Argentina was so utterly thrashed...

[metalalloy]

I doubt seriously that Di Maria said this. No active professional player blames a loss on the absence of a particular player. I can understand such statement if Messi was red-carded and they were forced to play short-handed. I will bet one bottle of Johnnywalker from my stash that Di Maria NEVER gave this interview!

He did. Marutimon provided the Argentinian source of the interview. It was a general statement that they struggle when Messi is not available. Not that they lost to Nigeria because he was away.

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Oya make i pm you my address for the Johnny?

**1naija pulls an IAG ..refuses to pay his bet .. clutches on his bottle of JW like a running back holds football and runs away**

Yeye cabbie.. I dey come collect one Creed from your house for dat.

[pajimoh]

and i just find them very arrogant - no respect what so ever to Nigeria- i just hope and wish to not only beat them but also stop them from qualifying out of the group

Last time I checked respect is earned...

We've earned it by beating them. They should have been man enough that they were beaten by the better team on the day if not the better team overall. Bit arrogance and pomposity no gree

Don't think we have ever beaten them in a competitive game, I can understand their arrogance. Even remember Maradona saying they will easily handle us again before last world cup and they still yanshed us mschew...They will never respect us till we start yanshing them when it counts! Hopefully we can start at this WC Messi or not!

Stop making excuses for them. They did not set out to lose to lose to us. If anything they wanted to prove they are not a one-man team. They were 2 goals up. It doesn't have to be a competitive match to acknowledge the better team on the day won

[1naija]

I doubt seriously that Di Maria said this. No active professional player blames a loss on the absence of a particular player. I can understand such statement if Messi was red-carded and they were forced to play short-handed. I will bet one bottle of Johnnywalker from my stash that Di Maria NEVER gave this interview!

He did. Marutimon provided the Argentinian source of the interview. It was a general statement that they struggle when Messi is not available. Not that they lost to Nigeria because he was away.

Translate this in chrome.

https://www.clarin.com/deportes/selecci ... rJ4rz.html

Oya make i pm you my address for the Johnny?

**1naija pulls an IAG ..refuses to pay his bet .. clutches on his bottle of JW like a running back holds football and runs away**

Yeye cabbie.. I dey come collect one Creed from your house for dat.

Man talking of Creed, let's go to the cologne thread.

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

and i just find them very arrogant - no respect what so ever to Nigeria- i just hope and wish to not only beat them but also stop them from qualifying out of the group

Last time I checked respect is earned...

You can dismiss the victory over Argentina on the basis that the match was a friendly but you can’t dismiss the fact that Argentina has a reputation to maintain and always come to play. They came and were outplayed, pure and simple. Next time is next time and until then, we totally deserve their respect. The fact that Lionel Messi did not feature in that match is just another excuse to hide behind. Believe me, if Argentina didn’t think they would win that game in Messi’s absence, they would have found a way to opt out of the game


Cheers.

[oloye]

That match pales into insignificance if we dont beat them in Russia or if they qualify and we dont.

[Waffiman]

I doubt seriously that Di Maria said this. No active professional player blames a loss on the absence of a particular player. I can understand such statement if Messi was red-carded and they were forced to play short-handed. I will bet one bottle of Johnnywalker from my stash that Di Maria NEVER gave this interview!

He did. Marutimon provided the Argentinian source of the interview. It was a general statement that they struggle when Messi is not available. Not that they lost to Nigeria because he was away.

Translate this in chrome.

https://www.clarin.com/deportes/selecci ... rJ4rz.html

Oya make i pm you my address for the Johnny?

**1naija pulls an IAG ..refuses to pay his bet .. clutches on his bottle of JW like a running back holds football and runs away**

[Ayo Akinfe]

That match pales into insignificance if we dont beat them in Russia or if they qualify and we dont.

Gbam!

[maceo4]

and i just find them very arrogant - no respect what so ever to Nigeria- i just hope and wish to not only beat them but also stop them from qualifying out of the group

Last time I checked respect is earned...

We've earned it by beating them. They should have been man enough that they were beaten by the better team on the day if not the better team overall. Bit arrogance and pomposity no gree

Don't think we have ever beaten them in a competitive game, I can understand their arrogance. Even remember Maradona saying they will easily handle us again before last world cup and they still yanshed us mschew...They will never respect us till we start yanshing them when it counts! Hopefully we can start at this WC Messi or not!

Stop making excuses for them. They did not set out to lose to lose to us. If anything they wanted to prove they are not a one-man team. They were 2 goals up. It doesn't have to be a competitive match to acknowledge the better team on the day won

Lets just do it in a competitive match for a change, then we can make mouth. Otherwise they will always have the right to talk trash, abi didn't we beat them 4-1 in Abuja, but didn't help us when they beat us 'respectfully' in the return friendly and the WC proper.

[maceo4]

That match pales into insignificance if we dont beat them in Russia or if they qualify and we dont.

[Prince]

I doubt seriously that Di Maria said this. No active professional player blames a loss on the absence of a particular player. I can understand such statement if Messi was red-carded and they were forced to play short-handed. I will bet one bottle of Johnnywalker from my stash that Di Maria NEVER gave this interview!

Wow you must really feel very strong about this, just bet something less significant like your mortgage