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If you don't follow it then you don't have to comment on it like you know better than people who've actually done some research

Aye but isn't the playoff against New Zealand? Even if they don't get through automatically, they'll be there. It's no different to when Portugal had to go through a playoff with Ronaldo. There was never any real danger of them not qualifying. What the fuck are you on about? They have to go to Ecuador at altitude and win. They've won there once in the last ten occasions and that was in 2001. If Paraguay hadn't scored two goals in the last five minutes it was totally out of their hands. Never any danger ffs

No, not allowed to play with Messi so staying on the bench. The reason is he doesn't fit Messi. The Messi bubble has to burst. He is not Maradona who can carry the team on his own. The Messi & friends belief is the main reason why the qualification is a complete failure. You don't know what you're talking about. The main reason Argentina may not qualify is that Messi missed games through injury. The stats back this up. He created 5 clear chances for teammates last night. What more are you expecting him to do? Messi played in all last three draws. If you are saying he doesn't deserve to be criticised, you are telling me he isn't as great as people saying right? If you are saying he is on par with Pele and Maradona then tell me would they be free from critics for these three draws? He doesn't deserve to be criticised for last night, no. Did you see the last three games? He creates chances that others don't score. Football is totally different to when Pele and Maradona were playing. Defences are much better organised than they were then. Honestly that Maradona goal in 1986. Unbelievable goal but can you imagine a top or even average international team these days allowing anyone to score a goal like that? I can't. Don't even get me started on Pele. Completely different sport in those days.

Yeah but they occupy the same space and Messi is clearly better. We should know with the whole Gerrard and Lampard thing that you need to pick a team and not just a bunch of individuals. Dybala can play ahead of messi like, he doesn't have to play as a ten. Even without that what is the justification for Benedetto over Icardi? That Icardi played the previous two games and was utterly shit, same with Dybala. Honestly last night was the best Argentina played in ages, they just couldn't finish the chances Messi was making He's a million miles ahead of benedetto, whats the point of playing a 27 boca striker over a guy who has a ridiculously good goal record in the top flight. I'm not blaming this on messi, but they have to figure out ways to accommodate other players too. Why is Di Maria playing? 0 goals in three games. They don't have the time at the moment to wait and hope that Icardi starts playing well. Benedetto missed a couple of chances but he offered them way more than Icardi was the last two games

Yeah but they occupy the same space and Messi is clearly better. We should know with the whole Gerrard and Lampard thing that you need to pick a team and not just a bunch of individuals. Dybala can play ahead of messi like, he doesn't have to play as a ten. Even without that what is the justification for Benedetto over Icardi? That Icardi played the previous two games and was utterly shit, same with Dybala. Honestly last night was the best Argentina played in ages, they just couldn't finish the chances Messi was making

No, not allowed to play with Messi so staying on the bench. The reason is he doesn't fit Messi. The Messi bubble has to burst. He is not Maradona who can carry the team on his own. The Messi & friends belief is the main reason why the qualification is a complete failure. You don't know what you're talking about. The main reason Argentina may not qualify is that Messi missed games through injury. The stats back this up. He created 5 clear chances for teammates last night. What more are you expecting him to do?

Ends 0-0. Useless bastards couldn't finish. Argentina have to go to Ecuador at altitude and win. It could have been much much worse but Paraguay scored 2 in the last ten minutes to beat Colombia

Make that 5

Argentina ffs Messi has created at least 4 easy chances here and they still haven't scored. On the upside they look much better in general with Sampaoli's tactics of just playing Messi and a load of randoms in attack

Massive game in Buenos Aires tonight between Argentina and Peru. Peru have brought their own bottles of water over because they are afraid of being poisoned by the Argies

Canny finish

Hard to be worse than the last one

Grim sub

How's that a foul?

Kane's record for England is good. This is easily the most isolated I've seen him. Was shit in the Euros like

Why the fuck is there tarmac that close to the pitch

It clearly is like

Too good for that squad. Going by Lascelles’ form he would be the standout player. You pissed? The players in that team are massively overrated, and the CB’s arn’t in their greatest form. HARRY KANE

Was about to make a joke about Oxlade Chamberlain having something over Southgate but then I looked at the subs

Why would a Newcastle fan have Wijnaldum as the main man in their avatar?

His tackling has definitely been the thing which has impressed me the most. Always assumed he'd be really comfortable on the ball but he's unreal at winning it cleanly and then keeping it when he wins it

The problem is we don't have anyone else who's good enough either

They still struggle to break down teams who defend deep against them because they try to rush everything in midfield making it easy for the opposition. If that was against City yesterday and we were defending that solidly, they'd keep the ball for about 2 or 3 minutes continuously, tire us out and wait for a gap to appear. I don't see why they start Gini in games where they'll dominate the ball. They also need a more focal point type striker for those games IMO

It was him

And Klopp was hired to improve Liverpool along a similar vein... Probably should give him the money to do that so