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How Ronaldo was forced beside Messi even when we know there are many players better than him in football who are not even on Messi’s level.

hensben:
How Ronaldo was forced beside Messi even when we know there are many players better than him in football who are not even on Messi’s level.

Ramos was offside from a direct corner?

Ibime:
Congrats to Xenophobia

And somebody said Nigeria will not qualify from the group South Africa just qualified from. SMH

There see many group Naija will qualify ,like many ,but if I talk now dem go say we no come World Cup ,so I won’t blame them

World Cup now don easy pass before ,make fifa end am here sha ,I hope they don’t change it to every 2 years

Lacroix is solid shaaa, Fofana should look for a new team.

Godx:
Anyone who lived in Nigeria throughout the 90s and early 2000s and claims they watched even 30% of the full 90 minute matches Ronaldo played during that period is simply a fat liar. 30% is even a generous number.

Anybody?

Like even men in their 40s and 50s?

51m on a defender BlueCo will sell in two years time.... Buying and Selling. How many that started with BlueCo when they took over is still around? How do you even build a league winning team this way?

NinjaMetahuman:
We have started spending stupid money on lousy unproven players again eh.

I like as you dey press nostalgia fans neck

Capaldi:
Don't let anyone gaslight you.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suQSu3O8Fnc?si=f43nihgnsLryG-ac

Lana1:
We all hoped South Africa would get booted out. But they get to finish 2nd. Those that thought they didn't deserve to be there can bite their tongue.

If you want to be at the world cup then qualify for it. Nothing like "they for allow us" or "that team don't deserve to be here"

You're are minding Nigerians

About 5 African teams will qualify to the next stage


But "dem for allow us qualify"😂

Make dem dey play nonsense dey go

Ihebu4chelsea:
Lacroix is solid shaaa, Fofana should look for a new team.

Another french cb
Not interested

izzou:
Anybody?

Like even men in their 40s and 50s?

Do you mean men in their 40s and 50s then or now?

Most men in their 40s and 50s then followed football on radios. The ones that had tv and satellites had access to only few occasional live and past recorded games here and there. Majority of what was available then were sport highlights and discussion shows like mastersport, the best of football, Football made in Germany, Gillette world sport etc. No one was watching 90mins of Ronaldo week in and week out.

izzou:
The context of the Indomie is about the group that consumes it, and not about the age of the product.

Indomie is usually for children, so that's why any shade to someone who's young is usually categorized as "Indomie"

Nah, I have never heard anyone call the recent young kids indomie generation. It was used to refer to kids born around the time it entered and spread in Nigeria. Mostly millenials born in the 90s.

Who remembers this masterpiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ8aGNXi23M?si=9mW-m360Xxd02EDu

Illimitable:
Only league champions qualified for UCL in that era. If that same rule applies now, Arsenal will be playing CL for the first time in 22 years(next season).
30 years later, kids would go on the internet and type “Bukayo Saka is an awful player, he only has 3 goals in the CL.”

Thanks for the breakdown. In today’s game, the “data boys” seem to care only about numbers and ignore the eye test. For example, if one player scores 2 tap-ins while another bleeds for a single goal, the stats will say the 2-goal player is better, just because 2 > 1.

Foden won 6 Premier League titles in his first 7 years at Man City. That is incredible achievement by any standard Meanwhile, Gerrard played 17 years in the Premier League without ever winning one.Now, Foden is in prime now, he's 25 and he can not make it to 2026 World Cup squad, can you imagine any coach leaving Gerrard out of a World Cup list?
So, if we want to judge by epl achievements, Foden is greater, but if by eye test, it will be Gerald, Gerald and Gerald.
Stats can be deceptive. The eye test still matters.

Nemesis0147:
these arguments are funny
Mbappe and his people are getting these stats now because the game has gone soft
Football then was war!!

Yes, this is another angle to the discussion.

So, in today's game, 3 points can be enough to secure qualification from the group stage, whereas years ago, even 6 points could see you eliminated.
So, today game is soft compared to then.

