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So even Madrid fans know that Messi staying was a jackpot.

Yet some busy body Barca fans thought otherwise.


BTW; Ronaldo hasn't recovered to play tomorrow.

No Messi versus Ronaldo duel until match day 6.

joviegghead:
Tesppidd, honestly, I don't really fancy Pele.

Maradona is better than Pele. So is Messi and Ronaldo.

People hail him(Pele) for scoring incredible amount of goals , when the truth is he spent 20 years playing in an under developed league where FC Santos were always beating other teams with crazy scorelines like 10-2, 8-0 and so on.

As for his world Cup win, he was just the most hyped player, probably because he was a local talent.
It's the same way some of the young players over there are hyped whenever they get called up to the national team. That Brazil team had other players who were banging in the goals.

Pele is nothing but an overhyped Legend.

I concur.


My top 5 is;

1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cristiano
4. Pele
5. Ronaldinho

Quick recovery fine girl. God heal you.

It seems that the "Lekki massacre" crusaders did not see this one in time so they can claim her too.

Sirmuel1:
What's wrong in saying the truth?

Is it that anything that paints the government in bad light is the truth to you?

How many snipers did you see?

Did Arise tv show you the snipers?

Honestly the NBC should do their job better.

As Pele turned 80, BBC Sport asked it's thousands of readers to rate his achievements among some of the other GOATs

The results have now been counted and Pele was ranked as the greatest, with Barcelona's Lionel Messi in second and Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo in third.

We have put the players in order of the results below.

Note: The Ballon d'Or could only be won by a European player until 1995

1: Pele (Santos, NY Cosmos & Brazil)

World Cup wins: 1958, 1962, 1970 European Cup/Champions League wins: 0
Ballons d'Or: 0
League titles: 7
International caps/goals: 92/77

A teenage dream who was the highest-paid and highest-profile sports star in the world in his pomp, Pele was a phenomenon.

Breaking on to the global scene aged 17 with a hat-trick in the World Cup semi-final and two more in the final, Brazil's leading goalscorer is one of just four players to have scored in four different World Cup tournaments (1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970).

He won three of those and was kicked out of the '66 tournament in England through some brutal defending - the only way to stop him.

Not just a goalscorer, Pele had a hand in 53% of Brazil's 19 goals as they won the 1970 World Cup (four goals, six assists) and was as adept at playing behind the main striker as he was leading the line.

The greatest? Or does the fact he never played club football in Europe hold him back in your eyes?

"Had he been playing now, Pele would surely have made the move to Europe," says BBC Radio 5 Live football correspondent John Murray.

"It's the difficulty with comparing generations. We can only judge him on the record he has and it is truly phenomenal.

"The achievements of Maradona, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo make it a close call but, even now, Pele still has a strong claim to be considered the game's greatest player."

2: Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)

World Cup wins: 0
European Cup/Champions League wins: 4
Ballons d'Or: 6
League titles: 10
International caps/goals: 140/71

"No-one else does the things he does, the way he does them - and no-one ever has done. He is simply the greatest to have ever played the game."

The words of Gary Lineker no less.

Can you even mount an argument against Messi being number one on this list? We all know just how good he is. Perhaps a lack of international success with Argentina and 'only' winning things with Barcelona? But we're splitting hairs there.

An absolute genius.

3: Cristiano Ronaldo (Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus & Portugal)

World Cup wins: 0
European Cup/Champions League wins: 5
Ballons d'Or: 5
League titles: 7
International caps/goals: 167/101

The Champions League's all-time top goalscorer and scorer of 100 goals for Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo is a remarkable player. Especially when you consider how he has reinvented himself from spindly winger to powerful number nine.

Whether you rank him ahead of Messi or not is the debate of our footballing time - unlike Messi, though, he has won titles in three countries. And won a major tournament with his national side.

4: Diego Maradona (Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Newell's Old Boys & Argentina)

World Cup wins: 1986
European Cup/Champions League wins: 0
Ballons d'Or: 0
League titles: 3
International caps/goals: 91/34

What a player. If you haven't seen it, please go and watch the recent documentary about his time in Naples. It's superb.

Single-handedly (pretty much) dragged his Argentina team to World Cup glory, and carried Napoli to two Serie A titles. Does that separate him from Lionel Messi? Up to you.

5: Johan Cruyff (Ajax, Barcelona, LA Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, Feyenoord & the Netherlands)

World Cup wins: 0
European Cup/Champions League wins: 3
Ballons d'Or: 3
League titles: 10
International caps/goals: 48/33

A supremely gifted individual who was also all about the team - not winning a World Cup with his band of ludicrously good Dutch brothers in the 1970s may be the only blot on his copybook.

Produced one of the World Cup's most famous moments, had a turn named after him, and went on to inspire Pep Guardiola and countless others when coaching Barca's so-called 'dream team' of the early 1990s.

Lost a lot of money with an unwise investment in pig farming - which is not a line you're likely to ever read about Messi or Ronaldo...

