Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - Life and Death for South America, Pre-Season for Europe: The Club World Cup

[THEREALBRAND]

How they hell they gonna reverse the first leg result de hours before the second leg is to be played? This was inevitable.

Pato Sanchez got suspended for three CONMEBOL games when he was at River Plate, but he went to play in Mexico and never finished his suspension. He played last week and Independiente filed a complaint. As far as I know this has been litigation all week, and CONMEBOL decided to make a decision today.

CONMEBOL handled this situation terribly from the start. Anybody with common sense knew what was coming. Without that decision the game more than likely goes to penalties, instead we get knocked out by a decision made in an office building.

 

[Yehuda]

Santos fans livid.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

“CONMEBOL seus filha da puta”




“If I was in the stands, I would have did the same thing.”

Rodrygo just took Griezmann’s spot in my top five current players :jamesbrownwowww:

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Santos had to stop the game, because people at the Pacaembu have lost their damn minds. Cops out here beating folks and s#it. Now Cuca trying to get at the cops for attacking fans. People tearing the stadium up. This some wild s#it, nothing like the Libertadores.

Those scenes need an accompanying track:

 

[phcitywarrior]

That Rodrygo kid

He and Vinicius got next up.

Brazil always does a good job of developing young talent through it's domestic league.

If only the Nigerian FA could do the same

 

[TobiOT]

What's going on with Santos? Heard the fans didn't know they were losing 3-0 and started invading the pitch?

 

[THEREALBRAND]

What's going on with Santos? Heard the fans didn't know they were losing 3-0 and started invading the pitch?

Pato Sanchez got suspended for three CONMEBOL games when he was at River Plate, but he went to play in Mexico and never finished his suspension. He played last week and Independiente filed a complaint, and won. As far as I know this has been litigation all week, and CONMEBOL decided to make a decision today.

CONMEBOL handled this situation terribly from the start. Anybody with common sense knew what was coming. Without that decision the game more than likely goes to penalties, instead we get knocked out by a decision made in an office building.

 

[TobiOT]

Been seeing alot these tweets ever since that embarrassing display on Monday. Hopefully we see something on Sunday










































When we draw 1-1 to Burnley

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

That Rodrygo kid

He and Vinicius got next up.

Brazil always does a good job of developing young talent through it's domestic league.

If only the Nigerian FA could do the same

Doesn't the young talent move away from the domestic league anyway, after one good tournament at youth level.

Nigeria like a lot of the African powerhouse football nations, they have so many nationals living elsewhere and young talent who grew up in other countries and playing at a higher level then the local domestic league. They concentrate more on trying not to lose that talent and try to get those players to play for the motherland, instead of nurture the people they have on their doorstep.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Been seeing alot these tweets ever since that embarrassing display on Monday. Hopefully we see something on Sunday










































When we draw 1-1 to Burnley

Will be lucky to draw away to Burnley.

 

[TobiOT]

Immobile

 

[phcitywarrior]

Doesn't the young talent move away from the domestic league anyway, after one good tournament at youth level.

Nigeria like a lot of the African powerhouse football nations, they have so many nationals living elsewhere and young talent who grew up in other countries and playing at a higher level then the local domestic league. They concentrate more on trying not to lose that talent and try to get those players to play for the motherland, instead of nurture the people they have on their doorstep.

Yea, Brazil, Netherlands and Belgium are noted for using their domestic league to prepare young talent to excel in Europe and then represent their countries at the international level. For some reason a lot of the African powerhouses have been unable to replicate this model effectively.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Yea, Brazil, Netherlands and Belgium are noted for using their domestic league to prepare young talent to excel in Europe and then represent their countries at the international level. For some reason a lot of the African powerhouses have been unable to replicate this model effectively.

You cannot say Belgium and leave off Germany, Portugal and France tbh that's a big .

Secondly Germany and Belgium way is based off the Dutch. And their philosophies aren't even 2 decades old and only did so because they either did shyt at international tournaments in Germany case and didn't qualify for a few tournaments in Belgium's. So if they didn't have struggles they probably wouldn't of revolutionized their way of thinking.
Holland and Portugal been doing this for decades. And France have had the best national academy since the 90's.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Germany has a strong domestic league so they have less need to export their players overseas.
Portugal is definitely a good case, as is France

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Man utd fans covering for Mo are looking completely ridiculous

People legitimately feel Mourinho is being treated unfairly

Dude has been one of the biggest bullies in football