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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:55am On Jul 20

Argentina is synonymous with trickery, dark arts, antics, shithousery, I could go on and on.........

Never thought any team would best Paraguay in thuggery and anti-football in this world cup but Argentina took it to another level.

Their display against Spain was an embarrassment and utterly disgraceful.

Mightily pleased with the outcome cos it's a victory for football.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:04am On Jul 20

Messi should have won that golden ball. He scored 8 goals and carried Argentina to the final.

Me, I no see wetin Rodri play oo at least when compared to Messi

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by 9JAMac10: 6:19am On Jul 20

When Messi retires Argentina will be irrelevant and worthless

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:22am On Jul 20

Lol, why Messi go win am? What did Messi also play in this WC final compared to Rodri? Mbappe on 10 goals and 4 assists is a joke to you abi? Lol... Messi got the Silver ball and rightly so.

@emboldened... only those trained or those keen to observe the game through midfield lenses and not just final ball or chance-creating action or shot-creating action lenses will see what Rodri did.

Rodri deserves the Golden Ball. No midfielder was as commanding from deep as Rodri at this tournament. He orchestrated Spain's plays. The key metronome in their middle game dynamics and disciplined positional possession plays. I know someone may wanna point to Bellingham but he is an AM with licence to bomb forward... he is no orchestrator. England have Declan Rice and Elliot Anderson for that and which partly explains why Rice had more chances created than Bellingham all tournament (17 against Jude's 8 ).

I will quote 2010 WC Winner and Real Madrid Record winning coach, Vicente Del Bosque...

Vicente Del Bosque said this about Busquets..... but these exact same words apply to Rodri.

He said...

“If you watch the game, you don’t see Busquets. But if you watch Busquets, you see the whole game.”

So Rodri was Gold.

Check link below....⤵️
https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/04/19/sergio-busquets-barcelona-evolution-la-masia

Mujtahida:
Messi should have won that golden ball. He scored 8 goals and carried Argentina to the final.

Me, I no see wetin Rodri play oo at least when compared to Messi

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 6:32am On Jul 20

PDPGuy:
Don’t worry, in 6 days time, the CAF WAFCON starts 😁

Omo. With the way NFF have handled their prep I'm just praying for them that they will at least qualify for the Women's World Cup.

If they fail to defend the trophy, I won't be surprised.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 6:43am On Jul 20

semid4lyfe:
Argentina is synonymous with trickery, dark arts, antics, shithousery, I could go on and on.........

Never thought any team would best Paraguay in thuggery and anti-football in this world cup but Argentina took it to another level.

Their display against Spain was an embarrassment and utterly disgraceful.

Mightily pleased with the outcome cos it's a victory for football.

South America. Na their way. When it comes to the dark arts they're even worse than North Africans.

Brazil is the only occasionally graceful team from that region I think.

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 6:54am On Jul 20

Be like say dem no receive your memo oo bros. Paredes dey nack person blow for stadium because dem dey celebrate for him frontm

Sugarboyy:
Even if Argentina lose tonight, they won't cry, rather they would embrace the Spanish because they are friends. Same way we the fans won't cry. We are watching today's match with open minds. Na Ronaldo fans they cry for us and Argentina 🤓

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 7:03am On Jul 20

Our 5th place record is safe........for now

TheSuperNerd:
Ahead of the FIFA World Rankings to be updated today (July 20th), this is what to expect...

World's Top 10 (July 2026 Update)

🥇SPAIN (2026 World Champions)
🥈Argentina
🥉France
4. England
5. Brazil
6. Morocco
7. Portugal
8. Belgium
9. Netherlands
10. Mexico

Africa's Top 10... July 2026

1. Morocco (World Rank: 6th)
2. Senegal (World Rank: 18th)
3. Egypt (World Rank: 24th)
4. Nigeria (World Rank: 26th)
5. Algeria (World Rank: 29th)
6. Cote D'Ivoire (World Rank: 31st)
7. DR Congo (World Rank: 41st)
8. Cameroon (World Rank: 43rd)
9. Mali (World Rank: 53rd)
10. South Africa (World Rank: 54th)

Africa's 11-15...

