 Welcome back to the program, it's the touchline and of because, this time around, it's the fans on the f�an 17 segment where we discussed international football. The impact of corona virus also known as COVID-19 has been so massive to an extent at several tournaments, championships, leagues have been suspended to further notice English ambition being the latest of course being suspended until April 3rd and now the chances of Liverpool Ina nakuwa hwata su Mrs. Cjampiwenan, Arain Limbo, Arunutu, Toko Tutonamani,mente Yaumilu, Naalifika Njwisha, Kupilwa nunguwa, Nueva, Kava, Sini Ukeza, Kupilwa hava naunilu. Keno tato, Ando Jo Zaina, Kofu petu suhan... Fico, Cwa Nani? Ukeza, How you doing? I'm fine, thank you, and I'm happy to be in the show once again. Joe, United fans are also happy, of course not happy that COVID-19 is with us, but happy that Bruno Fernandez is finally the man they were lacking and brought a lot of changes in the team. We've seen since this departure United recording good performance. Since his arrival, they've been good performances. He was a final jigsaw in the puzzle, I believe, because there was a void between the midfielder and the attacking. Also the supply chain to the attacking front end, being the left attacking forward, right attacking forward and the centre forward. So I think and also the idea of him always wanting to run forward, always wanting to be in the box, always wanting to be on the final end of that ball to score, I think was quite important because that hunger ceased to exist. We can't take away anything from Fred, we can't take anything away from Maktumne, we can't take anything away from Lingard, but you need to execute these finishes. I think we were talking with Fred earlier on about how you can have the hunger but you're not executing and you gave us an example of David James whereby he's not having that hunger to score, yes, but he's having all these runs that he's making. So for Bruno to come in and not only change the gameplay of Manchester United to a fast pace attractive game and also to score goals that were really needed when the attacking front end or not bringing them in is quite important. Quite important Fred Openda, of course we have a lot of headlines to discuss about, one of them is the impact of COVID-19. We had earlier on talked about it at Lens but now the latest, Bundesliga also suspended. I think the suspension has come after the news that some of the players in the big leagues have come into contact with the virus and we were saying you never know where you're going to contact this virus. We saw the other day the Arsenal manager Mikaela Ateta was tested positive of the virus although the Chelsea wing did test positive of the virus. So it's good for humanity just to suspend these games because these are the games as we were saying sport brings people together. Even if you're going to play these games indoors, what if there's a case of a player that maybe has come into contact with the virus. So it's better we suspend these leagues and maybe in two, three weeks then we might be able to get which way forward. Just saying I was speaking about Bruno Fernandez, I think it's he's something else that you may have been missing in that midfield. He's creating Chelsea's scoring goals although some of them from the penalty spot but they are goals and he's been able to supply, he's been a good that link that was missing that supply chain of United from that midfield that they're attacking and I think he's gonna actually they don't even feel, do you miss Paul Pogba? Just before we get into that particular aspect of Paul Pogba's absence and arrival of Bruno Fernandez, Liverpool have been the favourites since the season started. They have been on the verge of being crown champions for 19th time and now this pandemic of COVID-19 seems like it's causing Liverpool fans sleepless nights because in the event that this situation escalates further of course we're not praying that it goes further we're hoping that it will end soon but in the event that it escalates the league might be declared null and void. We've seen English Premier League management saying that they will have a meeting on Thursday to review the way forward on whether the league should progress or it should be terminated. Would that be too unfair to Liverpool considering they are consistent twins? I think for Liverpool fans it would be so unfair for them but for the other teams especially for other teams I think it would be especially Arsenal because I didn't say Arsenal on alphabetical order but I think it's so bad for them it's so bad for them but I think it should at least give other chances other teams an opportunity you know but I would say they have already had their victory I mean they are almost coming to the point of you know beating Arsenal for nine matches and beating in that 37 so the 12 ones are maybe they'll recover next time they will recover next time. Jo from where you sit objectively speaking if you will be asked to give your advice to the management of English Premier League football what will it be? Well I'll have a word with the Football Association and tell them to be honest Liverpool have played their socks off this season I'm a much-tenated supporter but I have to agree that some of the football that been playing was quite beautiful the last one month however