Comments on: Rewind: When Argentina Met Nigeria in the 96 Olympic Final

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:27:52 +0000

New thread up.

By: procrastinator

procrastinator — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:13:34 +0000

is anyone up?
any chance of catching the match online?
I’ve got sopcast… can’t find it on the bbc, so I assume they’re not broadcasting it.

By: toddutah

toddutah — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:07:13 +0000

Also I was really surprised with Delassandro . Is he playing well in Brasil and keeping a cooler head?

By: toddutah

toddutah — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:06:01 +0000

My predictions are no goals in the first 30 minutes and then it opens up. I expect at least 5 goals . Either 4 to 1 or 3 to 2 with di maria scoring twice as they will focus in on stopping aguero messi and roman and that will leave Di Maria with a lot of space and he has been very opportunistic in this tournament.

By: toddutah

toddutah — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:03:51 +0000

where is everyone the game starts in one hour? Vamos a ganar!!

By: Moose

Moose — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:57:05 +0000

Only one hour to go!!! Lets go NIGERIA!!!!!

May the best team win,….and no injuries on either side,..ameen.

By: toddutah

toddutah — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:10:27 +0000

The team is looking good . I agree that all we need to do is play some good defense and be patient. Let them wear themsleves out with energy and agressiveness while we knock the ball around. The goals will come late in the first. or second.

By: aimar 10

aimar 10 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:23:28 +0000

i have been reading everyone’s post though i myself have not posted for a while. let me give a brief summary of the past 2 games we played. when i first found out we were playing brazil i honestly was scared to be honest but now looking back at the game there was no reason for it to be. from the start brazil came with there physical approach but unfortunately for them it didn’t work, they could’nt score that first lucky goal that would win the game for them. but i think that dunga was very naive to think this strategy would work once again. he had to know that the arg coaching would be prepared for this with the copa still fresh in every ones memory. the difernce in this game was every one got back. we played with confidence, didn’t look shaky at all, at the copa it seemed every time that brazil countered they would score. so i will savour this win for the rest of my life.

as far as the friendly goes i would not read much into it we did have chances unlucky not to score. the game was boring though and we were lacking in the creative department. for the upcoming qulifiers i question basile selection once again. does he some thing personal against aimar, he passes on him for d’ allesandro, give me a break and he refuses to give denis or cavigol a chance in a real meaningful game.

By: adras

adras — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:04:22 +0000

A couple of surprises there. A major one is the inclusion of D’alessandro who is replacing Riquelme, and a minor is that of Di maria. I heard that Gutierrez was left out because of the conflict between Velez and his previous club over money. Afa decided to get involved and has banned him from any games with the team until the strife is resolved.

By: adras

adras — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:57:32 +0000

Basile has picked the following players for the Qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru.

Abbondanzieri, Roberto (Getafe-España), Carrizo, Juan Pablo (Lazio-Italia), Zanetti, Javier (Internazionale-Italia) , Romero, Sergio (AZ Alkaar-Holanda), Zabaleta, Pablo (Espanyol-España), Burdisso, Nicolás (Internazionale-Italia), Rodríguez, Gonzalo (Villarreal-España), Demichelis, Martín (Bayern Munich-Alemania), Coloccini, Fabricio (Newcastle-Inglaterra), Heinze, Gabriel (Real Madrid-España), Mascherano, Javier (Liverpool-Inglaterra), Gago, Fernando (Real Madrid-España), Cambiasso, Esteban (Internazionale-Italia), Di María, Angel (Benfica-Portugal), D’Alessandro, Andrés (Internacional – Brasil), Messi, Lionel (Barcelona-España), Tevez, Carlos (Manchester United-Inglaterra), Agüero, Sergio (Atlético Madrid-España) y López, Lisandro (Porto-Portugal).