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Entertainment and quality are 2 different things for me. The final was entertaining for example but an own goal from a dive freekick, a penalty where the ref needed 25 replays to make a decision, the Lloris brainfart. Comedy final.

Poor quality World Cup overall. After Qatar 2022 international football will be dead for good. Football in general is on the decline. Those comedy goalkeeper errors in the CL and WC finals (and also both semi-finals) are symptomatic. Last quality WC was 2006. Riquelme's Argentina, Germany at...

I think people underestimate how incompetent Lopetegui is. Managed the miracle to take over a Porto side that had won 7 of the last 8 league titles and somehow won nada in 2 seasons with them while playing sideway passing football (what you saw in Spain vs. Russia). Take away Ronaldo as well...

Sanchez is actually a very apt example, I called him that when he first joined. His ceiling is just about that (which isn't too bad but not € 150M worth obviously) and his Barca story will most likely end just like his, too. At some point he'll figure it out and have a somewhat good season but...

Yeah, and just like it was stupid to call Ronaldo a glorified Mario Gomez it's equally stupid to call Suarez a poacher. After Messi he was our highest assister as well as chance creator last season. 37 goals + assists, including crucial goals in Clasicos but he does nothing just because his...

Sure, doesn't make him "best midfielder of all time" though. He's not in that tier just like Ramos is not in the tier for best defenders of all time despite being clutch for you and having won everything there is to win.

Real Madrid won all their recent CLs due to a combination of: a) Ramos last minute heroics b) easy draws c) Ronaldo scoring braces and hattricks for fun against Bayern, Atletico, Juventus and everyone else d) Referees gifting key decision to Madrid in crucial moments But the last reason was...

I'm on holidays, come back and this forum suddenly is in total joke mode. Modric Ballon d'Or, Ibrahimovic better than Romario, Messi big game flop who should retire from NT. What's going on. lmao

He has been mediocre and about as good as Rakitic overall. Insane hype machine all of a sudden. "Same level as Xavi or higher". LMAO This forum has lost it completely after Madrid's 3rd CL in a row.

Well, that's young.

No he wasn't. At least check your facts before throwing insults. 2015/16 under Pep, return leg vs. Juventus, only came on as a sub in the 101st minute. Was fit, had started (and disappointed) in the first leg. Same season under Pep, first leg vs. Atletico, got subbed after a disappointing...

You could justify everything after the bad Paulinho/Arda/Gomes deals. Making mistakes does not mean the floodgates are open for more mistakes though. In Thiago's case it wouldn't be a sporting mistake, he is clearly not a dud, but a principle mistake nonetheless. It gives a bad signal to every...

Is this a joke? After he joined Bayern he said he wouldn't have had a problem to join Real either.

It's possible if you have another EU passport. For Turkish citizens it changed some years ago. If you had Turkish/German dual citizenship like some 10 years ago you can still have both. In any case he did nothing wrong. Our German press has a personal vendetta against Erdogan for 2 years now...

What's the obsession with him? He gets benched by every coach in big games and if he is available for transfer and so good why is his old father figure Pep not all over him anymore or Madrid to replace ageing Modric or even a team like Manchester United or Liverpool? I swear this forum...

I'm on holidays so someone needs to explain to me what has happened exactly. He made a documentary where Griezmann announced whether he stays at Atletico or goes? I don't get it. I don't care about his social media personality. Neymar is an even bigger clown but Neymar also backs it up on the...

If you didn't believe in Voodoo magic before you should by now. In the last 5 big competitive games this guy has played in: - He gets a dodgy 93rd minute penalty while Juve had actually turned the tie - Bayern gift goals in BACK TO BACK games in CL semis like a second division team. Like...

His injuries don't bother me but he is the Higuain of midfielders. Can you name 3 big CL games where he shined in his entire career? And he's 27. His father figure coach benched him in CL knockout games for some makeshift fullback-midfielder. Don't know what you think you are going to get with...

I don't recall Spain's road to the final but I'm certain the first big team Spain will face will do them like the last 2 tournaments. No one to score goals. Costa does not fit and can't rely on Isco to score braces or hattricks like in friendlies in a WC semifinal. Doesn't have much to do with...

You guys don't realize how shit and limited this squad is I'm afraid. Our wingbacks are very limited. Pique 1 on 1 against any bottom level La Liga no name striker and he turns like a truck. With age he gets more and more inconsistent, too. If he hit the gym instead of WhatsApp bantering...