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Lionel Andres Cutticcini Messi, Congratulations on another milestone. You are the Greatest Footballer of All Time. Your status as the GOAT is not really defined by whether you break Pele's goal-scoring record or not. Those are mere statistical aesthetics. Your position at the summit had been long sealed by your incomparable talented displays, impact and all-round abilities demonstrated consistently for over a decade and a half.

You are Messi. You strike fear into the heart of defenders like no other player ever such that they always swarm around you in threes and fours, yet your brilliance still shines through time and time again. If football were to have a face, it would be you. If all footballers were to have an highlights reel of their magical moments on the field, perhaps Pele may have a good 75-minutes show, Maradona/Ronaldo De Lima may perhaps have an hour and a half of true brilliance on display, but yours would outspan these your closest competitors by at least the duration of a full football match.

A record number of the world player of the year is testament to your individual supremacy, which is all that matters in the end.

Shine on King Leo.

Abudu2000:
Boyz become men , if u watched silent night that year

Silent Night was the Nollywood movie that shot him up to superstardom. The plot was classic: the incorruptible judge (Alex-usifo Omiagbo) who had to sentence his beloved only son (Ramsey) to death cos he was implicated in a murder case.
I so much liked that film. Thanks for the reminder!

This is the second Burundi President to succumb to Covid 19. The virus loves Burundi.

adexeli:
It's the highest form of hypocrisy that a lot of people here are giving positive vibes , whereas we bark at any sniff of corruption from our own politicians... There's nothing at all to justify here.

As in I really wonder at our mentality as Nigerians. Russia corruption index is almost at par with that of Nigeria and here we are jubilating over the wealth of a president whose federal salary does not justify the expensive acquisitions he is making.

You laud Putin's corrupt toga while you condemn the Tinubus, Atikus and even Buhari. You are not well o, if you didn't know.

toffyz:
@AdaugoChisom Please translate what you typed up there In English.

You seem to be passing a message, for people to react to it.

Wahala for who no understand French o

What she typed was more or less like a tribalistic comment, even though it might be true. She said Nigeria would have been a great country if not for some id*ots she shares the country with.

efighter:
I beg, I see idiots for wetin you type there? Na who you dey idiot? Buhari, APC, Fulani herdsmen or Biafran miscreants?

Lol, None of the above you listed. According to the person you quoted, the idiots are the "Nord" Go figure.

This is one of my frustrations with Buhari's Govt. Nigerian Customs will not implement any executive order until it receives a formal directive from the Minister of Finance and I am sure that's what is happening here. Even if it takes 2months after the Presidential order to get the Ministry's directive, Customs will not implement until then. Makes me wonder whether Customs president is Buhari's or the Finance Minister.

Kilishihunter:
Obonujoker next joke pls

Lol, as in the guy sef na big joker

This one will not reach front page. But if it's Messi that misses a penalty to deny his team a win, it's sure to be displayed in size 250 fonts on FP.

Penaldo will always be Penaldo, he only gave Messi a head start this season in the number of penalties played (5). Now baba has equalised to claim his birthright. Note that Messi has been largely criticized in all quarters for scoring 5 penalties this season. This proves that penalties have a much lower standing than open play goals when it comes to assessing a player's individual brilliance and impact on the team. Even the commentators yesterday kept saying this is his fifth penalty in his last three matches and suggested that his actual performance over this period have been mediocre and masked by the penalties he scored.

Of course, CR7 fans will rather play ostrich in the sand and be calling someone goat on account of penalties something previously unheard of. Their own standard of football brilliance has been lowered to an abysmal level. You need to see the way I cringed each time when Messi was awarded yet another penalty earlier in the season cause I knew that was only covering up the cracks.

Nbotee:
CR7 fans go vex say Messi follow o

Vex wetin, they should count themselves lucky that he was found worthy enough to be in the company of the top three GOATs (MMP) just like Xavi.

peterdrock001:
He's only backpedalling his previous statement that he will knock out AJ in three rounds. I guess his team must have advised him to make this statement in order to flatter AJ. I wish AJ won't get carried away and go ahead to train hard quietly and come out to give Fury the kind of beating he gave to Wilder. My support is to our very own AJ

.

