Cybereagles

No sir ............having the FIFA 'match-fixers' and an 'instructed' Ref makes all the difference on who makes the last 8 or last 4.

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"Today we remember Nigeria and Africa football legend, Late Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi who passed on, on june 7th 2016. Thank you for the memories ‘The Big Boss.’ We can never forget you"............Kanu Nwankwo

Please, kindly help me spread this message.
This is exactly what Keshi has been saying about some of the players he ruled out. If it makes sense for Brazil, it makes sense for Nigeria.
It def makes more sense that the baseless 'dropology' theories bandied about by those 'indiscpined' forumers who refuse to recognise the importance of discipline in a team, over so-called 'talent'.

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"Ole kuku ni gbogbo wọn "

Oga Doctor .........my hand no dey am oo .

SirV and Cicob ............na my Ogas, I know support any persin wey wan embarrass dem for public ooooo

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"Today we remember Nigeria and Africa football legend, Late Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi who passed on, on june 7th 2016. Thank you for the memories ‘The Big Boss.’ We can never forget you"............Kanu Nwankwo

Wow, you really are a stupid fool aren't you! Why haven't you answered my question? How old were those guys who participated in the 2002 Final? Yeye heroin user! If Germany didn't embark on rebuilding there football structure in 2001 then there is no way that those same old players would have been able to help Deutschland reach countless semi finals/finals during the next decade! Is your drug filled peanut of a brain that weak to comprehend that fact?

It is only when you figure out how to leave your village and buy your first pair of shoes that you will understand the simple concepts of football! You crack addict!!!!!

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The weak or the strong,
who got it going on
You're dead wrong

...............................and you believe that you just made great sense.
FatFOOL you are dumber than DUMB .
Clown, you were expecting the 'same players to be playing till date' .....................Airhead , there is a reason why Ronaldo,Rivaldo,Roberto Carlos & co are no longer playing for Brazil too.

Damn it, calling you 'Stupidito' ia actually an insult to real stupid folks.
Can you face the only thing that you can do properly...................go and eat more...............



fatBURGERS

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"Today we remember Nigeria and Africa football legend, Late Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi who passed on, on june 7th 2016. Thank you for the memories ‘The Big Boss.’ We can never forget you"............Kanu Nwankwo

Say no to drugs!!! Stupid Crack Addict, you say the names of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo, but who have replaced them? Fred and Jo? Your brain has been so ravaged and fried with drugs that you do not know you have inadvertently proved my point!!!! Yes Germany went to the 2002 WC Final, but the thrashing at home against England prompted them to build extensively for the future because they had no one coming through at that time! The result? They destroyed Brazil in the semi's IN Brazil after losing to them in the Final in 2002!

Now, if I were you I would think about changing your........



Diet !!!!

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The weak or the strong,
who got it going on
You're dead wrong

Fasto ,Why are you so.....................



Mad

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"Today we remember Nigeria and Africa football legend, Late Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi who passed on, on june 7th 2016. Thank you for the memories ‘The Big Boss.’ We can never forget you"............Kanu Nwankwo

^My God, why hast thou forsaken he.

...Brazil were crap from the inception of the tournament, needing a dive and pk to win over Croatia.
They were craps when Mexico took them to the dryers.
The world noticed in the first match and a loud call of bad officiating.
Then the refs tightened up, as you can see during the 3rd place game.
No freebies this time.

Brazil had the home crowd and refs pushing them
On early, finally amazon jungle matured and their luck ran out. What a disgraceful display on home soil.

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"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!" - Bob Marley

It took for me the Germany game to realize how bad this team really is. As you and others noted, it some home cooking masked some problems. They egregiously got favored in the Croatia game. They were allowed to foul and fight in the Colombia game, which backfired with their losing Neymar and Silva.

Finally the burden of expectations made them less than an already average sum of the parts against Germany. They played better against Holland, but finally were shown to be a decent tier 2 team, nothing more. Brazil is tier 2. Not tier 1. As a lifelong football fan, I still have trouble believing this.

What I find interesting about your comment Mcal is how glamor teams get beneficial refereeing. Croatia was the sacrificial lamb against Brazil. Likewise, France got away with it against Nigeria on that red card hack. But the referees just couldn't be so egregiously biased against Holland and Germany.

Maybe that's what offends us fans most? Why should Brazil in Brazil get such favoritism, to the point where it decides games? This is legendary Brazil, jogo bonito Brazil. They shouldn't need it.

Well, it's done.

Onto the final today.

Cheers, Mate

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Pax Americana...Wither Now?

Home advantage means nothing in football. The fact is Scolari took the team that was depleted and took them to the Semi -something they hadn't achieved since 2002 when he coached them to the finals and won the trophy.

