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In his first international match since March, Mertesacker was found woefully lacking as Germany drew 2-2 with Poland. He was indecisive and often caught out of position, his lack of pace was exposed, and he even made a few careless passes. While it is true that the former Werder Bremen man is still somewhat short of match practice, his night to forget was all too foreseeable

10) China 2002

Pele Prediction: China will qualify for the next round from their 2002 World Cup group.

Outcome: China finish bottom of Group C with no wins, no draws, no points, no goals, as well as -9 in their goal-difference column.

9) Spain 1998

Pele Prediction: Spain are favourites for the 1998 World Cup in France.

Outcome: Spain humiliatingly dumped out in the first round after losing to Nigeria, and drawing with Paraguay.


Raul & Spain - Kings Of France '98?

Colombia To Live American Dream

Pele Prediction: Colombia will win the 1994 World Cup in the USA.

Outcome: Colombia exit the competition in the first round, finishing bottom of their group. Their defender Andres Escobar is also tragically shot dead by an angry fan after Colombia return home.

7) Argentina, France & World Cup 2002

Pele Prediction: Argentina & France will both reach the final.

Outcome: Both countries eliminated in the first round, France without even scoring a goal.

6) Escape To Victory

Pele Prediction: During the famous film starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine, Allies star Pele is brutally fouled in the first half by the Nazi opponents. The injured Brazilian claims there is no way he can continue and is carried off. The Allies are 4-0 down, and a recovery is deemed impossible.

Outcome: Pele returns in the second half and inspires his team to an improbable comeback, even scoring a stunning bicycle kick. Even in fiction, Pele's predictions go wrong.

5) Ronaldo Is Finished

Pele Prediction: Ronaldo will never play football again, and his career is over, following a serious injury for Milan in February 2008.

Outcome: Ronaldo returns in March 2009 for Corinthians, scoring 10 goals in his first 14 games to win the Campeonato Paulista. Rumoured to be on the verge of a national team recall.


Ronald-over

4) Nii Lamptey – ‘The New Pele’

Pele Prediction: After starring in the 1991 Under-17 World Cup, which also featured Alessandro Del Piero, Pele proclaims Ghana youngster Lamptey as his successor, ‘The New Pele’.

Outcome: What happens next goes down in football infamy. Lamptey spectacularly fails to fulfil his talent, believing himself that he was cursed by dark forces. The midfielder shifts around clubs such as PSV, Aston Villa, Coventry, Venezia and Ankaragucu, without success, and endures tragedy in his personal life, as two of his children die.

3) Nicky Barmby - Up There With Zidane, Maldini & Ronaldo

Pele Prediction: Nicky Barmby will become a world class star.

Outcome: Nicky Barmby becomes nothing more than an average player, winning 23 England caps, and never even appearing in a World Cup.


Nick Barmby - 'The English Roberto Baggio'

2) Africa Will Rule

Pele Prediction: An African nation will win the World Cup before the year 2000.

Outcome: It is now 2009, and an African country has still yet to get past the quarter-final.

1) Brazil & World Cup 2002

Pele Prediction: Brazil won’t even get past the group stages.

Outcome: Brazil win the World Cup.


Brazil & Cafu - they won't get through

coogar:
maybe buy a sack of cotton wool too and block one nostril.
you don't wanna be stranded with edoyad in a faulty elevator. . . .his nostrils would mop up all the oxygen before the firemen come to your rescue!
edoyad is a lift-risk.

Dgunnerz:
I thought He is black.

toba:
DK i dey vex with u oooo. U left me all alone with no support, why? At the allianz arena we are known to support each other in time of need. Thats why Ribbery chose to stay

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-749055.0.html

toba:
Abeg who be this sleekdot nah?

Since u came DK has disappeared

sleekdot:
[size=14pt]Na Dayokanu be dis, Using my friends monicker.[/size]

Seun banned me, e said I was getting too popular especially amongst the NL female,

You know how haters do, When you are getting all the women and he is stuck to permanent w@nking, I heard he is now perfecting hands free w@nk he has been on autow@nk for some years now

proudly9ja:
Meanwhile @dudu
I hope you've noticed that we've sold off Sunu to Lorient? Its sad that strikers and defenders from our youth team aren't considered good enough for our first team. I hope Afobe makes it though, same with the guy from Gillingham - Freeman. Rhys murphy is another potential IMO but he's not had it good on the injury front and he is now at an age where he needs to play for the first team.

edoyad:
So i guess Toba's an Arsenal Fan too right ? Classic donkey reasoning.

toba:
Wheres my bro dk? who kidnapped him?

Ibime:
^^Nothing concern Bayern fans with how Gomez performs for der National Mannschaft.

All that matters is how he performs for Bayern.

As far as any Bayern fan should be concerned, Gomez > Klose.

medjai:
And whatever point that was being made can't be based on fact?
If you so hate being corrected then try not to make errors.

lari03:
Why is this thread the most active in the sports section?

edoyad:
http://www.soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/10955/miroslav-klose?cc=3888

how can you compare Klose of now(33yrs) old to Gomez who's like 20yrs ?
Compare Gomez to Klose of 2006-2010 when he was finishing top goal scorer in the bundes liga for Bremen; when he was finishing one of the top scorers in the UEFA cup; ewhen he was finishing second highest goal scorer in the UCL behind Messi ; and yes, when he was topping the charts of goals scorers in world cup and Euro Cup qualifiers.

Klose played alongside Lucatoni in Bayern but was able to exert himself. He finished top goal scorer in Bremen and Bayern inspite of injury spells.