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I really didn't think I'd be talking about a potential come back but freaking Dortmund ruined every chances of that for me, having got Al Ahli not to lose correctly, I just needed a clean sheet from Dortmund, which giving how bright they started I assumed was well on the cards only for it to get blown up in my face.


Can we just start the new week already, please!

Goodbye friends. I bow out in Round 1 miserably. 0/5. What a massacre. Looks like I'll be eyeing my opponent, maybe even bet on them when we get to the semis. I'd like to think I was beaten by the eventual winner.

Bright side, this doesn't count for LMS. Haha.

No worries. I was just kidding. I know it's hard to choose questions when there's not enough interesting sport competitions. It's just weird because it's Friday and we still don't have the first round of the cup settled.

We are always trying to do it that way, at least one question per day is always our goal, but this week it was impossible. Even DOTA had a break until today. We could have picked WU-20 or some ITF tennis. Nobody would have liked that 

I don't think I agree with you. First of all there are not lots of players that earn within that bracket and further, I am not saying that there is a sort of generalized rule at play, which says "more money => less performance" or something along those lines. But for some players I personally think that their performance did decrease as soon as they signed their first huge contracts. Sure this doesn't apply to Messi or Ronaldo or Haaland, but it reminds me of Götze, Neymar and some others. This doesn't mean they don't play well anymore because they are the born talents. But don't you agree that sometimes you watch a player and then think that there is soooo much more potential? But they can't retrieve it?

Messi and Ronaldo had this insane will power to decide every single game to the maximum of their abilities. If they didn't win, they suffered. Look at Mbappe, I am not very impressed. The guy wasted years of an impressively promising career at PSG, but he started to care less over time. That's at least my impression. At the moment he is not the Mbappe he used to be at the 2018 World Cup. That was an insane player who was unstoppable. He is not producing the stats he should be producing given how much quality he has. I think money plays a role because it opens up a whole different living cosmos for them. So much distraction. Can't even blame them I guess.

I believe players from decades ago would have given everything to become the world's best player. Nowadays if Mbappe won't make it, well he doesn't care because he has billions in the bank. Neymar is far worse than Mbappe though in that regard. Neymar dives and cries and parties nonstop and what not.

Next time, just for you, we'll have some women's U-20 football - the only thing on Thursday's program

The general plan is to have at least 1 question per day, we also hate it when it's not possible. But that just means there's a lot of action today and for the weekend.

If he shows passion and desire to play and gets to full fitness, I do not see why they will not let him back on the team.

About his salary, a lot of motivated players earn within that bracket but are still focused on their personal targets. He has so much potential, but since the move to France his career slowed down.


He was complaining about the pitches in South America making the ball slower. This is not the first time he is complaining about the pitch when playing for Brazil.

- Jay -

Finally we can start seeing whether I progress or not, hated the break to see me behind 2 points and elongating my suffering lol

Total roulette with number of goals, and total roulette with Al Ahli, shame if we drop in Round 1 we won't see DOTA if it matters to us, I was quite confident with my pick


Nah he will come back after injuries. They don't really need him tho, they just need the younger guys to step up. Vini said something weird about La Liga being different and ball is going to feet a lot but Samba football supposedly is about that anyway so maybe its a case of identity and ego etc. I don't know honestly.

I think that you guys (Trofo and cryptofrka) need to pay attention to when the questions get settled. This week is the most boring week in the BSFL from the start. There is nothing to talk about, except how Argentina and Brasil lost their games.

Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, of course

thank you, gg

That was a really impressive start for you, with 2/3 from the first round, you look all set for the next round and every shot I could possibly have is all up in the smoke right now.. Let me wish you an early congratulations and good luck the rest of the way.


And if the penalties doesn't go your team's way, just know that he owns you for the rest of the entire season, especially with the impressive season he's having in his division.

Well in fact Argentina had a few very good chances to draw the game , plus the penalty..... was not really a clear one. I feel really good anyways with the team, seems like we can have a good new era without Messi after the 2026 world cup. Scaloni is full trying some players and looking for the best, we have the raw material.

Yes no doubt that they are going to build it around Vini. Neymar is not the key player anymore, but I was wondering whether they would get him on board once again. But when you consider his lifestyle and his whole attitude towards the sport, I think the amount of money that these guys earn these days really spoils them. You can find all kinds of numbers when you google for his salary, but he is making something in the range of 100m to 150m or 200m per year all income sources combined. Why the heck would somebody like him give his soul for the sport when he is making 8.5m - 17m million per month? Jesus Christ these numbers are insane and guy is getting paid even when he is sitting on the bench or resting his ankle on his couch at home...

Impossible to say for sure. Injuries again have kept him out for almost another year of his career and he may not play football till the end of 2024. He is definitely not the player he used to be and his move to Saudi suggests he is not trying to get back to challenging for personal or club accomplishments. I will not be surprised if Brazil moves to build their squad around Vini.

- Jay -

It's really quite shocking as there is hardly any nation that has a constant stream of new natural talents being raised year after year and yet they can't reasonably compete in the CONMEBOL area. I sometimes it is almost impossible how in club football Chelsea and Manchester United are messing it up despite these horrendous financial investments they are making every season, but Brazil is an even worse case. 10 points after 8 games in the World Cup qualification is hard to explain. Got kicked out in the first round of the knockout stages at the Copa America. It doesn't look as if there is a lot about to change in the near future.

Is Neymar actually out of the national team once and for all?

Well, they might be better than the senior one - simply because everything else is.
They are still shit tho, can't score a single goal and half of the game has passed already.

My team will face harsh punishment for needing penalty kicks against this laughable attempt of a football team. I cannot fathom what mafia might do to them if penalties go the wrong way.

Yeah I know who I will play against in the 2nd round, I was referring to the fact that winner of that match hasn't been decided yet.


Hah yeah, I needed a win like this after the abysmal league performance this season. Hopefully, this is the start of a winning streak that will take me out of the relegation zone. 

I can’t help but agree that the Brazilian team of the last couple of years is literally deserving of every critics it has received from not just the media but the national team legends and iconic figures, I for once used to think the team legends were being so hard and overly demanding of the new generation of players, but their performance has shown that they’re barely just above average in terms of performance despite having a real expensive squad all playing at the one of the best clubs in their respective leagues. I think a decent performance and zeal to win a match is the least should always display.

Yeah, Messi is wine, old is good, no is bad. I think also tho they felt safe at their position so didn't really need to win, should have expected it. Brazil on the other hand met on table the weaker team and still lost, they probably also feel safe to end in 6th place but if they are not taking 3 points in next game, they are going to be in real danger.

Weird format but this is gonna happen in Champions League too.

No Messi means Argentina not winning  
I expected Argentina to hold a draw but Colombia was better this time.
After Brazil losing from Paraguay I think that I am out of Cup early in round 1, so congratulations Hhampuz for going in next round.
Luckily this is not counting for LMS points.