The International Football Thread

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30 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Palmeiras up wow. They may actually eliminate 2 biggest favorites Atletico MG and Flamengo and make it all easier for us.

Flamengo's defence is shit

David Luiz us so so slow now

we would shred them

and Palmeiras have a couple of their best players out atm

Atlético Mineiro was the team I was dreading the most, but Palmeiras shut them down in the semis

another tough team, Fluminense, was upset by Barcelona SC in the quarters

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none of these teams 2012 Corinthians level

and there was a huge upset in the CONCACAF CL, Monterrey upset my 2nd (after the Copa Liberatores winner) most dreaded to face team, Club América of Mexico City

so I am feeling good about our world champions chances

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also, we ourselves are a MUCH MUCH better side than that 2012-13 Chels team

[NikkiCFC 8,017]

1:1

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lol, ex Manure and Chels combined to give away a potential Copa Final losing goal, Luiz with a poor pass and Pereira totally slipped to gift a breakaway

Edited November 27, 2021 by Vesper

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so we will likely play Palmeiras in the final I think, for the world championship

they won this today without their best player too, the best winger in Brasil leagues, Gabriel Veron, who has a hamstring injury

he will likely be completely healthy when we face them

plus they were missing their best CB (Renan) and their best CMF was injured and only had a cameo, Gabriel Menino

Edited November 27, 2021 by Vesper

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Abel Ferreira is the first European manager to win multiple Copa Liberatores and also, back to back

I had him pegged 2 and half years ago

 

PLAYER TO COACH

PLANTING THE SEED

Abel Ferreira

Braga, 2017-Present

https://www.coachesvoice.com/abel-ferreira-on-braga-challenge-primeira-liga/

“I tell you this: there is no perfect formula. No perfect game plan. Only the one that you believe in”

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FIFA Club World Cup 2021 | Official Draw

(17 00 CET)

 

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wooot

we dodged Monterrey in the semis!

also dodged Al Ahly, the 4th best team

perfect draw

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by Vesper

[NikkiCFC 8,017]

Messi winning ballon d'or is embarrassing. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

Messi winning ballon d'or is embarrassing. 

The competition itself is embarrassing considering the criteria changes every year. 

[milka 3,349]

Jorginho -  Champions League , EURO 20 , UEFA Super Cup 

Lewandowski - over  1 000 goals last 2 seasons 😄

Winner - Messi  (goals vs Elche , Mallorca , Bilbao ) 

😂massive mockery 

Edited November 29, 2021 by milka

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Ballon d'Or live stream

 

http://sportslandnews.com/matches/2021/ballondor/s1.php

[milka 3,349]

Edouard Mendy won 2 european trophies and became the best goalkeeper of the start of 2021  & 24 more cleansheets than Donnarumma despite of him playing in a ‘crisis’ Chelsea side start of 2021. All of these awards are pathetic and unreal . 

now I expect  Jorginho  not even to be in the top 3 

EDIT :  Jorginho is 3 😂😄😂😄  so Copa de Espana   >>>> CL , EURO 

Edited November 29, 2021 by milka

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3 minutes ago, milka said:

Edouard Mendy won 2 european trophies and became the best goalkeeper of the start of 2021  & 24 more cleansheets than Donnarumma despite of him playing in a ‘crisis’ Chelsea side start of 2021. All of these awards are pathetic and unreal . 

now I expect  Jorginho  not even to be in the top 3 

Jorginho got 3rd and we just won the FIFA world club of the year

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Lewa was ROBBED 🤬

[milka 3,349]

I still don't understand the criteria for this ridiculous award cuz :

Jorginho have more trophies this year than  Messi

Lewandowski have more goals this year than Messi 

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what a joke

just ridiculous, Lewa is scoring at a higher rate than Messi did in his record 2011/12 season

73 goals in his last 5100 or so minutes

plus 13 more for Poland

Messi had his worst year in a decade, Barca was shit, and winning the Copa America is easy compared to winning the Euros

Edited November 29, 2021 by Vesper