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jpmoriarti:
So happy for Spain. They dominated the game from beginning to the end. Created good chances and they deservedly won the game in regulation time.

Vamos 👏

Baena and Oyarzabal didnt really have a good game. To be honest, Pedri was a bit subdued as well, thankfully Rodri was on song to cover.

Lets hope they get their acts together vs Belgique

Bimmarlykay:
Y'all should be guided!!!! Maa Messi defenders of daa universe

Don't fall for their trap,they are tryna switch to Epl vs Other leagues.

Messi dominated WC the holy grail of football.
Case closed, Court dismissed.

Yeah sure bro. It's the classic debate trick - to steer the topic away from their opponent's area of strength.

But for them, it's a case of a fish hooked by a trawler. No escape. Case closed like u said!

AirBere:
The world cup is the biggest competition in sports. Not football ooo, sports!

Ronaldo failed there. No amout of mental gymnastics is gonna change the fact that his world cup legacy is nowhere near that of Sidibe.

Touchè

No World Cup legacy, no GOAThood. A legend at best, he is.

Leyqute:
I say Ronaldo had 1 goal in 5 starts. You say COVID caused Messi to blank in league games even though he farmed UCL games while in PSG.

Who is creating excuses now? 😀

Let’s die this matter abeg. I no too gbadun Ronaldo these days because of his arrogance and pride. And you overgbadun Messi for reasons best known to you.

No need to prolong matter.

That was actually my point. The way Messi's excuse smelled like bull-sh1t from your pov is just the same way what you put up for Wasiu is perceived.

Alright sha, swords sheathed.

How can you play Six editions of the biggest footballing event in the world and you only had a single decent one (in 2018)?

In four of those editions, he was eliminated by USA, Ivory Coast, Uruguay and Morocco, teams all ranked way below Portugal at the time.

Messi excelled in 3 out of 6 WCups, in addition to his unparalleled club success.

Clowns now bringing why he didnt play in EPL to counter the above? Pele or Maradona play English League ni?

Ronaldo was a failure at the biggest stage. This is fact.

Leyqute:
Well, that’s a different argument then. Teenage Ronaldo scoring one league goal is different from a veteran Messi scoring 6 league goals in a season after winning

For the period you’re actually talking about… If you examine the stats closely enough, you’ll notice these facts:

Messi scored 6 goals in 24 starts. 2 as a sub.
In a full season.
In a team that was in a title challenge.
A team that won the league the previous season.

Ronaldo had 1 goal in 5 starts. 5 sub apps.
Half season.
In a team that was in crisis with him having a huge fight with the manager.
A team that won the league a decade ago.

The idiot then went ahead and scored 14 goals in 16 apps in Saudi in the second half of that same season.


Make of that what you will.

Lol not so fast See as you mount excuses for Pendu everywhere.

You don forget say Messi sef get Covid for that hin 6 league goal season and even he only started to play around November.

Ronaldo played 16 games and got 1 goal. Whether he didnt start some games na nobody's business as it's simply because he wasn't good enough and Tenhag has been proven right over and over again as in the tournaments that matter since then, he was never found useful again from the WC to the Euros and the WC again.

Bringing Saudi impact is just ridiculously low at this point. Ighalo sef conquer Saudi.

MorataFC:
In agenda land 1>6 🤣🤣😂

I wonder o

Leyqute:
To be fair, Ronaldo scoring one league goal for United as a teenager doesn’t compare with Messi scoring 6 league goals in a season for PSG after winning the UCL and multiple Ballon d’ors at Barcelona.

Bro, He scored the 1 league goal just 4 years ago in 2022. Not his teenage years at all.

6 league goals in France is much better than 1 league goal in EPL.

drisham:
I ask for consistency

If the Egypt goal was canceled for a slight foul like that

Then the Argentina goal should have been cancelled too


If the Egypt goal was made to stand them there would have been no issue

You're a united fan, imagine a crucial game for your club
You have a goal chalked off
The opposing team (arsenal )scores a similar goal to win
You won't protest?

