comot , Napoli are leading with 13 games to go and are in poll position to win seria a without him

Mugu
Then the blame should go to the whole team

Eriokanmi:
That's not even the case. Maybe he had personal issues with lukmon.
No be their fault but the perceived foundational inequality being exhibited by them. I remember when George Weah won the best footballer of the year. As a boy, I told my friends that he may probably be the only black player to win that feat in decades to come and today, I'm right, decades after. Mbape, Sam Etoo, Tienri Henry, etc were more than qualified but were voted out systematically, placing them second.

Even Vinicius Jnr. just last year here. He looks too African.

NewDigitalWorld:
This oyinbo people are just ungrateful sometimes.

Even if you want to criticize your player, do it in private.

Talk to him one on one, don't just go to a press conference and start criticizing your star player publicly.

Anyone can miss a Penalty.

Messi have missed a penalty.

C. Ronaldo have missed a penalty.

Hazard have missed a Penalty.

Neymar have missed a penalty.

Mbappe have missed a penalty.

Kane have missed a penalty

Anyone can miss a Penalty.

This is a player that won a Europa League for you.

I hope this won't affect Lookman confidence.

ofcourse, white are terrible to work with in all disciplines of life, unless you are the always rare solutions provider.

But why Ademola Lookman always like putting himself forward for PKs? He's not a perfect Pk taker, it is obvious. It is another big setback he will have to deal with for some time to come, unfortunately he's not getting younger

cr7lomo:
Any small thing , all u mediocre analyst will claim racism , due to ur inferiority complex... lookman 4kd up... so because he scored earlier , the team should now do whatever he wants against the teams rules .... just because he's a Nigerian, u have decided to throw ur sense of reason like a woman on her period.... everyone knows Bruno takes the spot kick for united ...imagine if they are 3 down and garnacho comes in the game and scores a goal and then they get a penalty and garnacho decides to take the spot kick when Bruno is on the pitch and then misses it , ruining their chance to advance ...I know that u will start to criticise garnacho, so as the coach and fans for taking the spot kick when they had Bruno... be logic in ur reason and stop reasoning like a woman

Nope... I already criticised Lookman for that. I even knew he would miss the penalty.

My point remains that the reaction of the coach was wrong.

Such statements are not made in public... These are things Ancellotti, Pep, and others would never say in front of the press.

You discipline or reprimand the player in private... Such utterances can upturn the chemistry of your team and further impinge on their future games.

Besides, if any player needed to be called out publicly, it should have been his defense and midfield. That game ended in first half.

This was how you went off about Osimhen too.

This is not being objective.

[quote author=NewDigitalWorld post=134207232][b]This oyinbo people are just ungrateful sometimes.

Them no dey please oyibo man.. There are so many ungrateful people amongst them..

I always tell people to do whatever will make your own conscience clear and forget about oyibo people...

cr7lomo:
Every team has an assigned pk player ...if the assigned pk player missed it, then its fine ...but when an unassigned player takes the kick without he approval of the coach and he misses it, then its a problem... u saying even if he scored , it wasn't a guarantee... but u forget that football is a game of believing and high spirit.... that miss killed the teams spirit to believe they could do it ...it always happens in football... that miss will automatically demoralise the players , psychologically, they will start to believe that its not their day ...

You're right. But the truth is, no player can kick a ball at centre 18 without the approval of the coach. The man was just an insane man. Did he say no and lukmon said yes? Was he sleeping when he went ahead and kicked the ball? See, in a game of football, no special skills in penalty taking. Beckamp was my fav back in the days. Go and study this amazing guy. Till today, his goals are still being analysed in every football academy. Yet, I've watched him miss crucial penalties.

Had any of the assigned taken it and missed it, the coach may not have reacted same way but the truth is, these guys have bias against black players. I have my proofs loaded. Had a wite guy committed same error, assigned or not, he'd have scolded him in a closet and not the way he did it so openly.

Holuwaxheun:
Yeah. But I think he needed to clear the air. Many are of the position he took the PK out of pride.

I wish him all the best in his career.

Same here 🙏

Gasperini's approach to both legs of the tie got them eliminated. It's fine if he doesn't wants to take responsibility. At the same time, he shouldn't pass the blame around. He had arguably better players than Brugge but still couldn't beat them away. Knowing what is at stake at home, you then decide to concede three goals at first half? Even the likes of Barca who have upturned such goal margin in the past would actively avoid a repeat.

Eriokanmi:
You're right. But the truth is, no player can kick a ball at centre 18 without the approval of the coach. The man was just an insane man. Did he say no and lukmon said yes? Was he sleeping when he went ahead and kicked the ball? See, in a game of football, no special skills in penalty taking. Beckamp was my fav back in the days. Go and study this amazing guy. Till today, his goals are still being analysed in every football academy. Yet, I've watched him miss crucial penalties.

Had any of the assigned taken it and missed it, the coach may not have reacted same way but the truth is, these guys have bias against black players. I have my proofs loaded. Had a wite guy committed same error, assigned or not, he'd have scolded him in a closet and not the way he did it so openly.

The emboldened is not entirely true

www.dailysabah.com/football/2015/08/25/irony-of-fate-for-turkish-coach/amp

There are many other aspects where players just take spot kicks against the wishes of the coach.

frankson1:
Was Roberto Baggio assigned to take the penalty or he went for it on his own authority

If you bypass the assigned penalty takers then YOU MUST SCORE

Lookman is a fool to have missed it and he should learn to STAY HUMBLE

Read the post again with an open mind and just maybe you'd understand the Coach's anger.

You are not only a stupid bigot but a FOOL!

During the match, the designated penalty taker instructed Lookman to take the penalty.

Smartcitizen:
Hmmm!

No be Yoruba man again?

Good today, bad tomorrow.

Very unstable people.


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

shut up!!! Ar you an slowpoke ?

Ojuntana:
Exactly!! He wouldn't scold him in public if he was white
That's my point and I stand by it
Who goes about singling a player for criticism for losing a penalty?
Mbappe played a very useless penalty against Liverpool and I didn't hear ancelloti come out to say nonsense

Mbappe is real Madrid designated pk player, while Bellingham is the 2nd... u don't see vini taking the ball to play pk unless the designated players give him the go ahead ... are u dull or what ...can't u comprehend basic rules??

cr7lomo:
I don't know how u guys reason... lookman wasn't meant to take the spot kick, he isn't a spot kick taker , but he took the ball due to arrogance, cos he scored their first goal ...he then missed it..it will anger any coach ...

Not only are you 🫵🏾 a stupid BIGOT but a FOOL!

During the match, the designated penalty taker instructed Lookman to take the penalty.

cr7lomo:
Mbappe is real Madrid designated pk player, while Bellingham is the 2nd... u don't see vini taking the ball to play pk unless the designated players give him the go ahead ... are u dull or what ...can't u comprehend basic rules??

You're wrong
Vini is Madrid pen taker
Mbappe is number 2
You write shite with a lot of confidence and more tending towards being unhinged over ignorance

I think a worse coach is the one that is losing
0-3 at home and is so clueless that he didn't know what to do.

No the player that came from injury and tried to ignite the fire for a comeback

Unfortunately he couldn't score.

You would have blamed the whole team


Rather than call a hatric hero worse