I've also considered this and can only agree that the current format stinks. 16 teams from Europe is more than enough, though. A 32-team tournament is called the World Cup, and it should stay that way. Why should any team be rewarded for finishing third in a group of four? It's bollocks.
I know, it's ridiculous. Like teams finishing 3rd and 4th in their leagues and getting a chance to play in the 'Champions' League.
Nonsense. Maradona ruled the world at a time when the hatchet-men defenders were hacking him to pieces. The slightest touch is a foul now. Maradona is the God of football.
Fitbaws gash these days. A gentrified version of what used to be a mans game. Played by ****s for the entertainment of ****s.
And when they **** up in the CL, they get a bite at the UEFA Cup without having to bother with trips to Estonia, Malta, Azerbaijan et al.
Bullshit. He played back in the day when defenders were often pissheads that barely trained. Ok they could tackle like thugs, fair play to them, but they were ****ing ****. Maradona wasn't a bad player, he's just nothing on the players we have today.
Baresi. Maldini. McGrath. Butcher. Gerets. Proper defenders. Maradona stands apart from any other footballer and would be worth £500 million in today's game. Unlike Ronaldo (who is a fine player), Maradona would have ripped the Austrian and Icelandic defences to pieces.
**** you on about Trampboy. All players were better back in the day. That England team Maradona scored against is 10 times better than the one you have just now. Terry Butcher was playing centre back . Who have you got now? Cahill? Wit you know about football these days is **** all so you are hardly likely to know anything about football 20 years ago ya tink.
Maradona was a far better player than Messi and Ronaldo ... Ball stuck to his feet. Messi or Ronaldo could not score a goal like Maradona did against England (who Aldo points out was much better than the England team of today).
Maradona won things by himself **** sakes. Dragged teams to championships with a hangover. I don't think that Naples team had ever won anything 'till the bold Diego rocks up rips the league to **** while banging whores and sniffing coke with gangsters. What a life that boys led