has been detrimental so by us saying call the league null and void you're talking about close to 700 or 800 hours of football play by some of the greats like Salah Mane you know for being all those guys and tell them you know what your trials this season basically useless that would be that would be bad I think if it stops now let it stop where the table is it is rightfully theirs the Premier League championship is rightfully theirs and let's start the next season but not to say that you know declare null and void I believe that would be a wrong move by the Football Association you know the declaration of null and void comes on the basis of right now as you speak we don't know unless the football association says as it stands the top four qualified to champions league football then just in relegation are officially relegated but also you see they have a point to argue they will say no this is not official you know Liverpool have taken the title so from April 2nd what you do now you start playing the rest of the games especially for the bottom three clubs that are about to relegated look at the difference in points between number 15 and number 18 before you go forward and say not actually and we remember we had this point based system whereby if you get to 40 points 40 42 points you're not you're guaranteed that you're not going to be relegated so now play those few few few games and then look at the teams that can be relegated but you cannot say that don't give Liverpool and also the rest of the three still remain in the Premier League no the championship will have a problem with that I think from where I stand rules are rules and if the season is declared null and void then okay it will be let's say not fair to Liverpool because really they have performed this season but we are not talking about only Liverpool in the IPL we have 20 teams we have the top four to talk about we have the Europa League qualifications we have the relegations so we can't go on and let's say maybe maybe not maybe maybe not but but if you look at the other teams and just maybe let's if if Liverpool let's say for example had won the league last season we would not actually be having that discussion you know it would be unfair and all that it's because it's been long since they won that league so if if really they come they discuss and find it you know let's just declare this league and null and void let's go back they have a team let's go back let's look up to next season let them perform again let them perform again and prove us wrong so I think if they declared null and void it will be for everybody not that you know Liverpool are almost winning it and since they have two more wins to just to win the league but if you look at Liverpool's form in the last that's an argument from an outsider for example in the last month it's been add on once a spiral so someone might come and say you know why are you giving Liverpool because they they look like they are going to lose some of these numbers to Watford in the Premier League I'm saying their form generally their form so so Masi this coming in the wake of you know Liverpool decides one month's campaign remember then beaten run was brought to a halt by a relegation threatened Watford 3 nil demolition it was then on Wednesday getting beaten by Diego Simeone's charges at Letico Madrid getting eliminated from Champions League football maybe they were looking forward emulating on Real Madrid to defend the title consecutively do you think Liverpool are praying that this ought to have come em before their miseries um obviously because their record seems tarnished slightly though like just like he said in the recent matches they've been going downwards but first looking at the match with Atletico Madrid I think for me for me what he stands out I think Klopp is very wrong in the statement that you made that the fact that Sol and Orata and the other players were were were defending for me the match for me the match was very realistic these guys played their way out through the win and as you can see for now I think Liverpool has a very big hole like it's going downwards that's true but again I wouldn't say that this thing should just be stopped and say that it's null and void I agree that they should be given the opportunity they've played well throughout the season we can all agree and everybody knows Liverpool has been to the top but again the the game is going downward the game is going downward you gain Klopp's remarks that Atletico played improper football and that they have world-class players who didn't you know play professionally is that kicks of a dying horse you know in football there is a strategy Jose Mourinho used to park bus behind throughout 90 minutes then eventually is the winner and I think that's a strategy Arsenal plays their sexy football all they want but they are trophies I think I think it was it was it was quite unprofessional for me um you know at the end of the day as a head coach or as a manager you go into those 90 minutes and you apply your tactics however the other coach wants to play okay if you lost the game because they were defending eight people and only two are upfront and also sometimes the keeper would become a defender it is up to Diego Simeone's tactics at the end of the day he came to Anfield and he told his men you know what we are going to