6: Ronaldo de Lima (Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, Inter, Real Madrid, Milan, Corinthians & Brazil)

World Cup wins: 1994, 2002
European Cup/Champions League wins: 0
Ballons d'Or: 2
League titles: 1
International caps/goals: 98/62

Wherever you end up ranking Ronaldo, we can all agree he would be higher if it wasn't for horrific injuries. At his peak, perhaps in his season at Barcelona or his first year at Inter before yet another setback, he was as close to unplayable as it gets. It's no wonder he broke the world transfer record twice by the age of 21.

Take a look at his highlights reel and observe - the jaw-dropping close control, the trademark step-overs at speed that humiliated a decade of goalkeepers, the powerful finish with either foot - he really was something else.

It's bordering on criminal that he only won one league title in his career. One!

7: Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich, NY Cosmos, Hamburg & West Germany)

World Cup wins: 1974
European Cup/Champions League wins: 3
Ballons d'Or: 2
League titles: 8
International caps/goals: 103/14

'Der Kaiser' won the World Cup as player and manager and is living proof you don't have to be an attacker to rank among the very best.

A playmaker even from centre-back, Beckenbauer was equally at home in midfield or defence and made his debut on the left wing. What you call a total player.

He won three European Cups in a row for the dominant Bayern side of the mid-1970s.

8: Zinedine Zidane (Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid & France)

World Cup wins: 1998
European Cup/Champions League wins: 1
Ballons d'Or: 1
League titles: 3
International caps/goals: 108/31

Another player who didn't win nearly enough honours, and much like Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane re-imagined a position.

Before 'Zizou' the stereotypical number 10 was your playmaker but could be kicked out of the game, was there to be shot at. Not a chance with Zidane, who combined the speed of thought and foot of a ballerina with the frame and menace of a cruiserweight.

At his best Zidane was so good I couldn't even really tell you where he played. A number 10, sure, but he'd often end up on the left, drop deep to take the ball from the defence or goalkeeper, and yet somehow still pop up in the area as well.

Not an out-and-out goalscorer or a striker, but still won the World Cup for France with two headers and scored the best goal ever seen in a Champions League final.

A complete player, who even knew how to sign off in disgrace with a red card for a headbutt after scoring in his second World Cup final.

9: Ferenc Puskas (Budapest Honved, Real Madrid & Hungary & Spain)

World Cup wins: 0
European Cup/Champions League wins: 3
Ballons d'Or: 0
League titles: 10
International caps/goals: 89/87

There is a legitimate case for stating the 'Magic Magyars' Hungary team of the 1950s was the best in the world. They lost just one match in six years - which, unfortunately, happened to be the World Cup final.

That's how good Ferenc Puskas was. He was 31 when he joined Real Madrid and still won five league titles, three European Cups and scored 242 goals.

He scored 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. Ridiculous really, isn't it?

10: Alfredo di Stefano (River Plate, Millionarios, Real Madrid, Espanyol & Argentina, Colombia & Spain)

World Cup wins: 0
European Cup/Champions League wins: 5
Ballons d'Or: 2
League titles: 13
International caps/goals: 41/29

Di Stefano won his fifth and final European Cup in 1960 - still only one player has more wins.

He scored in five finals in a row, and won them all.

And, yes, he played for three countries on the international scene. Beat that.

deboysben:
Fashola is insulting our intelligency.

You are very intelligent indeed.

joinpreneur:
To my best of knowledge, the oat is nonsense! There's no secrecy in public panel.

Let's wait and see

.Your knowledge is not the yardstick.

Your knowledge might be very poor.

usbcable:
Below is your original comment;


How is Coutinho and Dest in thesame subset as Fati in the realm of "weren't in the team"?

I already explained further in my second post on what I actually meant when I made a generalized statement including Fati.

I already explained that he wasn't a integral part then and he is still basically new to the team.

Why are you probing me like we're writing proceedings in a murder case at the Supreme Court?

Simple; Fati is forming the core of our starting line up this season unlike last season.

You might not have kicked a football before but I have; and I know that it's a lot different with being a regular and not.

Moura7:
This isn't bad actually. It's a pretty decent lineup. Dembouz can be a super sub for trincao, pedri can be for Grizz/fati, MB for Grizz too and then my wish, Puig and Alena for FDJ and Pjanic

Gimme this line up tomorrow:
This line up will win the treble.

Dest. Araujo. Lenglet. Alba.

Pjanic. De Jong.

Messi.

Dembele. Braithwaite. Fati.

Interesting; now they see that to move forward you must have a leader.

Hope he was truly arrested.

Some people if they can't impregnate their wives because they have reached menopause will still blame Tinubu for it.

Like the first poster above.

usbcable:
Summary.

he was in the team last season. He had 33 appearances last season (24 in league, 3 in CDR, 5 in UCL and 1 other match).

#EndSARS of lies

What is a lie about the bolded part of my comment?
Could he not be out of the starting line up and still make 33 appearances?

After week 10 or so he was more or less out of the starting line up.

tesppidd:
Fati started the season well last season but before week 10 or so, he was more or less out of the starting line up.

