On February 09 2018 03:34 Faruko wrote: I guess you never did anything wrong.
Maybe he wasn't the best, maybe he is spoiled, but come on, some empathy is always good to have, i know his situation was far better than billions of people but he struggled quite a bit and seems to finally grow up snd realize he is not a kid anymore.
Maybe he has a shitty backstory as a child with low income and whatnot and found himself winning millions and not knowing what to do.
I don't know, i rather see him happy, everyone deserves a second chance
With Balotelli it would be more like fifth or sixth chance...
On February 08 2018 20:34 warding wrote: Portuguese football is a telenovela now. Benfica and its president are mired in corruption allegations and under investigation while Sporting's president is throwing tantrums and having an emotional breakdown in public, demanding a despotic consolidation of power around him. Porto so far is steering clear of drama, despite pretty much proven corruption practices in the 90s and 00s and their coach being a notorious hot head. We have flags disturbing VAR, cracks in the stands interrupting a Estoril-Porto game at half time where Porto was losing 1-0, Benfica's president being officially constituted a 'defendant' (sort of, differences in legal systems) in a corruption scheme to name a few incidents.
During prime time there are around 4 or 5 cable channels covering the drama, each with representatives from the three main clubs arguing with one another. All of the above is a shame, since this season is actually the first in a while that the three top teams are quite competitive at this stage.
Yeah Portuguese football is literally like Keeping up with the Kardashian's level of drama.
In many ways Football is our soap opera, but yeah Portugal has taken things to a whole new level of drama haha. You could actually make a very entertaining TV series with all the allegations, investigations, witch doctors, etc
On February 10 2018 21:55 Pandemona wrote: Haha true football is defo a soap opera, but every episode of it in Portugual is like "who shot JR" x10 xD (i hope people get that refrence!)
Ahaha old school reference.
Despite all the drama in Portuguese football, internationally we are at a level that we couldn't even imagine to achieve.
We are European champions in football, with Cristiano Ronaldo as a top two player in the world.
We are European champions in futsal (won yesterday vs Spain) with Ricardinho as the best player in the world for the last 5 years.
We are world champions in beach football with Madjer as a top 3 player for the last 10 years.
It's an amazing achievement with all the internal dramas we have between the bigger clubs and the federation.
On February 11 2018 02:09 DucK- wrote: It's plain clear that arsenal is in decline when they play a north London derby as though they're the smaller/weaker team
not winning a title for more than a decade and failing to reach top 4 finally didnt give it away for ya?
Can't imagine Morata making the same assist for hazard's first goal. Giroud is an under appreciated and underrated player. His link up play is top class. If only he wasn't such a tortoise...
Morata first cameo in 2 months though that last 30 minutes and he looked like his old self, linked up with Hazard for the 3rd goal well i thought and his shot he had was good. That is the Madrid Morata, coming off the bench, picking the ball up driving at defenders, cutting inside and unleashing a shot.
The standout player last night was Pedro though, that is the Pedro we need every game, running around like mad, winning the ball or just being Pedro when he gets it. I think it always comes back to having Cesc as an out ball in midfield as he is so good with the ball, but was a good offensive performance and some good defensive plays mixed with a little nerves
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