nddy:

its soccer not football

Soccer is mostly used in US . The name of the game is  Football.

miller

Who do you consider as your 3 greatest soccer stars that ever lived?
You may choose from the following list or any other not on the list below.
In all cases please state your reasons for choosing them and mentioning any memorable incident of note..

''Franz Beckenb
Beckenbauer is without doubt one of the greatest players and managers of all time. He redefined the role of 'libero', lifted the FIFA World Cup™ as captain in 1974, before repeating the feat as a manager in 1990. The son of a General Manager of a postal depot, he began his career at the age of 9, in the youth team of SC München 06, before joining FC Bayern Munich in 1958.


Bobby Charlton
A survivor of the Munich air disaster, a FIFA World Cup™ winner, a Knight of the British Empire but above all, a great and an honest player. Bobby Charlton is one of football’s true ambassadors.


Johan Cruyff
Very few players have earned the right to be mentioned in the same breath as Pele, Beckenbauer and Diego Maradona. Although he never won an international title at country level and played in only one FIFA World Cup™, Johan Cruyff is one of them. 


Euse
Dubbed the ‘Black Panther’ or the ‘Black Pearl,’ Eusebio, who acted as one of Portugal’s ‘football ambassadors’ for Euro 2004, is the most-renowned legend in Lusitanian football. Originally from Mozambique, the great man grabbed nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup England to win the Golden Shoe and was the first world-class striker to emerge from the African continent.


Garrincha
Unpredictable, magical, elusive and explosive are just some of the many adjectives people have used to describe Brazil’s beloved Garrincha, one of the best strikers ever to wear the famous yellow jersey. With his legendary dribbling skills and keen eye for goal, he helped the South American giants to successive FIFA World Cup™ triumphs in 1958 and 1962.


Mario Kempes
With the exception of Diego Maradona, nobody shines brighter than Mario Kempes in Argentina's star-studded football firmament.


Maradona
Some things never lose currency in Argentina - beef, women and dulce de leche (a caramel dessert) among them. Football is another source of comfort for the masses, and one player in particular has provided more than his share of tender loving care 


Roger Milla
Old age is when you begin to say: "I've never felt so young". The Jules Renard adage could have been written for Roger Milla. The Cameroon striker, a figurehead of African football, exploded onto the international scene at the ripe old age of 38.


Gerd Müller
Not only is the name Gerhard “Gerd” Müller still synonymous with the model striker par excellence, but “The Bomber’s” remarkable records still remain unchallenged today. The Bayern München and Germany centre forward scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga appearances and 68 goals in 62 international appearances, milestones no other player is ever likely to equal.


Pele
Pele. The God of football. "O Rei". Whatever the name, the memory is the same - of a world-beating superstar - a record-breaking footballing icon. Above and beyond his unequalled achievement in winning three FIFA World Cups.


Michel Platini
He never did win the FIFA World Cup™, the ultimate prize for a footballer. In fact, it is the only trophy missing from Platini's impressive trophy cabinet, but that surely does not detract from his status as a footballing legend. His technical ability, reading of the game and amazing ruthlessness in front of goal made him one of the game's all-time greats.


Ferenc Puskas
Generally considered Hungary’s finest ever player and one of the greatest footballers ever to grace the FIFA World Cup™, Ferenc Puskas was the figurehead of the groundbreaking Hungary team that dominated world football in the early 1950s. Alas, the supreme prize of world champion would always elude this magnificent striker --particularly in the 1954…


Paolo Rossi
Some players control games, some are capable of outstanding pieces of skill, while others impose themselves through sheer physical strength. Paolo Rossi didn't fit into any of these categories. He was quite simply a born goalscorer. 

Dino Zoff
A rock, a workaholic, a perfectionist: Dino Zoff is one of the greatest goalkeepers the world has known. The facts speak for themselves: he played in the FIFA World Cup™ three times, winning in 1982, won 112 caps and holds the record of 1,142 minutes without conceding a goal.


Fritz Walter
The city of Kaiserslautern was founded by Fritz Walter,” a schoolboy’s essay once claimed. The assertion was, of course, incorrect as the Rhineland-Palatinate town traces its origins back to early medieval times, but the young lad’s mistake was an understandable one. The player has become something of a mythic figure not only in footballing terms, but also as a symbol of rebirth and vindication for post-war Germany''.

Nigeria 5 - Algeria 2 [injury time]

I am not impressed in the least.
They should start with the Presidency, INEC, National Assembly, Ministers and Advisers, Governors [ some with forged papers] and their Aids, Pastors and Imams, PDP Hierarchy, Politicians of all shades, Government praise singers , Emergency contractors, Police, Customs and immigration services/ personnel, Official and unofficial 419ners, First ladies ,before touching the poor ''Oluwole'' people

nigerian team in Bamako 2002

France 1989 nigerian team posing before a match

i love football. I use to play the game

Find Pintos letter to me:

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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 12:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:  "pinto " <p_sizo@yahoo.com>  Add to Address Book
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Subject: Re Nairaland
To: angelababy_e@yahoo.co.uk

   
Dear Angela,
Thank you so much for your letters and concern for me. Sorry, i could not reply all this while because of pressure of work in the office.I feel like a King on top of the world , knowing that people do care for me .
I must confess i enjoyed my time in Nairaland while it lasted and have no regrets whatsoever. I also wish to state here that , i have no ill feelings towards anyone , including Seun the able Administrator.
Please, could you be kind enough to give my sincere warm regards to all the folks in nairaland, especially Greatpeter, Sweet Missworld, Nike4luv, Hotangel,Vexxy,Wesleyana and all others . Please tell them my heart goes for all of them and love them to bits.
I shall give you a call on the number you included in your mail.
fondest,
Pintos



