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Azpilicueta on iniesta's game winning goal against chelsea

“I remember that I was in Osasuna when he scored that goal to take Barcelona to the final in Rome,” he said.

”That changed his history so much and I think the Chelsea fans still feel that in their hearts.

”I think Andres continues to generate nightmares and I do not think he will get a good reception.”

Even on nairaland, they still feel tremors from that iniesta's bridge shattering goal.

jerrythafinisher:
Good morning house. sorry to derail, how is this kind of match decided?

Heard the match was abandoned

Of what use is a 'beast mode' that would ultimately end in a trophyless campaign??

Krasid:
But why are Barcelona legends scatterbrained buffoons? Is it some sort of mental decline once they start to age? or could it be the Catalan weather or diet? It seems Xavi has taken up the stupidity mantle from Stoichkov. It's unfortunate though; how can one man be short, stupid, and a Barca legend all at once. For the sake of football, I hope Messi and Iniesta don't turn out this way.

Did he lie? Madrid fans are just too averse to hearing the truth.

Eruditor:
We struggle in Stamford bridge because the pitch is too darn small. I actually want us to respect them a little since they are a home and put work horses in that midfield.

As a result, I would sacrifice Ini in that game and play him in the 2nd leg at Nou Camp where he would have space to create maximum damage.

I would have sacrificed creativity and shouldered it on Messi. Played Dembouz and Suarez just roaming slightly in front of him ('cause we know their whole plan is to rough Messi up) and played ball winners like Pauli, Rack and Busi in that midfield.

I think we better respect the away team. We lost stu.pidly away against Juve and PSG last year that almost made the home games useless. Of course a different coach but this season in the UCL we drew away twice and I think without scoring in both occasions (not sure).

Same way we don't wanna use current form to rate our performance against CFC we should not use theirs as well. We should be measured in our approach. They will pay at Nou Camp for sure.

It's generally same with pitches in England.

It makes it very difficult to make use of outlets, spreading the passes and wearing them out. Look at Coutinho's pass to Vidal, for example, In a typical English pitch if you try to change play that way, it either goes out or the players easily regroup due to the pitch size.

It also makes it easier to choke players and limit their ball movement and expression.
Counters on such pitches are also very deadly because with just two quick passes, a player is already face to face with the keeper.

andrew444:
Bros which station dey show am?

If you have startimes you can tune in to world football

phaamsaam:
fans have started again, so you think those high standards we set in the pep Era can be maintained every year, every decade, you are yet to understand football goes in cycles seriously, Rakitic ain't a RW, and he helped Roberto in dealing with those Eibar wingers, Rakitic has been playing very good when used correctly, blame EV thenl not Rakitic

You do not understand, do you? When Vidal relieved him from that position and he was reverted back to his normal position what did he do? Giving half clearances and passing the ball to the opponent.

We were under intense pressure because we were not able to keep possession of the ball. If you do not realize that the people tasked with keeping possession where busy gifting the opponents the ball then I don't know what to say.

It's not about maintaining the guardiola standard, it's about holding your own against phucking eibar

phaamsaam:
On a potato pitch, being pressed and suffocated, EV wanted a good defensive job against Eibar and he didn't disappoint, put in a good shift.. Well atymz many of us watch back of the TV and pride on trolly sentiments

Very cheap bro, very cheap.

If what rakitic put in was a good shift, I call only tell how low our standards have sunk

Even Osimhen stands a better chance of going to the world cup than success.

Torino vs Juventus. Lemme watch obi

phaamsaam:
Oga played out of position, EV needed a shift from him on the right and he did his best, he would return to the middle by Tuesday

Una don come with una played out of position excuse.
Was it playing out of position that made him unable to clear the ball properly? Or pass to his opponent? Was it playing out of position that made him stroll on the pitch and look so disinterested?

Rakiticbarca:
my point is, you should learn to think before you post. Thanks

This your moniker just reminded me of rakitic's game today. Damn! Is that dude even interested in playing football

Hats off to EV. 98% of barca fans if given the opportunity to coach barca for this game would rest the top dogs and it'd have backfired terribly.