11. Tunisia (World Rank - 57th)
12. Burkina Faso (World Rank - 62nd)
13. Cape Verde (World Rank - 64th)
14. Ghana (World Rank - 65th)
15. Guinea (World Rank - 81st)

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 7:45am On Jul 20

TheSuperNerd:
TheGoodJoe... I have missed thine sound humor🤣🤣🤣

You and oga Joe Una get plans I swear cos all these Una bad belle for Argentina I no understand 😂

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 7:47am On Jul 20

FiveFootNinja:
South America. Na their way. When it comes to the dark arts they're even worse than North Africans.

Brazil is the only occasionally graceful team from that region I think.

Honestly I no know say agbero full South America o chai see Paraguay omo our Agberos for naija need to sent to South American countries like Paraguay and Argentina for more training 😂

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 7:48am On Jul 20

I thoroughly enjoyed the WC and Argentina played a great part.

Na every team, except Belgium, reach Spain and turn to training cone. All this emergency "football won" na cope grin

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:58am On Jul 20

Odunayaw:
I thoroughly enjoyed the WC and Argentina played a great part.

Na every team, except Belgium, reach Spain and turn to training cone. All this emergency "football won" na cope

Football "still" won. grin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SolaFide(m): 8:03am On Jul 20

Nigeria have had it difficult against Argentina because of their mercurial number 10s.
Maradona
Ortega
Messi

Let Messi retire from the team so we can have our own pound of flesh from 2030 onward.

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 8:08am On Jul 20

ChrisKels:
Now that it has been confirmed that Ronaldo is not part of the big 3(Messi, Pele and Maradona) because he couldn't win a world cup, can we now agree that;

Mbappe and Yamal >>>>>>>>>Ronaldo

Him boys wan use voice note wound me last night cheesy

Make these two boys win UCL and Ballon D'or first

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:09am On Jul 20

TheGoodJoe and I have a great aversion for toxic yama yama, thuggery-like, dirty football. Na why😂

And in truth, Argentina, for all their quality displayed such throughout the competition and kept escaping with zero or few cards no thanks to biased officiating.

Spain beat the frauds like drum.
No single shot in 90mins. In extra time just one off target and one blocked shot. Finito. Very very poor.

Cape Verde had more shots vs Spain and on target than Argentina did in 90mins.

Saudi Arabia had more shots vs Spain and on target than Argentina did in 90mins.

Even France had way more shots vs Spain and on target than Argentina did in 90mins.

Argentina were absolutely exposed and their charade ended emphatically. They had no business making the WC final.

Goke7:
You and oga Joe Una get plans I swear cos all these Una bad belle for Argentina I no understand 😂

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:13am On Jul 20

I wonder how Ronaldo feels watching a small boy of yesterday, Yamal lift the world cup trophy. Something he can only dream about. sad

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 8:18am On Jul 20

库库雷利亚向梅西解释，库巴西的嘴角受伤，结果梅西借机向裁判举报他捂嘴，要求向他出示红牌。

证明球王也有骚操作的，只是这个操作有失球王风度。 pic.twitter.com/qcQB8x3smV
— superluigi.eth (@superluigi0309) July 20, 2026

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 8:19am On Jul 20

TheSuperNerd:
Football "still" won.

✌️💯😁

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 8:20am On Jul 20

Mujtahida:
Messi should have won that golden ball. He scored 8 goals and carried Argentina to the final.

Me, I no see wetin Rodri play oo at least when compared to Messi

Bros u say wetin? 😳😳😳😳😳

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 8:27am On Jul 20

Goke7:
Honestly I no know say agbero full South America o chai see Paraguay omo our Agberos for naija need to sent to South American countries like Paraguay and Argentina for more training 😂

You don forget Uruguay wey be the point 1 agbero for South America.

