Kehinde Abejide™️🔴🔴

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If you’re Portugal, surely you have to play Joao Neves + Vitinha in midfield. Question is who you play with them two? Bruno, or a more defensive minded midfielder?

If you’re Portugal, surely you have to play Joao Neves + Vitinha in midfield. Question is who you play with them two? Bruno, or a more defensive minded midfielder?

Moments like this are exactly what make Lionel Messi world class… and honestly, I’m so happy that Bruno Fernandes is one of the very few players who carries that same attribute. Let me break it down as simply as possible like I’m explaining to a 7-year-old. I played grassroots football in my prime, mostly as a centre-back (CB), so I understand what’s going on in the heads of those two defenders in that moment. From experience and even from studying the game, you don’t mark an attacker while facing him square-on. No , you stay slightly sideways, choosing a direction, either left or right. Why? Because that way, you control where the attacker goes. You’re basically guiding him into a path you’re ready to shut down quickly if he follows it. Now here’s where it gets interesting. In that situation, both defenders had already chosen the direction they wanted him to go. They were set, waiting for him to “dance to their tune.” But this is where elite players are different. Instead of rushing, instead of playing into their trap, he stayed calm… almost too calm. That calmness alone planted doubt in their minds. The moment they realized he wasn’t biting, wasn’t moving the way they expected, panic crept in. One of them lost patience and decided to step out to close him down and that right , there was the mistake. And trust me, players like Bruno and Messi don’t miss moments like that. The second that defender stepped out, he already knew they’ve messed up. And he punished them instantly. It’s those tiny, almost invisible details… the patience, the mind games, the control of space and timing… that separate players like him and Messi from just any random player. That’s not just talent , that’s football intelligence at the highest level. WHAT. A. PLAYER. 🔥

Even the big South African accounts that sometimes interact with Nigerian accounts don’t hide their xenophobia 😂😂