Actually, Fury made this statement on AJ about 10 years ago. So it's somewhat prophetic, that he will be fighting him in a real match and not during sparring.

FuckThaMod:
Abeggy, yoruba media will just be overhyping this weak Anthony Joshua, if he sure for am let him fight wilder or fury in a professional bout. Always selecting weak opponents that he's sure to beat... And Nigerians especially those slimy people are doing attachee by force, Anthony Joshua wey no send una.. He's simply using Africa to promote himself just like Beyonce and other black coloured foreigners. The end sars situation exposed their real stance.
Fvck AJ
Fvck all his supporters from this shithole

Lol, the thing dey pain you die, unrepentant hater.

The good thing is opinions like yours don't matter. You can't be more catholic than the pope. You are not more Nigerian than Anthony Joshua or Israel Adesanya both of whom grew up in 9ja and publicly and frequently identify themselves with Nigeria and the Yoruba culture.

Stay pained hombre!

kendrick93:
most Likely cos he was Yoruba....
They have more votes

Burna is half-yoruba. Patoranking won the award against Yoruba contestants. So perish the conspiracy theory.

Since more Yoruba singers have traditionally made more waves in the Nigerian music industry, it's only logical that they'd constitute more of the winners.

Liposure:
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Omo can't get that song out of my mouth ehn, I so much love it.

tico1212:
I know it's Kura Matete, but I choose to call him only Kura.

Oya, what's the name of the movie they called him Kura.

Lol, I think it's "Ninu Ikoko" a 1993 film. He was a thug in the movie.

tico1212:
Do you know who Kura is?

I've modified my initial comment. Pls read it again.

tico1212:
Kura, I sight you

You didnt call it well. It's Kura Matete. And boy wasn't he quite handsome back then

mujibson:
That iya dunni Amala is better than skye. My mum supplies both iya dunni and ose oluwa their yam flour.

Iya dunni died last week, you know?

Wow, didn't know. I ate there about 2years ago in IB. Do you know her cause of death?

It's been good for better work life balance, but bad for maintaining optimal level of physical fitness and postural issues. That's been my main challenge.

webmaster99:
“The best thing you can do is MASTER the chaos in you. You are not thrown into the fire, you ARE the fire.

Nice quote. But of what relevance to topic

Rossi's hattrick against Brazil was considered one of the all-time world cup performances ever. He bossed the 1982 World cup when Maradona was still an immature fledgling.

RIP Legend.

She's obviously still pained Messi is considered greater than her brother. But she goofed this one bringing up an imaginary picture obviously created by a fan. In reality, it's Ronaldo who kneels before Messi as he bows in admiration at Messi putting the ball into the net.

Oyinlomobambam:
I am still surviving from Sickle cell complications...

The worst since I was born 39yrs ago

First time going through surgery.

First time blood transfusion.(10)

First time spending more than a week in hospital 5th months now.

I don't believe I will make it this far but God is doing it.

I pray to survive it.

You will make it through in Jesus name.

Beverlyjean:
After the created changes dribbles and shots , he still lost 3.0 with Ronaldo scoring 2ice ... just like okocha dribbled ,passed and shot while sand was scoring the goals and then lost 4.1 ... go and watch man u barca final...ronaldo had the highest number of shots that night but lost 2.0 with messi scoring a goal.... no one cares about performance on field when ur team ends up disgraced...they dint loose 2.1 or 1.0 or 3 2...they were disgraced at camp nou last night

I hear you o. But at least those that you mentioned, Messi and Sand still scored open play goals that required some level of brilliance and not penalties in those games you mentioned. However, the penalties yesterday did not require CR7 to do anything other than score those penalties and I have no problem with that. The only thing I have a genuine issue with is screaming about it as if it was the basis for an exceptional performance when in reality it wasn't. Even Arsenal reject, Aaron Ramsey terrorised the Barça defence way more than Ronaldo and that demonstrates the total defensive incompetence of Barça.