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All summer '17...playing dirty not clean!

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of boolsheet!

Scientifically speaking: ANC Trophies = 3/4 when Br^33 = 0.
***Breda = Br****

I beg to differ..how did you think Brasil made it so far to the semi final? Even the confed they won last year was one of the benefits of playing on home soil. It may not take a team all the way, but it comes handy.

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"There is big pressure at this club as you cannot be like the manager at Arsenal and ask for five years to try and to win one trophy" - Jose Mourinho

.... I believe in God. I try to be a good man so He can have a bit of time to give me a hand when I need it - Jose Mourinho

Home advantage is only and advantage if the opponents are not better than you. Home advantage did not push South Africa through in 2010 WC, it didn't push them through in 2013. How handy did that come?

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All summer '17...playing dirty not clean!

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of boolsheet!

Scientifically speaking: ANC Trophies = 3/4 when Br^33 = 0.
***Breda = Br****

Maybe the gap was too wide.
Home advantage helped England in '66, Argentina in '78. It can't push you all the way, but if you are pretty good yourself, then the marginal advantage might be just enough to make up the difference in quality and you can just about breast the tape.

Players will tell you what that roaring crowd can do for your tired legs and sagging spirit. It cannot be measured.

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Over the years football psychology has proven that home advantage is a thing of the mind. Those teams you mentioned were no slouches in that era. Germany lost in 2006 WC, Italy lost in 1990 WC and these are powerhouses. But they lost to better teams. If you look at the teams Brasil played before the Semis of this WC those teams are not better than Brasil. So, Brasil lost to a better team, that's all. The point I am making is, if a team is better than you home advantage means nothing. They will still beat you regardless. Now if you are on par with the other team, then it is most likely going to help you (it will come in handy then).

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All summer '17...playing dirty not clean!

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of boolsheet!

Scientifically speaking: ANC Trophies = 3/4 when Br^33 = 0.
***Breda = Br****

...like religion is for the weak-minded, home advantage is for the....

The problem here is when you do not qualify the advantage, to you the advantage means they have to win, which id not necesarilly the case. Everyone knows South Africa was bad, did not have a team, but they still managed to perform above their normal level. Aghh why do i even bother...the simple fact remains playing in front of familiar crowd , field and environment gives you an extra boost as athlete...the question is how much of an advantage. The advantage does not mean you will necesarilly win, but there is a psychological boost . There is a reason why teams going to play at places like Stoke prepare harder, Stoke does not neccesarily have to win but they have proven over the years that they reserve their best performances for brittania stadium.

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"There is big pressure at this club as you cannot be like the manager at Arsenal and ask for five years to try and to win one trophy" - Jose Mourinho

.... I believe in God. I try to be a good man so He can have a bit of time to give me a hand when I need it - Jose Mourinho

Funny how you knock one arguement and you went ahead to put a different but bizzare agument forward. Chile beat Spain, but could not beat Brasil. The simple arguement that can be made is that these advantages can be overcome with adequate preparations.
When people make this generalised arguement without qualifying they sometimes betray a certain failure to grasp what they are talking about.

What is home advantage someone said it is simply a psychllogical thing,there you have someone without real undedstanding about this topic.Going to play teams in high altitude is not a psychogical advantage, it is real and it is a physical home advantage. South American teams complain about playing in Peru, the best teams have all lost on the high altitude of Quito, those who deny this advantage find out at a cost.

For many years teams from west africa were being destroyed in north africa especially places like algeria where matches would be played on cold nights and on wet synthetic fields, while same teams from the north would be left panting in the hot humid sunshine of tropical west africa. To overckme these home advantages teams talk about acclimatising and procuring the right boots.

The truth is teams coming to brasil saw how brasil put their home advantage to a devastating use during the confed cup and they prepared for it. It can also be said that Brasil went to sleep believing their hkme advantage is all they need, a fatal way of managing home advantage. A good team can neutralise a home advantage,but that does not mean it does not exist. That it is an advantage does not mean it cannot be overcome, this simple truth is what is missing on anyone rubbishing the benefits of home advantage.

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"There is big pressure at this club as you cannot be like the manager at Arsenal and ask for five years to try and to win one trophy" - Jose Mourinho

.... I believe in God. I try to be a good man so He can have a bit of time to give me a hand when I need it - Jose Mourinho

I see you have conceeded defeat! When all else fails post pictures! Chei I love winning debates on this forum, it's just too easy! And the only one mad is you!



Well at least you are wearing clothes today!!!

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You're dead wrong

Let's be frank, these guys would have been an upgrade to the dross we saw at this World Cup.

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Home advantage depends on the team at home and how they able to utilise it.

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