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The Three Lions will eat both these teams alive. Not much quality this second half.

Ekpekus:
He wasn't the president when Tim started repping USA from age grade competition.
Just imagine, Bukayo Saka papa later become Nigeria president. Ma the same thing dey happen here.

My guess too. Weah could not have been President for more than a few years now and the lad must have repped the US at age grade and then on to the senior team.

ManOfSon:
I guess I wouldn't care if this were to be an ordinary Liberian. But the President's son? That's not a good look, if you ask me - even for all the freedom there is to aspire to.

Find out when the two events took place before passing judgement.
If the lad had decided for United States sporting before his father became President then you have to cut them some slack. If not then the debate continues. But the lad is an adult and can take whatever decision he wants independently.

Most of your so called big men in Nigeria have some or all their children as foreign nationals and sometimes do represent those nations in various fields of endeavour. It is very common.

The USMNT wilting under better play by Wales. But one quality counter attacks could end this contest.

Kai, Wales is poor. Totally unprepared to mundial.

It was coming. Good take by Timo Weah.

Wales busy showing us why they have not been here for.....ever and why Ukraine may have been more exciting.

[quote author= post=118577862]Pulisic causing the Welsh defends all kinda wahalas.

#StarBoy

We never see Gareth Bale for dis match ooo [/quote]Age is more than a number. Abeg sofry for the pensioner.

Fira09:
USA are balling somehow Sha.

Yeah. They are pressing Wales back. Can't see how they won't win....but football is a funny old game and those two early yellow cards might tell later.

Kobonaire234:
Weah is another player who never got to play at a world cup because 'wrong country'.

At least the son is living the dream tho.

Yeah, must have motivated him to switch the son's allegiance.

[quote author= post=118577506][/quote]See as my mouth don buy wahala....

Dis President George Weah pikin na fire oh....

See Pulisic worwor freekick.

I think they said anyone with Chelsea players in this World Cup should drop them.....

Abeg oh, na joke.... angry people full dis stadium.

Nirvana101:
Portugal are so stacked to be honest.

Brazil should win it. I think their team doesn't have any weakness except themselves just like with Mendy today.

That has always been the basis of my selecting Portugal time and again, as they have perhaps the largest squad in world football but they just keep on disappointing at the finishing line.

The big question has always been: is Portugal better without CR7 or not. Selection is their Achilles Heel. Santos just has to know his selection customized to the opposition he faces. He doesn't always get it right.

Even Brazil I back, like you said can hit a landmine and crash. World Cups are just notoriously hard to call.

Nirvana101:
Dejong created the first goal with a superb ball but he was rubbish lol. Watch ball and leave Barca bias. The guy who played with Dejong in the midfield was the poor player and Blind was playing like a snail. Sarr roasted Dumfries like wetin I no no but na Dejong who played well na him you see lol.

On the game, I expected a close game to be honest. Senegal are no push overs and the result was expected. I predicted a 2:1 win for the Netherlands but take nothing away, their best attacker(Depay) was not on the pitch and their midfield fulcrum Wijnaldum is not even in Qatar due to injury.

The England game was very good but it was just Iran. Let's see how it goes but I won't be surprised to see the Dutch in the final.

Oga, he turned the ball over time and again in that midfield. You too forget the pass to the goal. That was all he played well.

Holland was just lucky Senegal played with an almost false 9 situation and could not punish the Dutch turnovers in midfield but they clearly dominated the midfield for most of the game. Watch it again .

I just used Barca because I wanted to be specific about the De Jong I was reffing. I don't do nonsensical, childish club bric-bats. I am beyond that.

Timijo:
The two goals were not Mendy's fault. If you watch the first goal well, you will notice that the scorer was not marked and Mendy has to rush out to punch the ball but the player was faster than him because none of the defenders dis-balance him. Mendy did his job in the second goal but his defenders failed him again.

I rather disagree. The goals were hard to defend but he did not do his best. His decision making is his Achilles Heel.

Nirvana101:
People, including EA tipped Argentina to win the world cup. If they win good, if they don't, their p. I was just giving an illustration Chief.

But Portugal will go somewhere

The world cup is for Brazil or Morocco

I have backed Portugal enough biko. They have issues whenever it matters and I'm looking elsewhere this time to rest with my adopted soccer country, Brazil.

Nirvana101:
England will not beat this "poor poor" Dutch side. It's arguable but I don't see this England beating them.