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Nig 5 - Algeria 2 [injury time]

Nig 4 - Algeria 2 [90minutes]

Nig 4 - Algeria 2 [90minutes]

Nig 3 - Algeria 2 [86minutes]

Nig 3 - Algeria 2 [86minutes]

Nig 2 vs Algeria 2 at 64minutes of play

nigeria 2 vs algeria 2 at 64 minutes of play

Nigeria 2 vs Algeria 2
latest result at 64 minutes of play
Nigeria was leading 2-1 at 54 minutes

Nigeria 2  VS  Algeria 1
latest results after 58 minutes of play

Nigeria 2 VS Algeria 1
After 58 minutes of play

Please i wish to reproduce a letter sent to me by pintos a few minutes ago.  Read on:

Sun, 4 Sep 2005 12:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:  "pinto <p_sizo@yahoo.com>  Add to Address Book
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Subject: Re Nairaland
To: angelababy_e@yahoo.co.uk

   
Dear Angela,
Thank you so much for your letters and concern for me. Sorry, i could not reply all this while because of pressure of work in the office.I feel like a King on top of the world , knowing that people do care for me .
I must confess, i enjoyed my time in Nairaland while it lasted and have no regrets whatsoever. I also wish to state here that , i have no ill feelings towards anyone , including Seun the able Administrator.
Please, could you be kind enough to give my sincere warm regards to all the folks in nairaland, especially Greatpeter, Sweet Missworld, Nike4luv, Hotangel,Vexxy,Wesleyana and all others . Please tell them my heart goes for all of them and love them to bits.
I shall give you a call on the number you included in your mail.
fondest,
Pintos



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pls its unfortunate we are not in nigeria to know, pls could someone make contact and tell us the result

Please can someone tell me the scores of Algeria VS nigerian match so far?

hot-angel:

He can never come back. Seun Banned him.

HotAngel, i hereby remove your name from pintos possible lover and repost my suspects as follows:
1. Missworld
2.Weslayana

with strong suspicion of Missworld who has defended ''her lover'' more than any other person in this forum.
Missworld please don't be ashame, if you are pintos lover, let us know, that is the essence of meeting in this kind of forum, to make friends and build good relationships.
I wish you the best and do send your I.V when you both say ''I DO''
GreatPeter, please kindly send my regards o pintos when next you speak to him, tell him to peep into the world of Nairaland and see how much he is missed by the Babes.

hot-angel:

He can never come back. Seun Banned him.

Hot Angel, don't distord facts here. Seun never banned Pintos. He withdraw from the site and formally wrote to say bye to you all and Seun had no option than to accept it. Why do you want to give a dog a bad name, to hang it.

WesleyanA:

i don't think he refused to reply because he decided to. maybe. . . .maybe he's away for now (travel maybe) and doesn't have time to go online anymore. probably when he comes back we'll know...

i still want to know who his love is

Wesleyana, do you really want to know who his lover is? i suspect the following in this order
1. Missworld
2. Hot angel
3. Wesleyana

Seun, please dont say that.
Atleast pintos did not abuse you or any one atall, he merely said bye from what i read.
Dont let your friends go like that, you stand to gain everything , you need everybody, the proud, foolish, wise , stupid, pompous , greedy, good, ugly, old and young, men and women to give colour to the site.
Woo everybody to come into the house.

Pintos pintos pintos, who is pintos?
Your comments [SEE 7 of the thread 'I Found Love in Nairaland'']about this chap kindled my curiosity to find out who he is,[ as a new member here]
I feel so sad that such a guy was encouraged to leave the forum , despite his interesting contributions.
On the whole, I wish to respectfully advise the Administrator not to run a One-man show , as that will kill this site and reduce the traffic flow .
I also appeal to Pintos through any of his friends here, to come back as he is loved and missed by many.
Please pintos , come back here, or else we are going to hold the view that you came on line and picked ''a lover'' here to disappear thereafter.
Tell me pintos who your lover is? If your lover is gone, you may come back for me or take Missworld, who has defended your position passionately or Wesleyana or Hot Angel. Please come back for the sake of these beautiful ladies and more.
Pintos you must be a hot cake, afterall others have left in very sad notes and disagreement with Seun but no one gave a damn.
Come back our great Lover  P I N T O S.

Hot Angel, its so funny how my attention has been drawn to this guy. I came on line and found all of you pleading for him to come back, i then decided to find out who he is by reading all his contributions. I got carried away by his political contributions and his romantic posts too. Why should a guy who so decides to say Bye, whether joking or seriously amount to a crime? I also noticed that Pintos had more of the  sympathy from the gals, didn't he make friends with the guys? or are they just jealous of his super attraction to the gals? I love intelligent and controversial men. He must be very romantic and poetic, imagine the caption of this thread 'I found my love in nairaland'' Pintos please let me be your Queen anytime, anywhere , if no one cares, i care.
Hot Angel, please tell me more about this dream guy pintos. Unfortunately, he posted no picture here, despite the fact that people referred to him looking good, how did they see him? I have sent him mail, but he has refused to reply.

hot-angel:

Awww... A new comer fa. Pinto where u oo. Seun did you ban his IP address too?

Hot Angel , please declare your stand for pintos, are you also interested?. I am highly interested in this romantic guy and i dont want to hurt the old gals who may have established a relationship with him. Please do you know who his secret lover[lucky gal] is in this forum? I am single and free and wish to meet such Nigerians with high intellect, especially those living abroad as it makes it easier for us to meet and one thing may lead to another. Pintos answer us please, as you are the toast now.[ I just read pintos profile, though short but witty] Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaa I go die for pintos.