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Messi to Lamine: "Beta, apne baap ki umar ke khiladiyon ke saath tameez se pesh aana, Bellingham waali galti mat karna. All the best beta from your senior well wisher..." Lamine: "Tumne mujhe nanga dekha hain. Ab main tumko nanga karunga Monday waale match mein. Dekh liyo"

SRT was a technical prodigy. All of his sixes from the late 90s were technically sound lofted shots with no brute strength like Jayasuriya or Afridi, and he could still hit Wasim Akram's inswinging short of length deliveries for fours with backfoot drives after tennis elbow injury. He would have still managed to score runs in ODIs if he had played till 45 based on his technique only.

And then we wonder why we suck at narrative building.

Freak hand eye coordination and on par with Viv and Steve Smith there. Best puller of the ball after Ponting and Viv, like Lara in tests he would absolutely demolish bowlers in ODIs with such ease when on song. Great entertainer. Thank you so much N0hit!!

Basically a midget saying to a lambu, my * might be smaller than yours, but after the game I will still be having mine while yours will get lost due to shame/embarassment.

Then we must assemble all batla log to build a team. Batla motto - "Hum shareer se midget hain par mentally nahin...."

England scored their first goal in 2nd half only. That expression is going viral because Argentina won

Japan and Switzerland did the same and suffered. Switzerland was understandable since they were playing with 10 players. Unless you have 2-0 or 3-0 lead ahead with less than 5 minutes remaining, you never ever must go defensive. I remember a very old interview between Daaktar saab and probably either Asif or Akhtar where they stated that Sehwag was the hardest batsman to bowl to since both Dravid and Laxman always gave opportunities to attack stumps for lbw or bowled, while Viru would try hitting every ball for four

Exaggeration here, this happened in 4th minute of first half (England scored first after this). Not that it contributed in Messi going all out.

@IndianRenegade @Gollum if we ignore the general conduct or sportsmanship that is preferred during any sport and not only football, then Argentina would be a likeable side to me purely on the basis of ability. That first goal from Fernandez was superb and it justifies how good they are. What I strongly dislike about them is their antics. I do not expect them to follow Japan level gentlemanly behaviour, but you and I know what antics these folks have been pulling off recently. Play hard and play aggressive, but there is a limit to everything, Argentina makes even Mashrafe Mortaza or those Nidahas cobra dancing jokers look more sportsmanly. I am again not expecting any Victroian era level spirit of the game stuff, but you get my point. I had no problem with Argentina, until the 2022 Fifa final. The below the belt stuff from Emiliano Martinez against Mbappe after winning put me off big time. Especially given how Mbappe brough France back into the game heroically in the last minute. Play hard and tough for sure, but personally for me - I do not like any compromise on sportsmanship beyond a certain degree.

You mean those long passes and power game? Also if you say European football, I'm guessing here to be North European/Germanic style football. Latino and Southern Europe is all about finesse and short passes.

Never give Latino teams like Brazil and Argentina the freedom to play their attacking game. Once they see that you are over relying on your defence and not taking enough possession of the ball, they will smell blood like sharks and go in all cylinders firing. Their playing style is quite similar to that of the old West Indies and Pakistan cricket teams.

I think it also is a reflection of life in India. We are so much engulfed with struggle, chaos all the time that we lose awareness of our surroundings. Thats the reason why Indians keep their homes clean but not their surroundings. We then travel to foreign nations where its relatively more orderly with this desnesitized state of mind and behave like this naturally.

Shared my experience previously here below. Only difference being that there were no foreginers in our bus.

Because of chewts like these, we get stereotyped and be at the end of hostile treatment.