I am not naive to the fact that Messi's individual brilliance yesterday would be swallowed up by Barça's collective scandalous display and as such I don't expect accolades for Messi when his team lost woefully. But what is equally hypocritical is the over-exaggeration of CR7's penalties. If the roles were reversed, I would be worried by Messi's lack of other input apart from the penalties against a torrid defence.

So I acknowledge that CR7 trumped Messi yesterday on the basis of results. But it was nothing close to "outshining" on an individual level.

Lol, Juventus had better not be deceived, this current Barcelona side will make any decent team other than Ferencscravos believe that they are exceptional.

In pure footballing terms, Messi was a class better than every other player on the pitch yesterday including CR7. He dictated play, played three key passes, had a whopping 11 shots, with Buffon in very good form, dribbled through the Juventus players effortlessly time and time again.

Someone else on the pitch then scores two penalties in the game with no further meaningful contribution and you think he outshines a pure footballer I described above, you obviously a football dunce if you think this way. The only reason Messi did not get the man of the match yesterday was because he was on the losing side and that speaks to the cross he has to bear with this terrible Barça team who are completely non-existent defensively.

I and many others did not see Messi's penalty scored against Juve in the first leg as a big deal, even though he had more delightful contributions apart from the penalty in that game. If anything, Messi has been consistently criticized this season in many quarters for having too many penalty goals.

For now, this is Messi's cross until he leaves. Congrats to Juve and CR7. Other teams should expect their bonuses from Barça as well.

pocohantas:
Women are futuristic beings. If your house looks like a sare-wagba spot, you’ll be begging ladies to visit and they’ll refuse. You’ll say it is because you didn’t send urgent 2k- it is a lie!

All the money you use in drinking beer, channel half of it into making your space livable and trust me, na babes go dey ask if you are home.

There are some guys house you’ll enter, so homely, you will just imagine yourself pregnant and watching TV. Why won’t you try to hook such a man?

Poco! You have kee me yakata with your sense of humour! Sare wa gba indeed.

I see you have now embraced more of realism over your previous sarcasm approach.

Dubai Globe Awards (Where CR7 has a personal stake in) , Marca (Real Madrid Newspaper), Salah ??

This award na wash. Are they telling me that between 2001 - 2020, Salah has been overall better than Neymar, Zidane, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Suarez, Kaka, Figo, Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Eto'o, Thierry Henry, Lewandoswski, Aguero, Xavi, Robben?

Again, this award lacks genuine credibility and has CR7 Arabian ass-licking written all over it.

Got my first very good job 2 years after I finished NYSC. Worked as a teacher for a year before then and was doing a lot of self development programs immediately after my NYSC.

Beverlyjean:
Both genders have their challenges...no one cares if a 30 yr old woman don't hv a car money, business or rented apartment... but men are validated based on the mentioned... if linda was a man with the money she has , she wud hv been married since just by a snap of the finger but because the society validates money as the way a man is respected or wanted in the society , she herself will not settle for less.... a very rich man can go to the village and marry a girl from a poor home...but a rich woman will not do that ...

I don't know why I always like your comments outside of football. This is another of your very sensible comments on this thread I just liked.

Hmm, I wish I could like it one thousand more times as it's dripping premium sense. Almost tempted to tell you to avoid the sports section and love your CR7 in silence.

Quite a few.

Dangote
Desmond Elliott
Uti
Naeto-C
Bovi
Teju Babyface
Taiwo Hassan (Ogogo)
Baba Wande
Bukky wright
Frank Edoho
Kemi-Lala Akindoju
Mofe-Duncan
Chi-gurl
Blossom Chukwujekwu

Met most of them at corporate events while I bumped into few of them unexpectedly at the supermarket, hotel, etc.

Didn't feel awestruck at meeting them, other than Dangote.

This guy is very courageous and deserves the awards. To think that despite his work, he was also the main guy who coordinated Sola Fagorusi's eventual release from kidnappers after spending one month in captivity.

Congrats bro.

The lady doesn't look happy in all the pictures, despite getting married to a fine young man.