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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

I don’t miss him at Inter but Romelu is objectively so fucking good. He’s going to join the very select group of players that scored over 100 goals for NT. Thats simply crazy.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Ronaldo will be substituted in to taken penalties in his 60s.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Imagine one country in AFC was an elite national team for many decades of the likes of France, Germany in the past, Spain etc... We would have seen a 200 goals scorer given how many levels below most Asian teams are. But now AFC is making huge progress with Japan, South Korea, Uzbekistan slowly, etc..

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Huh Uzbekistan?

    Whats happening there? Never heard of their NT or players beeing good.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    They just beat England in the rd of 16 knockout game of the U17 WC. Yesterday was the match I think

    And Uzbekistan is basically set to qualify for the next WC with the increase in slots. The AFC getting only 4/5 slots in all the previous WCs basically kept Uzbekistan out of contention from final qualification. But this year they seem an even better team than any time before and with that U17 lot putting on the performance that they have yesterday, they only seem to be getting better with regards to their future chances too

    I'd liken them to the Atletico Madrid teams we've seen over the past decade. Physical, defensively solid, potential to launch some solid counter attacks, decent finishing across their attacking ranks. But yes, Imo, its their ability to not give an inch as a collective to their opposition that is their biggest strength. They'll latch onto the opposition when they have the ball and harass them into giving it up basically.

    We (India) are clubbed with them, Australia and Syria in the Asian Cup group. Our U17 lads also faced this current U17 team earlier this year in the final round for the U17 WC qualification. They absolutely got our boys mentally done for 75-80 mins out of the 90 with their physical game and got a 1-0 win iirc. So a handful of us on the Indian football sub have followed their recent results and it's not an over exaggeration to say that they're right behind Iran, South Korea and Japan with regards to overall quality.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Lukaku ends his career at the top of this list

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    49 goals behind Ronaldo and he's already 30, he needs to score more international goals than Bobby Charlton did in his entire career between now and retirement to do that and that's only if Ronaldo doesn't score another one

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Bringing Bobby Charlton who wasn’t a striker into this is just silly.

    It all depends if he can keep up his current form this year. If he plays for 5 more years roughly, it’s 10 goals a year which is a big ask but not out of the question.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (11 children)

    Lukaku is 8th in the world?????????????????????????????????

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You laugh, but if he maintains his current trajectory, he will be number one in about five years' time.

    Man's got a goals per game ratio that Ali Daei himself would be proud of.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    He won't overtake Ronaldo, no chance

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    I mean, he's just turned 30, and he needs 46 more goals to overtake him. Ronaldo probably can't keep going past the next euros you would have thought, so maybe the target will end up around 50.

    Lukaku's averaging about 8 goals per year, and it's not like there are any red hot young Belgian strikers in place to surpass him. So if he keeps going past the next world cup, then there is a small chance; weirder things have happened.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    and it's not like there are any red hot young Belgian strikers

    Well, there is Openda who is very much on an upwards trajectory. I could see him take Lukaku's starting spot when Lukaku gets a bit older and Openda gets even better. But even in that scenario, Lukaku will definitely still be in the squad and get playing time.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    People here don't like to hear it, but it's simply so much easier to get goals now than 20-40 years ago.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    200+ appearances for a national team as an outfield player is insane.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I know it’s not the most immediately eye-catching number on this list, but Lewandowski scoring over 80 goals for a country that hasn’t been consistently able to create chances since the early Eighties is absolutely insane.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Puskas 0.94 goals per game is insane not even Messi or Ronaldo are averaging that much internationally

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Chitalu's and Dahari's deaths are both very sad. Chitalu died at 45 on 27th April 1993 when a plane carrying the Zambian national team crashed in the ocean, 30 people total died. Dahari was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and died 3 years later of muscular dystrophy at age 37 on 11th July 1991.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    My GOAT sunil chettri is not top3 players of all time anymore. Pains.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Upon my name as Godfrey

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)
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    Neymar is catching up. There is a good chance, by the end of their careers, the top 3 will be Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I hope ali mabkhout becomes in the top 5,

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Date of 50th goal seems like an odd stat to bother listing...what does it show? How does it help with anything? It's not age at 50th goal or number of caps to 50, it's just the date...

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Cristiano Ronaldo is aging like a fine wine 🍷

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Ronaldo only scoring his 50th goal at the age of 29 is crazy to still end up the highest

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I don't know why, but is there a problem in CAF? How come we don't have prolific goal scorers?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    205 caps is mad, that record will probably stay for a loong time. (if it is a record, im not sure but you’d think it is)

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I do think international goals hold less weight these days, due to the amount of games played. Especially European nations playing the likes of San Marino, Luxembourg, Andorra etc more often.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Super Mokh!

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