This our habit of not scoring in the first half should end today. We should wrap up this game in the first half then sub off iniesta, Roberto and messi for the chelsea game

Bakayoko not playing against barca?
Which kind wahala be this?

tesppidd:
My Preferred Formations:

Against Eibar:

Semedo Mina Umtiti Digne
Busquets Rakitic Coutinho
Vidal Messi Suarez


Against Chelsea:

Roberto Pique Umtiti Alba
Rakitic Busquets Inesta Paulinho
Messi Suarez

Against chelsea
Roberto pique umtiti Alba
Paulinho rakitic busquet iniesta
Messi suarez

Icon4s:
Are you the Chief Accounting Officer of the NFF?

Just curious.

Even when there was no sponsorship deals like what he have now how did the NFF foot the billsof the foreign players like Osimhen, Nwakali, Chukwueze, Agor, Michael and Co?

Lol I'm not the Chief accountant o. Many people want to see our cadet teams filled with foreign based. I'm just wondering the feasibility and sustainability of such policy.

I don't think Chukwueze was based in Europe when he played the qualifiers, I also do not think we've used as many foreign based as we're clamouring.

Icon4s:
If it is based onprice money then there with not be NPFL or Nigerian FA cup. I am sure you know a tournament's price money is not the only means of making money from the tournament.

The NFF have not complained they cannot foot the bills have they? What happened to the recently signed sponsorship deals?

We need to assemble the best possible. Be it U17 or U20.

Manu Garba has hinted that his U17 team is open to all Nigerians irrespective of place of birth.

I know we are not dependent on prize money alone, heck we might not even win it. I just wanted to put things in perspective.

Please note that the calculations I made are just for flight tickets for 10 foreign based players. All 23players will still be logded in hotels for the period of camping, they are still going to be fed, they will still be flied to other countries for away games. If you put all these into consideration, we'll be spending nothing less than N100million for U17 qualifiers alone.

You speak of partnership deals. Okay let's consider the newest deal with Nigeria breweries worth about N2.2billion for five years. This means that, for the period of 5years, the male U17, U20, U23 and senior teams as well as the female U17, U20, U23 and senior teams are to share this money.

If only U17 is gulping over N100million, know that U20 is going to gulp 2x of that and U23 will gulp 3x that amount. The senior team should be taking 5x that amount and that's just for the male teams. If you factor in the female teams then you'll find out that N2.2billion that is supposed to last us 5years will be exhausted in a year. How many of such deals do we have?

This is not even factoring in coaches salaries, and salaries of all back room staffs.

Haha my oga all our partnership money go finish before the deals even expire sef.

Icon79:
Honestly, I am ambivalent about this. First, I believe that we've hosted the U-20 World Cup before. So why don't we go for the real thing: bid to host the main FIFA World Cup? It's either go big or go home, right? If South Africa to do it, I don't see why Nigeria can't.

Second .... (*in the voice of Arnold S* I will be back)

Wow. I am the first person to reply. I need an award for this one, folks


O pari

I don't think we've hosted U20 though

komekn:
I am mostly in agreement with you.

With regard to the U20 we should be looking at players at players who are showing top potential irrespective of location.

All situations have a problem Nigerian factor, in my experience Of recruitment of Nigerian origin players in the UK by the NFF. I find nepotism comes in and settlement. Agents start to run the show in collusion with NFF officials.

Ideally, we should invite the best irrespective of location but in administration, we have to balance the books.

Take the u17 for instance, say we invite 10 foreign based out of 23, 5 from England and 5 from Germany.

According to my checks online, a flight from England to Nigeria costs between £396-£523, from Germany to Nigeria costs between $511-$836.

To fly 5players from England, the NFF will be prepared to part ways with upwards of £2000.
Similarly, to fly 5players from Germany, the NFF will pay $3000. That is averagely N4million in total to and fro expenses to bring those 10 players to Nigeria.

