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ChrisKels:
To me, I don't see anything special about Egypt even with Salah and their weather. Once Salah is marked out, the team looks so ordinary. The Zim LB did a good job on Salah yesterday, that Salah got the better of him only thrice throughout the duration of the match. All what the team does, is to get the ball to Salah, then stand idly waiting for Salah to perform magic

I dont consider Egypt favourites, they dont have what it takes.

safarigirl:
Good morning

At the end of voting, it was decided by our threadmates that Ronaldinho is a more technical player than Xavi, havinf edged him out 13-9

Cc Micael2, forgivenes, Andrew4 icon4,islaye, elyte8, tbaba123, AIG7, and other concerned parties

Daejoyoung:
Ronaldinho wasn't all about dribbling though, he did the rest of the things you talked about but not like Xavi, Xavi on the other hand was not as instinctive in his dribbling skills or control of the ball like Ronaldinho was, not even close, so both can be termed very technical players, but I'll give it to Ronaldinho for the fact that he could do what Xavi was doing( slightly less better than Xavi) but was also much much better at dribbling and mesmerizing moves than Xavi was.

ChrisKels:
To me, I don't see anything special about Egypt even with Salah and their weather. Once Salah is marked out, the team looks so ordinary. The Zim LB did a good job on Salah yesterday, that Salah got the better of him only thrice throughout the duration of the match. All what the team does, is to get the ball to Salah, then stand idly waiting for Salah to perform magic

I dont consider Egypt favourites, they dont have what it takes.

darkelf:
If we loose, no amount of beautiful play will make you enjoy the game

andrew444:
I don talk am tire for here

I am putting them as favorite just because they are the host ,not because they are good enough

Some people think say na 2006 we dey

No be Egypt wey I watch for World Cup wey Saudi Arabia outplayed them ?

OMANBALA1:
Etebor is not a better 10 but he is a workhorse. I mean, Iwobi couldn't play against Europeans and now you think he can play the ever physical African team.

Additionally, Etebor was our best dribbler in the world...So, yes , he can dribble and run with the ball.

andrew444:
Ronaldinho cannot do what Xavi is doing

You guys are carrried over by Ronaldinho because he was one of the greatest player ever and his balon d or ,maybe his ability to dribble

BascoVanVeli:
A good job? The guy had Salah in his pocket. Matched him in speed and in wit.

ChrisKels:
To me, I don't see anything special about Egypt even with Salah and their weather. Once Salah is marked out, the team looks so ordinary. The Zim LB did a good job on Salah yesterday, that Salah got the better of him only thrice throughout the duration of the match. All what the team does, is to get the ball to Salah, then stand idly waiting for Salah to perform magic

I dont consider Egypt favourites, they dont have what it takes.

BascoVanVeli:
Xavi was not better than Yaya Toure IMO and he definitely not on Ronaldinho's level. Roni was must watch TV he gave us the best of both worlds, trophies and entertainment

iSlayer:
So you noticed that too? The guy totally pocketed the Pharaoh. However. I didn't rush to praise the LB simply because he is largely unknown to me.


On Egypt they are very strong team in this AFCON. You're using recency bias (from the World Cup) to judge them though you're right on they depending on Salah. Yet the same Salah had no hand in their goal yesterday. Trezeguet and the other fellow combined to get the goal.

safarigirl:
Good morning

At the end of voting, it was decided by our threadmates that Ronaldinho is a more technical player than Xavi, havinf edged him out 13-9

Cc Mickael2, forgiveness, Andrew44, icon4s,islayer, elyte89, tbaba1234, AIG07, and other concerned parties

Curtisaxel7:
By the way, let's talk about Iwobi for a bit. Sentiments aside, that guy doesn't fill me with confidence at all.

His shooting is pathetic, ditto his long passing abilities, his goal sense below par, aerial ability is zero, ball control average at best....the only thing he has going for him is his one-two passes and once in a blue moon accurate defence splitting pass.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big Iwobi fan and I wish him the very best but if I were in Rohr's shoes right now, I'd play Etebo as 10 ahead of Iwobi.

Your thoughts?

solonnachi:
Please what time are both matches?

bossto:
Someone should inform Rohr not to use 3-4-5 formation. I hate nonsense, we can't use it against Argentina, and stoop so low to use it against common Burundi..No!
I feel this formation limits our attacking strength hence my dislike for it.

Let's do our normal 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 even if it would amount to us losing the game!
Let me just enjoy the game..shikena!!

Famocious:
Kelechi Ihenacho on a stand-by for Samuel Kalu

Famocious:
Kelechi Ihenacho on a stand-by for Samuel Kalu

andrew444:
Ronaldinho cannot do what Xavi is doing

You guys are carrried over by Ronaldinho because he was one of the greatest player ever and his balon d or ,maybe his ability to dribble

BascoVanVeli:
Xavi was not better than Yaya Toure IMO and he definitely not on Ronaldinho's level. Roni was must watch TV he gave us the best of both worlds, trophies and entertainment

ChrisKels:
Even as the host, that favourites' prerequisites isn’t within their reach. A team like South Africa, as much as I dislike them, would bruise Egypt.

Famocious:
Kelechi Ihenacho on a stand-by for Samuel Kalu

forgiveness:
So, they don't even know what is wrong with Samuel.

Na wa oooo.

iSlayer:
My brother I woke up with a clear head and modified my earlier summation. The strongest countries going into the AFCON are Egypt and Senegal with Nigeria and some other countries just a little behind.

Coming to your own summation, strength is not just about quality of players, it has been demonstrated severally that a team with just a sprinkle of quality can beat a much more quality side.. How these players move together as a team is more important.

drDoom3:
4-1-4-1
Akpeyi
Aina_Ekong_Balogun_Collins
Ndidi
Chukwueze_Mikel_Iwobi_Musa
Ighalo
Subs: Onyekuru—Chukwueze
Etebo—Mikel
Onuachu—Ighalo

Earthquake3:
This is blasphemy

andrew444:
Ronaldinho cannot do what Xavi is doing

You guys are carrried over by Ronaldinho because he was one of the greatest player ever and his balon d or ,maybe his ability to dribble

nairalandankrah:
Enough of this argument already?!.
Let's discuss tactics and formation for our darling super Eagles

andrew444:
Make Africa try get sense

Afcon don start and I am not sure a replacement can be made for any injured player

The last time I checked Croatia sent kalinic back home during the World Cup and they played the tournament with just 22 players