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Northern Ireland v Switzerland

 

Croatia v Greece

 

Denmark v Republic Ireland

 

Sweden v Italy

 

I’d like this, please.

Shittest Norwegian ever.

 

I don’t hate Sweden. Only Denmark. Potato fuckers.

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'mon the Greeks.

Said nobody ever [emoji38]

 

Well, 1 person [emoji38]

 

They'll probably find a way to scrape through as well, always do.

You from there or have relatives there or something?

 

Nope, used to have 2 family holidays there a year from when I was born up until mid teens and ended up watching a bit of Greek football of course when we were there. Sort of just continued on from that plus we were in Greece just after they won the Euros which was pretty cool.

 

I realise there one of the most dull teams to watch internationally though so can see why any neutral would be rooting for Croatia :lol:

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'mon the Greeks.

Said nobody ever [emoji38]

 

Well, 1 person [emoji38]

 

They'll probably find a way to scrape through as well, always do.

You from there or have relatives there or something?

 

Nope, used to have 2 family holidays there a year from when I was born up until mid teens and ended up watching a bit of Greek football of course when we were there. Sort of just continued on from that plus we were in Greece just after they won the Euros which was pretty cool.

 

I realise there one of the most dull teams to watch internationally though so can see why any neutral would be rooting for Croatia :lol:

:thup: Fair enough

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Football is completely different now than it was back then. Look at the defending for Maradona's goal against England ffs. Imagine one of the top international teams defending like that now

 

Even imagine a top keeper getting beat to a high ball by a midget, hand or no hand

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Maradona is the greatest footballer ever, by a fucking mile. If Messi wins the world cup with a pub team then we can compare the two.

 

How old are you?

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FWIW I don't think the World Cup is the measure anymore tbh. It's still the greatest tournament, but it's not a yardstick to measure footballers by. It's genuinely the only thing left to throw at Messi as well, and tbh he nearly dragged Argentina to a World Cup win (particularly in the group stages) when he was nowhere near his best after just coming back from injury. His clutch moments and big game moments are other-worldly at times.

 

For me there's no comparison between Messi and anyone tbh. I know people say it's close between him and Ronaldo, Maradona, Pele, whoever else, but for me it's stratospheric in terms of what I see. I'll always hold back on Pele and Maradona though, purely because I don't think you can really comment with any authority on something you haven't seen at the time, but with everyone else in my lifetime it's not even close. Maybe original Ronaldo for that one season, but nah not really, part of what's so insane about Messi is that he's been doing it consistently for a decade with absolutely everyone including the best managers, defensive coaches, defenders, and 'keepers knowing exactly what he's about, what he's capable of, at times what he's going to do, and yet he still does it quite often while making them look like absolute mugs, simply because he cannot be stopped. For me whenever Messi doesn't win the Ballon D'or it's when he's slightly off his form, rather than anyone else being able to touch him when he's at his best, because when he's at his best, everyone else can be and they'll still be nowhere near him and what he can do.

 

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Maradona is the greatest footballer ever, by a fucking mile. If Messi wins the world cup with a pub team then we can compare the two.

 

How old are you?

 

40

 

I don't disagree with what KI is saying about Messi. But Maradona done all that, even better. He played at a time when the opponents had a license to kick him up in the air. He played on much weaker teams and carried them on his back. He could walk on water.

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