In a typical AYC qualifiers, we'll play 6matches, meaning we'll spend N24million. Consider this also, the lads are U17 and so are expected to come with a parent or guardian, this doubles the expenses to N48million.

The total prize money for the AYC is $150,000 which is roughly equal to N54million.

That is to say, flight costs for 10 foreign based players alone for the period of qualifiers will gulp a staggering 89% of the AYC prize money. Take a minute and think on those figures.
Cc: Icon4s tbaba1234

I'm seeing the highlights of the game between leverkusen and hertha Berlin. The Berlin keeper pulled an akpeyi. He stopped the ball with his hand, then moved it with his legs, on sighting an oncoming striker, he picked it up again.

An indirect free kick was awarded inside the 18-yard box. Leverkusen missed.

tesppidd:
If we beat chelsea,

Then I'd be rooting for an elclassico QF.

I want man u for QF, Madrid for semifinal and man city for finals

The question of FB for flying Eagles is a tricky one.

Spending scarce resources in terms of flight tickets and logistics for players all over Europe to turn up for an U20 or U17 camping is something many might not see as a wise pursuit.

It doesn't only affect Foreign borns. Sometimes even homegrown talents that moved abroad are excluded from qualifiers for this same reason.

Coaches then make do with the available homebased players. By the time these set of players qualify for the world cup, they'd have gained some level of chemistry and camaraderie, so much so that it becomes difficult to drop these players for the foreign based and dual nationals.

Injection of new players into these set is therefore not wholesome, as very few new additions are made. That is why a player like iheanacho, even with his exploits at the U17 and man city, was still made to sit on the bench for a homebased player at the world cup.

Gets lost against chelsea?

Nigga FOH

Whoever said messi gets lost against chelsea doesn't know football.
Messi is always very lively against chelsea. Even though 4-5 chelsea players were always on him he always found a way to wriggle out.
Even though chelsea defense was always airtight, he still always gets his shots on target.

Man has just been unlucky. He even missed a pk and hit the bar. Chelsea won't be that lucky this time, I promise.

Neymar played better than Ronaldo yesterday but he cost his team.
Neymar needs to learn directedness. He should realize he's a leader and the team looks up to him. Football is all about timing. On many occasions yesterday, neymar released the ball seconds late and that is all it takes for defense to regroup.
He doesn't mind killing attacks just to get one or two dribbles added to his stat.

But don't get it twisted...
1.messi






















2. Neymar

3.Ronaldo

Let me get this straight...

You are fourth in laliga
Got dumped out of copa del rey

But you feel the need to troll a club that is topping you in laliga, is in the final of copa del rey and is unbeaten in both laliga and champions league all because you saw off psg?

I need that shii you guys are smoking mehn. I might see Dangote tomorrow and start laughing at his poverty.

Mehn neymar needs to grow up already.

Being the star of the team is to bring others into play, not to showboat.
It is to launch attacks not kill them.
It is to show strength, not to be diving like Phelps on steroids.
Nigga didn't learn Nada from Messi. Such a shame

RoyalBlak007:
Either they sell em both

[color=#F5A215] Or they leave as free agents [/color]

Neymar signed a 5-year contract with psg, meaning he'll be 30 before he becomes a free agent

Thread suddenly becomes lively and fans cocky because of a win against sociedad. Wow!

rifasenate11:
what could be worst than drinking that kitten water... , if it were to be me i would bleach my intestine.

Not just ordinary puna bro, olosho puna. F.uck!

Abimloaded:
So I came across some argumentative comparison on Facebook between Marc and David.
Some were saying they play in different leagues so they can't be judged with the overall stats of

Marc Ter Steven
Played :- 23
Clean sheets :- 14

David De Gea
Played :- 27
Clean sheets :- 15


Had to use the stats of the competition they both take part in which is the UCL.
See below for a screenshot of what I got.

Ter stegan is definitely top 3 in Europe atm

We coulda signed dembele when he was leaving fulham

We woulda signed tolisso if not for stupid emanalo who preferred bakayoko

We shoulda hijacked the Sanchez deal.


Say no more fam...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoGGHoeE2QY