This guy has more clean sheets in club and national team than Yashin, say something nice to him
>>76739989
seems like he wanted to kick the mexican guy more than save the goal
>>76739989
he stops amazing goals, but fucks up on simple shit
Grandmaster comrade tovarish Putin would have caught this
João Pebles
>>76739938
John Pedritas
>>76739938
Juan Calhaus
Hannes Steine
>0 rings
>0 conference championships
>0 conference finals appearances
>0 division titles
>0 trips past the second round
Why is this considered a franchise again?
>0 war victories
>0 relevance
>0 influence
>0 money
>0 contributions to science
Why is Canada considered a country again?
>>76739551
>this is what amerifats consider "banter"
>>76739551
they did invented basketball though.
Do you know? This year, the Beaners have defeated both USA and Russia at their homes
Mexico defeating Russia at soccer is like Russia defeating Mexico at hockey.
>>76739425
Best team in CONCACAF without a shadow of a doubt.
We are still shit.
why bother making a referee into the pitch if he's gonna be overruled by someone watching TV
they should put 5 people watching monitors with 2 big green and red buttons to decide the fate of the game
>they should put 5 people watching monitors with 2 big green and red buttons to decide the fate of the game
but that's exactly what's happening
>>76739505
but take the yellow jacket guy out and just blow the whistle through the speakers
>>76739549
That would blow the ear drums of everyone present
>Arsenal have held further talks with Lyon about 26-year-old striker Alexandre Lacazette, who would be a club-record £49m signing. (Telegraph)
The Gunners have made a £44m bid for France international Alexandre Lacazette and his arrival could mean compatriot Olivier Giroud, 30, leaving the club. (Guardian)
>Paris St-Germain are preparing a bid in excess of £60m for Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, 29. (Times - subscription required)
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>Manchester United are making progress in their pursuit of 24-year-old striker Alvaro Morata but have yet to agree a fee with Real Madrid. (ESPN)
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>Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has spoken to Mbappe to discuss a move to the Gunners and the teenager's career plans. (L'Equipe, via Independent)
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, meanwhile, has told Mbappe he will sell one of his strikers if the France international joins the Spanish club. (L'Equipe - in French, subscription required)
>Arsenal are ready to sell Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool, with the 23-year-old midfielder likely to be one of seven players to leave the Gunners this summer. (Independent)
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>Newcastle are close to completing an £8.7m deal for Eibar's 26-year-old defender Florian Lejeune.(Evening Chronicle)
Bayern Munich want to sign Atletico Madrid's 23-year-old Belgium winger Yannick Carrasco, who is valued at 50m euros (£43m).(AS)
Hello lads
First for Man United are the best team in the world
>>76735737
>first
wrong
>Man United are the best team in the world
even more wrong
What do you guys think of Pellegrini's Real Madrid?(2009-10)
>>76735663
can't remember that far back desu.
>96 points
>still lose the title
Barça was just something else back then.
>>76736119
i guess we could say 96 wasn't enough
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>Zidane never showed anything near the display of tactical intelligence possessed by M. Laudrup, and Iniesta. He was never the best at making key passes, organizing the midfield and was a bit of a ballhog. In 98 France, this was compensated by Deschamps who organized the midfield, and in Juve and RM, he had several other world-class players to tactically organize the game when needed, like Conte, Davids, Figo, Hierro, even compatriot Makelele. Nedved himself, brought to Juve to replace Zidane, played better for them between 2003 and 2005 than Zizou ever did. People who never watched him week after week forget that.
The fact that Zidane played with DMs isn't exactly a concrete example of any tactical ineptness on his part, since he was a classic 10. The role is kind of lost on the current generation who is used to watching teams play 4-3-3s, but to surmise, a player playing such a role in those days was actually given the task of controlling the tempo of the game and moving the ball vertically/horizontally as required, from a tactical perspective. The DMs were generally used to stop the opposition from playing by recovering balls and cycling them back to their own number 10, to start a new chain of playmaking. Hence the term 'water carrier' as used by Cantona for Deschamps.
>>76734075
Furthermore, if Zidane was indeed so tactically limited, then I really doubt that he would be consistently asked to play such a tactically crucial role (without being dropped mind you for big games, unlike for instance Laudrup who was famously dropped for the 94CL final by a coach like Cruyff) for teams being coached by managers who are themselves considered to be very adept tacticians i.e. guys like Lippi, Ancellotti, etc. One would think, they would notice these fallacies in Zidane's game. Oh, and it isn't as if Zidane never featured in such a role in a big game, since he played as a deep lying playmaker/dm for Juventus in their demolition of Milan at the San Siro in the 96/97 season. It's just that Lippi soon figured out that Zidane was even better as a classic 10.