Wetin those guys don use Ghana eyes take see, even me I get beef with them. 😂😂

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 8:28am On Jul 20

Omo Ronaldo fans no gree for Messi fans on Twitter. Straight roasting since yesterday. 😭😭😭

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:40am On Jul 20

Papi85:
Bros u say wetin? 😳😳😳😳😳

Isi ewu suppose get the golden ball. If say Argentina win you think say dem for give Rodri?

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 8:54am On Jul 20

TheSuperNerd:
Football "still" won.

Yes o. Football won against all the teams

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 8:55am On Jul 20

Mujtahida:
Isi ewu suppose get the golden ball. If say Argentina win you think say dem for give Rodri?

u and this isi Ewu self 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 8:55am On Jul 20

[quote author=Papi85 post=140085192]

库库雷利亚向梅西解释，库巴西的嘴角受伤，结果梅西借机向裁判举报他捂嘴，要求向他出示红牌。

证明球王也有骚操作的，只是这个操作有失球王风度。 pic.twitter.com/qcQB8x3smV
— superluigi.eth (@superluigi0309) July 20, 2026

shameful something

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 9:01am On Jul 20

Odunayaw:
Very shameful something

Messi na snitch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:03am On Jul 20

Odunayaw:
Yes o. Football won against all the teams

Naah... Other teams at least played football vs Best Team in the World, Spain.

Argentina played "Rugby" and a game of "wait for penalties" and got pummelled. grin

Got Spanked real good.

That is the Victory of Football over Toxic "Agbero-ism" 😄

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by elyte89: 9:07am On Jul 20

One thing I noticed about Argentina 🇦🇷 throughout this tournament, especially from the Round of 32 to the final, is that they struggled to win games convincingly, often relying on slim margins. Some of those matches could easily have ended in defeat, but somehow the Messi factor kept rescuing them. However, in yesterday’s final, Messi didn’t show up, and no other player stepped up to fill that void, which was a major reason they lost. This is where they really missed Di María. Over the years, Di María has repeatedly stepped up for Argentina, sometimes almost single-handedly turning games in their favour with his brilliance. His absence was definitely felt in the final.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:07am On Jul 20

See ehn, that moment made me really ashamed for Messi. In 2022, I was really happy for him winning a World Cup majorly because I personally wont be able to explain enough to my Grandkids why in an era that messi and CR7 dominated for the better part of 16yrs+, that neither of them won a WC. So Messi winning 1 really solved that dilemma.😂

But in 2026, man, shameful... Utterly shameful. That moment is so cringe from messi.

Papi85:
Messi na snitch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:12am On Jul 20

In a nutshell, Angel Di Maria in 2022 was the extra X factor for Argentina.
After he left, Argentina could not replace his player profile properly. There is no winger in Argentina's NT today that comes close to the profile of Di Maria. As he departed, he took his game-changing width football with him. Once Messi also leaves the stage... Argentina will look like they did in the 90s... or maybe worse.

They would still be decent opposition but not elite.

elyte89:
One thing I noticed about Argentina 🇦🇷 throughout this tournament, especially from the Round of 32 to the final, is that they struggled to win games convincingly, often relying on slim margins. Some of those matches could easily have ended in defeat, but somehow the Messi factor kept rescuing them. However, in yesterday’s final, Messi didn’t show up, and no other player stepped up to fill that void, which was a major reason they lost. This is where they really missed Di María. Over the years, Di María has repeatedly stepped up for Argentina, sometimes almost single-handedly turning games in their favour with his brilliance. His absence was definitely felt in the final.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 9:17am On Jul 20

TheSuperNerd:
See ehn, that moment made me really ashamed for Messi. In 2022, I was really happy for him winning a World Cup majorly because I personally wont be able to explain enough to my Grandkids why in an era that messi and CR7 dominated for the better part of 16yrs+, that neither of them won a WC. So Messi winning 1 really solved that dilemma.😂

But in 2026, man, shameful... Utterly shameful. That moment is so cringe from messi.

Messi is sneaky na, if u knw that one now u knw am late 🤣🤣🤣

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 9:27am On Jul 20

Papi85:
Messi na snitch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

He don equal the nonsense Ororo do to Rooney that year

grin

very irritating something

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