Coach, team chemistry etc plays a major role in tournaments like this. Holland have a strong chemistry and a good coach. I think they're good enough to play any team.

If you want to count the world class players in the Argentina starting eleven, you won't be able to name more than 4 or 5 at best yet most people, according to online polls think they'll win it...you know why? Team chemistry, good coach and so on.

The Dutch team is okay. Just like their 2010 team, they're good enough for me.

I didn't watch the England game but what I am seeing of the Dutch is really poor. I was surprised. Perhaps nerves as per the opening game but no pace, no precision, no incisiveness and hardly, hardly any cutting edge on-the-ball skills to compensate. Traditional Dutch teams have zero problems holding the ball. This one could hardly put five passes together...

They have to use Depay from the get go against more competent teams or else. And Barca's De Jong was just rubbish in the middle. He will be overun easily by better technicians.

If this is Africa's best foot forward then soccer on this continent is not growing. This poor, poor Dutch side still managed to soccer punch them twice. Ridiculous.

Ray07:
Senegal should push more body forward abeg. That goal would surely come in the second half.

Thy should not try that. They are not good in transition so far. Luckily the Dutch are not quick at all. They look tired.

Senator777:
Senegal would have scored if Mane made it to this world cup.

Holland is damn lucky he is not here.

Halftime. Very even.
But my oh my has the Netherlands deteriorated in terms of player quality. These ones are so slow, close control, dribbling... non existent.

This is not the Netherlands we used to know. Gakpo, Bergwijn, Dumfries are no where near the standards of yesteryears.

This was the team that brought total football to the world and in one of their greats the domineering philosophy of tiki-taka to Spain.

Must be turning in his grave at this limp performance. Not a single classy move in 45minutes.

You just get a sense that the Dutch are a touch more nervy...

Evenly matched so far.

Over to Holland, perennial 'nearlies'. Will be a great contest.

Angelfrost:
Glad to see Saka isn't slowing down in his form...

Good times ahead for Gunners!

Can't see ol' Arry's name on the score sheet. What happened. Didn't he play well. And I thought he will be in the running for the golden ball this time around. These kind of matches are where you charge ahead in the goalador race.

ModCaller:
English the language of the world? How old are you?

Yes sir. That is exactly what you speak. Any by the way it is the language of tourism, language of transportation, language of business, language of almost everything cross border. You simply cannot aspire to lead anything internationally without a command of english.

Be angry or not. It's not my fault. I don't know what Spain and France were doing when England was colonizing everything.

Carot:
are you a purist?

Love to be.
Learning never ends.

Swanzi:
Iran are amazing! Just need to work on their short + long passing, shooting, movement off the ball, positioning, crossing, decision-making, set pieces, man-marking, dribbling, fitness, ball control, tackling, counter-attacking, overlapping, running, blocking & scoring goals.

Ah, ah. Then what is left.

Alpharey:
Nigeria has passed the era of governance based on region and ethnicity but you rejected to let the power move from the North where it has been for the past 8 years. Hypocrite.

This is what I often talk about 'the problem' of Nigeria that only restructuring can solve.

Everyone wants, knows that tribe and religion is the bane of our development and must be put aside for us to move forward but just how to hang this bad habit is the problem. How to bell the cat.

Who will cede his 'rights' to power in favour of the so called 'performance' candidate when it is the 'turn' of his tribesmen or religious brotherhood. That is the challenge.

RMK doesn't want it to matter now but it mattered to him in 2015. See the wahala of Nigeria. And until we collectively agree to establish a fair set of rules (the process of which is called restructuring) to govern our co existence then these costly schisms will continue.

Without restructuring we will never choose leadership that is qualitative, acceptable and free of bitter sentiment, all of which anchors this country firmly.

Not late for that. Just meet, decide and ask supporters who to vote for on the day. If successful you can then switch roles in 2027. You are both relatively young.

I like the freedom of choice multiparty politics brings but in practice in most parts it often leads to runoffs, bitter compromises, messy governments and heightened sense of betrayal at every juncture leading to impeachments and so on, as typical in Italy, Israel, Brazil amongst others. Not good for a growing democracy.

But here we are. As long as political parties love their strong men and will not accommodate internal diversity then alphabet elections will continue until all combinations are exhausted and we start using latin, russian or japanese lettering.

England 3 up. Not unexpected. Their challenges usually start at the quarters.