As for the anecdote regarding Nedved, well, when Zidane left for Real Madrid, Juventus used that money to not only buy Nedved, but Buffon and Thuram as well (so it wasn't just Nedved's effect which helped them achieve success). And even after that, they still reached only one CL final vs the two reached during Zidane's time. Domestically as well, in both their tenures Juventus have 2 Serie A titles (since the other 2 for Nedved were revoked due to Calciopoli, but then Zidane's Juventus ended up losing 2 Serie A titles i.e. in 99/00 and 00/01, in controversial circumstances on the last day of each of those two seasons as well, so it evens out).
>>76734079
>After his 2006 sendoff his popularity with casual and new football fans exploded, alongside thousands of youtube highlight reels showcasing his godly first touch and ball control. And this retroactively built a Zidane vs Brazilian Ronaldo manufactured rivalry, when everyone that actively watched football in the 90s knows that Ronaldo was miles above Zidane at the time, and the comparisons between them are actually between Zidane and post-injury Ronaldo.
Zidane v Ronaldo started in 97/98, wherein they competed for the Serie A and World Cup titles. Guess who won both of them, and no R9 was not injured in the Serie A that season but the next, though he did suffer from that seizure during the World Cup final. And yes, obviously the 2006 World Cup helped Zidane's popularity and his performance against Brazil was a major influence on fans watching at that time, but that was simply a result of the improbability of it, considering that a 34 year old bossed a game involving a 2 time former Ballon d'Or winner, the reigning Ballon d'Or winner and the soon to be anointed Ballon d'Or winner. So the rivalry wasn't manufactured post retirement, but was a product of the two best players of that generation being pitted against one another in two separate world cups and a league campaign.
Lastly, there was a time before Ronaldo got injured when he was absolutely unplayable and definitely and rightly considered the best player in the world, above even Zidane. But it is also true that at that time Zidane was not at his peak yet, which he reached during the 2000-2002 period. Sadly, Ronaldo was injured by then and thus a direct comparison of the players at their peaks was never made possible.
>>76734095
>He's often credited for the 98 WC even though he played average, was sent off in the group stage and only hit 2 headers from set pieces in the final. People are fooled by his elegant game, but older fans know that he did absolutely nothing up to the Final, and Djorkaeff was widely regarded as France's most dangerous player. In club football, he's often remembered for the volley against Leverkusen and RM highlight compilations, but what they don't show is that Zidane never, ever had a single truly proficient season where he shined throughout. On this regard, Iniesta is a much more consistent player the team can always rely on.
For a player who didn't do much in world cup 98, it surely is surprising that he was the highest rated offensive player (2nd highest overall behind Thuram) with minimum 5 games played, by kicker magazine (a relatively dependable source for NT tournament player ratings) for the 98 World Cup. Source - http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/w...er-saison.html or that the Argentinean EL Grafico magazine considered him to be their player of the tournament. Source - http://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/how...#post-28566702
As for entire seasons where Zidane shined throughout, you can have your pick of 95/96 (33 goals+assists out of 88 goals scored by the team) , 00/01 (20 goals+assists out of 72 goals scored by the team) and 02/03 (29 goals+assists out of 141 goals scored by his team). His teams might have ended up short on trophies in those seasons, except in case of 02/03 when they won La Liga, but statistically, his impact on his team's goalscoring in those seasons is easily comparable to the consistent best that Iniesta can offer. And in case of seasons wherein Zidane played for offensively weaker teams, it actually makes his contributions more valuable to his team's fortunes.
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Hey /sp/, name my band
The Jeeps
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How is fans dealing with the new logo? ARe they protesting or something?
TB:Rays designate Derek Norris for assignment
WAS:Brian Goodwin homers twice to lead Nationals
MIA:Jose Urena fires six scoreless to beat Cubs
PHI:Howie Kendrick scratched with tight hamstring
NYM:Asdrubal Cabrera requests trade from Mets
LA:Julio Urias will undergo shoulder surgery
BOS:Dustin Pedroia a late add to Red Sox' lineup
CHC:Hendricks (hand) could throw this weekend
SD:Yangervis Solarte (oblique) placed on DL
SEA:Felix Hernandez activated for Friday start
TEX:Cole Hamels (oblique) on track to return Mon.
STL:Yadier Molina scratched due to sore knee
Royals
*leaves the haters in the dust*
>cleveland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_hBrSmuRBA
Who was in the wrong here?
>>76722482
Is he autistic?
>>76722482
Maurice. Top chess players have fragile ego. You can't belittle their achievements like that.
Doesn't matter if you win by a pawn or by a queen, a win's a win. Magnus is a grinder, he converts even positions into wins, that's his style. it doesn't look impressive from a spectator point of view but if you're a fan of technical chess you'll appreciate the subtlety.
>magnus carlsen has taken at least that title not that it means anything
wtf, the black guy
>Dan Evans tested positive for cocaine, will face ban
http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/40387574
Halle
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Draws: http://matchcentre.lta.org.uk/championships/draw.html
Live Scores: http://matchcentre.lta.org.uk/championships/index.html
>>76719243
good post
>>76719243
More like aspergers xD