The Egyptian defender stamped on Licha's foot and pulled his shirt before he was dispossessed - Clear foul

Argentina defender first takes the ball cleanly off Salah(ball went behind Salah) before colliding with his foot slightly (Salah went down softly after seeing he lost the ball). - Not a foul

In 2023, Nigerians scored a goal on the counter after a strong foul on an SA player in the box. 9ja goal was canceled by VAR and SA awarded a P.K. It seemed harsh but it was the right call.

Ellexy:
You sef oya what is the consequential robbery from yesterday's game you keep insinuating?
Is it the cancelled Egyptian goal or the Salah incident? Which one?

Ask them, they can't really say. Only to be shouting ojoro everywhere. Thats why I said they are lumping up factual corruption with sentiments.

At least be happy for your player Enzo that is now in the WC Qfinals and shining Gbelsea's torch but hatred for Messi wouldnt allow them.

Kimbeast:
You are explaining and arguing with your imagination bro. Unless you are saying Messi didn't score 6 league goals then whatever else you have going on doesn't relate to my post.

Lol, you simply got no point bro. Just clutching at straws.

Could you remind why u brought up Messi's 6 goals?

Kimbeast:
So why are quoting me to start a debate when I stated facts. What exactly are you arguing about?

Dont play smart bro. You were using his first 6-goal season in France to conclude that he might not cut it in Engalnd.

Yet you conveniently left out the second (42G/A) ballon dor winning season in France as if it didnt matter just to run agenda.

Again you left out Pendu's one goal abysmal second season in EPL. Using your logic, shall I say Pendu never did well in his second stint in England? Am I allowed to ignore his first more successful season like you did to Messi's second?

Oya gbewa

Kimbeast:
Nothing you have written has anything to do with my post. Six league goals in his first season are still six league goals. I don't know what you mean by "being held to higher standards" or any of that.

Still playing Ostrich? Ok Messi scored 6 league goals in his first season.

Ronaldo scored a whopping ONE league goal in his second season for United.

Why do you pretend that that didnt happen. Or second seasons don't matter?

Let me hear how logic will wiggle this one out.

Kimbeast:
The fact is we don't know how Messi would have performed in England. Would he have adapted to the weather, culture, and language? No one knows. Just because Player A did this and Player B did that isn't prove of anything as we saw with Messi in Ligue 1.

You saw Messi score 32 goals and 35 assists (67G/A) in 75games while in Ligue 1. How is that anything bad?

It's like you guys set up a standard for Messi that you don't measure Wasiu up against. Why should Pendu be exempted from the same conclusion that made you think Messi's 67 G/A in 75 games is a failure when at the same period he recorded 32 G/A in 55 games for Man utd?

It's ridiculous that unknowingly you lots are placing Messi to a higher standard and therefore validating his superiority.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Kimbeast:
The irony is that once La Liga starts now, Barcelona fans will be the first to start complaining about corruption and claiming the referees are favouring Madrid. They are literally the biggest crybabies on corruption issues.

Madrid's corruption is blatant and GOATED. Perez telling Ronaldo he's responsible for his Ballon dors is what?

Corruption is different from Sentiments.

Balogun and Pendu's red card suspension - that's corruption (nothing subjective about that)

Wanting ref to disallow Argentina's 3rd goal for Salah losing the ball cleanly - Na sentiment be that.

Two truths can coexist.

Kimbeast:
The scorelines may have been close, but European teams still went 5/5 against South and North American teams. Like I said the results speak for themselves.

We are still saying the same thing, just from different lens.

Kimbeast:
How can the gap be closer when Europe is still producing 6 out of 8 quarterfinalists? The results speak for themselves.

Look at the results themselves - they were much closer than 6 out of 8 suggests that's my point.

Swiss 0-0 with Colombia
France 1-0 Paraguys
England 3 - 2 Mexico
Norway 2 - 1 Brazil

Only Belgium vs USA was a whitewash and I believe that without the Orange man's meddling, Belgium wouldnt have been so fired up.

So yes, Europe is better than S.America but not by much based on the results.

What is clear is that Africa has moved closer to S.America and Europe and that's a good sign.

