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6-1 Okan Aydin. Germany playing some really good football.

 

Final whistle.

 

Samed Yesil, Robin Yalcin, Emcre Can and Mitchell Weiser all looked really good prospects. No one really stood out for Ecuador.

 

Yalcin stood out to me the most. Looked like he has the potential to become a real quality player in the future. Ecuadors 'defending' was embarrassing at the end though.

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Tombides (already at West Ham) and Makarounas (probably Australia's brightest young prospect at this level) orchestrated a win for Australia against Ivory Coast. Finished 2 - 1 with the formentionedr players scoring for Australia. I really enjoy the fact most these kids play week in week out with each other and think it has improved our team immensely.

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Ujah with another hattrick  today. Would be cheap and talented backup.

 

Make that four.

Any of the informed Scandinavians have opinions on Ujah, Nosa, and Chukwuma Bentley? I've heard a lot of decent things about the first two especially. Ujah should be cracking the SE soon if he continues at this rate.

 

Great potential in Ujah and Nosa. Ujah seems to be a terrific goalscorer and a constant threat in and around the box. Nosa is a powerful midfielder with a good engine who can turn games around. Also a decent goalscorer. Bentley isn`t especially rated in Norway nowadays. He`s not bad though, but definitely not good enough to be shipped out to PL.

:thup: Hopefully, they can follow the footsteps of Obi and Obasi by moving to a top club. Norway seems to be a nice country for talented young players to go and develop.

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You could easily see that pass from any league plenty of times a year from other skillfull players, it's not like he owns bragging rights for that type of pass and he should not be hailed for it.

Say it was a good pass, don't spam the forum because of it, that is all.

 

you don't see outside of the boot passes like that all the time mind, not weighted as well as that but yeah i agree

 

also should be factored in it was Albanian defenders

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He seem to not do those kind fo things when it really counts for Argentina, then he just hides behind the strikers and never get blamed.

He needs to step up in the world cups etc. if he's gonna be one of the greats in my opinion

 

:lol:  jesus christ dude

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Like two people commented on the pass. :lol:

 

Was a really nice pass tbf, no need to lose your rag because a couple of people were a bit hyperbolic in their praise of it.

 

Honestly haven't watched Argentina outside of the World Cup but to say he hid in the WC is absolute guff tbf. If anything he tried too hard to do too much by himself, essentially that team never had a chance with the way Maradona was managing it.

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essentially that team never had a chance with the way Maradona was managing it.

 

correct, and in his first world cup he was coming off an injury and barely used at all iirc - remember specifically the game they were knocked out screaming at the telly to shove him on 'cause this is where players like him make the difference

 

but nope, best place for messi was the bench apparently

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A lot rides on this tourament for him in Argentina. Batista have made him, rightfully, the focal point of the team and has built the team around him to suit him. Messi at false 9 with the two outside in wingers either side (although personally I don't think Di Maria is good enough)in the Barça style more or less. They're main problem may come again from the behind. Aside from Zanetti their defence is suspect in all areas (pace, height, power, concentration) and they lack the real playmaker in the middle of the park that needs to supply the forward 3. While Banega is good he's no Xavi/Iniesta whereas Cambiasso and Masch arent really that type of plays either.

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What's the craic with Pastore?

 

He's absolutely immense on FM, but honestly haven't seen the lad play. Seems highly rated young central midfielder, could he be the the guy that make them tick in the middle of the park?

 

Shame for them Riquelme isn't 10 years younger like. :lol:

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essentially that team never had a chance with the way Maradona was managing it.

 

correct, and in his first world cup he was coming off an injury and barely used at all iirc - remember specifically the game they were knocked out screaming at the telly to shove him on 'cause this is where players like him make the difference

 

but nope, best place for messi was the bench apparently

 

That game was a shambles.

 

1-0 up and they take Riquelme, who was the focal point of the team, off to rest him for the next round. They then use their last substitution make a like for like switch with Crespo coming off for the vastly inferior Cruz.

 

So here we are, 1-0 up against the Germans with 10 minutes to go, no substitutions left and your two best players sitting on the sidelines... what could possibly go wrong?

 

Manger should have been shot.

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essentially that team never had a chance with the way Maradona was managing it.

 

correct, and in his first world cup he was coming off an injury and barely used at all iirc - remember specifically the game they were knocked out screaming at the telly to shove him on 'cause this is where players like him make the difference

 

but nope, best place for messi was the bench apparently

 

That game was a shambles.

 

1-0 up and they take Riquelme, who was the focal point of the team, off to rest him for the next round. They then use their last substitution make a like for like switch with Crespo coming off for the vastly inferior Cruz.

 

So here we are, 1-0 up against the Germans with 10 minutes to go, no substitutions left and your two best players sitting on the sidelines... what could possibly go wrong?

 

Manger should have been shot.

 

yeah but messi clearly should have done something to change things Shak, he's overrated and people just wank on about him

 

/mattis

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What's the craic with Pastore?

 

He's absolutely immense on FM, but honestly haven't seen the lad play. Seems highly rated young central midfielder, could he be the the guy that make them tick in the middle of the park?

 

Shame for them Riquelme isn't 10 years younger like. :lol:

 

Not too sure tbh, you'd think he'd be able to play as the attacking one of the 3 in the middle unless Batista is worried about him and Messi taking up too similar positions. Perhaps he is too much of an old school #10. Haven't seen enough of him to comment to fully but I think from what I've read he'll be first on if they need to change things.

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