Even during very important fixtures he was left out.

jpmoriarti:
Only wednesday's, no?

Not quite sure.

So Pique will now miss how many UCL games?

Seriously why so much ado about camera?

Fani Kayode just using words anyhow without shame and this man is 60 years old FFS.

Mass murder! Genocide!! Massacre!!!
Haba.

Let's be honest with ourselves; this Lekki matter has gotten to a point where the best evidence to prove the alleged deaths is to provide the identities of at least 5 people that were killed that night;

Their names.
Their relations.
Their bodies.
Their addresses.

The other protesters at Lekki should shut the government up/embarrass the government by revealing the identities of those they claim were massacred.

This in my opinion is much easier to do than waiting for government investigation or waiting to see what is in Fashola's camera.

I have never heard of a massacre where it is so difficult to identify 2 people who were victims.

Most times it seems more humane to side with the people in cases like this but this so called massacre is so hard to believe when even the simplest evidence(names of victims) is so hard to provide.

usbcable:
where was Fati last season?

Fati started the season well last season but before week 10 or so, he was more or less out of the starting line up.

Even during very important fixtures he was left out.

joviegghead:
My only problem was squeezing him to the right wing.

He's had great games and Koeman felt since he's playing well he should play somehow, in any available positions. Very bad thinking.

I would have understood if he benched Coutinho and let Pedri play AM, since that's where the boy thrives the most.
And I still don't understand why we haven't been taking full advantage of our right wingers, Dembele and Trincao.

We've got Talent, but poor management. Puig, Aleña, even Chris Brown
But then again, it's still early days. Let's watch!

So You agree?

I wonder who is dishing out such accurate and precise intelligence on the location of these palliatives across the country.

That person should be working for the CIA not even DSS.

rossoki:
Thanks for your roundabout admission to being a thief.

Next!

Looting does not necessarily mean that you steal 100 billion naira.

Even if you benefit even 100k from a contract you have looted.

I hereby declare that what you have said is true.

joviegghead:
I like this guy! You're good at giving excuses. It's good.

Let's wait patiently, as you've implied. Even the best Barça struggled. But Koeman, had better start being wise. That's the only thing hindering us.

I often hear that a team is rebuilding; give them time.

Are we not allowing to rebuild in peace again?

Is it because we are Barca? Is it because the Greatest Of All Time wears our shirt?

Seriously let us rebuild in peace.

joviegghead:
Harsh?! Yea?! Okay, let's accept it. We still couldn't find a goal to level things! Just a goal at home.

Our attack is blunt. It always has.

I don't know if I've been giving too many excuses;

But it's Real Madrid. And despite their recent poor form, they are still Real Madrid with all of their starting line up top internationals and proffesssionals.

They are not Real Mallorca.

Every of their player in the starting line up played with the team last season and won the league title.
Zidane their coach was also with them last season.


What about us?

We had in our starting line up, Pedri, Fati, Coutinho, Dest, who weren't in the team last season; and we had a new coach.

And like I've said a million times that was only week 5 of the season.

This team will do well; they need some time to gel and become a team.

A 'new' team doesn't just come and beat Real Madrid as if they are Levante; and then when you thought they had a chance, we concede a penalty.

Did you notice what happened after the penalty?
We completely dominated the game for almost the remaining half until they were able to exploit the space that has emerged at the back.

Throwback:
In addition to the twitter timelines that have been released and picture showing when the palliatives were delivered, just as Cross River has also shown a recent delivery note showing delivery of the palliatives from CACOVID, I present you the below news excerpt from Punch newspapers published on 24th September 2020.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/cacovid-delivers-n1-4bn-food-palliatives-to-lagos-govt/%3famp=1






Let me copy those who can never accept evidence and modify their initial stances borne out of ignorance and anger towards anything government.

CC:
Faceland
KevinDein

Guy these are strong evidences to prove that the palliatives were supplied recently.
That is to a sane and objective mind.

But 2 sets of people cannot comprehend this;

A hungry man and A wailer.

Mehn see suya.

RiP ma'am.

Olamyyde:
Lenglet is such a liability in big matches. People abuse pique but lenglet isn't even half of the player umtiti was in big matches.


We need to get 2 potential world class cb's. Araujo looks promising tho.

Seriously.

Lenglet face away the penalty.
The goals came from Lenglet's left side.

But guess what;

Guys left Lenglet and were calling Pique bad and slow.

Honestly I wouldn't mind winter additions of Garcia and Depay.
Coutinho is already injured sef.

cumz:
Leave Dembele out of coutinho injury?

Do you trust Dembele with injuries?

Olamyyde:
Coutinho don get hamstring injury

Coutinho and Dembele will disappoint us with their injuries this season.

Olamyyde:
See wetin this scammer dey talk

I'd say True.

He spoke the truth.

Though I wouldn't call it controversial but harsh.

The only person to blame there is Lenglet.

Fani Kayode of the "Who is bankrolling you?" fame.

He let the matter for down and now he's back to his usual self.

Mr know-it-all.