BlueRayDick:
Oil dey ur head bro! I cosign this post 💯

Unlimited22 is trying to make it seem like the disrespect Wasiu gets is happening in vacvum, no it's not!

Wasiu has been chatting shiiit for a long time and it's not even about self confidence or what ever positivity he wants to use to cover it. Messi fans are only returning those disrespect in multiple folds now that result finally cancelled insults for Messi.

We all dey alive when Wasiu fans use Messi eyes see shege after Portugal won Euro 2016 and Messi crashed out of Copa America.

Thank you brother.

It was Pendu himself that made that statement after the 2016 Euro win that you can't be considered among the goats without an international trophy.

Before that era, GOAT players were mainly judged based on how individually good they were and their on field impact.

At the time, Maradona and Ronaldo De Lima's lack of UCL were not a factor in how Goated they were rated.

Same for Cryuff and Di Stefano.

Then it was just really about how frighteningly good you were on the pitch, magical moments you give to the world to be proclaimed as one of the best. Of course the trophies were important but they were more like a seal of what was already known.

Pendu came to change all that and amplified being carried along to a trophy as a GOAT-factor.

Glad it all came crashing down at the end for him.

Good riddance.

Kimbeast:
So, despite all the propaganda about South American teams being this and that, only one is left while Europe has six. An all European semifinal is now a possibility.

True but at least none of the Ro16 contenders from other continents were disgraced except for the US which I'll chalk down to instant Karma.

The gap between Europe, S America, Africa and Asia are quite closer now than ever before. The difference now is just in tactical superiorities.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
That means with Messi two Copa America gold medal, he has three World cup in his cabinet. Ronaldo logic na upside down

Greece sef don win World cup before niyen

CAPdan21:
Ramos would have done nada with this setup...Martinez is a coward

Like the nada he did against Croatia right?

Anyway, I was actually praying that he shouldn't remove Pendu as their chances to win would suddenly shoot up if Ramos came in.

This result with Ronaldo was so obvious to the blind even before the WC. Remember the game against Nigeria?

That clueless Martinez don get what's coming too him.

How can you bench Ramos for Ronaldo?

Ramos that has scored 4 knock out non-penalty goals in their last 2 world cups.

An egbon who only has a KO pen to his credit is who he prioritized. Well he got his result.

Afterall it's just a 7 game tournament. Make Ogunmepon go home and pick beans

Baba dey use style hold back the usual tears

World cup failure.

Unlimited22:
Marcel van Basten would like a word

Nah, MVB was a quality highly technical striker but his goal scoring rate was way more modest. He was more like a combo of Batistuta and Bergkamp.

Haaland and Gerd Muller are pure poachers and the only ones who scored more goals than their number of games at the top level in their careers. Dont have much skills but just about stabbing the ball into the net relentlessly.

Puskas was another one like that.

fredoooooo:
Klopp on this drama ..
Infantino the crook know say his epon dey their hand

Precedence don set. Santa Infantino.

andrewbaba44:
😂😂

They already won the euros with my boys nah

No matter the coach they employ there Barca will always have 7/8 players on that team and Madrid won’t have any for now aside cucurella

That Cucurella sef na goods-in-transit.

Container fit still capsize for high seas

AirBere:
Brazil will win the world Cup, they play the best football in South America. Lmao 🤣 🤣

Seems you time travelled back 20 years. Wake up it's 2026!

Viagra don do the Lord's work.

If you want to go high, take a cue from England o

raumdeuter:
Quansah is the happiest man on earth today

If England had been eliminated his whole lineage for hear am

When he went off, I was like why must England always have a scapegoat in their KOs?

Becks, Seaman, Rooney, Carroll, Saka, Kane (2022 pen miss).

He escaped eternal regret by the whiskers.

iamoyindamola:
This one is legit
Rogers will replace him

Bellingham get that special clutch quality wey go hard for Rogers.

He will be a big miss.

But wait, are you sure he's out?

Bluelines69:
Bellingham out of quarter finals

They should grant him Royal pardon na.

Make Buckingham Palazzo call Infantino abeg.

The love must be shared around.

Bellingham na beast abeg.

What an insane performance from him.

Abeg see this through 3 lions.