Now imagine someone 30 years from now mocking that Argentina team, led by Maradona, for failing to get out of the group stage while praising a team that scraped through with only 3 points now. On paper, the latter "achieved more" because they advanced. But anyone who understands the context should know that football should not be judged by statistics alone.

This is exactly why statistics and records should never be viewed in isolation. Numbers tell us what happened, but they do not always tell us how or why it happened. Context matters. Circumstances matter. Statistics matter too, but the eye test remains the ultimate judge of what truly happened on the pitch.

drisham:
Another french cb
Not interested

The guy is good, he did well at Wolfsburg.

MorataFC:
Yes, this is another angle to the discussion.

At the USA 1994 World Cup, Nigeria was in the same group as Argentina, Bulgaria, and Greece. Argentina won their first two matches and accumulated 6 points, yet they still crashed out, as those 6 points were not enough to secure qualification for the second round.

So, in today's game, 3 points can be enough to secure qualification from the group stage, whereas years ago, even 6 points could see you eliminated. Is 3 greater than 6?
So, today game is soft compared to then.

Now imagine someone 30 years from now mocking that Argentina team, led by Maradona, for failing to get out of the group stage while praising a team that scraped through with only 3 points now. On paper, the latter "achieved more" because they advanced. But anyone who understands the context should know that football should not be judged by statistics alone.

Where you the one that crashed out Argentina?

Congratulations to South Africa on moving to the next stage.

Netherland are in a pickle. Remain first and they face Morocco, lose and drop down to 2nd they face Brazil.

Kimbeast:
Where you the one that crashed out Argentina?

/Against all odds South / Africa made it out from the group

A40:
Engage you?

Lol. You're the mascot, court jester and laughing stock of this thread.

I have shown you 4 of the most successful teams in the game not requiring a striker and your response is weak as usual. 🤡

You are yet to tell me why I should leave the Burndisleaguedown champions with Kane as striker, out of it? Can you see how deluded you are?

The current World champion, Argentina, and the current club World Cup champions, used strikers in their setups to get those trophies.

A40, when will you stop disgracing yourself?

Kimbeast:
Where you the one that crashed out Argentina?

Out of everything he said,this is the only thing you could pick out?

Godx:
Anyone who lived in Nigeria throughout the 90s and early 2000s and claims they watched even 30% of the full 90 minute matches Ronaldo played during that period is simply a fat liar. 30% is even a generous number.

I will advice you not to judge your realities with others.

South Africa tried abeg. I never believed they could come back from the dead and qualify despite elimination staring them in the face. It was inspiring. I commend their never say die spirit

If my fellow blacks can support Argentina, why won't I openly support my fellow black brothers who have been misguided.

hensben:
How Ronaldo was forced beside Messi even when we know there are many players better than him in football who are not even on Messi’s level.

Thank you. I prefer the ronaldo of man u to the ronaldo of real Madrid. The ronaldo at man u before coming to madrid was a well rounded player, doing remarkable things messi was not doing pre pep era. Take for example his last seasons at man u before he moved to madrid. He was a super fantastic player. Getting to Madrid to devolved his game as he started chasing goals records. I wished he had evolved into a selfless playmaking/team player with the rich talent he had. The one player that should be compare to messi in terms of skillset and style is arjen robben

raumdeuter:
Minister of petroleum doesnt decide cost of a barrel of oil

But can decide to remove subsidy on petroleum and it's derivatives?

popizaino:
But can decide to remove subsidy on petroleum and it's derivatives?

Accountability and APC in the same sentence. 😃

Let's talk ball please and forget the sorrow called Nigeria

popizaino:
But can decide to remove subsidy on petroleum and it's derivatives?

If the govt doesnt have money to keep paying for the subsidy, what do you suggest they do?

odizeey:
If my fellow blacks can support Argentina, why won't I openly support my fellow black brothers who have been misguided.

Which of your black brother ?

Abeg make una give me like 5 current players wey una think say he generational talent 🙏

I Dey argue with person

andrewbaba44:
Abeg make una give me like 5 current players wey una think say he generational talent 🙏

I Dey argue with person

Garnacho