Top spot not guaranteed. I hope Sabella doesn't regret it like Pekerman 8 years ago !!
Day 14: Nigeria vs. Argentina
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Smart to take Messi off, keep him fresh.
Ball came from an Argentinian.
A desperate attempt to make Higuain look good.
The best player in the world has left the pitch
that looked very painful on his arm
HANDBALL!
Yes he as an arm injury.
It's not over. There are 25+ minutes left to this game.
Ah ok missed that.
Di Maria is wasting a lot of great counter attacking chances in this tournament so far. Ones he capitalized on all season for Madrid.
I wanted a Messi hattrick!!
Definite break there, looked like his arm was all floppy after the ball hit.
Aye, looked bad
Was Ronaldo on the touch line?
I dont want either Brazil or Argie win this world cup.
LOL The second best player in the world is going out the World Cup tomorrow.
Someone doesn't know the rules
The rule says it's no offside if the receiving player is behind the ball despite being closer to the goal than the last defender. But passing a ball backwards doesn't mean players who are offside can suddenly take the ball anyway. Messi was offside at the time the pass was made, the pass just went a bit backwards and Messi had to run back to collect it. It's still offside.
This is not American Football where any backwards passes are allowed.
All you Ronaldo v Messi muppets can leave this thread anytime now.
Ouch
Is Moses injured or just dropped?
Where all the managers in the world have failed, the co-commentator knows how to control Messi
Show the clip so we can settle this. Your caf rep depends on this.
Did he just squirt water at him?
A decent team will easily beat Argentina.
He's still modding but he's been kind of overwhelmed by chickens.
Lavezzi
Wish they were playing France
Lavezzi squirting the coach
Thanks Raoul. Useless cretins
Argentina's defence will cost them this tournament, Messi will get the blame though for not 'single handedly' winning it for them. Shame.
haha I'm no gif master sadly.
Was probably around the 60th minute if anyone here is interested in looking up the offside incident.
commentator i'm listening to was saying Maradona isn't one of the greats because he didn't score enough for Barca 
Just ignore the couple world cups and single handedly dragging Napoli.
Just ignore the couple world cups and single handedly dragging Napoli.So who's offside then?
I'd imagine CSKA will be getting a few inquiries over Ahmed Musa soon.
Currently the evidence is saying that Lyricist doesn't know the rules of the game and should forever be laughed at on the caf. It's on him to prove his worth to us.
Well from what you wrote the commentator said, he's said nothing wrong there. It is a rule. Whether what he's said applies to the situation you're talking about, I can't say as I haven't seen it.haha I'm no gif master sadly.
Was probably around the 60th minute if anyone here is interested in looking up the offside incident.
Nigeria are now looking like a decent team after their woeful opening performance. They'll be no pushovers in the next round.
It wasn't a case of two players being through and the ball being passed backwards to the other attacking player despite him being closer to goal than the last defender.
It was a case of Messi being in an offside position and being in front of the ball but the pass was simply passed backwards and Messi ran back from an offside position to collect it.
A botched fk nearly resulting in a goal.
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