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Football predictions that were spectacular fails
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04-03-2011 12:43am#1
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Lot's of gems from Pele.10) China 2002
Pele Prediction: China will qualify for the next round from their 2002 World Cup group.
Outcome: China finish bottom of Group C with no wins, no draws, no points, no goals, as well as -9 in their goal-difference column.
9) Spain 1998
Pele Prediction: Spain are favourites for the 1998 World Cup in France.
Outcome: Spain humiliatingly dumped out in the first round after losing to Nigeria, and drawing with Paraguay.
8) Colombia To Live American Dream
Pele Prediction: Colombia will win the 1994 World Cup in the USA.
Outcome: Colombia exit the competition in the first round, finishing bottom of their group. Their defender Andres Escobar is also tragically shot dead by an angry fan after Colombia return home.
7) Argentina, France & World Cup 2002
Pele Prediction: Argentina & France will both reach the final.
Outcome: Both countries eliminated in the first round, France without even scoring a goal.
6) Escape To Victory
Pele Prediction: During the famous film starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine, Allies star Pele is brutally fouled in the first half by the Nazi opponents. The injured Brazilian claims there is no way he can continue and is carried off. The Allies are 4-0 down, and a recovery is deemed impossible.
Outcome: Pele returns in the second half and inspires his team to an improbable comeback, even scoring a stunning bicycle kick. Even in fiction, Pele's predictions go wrong.
5) Ronaldo Is Finished
Pele Prediction: Ronaldo will never play football again, and his career is over, following a serious injury for Milan in February 2008.
Outcome: Ronaldo returns in March 2009 for Corinthians, scoring 10 goals in his first 14 games to win the Campeonato Paulista.
4) Nii Lamptey – ‘The New Pele’
Pele Prediction: After starring in the 1991 Under-17 World Cup, which also featured Alessandro Del Piero, Pele proclaims Ghana youngster Lamptey as his successor, ‘The New Pele’.
Outcome: What happens next goes down in football infamy. Lamptey spectacularly fails to fulfil his talent, believing himself that he was cursed by dark forces. The midfielder shifts around clubs such as PSV, Aston Villa, Coventry, Venezia and Ankaragucu, without success, and endures tragedy in his personal life, as two of his children die.
3) Nicky Barmby - Up There With Zidane, Maldini & Ronaldo
Pele Prediction: Nicky Barmby will become a world class star.
Outcome: Nicky Barmby becomes nothing more than an average player, winning 23 England caps, and never even appearing in a World Cup.
2) Africa Will Rule
Pele Prediction: An African nation will win the World Cup before the year 2000.
Outcome: It is now 2010, and an African country has still yet to get past the quarter-final.
1) Brazil & World Cup 2002
Pele Prediction: Brazil won’t even get past the group stages.
Outcome: Brazil win the World Cup.0 -
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Just my own
I used to bet on the football every Friday. Just a few lads from the office and we'd fill up the paddy power sheets and bet a few euro.
Who remembers Gretna?
They went on ridiculous runs of consecutive wins, they were my first selection every week!
Eventually they qualified for Europe and played Derry.
I told everyone to back Gretna, they were labeled the "Chelsea of the North" and they were a real up and coming powerhouse. Send an email to all the lads in the office to bank on Gretna.
Throw a good bit of money on Gretna too
Derry beat them 5-1 I believe
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I placed a bet on Anderson winning world player of the year within 5 seasons of joining United. They must love the sight me every time I walk into the bookies since
Also thought Wigan would make a push for European places this season, spearheaded by goal machine Mauro Boselli.
Thought Benzema would tear the Spanish league apart having watched most of his games at Lyon. Still not giving up on that, I reckon he'll be considered the best striker in the world at some stage during his career
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I got Samaras on the back of a City shirt thinking he was the new Ibrahimovic
Ha, I've an Arsenal jersey with 'Vela - 12' on the back...Also thought Wigan would make a push for European places this season, spearheaded by goal machine Mauro Boselli.
There seemed to be a lot of that going around before the season started.0 -
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Ha, I've an Arsenal jersey with 'Vela - 12' on the back...
There seemed to be a lot of that going around before the season started.
man i thought Vela was going to be a top player, he was so good when he was on loan the last few seasons - i was genuinely worried Arsenal had uncovered a new world class player :eek:0 -
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feelingstressed wrote: »Just my own
I used to bet on the football every Friday. Just a few lads from the office and we'd fill up the paddy power sheets and bet a few euro.
Who remembers Gretna?
They went on ridiculous runs of consecutive wins, they were my first selection every week!
Eventually they qualified for Europe and played Derry.
I told everyone to back Gretna, they were labeled the "Chelsea of the North" and they were a real up and coming powerhouse. Send an email to all the lads in the office to bank on Gretna.
Throw a good bit of money on Gretna too
Derry beat them 5-1 I believe:o:o
And I gave up betting soon afterwards
Myself and few people won a lot of money on that game, Derry were 20-1 at HT :eek: We kinda knew derry were good and gretna not very good.
Goals were feckin screamers tho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd38tfYSoRY
Mine I met Ndo in Inchicore one year and he said he was coming back to pats he didn eventually just not then 0 -
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