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Adlab, probably no difference between individual millionaires, but clubs like City and PSG are basically owned by states.
And I think there is a very big difference between the US and the UAE and Qatar when it comes to human rights._____________________________
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I think football should continue without fans attending. As long as players are regularly tested and the clubs and players act accordingly to health guidelines, it should continue, IMO.
As for the games today Chelsea and Liverpool should be able to see off Burnley and West Ham. And hopefully Sheffield United can beat City.
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Mav, yep, mate. We had a fantastic team back then. And we did beat WG 2-0. I do wonder in hindsight if the Germans were “planning” to lose, as they got Morocco in the first knockout round and we got Spain. We lost to Spain 1-5 in a crazy game. The only 1-5 game I ever saw that the losing team really should have won.
Jesper Olsen set up Spain’s first goal with an unprovoked bad pass that completely left our keeper hanging. It has become a term in Danish, “to do a Jesper Olsen”, which simply means to cock up something that really shouldn’t be able to go wrong 😂But not to completely hijack Nil’s original thread, surely the game between Argentina and England mirrors Maradona’a career and personality: The cheating unethical “Hand of God” and “The goal of the century” which was just so brilliant.
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But while we’re comparing, if you had to choose between:
1) Ferdinand vs Terry
2) Keane vs Vieira
3) Shearer vs Henry
3) Zola vs Bergkamp
4) Ginola vs Pires
5) A. Cole vs Pearce
6) Schmeichel vs Seaman
7) Gerrard vs Lampard (as players need to be on the same level, I chose these two, as Scholes is a class above both of them 😁)_____________________________
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If I had to choose between Pele and Maradona, I would be tempted to pick DM. Pele May have won three WCs to DM’s one, but Pele was surrounded by world class players in the Brazil teams that won. Maradona was a one man army in a pretty average side. And in 1986 you had some very good sides in West Germany, France, Brazil, Denmark, The Soviet Union and Belgium. DM probably had a higher stock in Argentina’s triumph than Pele had in any of his team’s wins.
And DM went to Europe and turned everything around for a struggling team in a struggling city._____________________________
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Congrats to the legend. A flawed legend, but that’s a part of the myth of him.
What he did at Napoli, a club that had never won the league before he came, at a time when Serie A was the best league in the world was the stuff of legends. It was also a time were attacking players didn’t have the same protection they do today. Which means that even elegant players like Diego Maradona had to be a bit of a hard man themselves.
He’s probably also the only guy to have basically won a World Cup on his own. No way the Argies had won without him in 1986.
Still I’m not going to call him the GOAT. I’m not saying that he isn’t either. It’s just that thing about comparing players from different eras.
I’d say Maradona was the greatest of the 80ties, Cruyff the seventies, Laudrup the nineties (he was that good and I’m biased as hell) , Zidane from 00-10 and Messi from 10-20.
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Mav, agree on Dembele, mate.
And it’s just typical that I could only see Juve vs Barcelona and not U ited when they apparantly for once turned it on. But a few good results since Spurs abused us at home. Let’s hope the team can kick on from here. Beating Leipzig like that was hard to imagine before the game.
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I’m not able to watch the United game. Can anyone tell me how they’re doing apart from being 1-0 up?
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He’s a raw diamond. He’s got all the tools, he only needs to (in general) make smarter decisions. That’ll come with age, I think.
But still, it’s a long way from being a great Barcelona side.
Weird to have a season of CL and not mentioning these two teams amongst the favourites._____________________________
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Nope. VAR is a mystery.
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Anyone watching Juve vs Barcelona?
Those two teams are so far from what they used to be.
IMO Messi is beginning to look his age. If City still want him in a year, the main reason must be to show that they just can. Like a blueprint of being a big club purely by association to the GOAT.
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I just read minutes ago on a Danish page that Liverpool allegedly are looking to buy 20 year old Ozan Kabak from Schalke 04. Turkish international.
I never heard of him to be honest. But Klopp is supposed to like his playing profile a lot._____________________________
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Yep. A loan might be the way to go for them.
I thought they were in for Koulibaly (not sure about the spelling), but perhaps he was too expensive considering he’s pushing 30 like VVD?_____________________________
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999, I think you’re right. But it would be a bold decision even for Klopp not to get a defender, even if it’s not a dream player of his.
I think he knows they’re stretched in defence. Of course he does. And remember, he once got in Steven Caulker, so I think it’s fair to say covering a position is more important to him than getting in Mr. Right when pushed to the limit.
But we’ll see. It’s going to be an exciting season._____________________________
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Even if the media suggest that Liverpool won’t buy a defender january, I bet they will.
Logic says they simply have to.
It’s only smart by Liverpool to leak stories that they’re not in the market. Anything else and the transfer fee will just rise even more.
Klopp is a brilliant manager and a smart guy, it seems. Liverpool is a well run club. I would be surprised if they decide not to buy im the winter._____________________________
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Yep. That would have been good. And speaking of Messi, I bet he stays now that the president has gone.
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Congratulations on the win to Liverpool. I think FC Midtjylland made it more difficult to Liverpool than what most thought. But at the end of the day Liverpool deserved their win, No doubt about that.
I’m looking forward to Juventus vs Barcelona tonight. A game between two iconic clubs who can’t really make things click at the moment. Huge game nevertheless.
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Mak, I’ll do My Best, mate. Anything for a pint 😁🍻
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I jinxed it for FCM. You’re welcome, Liverpool 😁
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