go to war and they went to war and however you're going to win the war don't remember how many bullets he used it is the war that you won yeah and and again Sion was he was even so happy it like he wasn't even ready for what his boys would do yeah he wasn't ready he wasn't ready because he was jumping all over like what is happening and I think the added meaning was just a magical moment it's something that no one extra everybody thought the game is done and it also shows the the characters of the Liverpool players the last goal by Alvaro Morata there was no character in the Liverpool score they are giving up already at Anfield so don't blame Diego Simeone for playing I don't know five eight at the back and one out to up front no no no no no he played his game plan and it worked and he's going for now to the quarters that's it Diego Simeone came to Anfield knowing that you know what I'm going to get outplayed here so my my game plan is this let me pack the bus okay be solid at the back and try to get the chances the few chances are on the counters and and that is it and this is a game everyone plays when they go away look at Mourinho and he's won titles with it so that's I think we was that's a cry baby if I can put it a cry a cry baby character so it's just it's just a matter of accepting and you know say what the the best team won yeah we've seen we've seen you know versions by various former football great the likes of Alan Chera Michael Owen you know giving their thoughts on how Liverpool the campaign Liverpool has had throughout this particular season in comparison with you know the football we watched some time back we've seen you know comparison of the current Liverpool squad to the Invincibles of Arsenal that finished the season and beaten to the 1999 Man United squad that you know managed to win at Trebo F a English Premier Premier League title and Champions League as well to the Real Madrid squad that managed to win three Champions League consecutive titles under Zinadine Zidan you know a lot of comparisons Joe that brings us to the question what will be your what will be your you know greatest squad or team ever I think I love to go with two squads I was actually I was actually doing my research earlier and one of the squads and I know not many of the viewers would remember this team but you would remember actually was the Nottingham Forest team between 1977 to 1980 and you see when you talk about Nottingham Forest and about being in the championship but there are two times you have a Champions League winner and like some team no no no no don't go that way don't go that way because now don't attack me protect me please no some team can be Tottenham no no it doesn't it doesn't need to be actually actually you are attacking me at Masi all right Joe proceed if you if you look at him under brand cloth the greatest achievement not only was it the two-time Champions League win and also a league cup win but you're looking at they uh they were promoted from the championship and immediately the next season when and won the league okay so and you can compare that they didn't have that much money that some of these clubs have right now but that's that's time they think everyone that didn't have money a lot but what did they have they had skill then if you're talking about skill no we'll talk about the Leicester team later on which came and won the Premier League with lesser finances than the bigger teams but for me the greatest team and I know how much is needed support I think for me the greatest achievement by a manager was that Nottingham Forest 1977 to 1980 and then obviously I have to be sentimental to the 2006 2009 Manchester United team under Saalex Fargas and Agribili Agribili for me the greatest Manchester United team ever I mean they're starting three Tevez Ronaldo Rooney you're coming to the midfield you know all schools Owen Hargreaves Owen Hargreaves was still there Darren Fletcher was there um Michael Carrick Michael Carrick Geeks was coming back you're looking at the defense of David Beckham on the wings ah David Beckham had left for Madrid yes you're looking at you're looking at the defense of Martich Rio Fadinand Patrice ever on the left West Brown John Oshia on the right and then you're looking you look at that but yo stop stop pampering us with names we know very well United I think they just had a magician in the manager of Saalex Fargas that squad was so average Darren Fletcher John Oshia did you see how he's getting there was no that was excellent Mark Rooney Cristiano Ronaldo look up sports codes that they had a few players but I think Mark Jisung you see no you have 12 rotational squad I'm talking about the main starting 11 I'm not talking about the rotational squad give that squad to one of the current managers he will finish 15th I think Saalex Fargas was just a magician 15th you're leaving a dissolution a dissolution I'm telling you this is a typical Manchester United fan you you'll argue all the way out and I'll never agree so yeah as for me I think yes I'll go for of course the invisibles uh maybe you talked about nothing a forester uh a good squad at that time and apparently currently their owner was also diagnosed with yeah and it's also the honor for Olympiacos Olympiacos yes and nice I think uh so I think Tuna se ma waguwe pole because there's something that goes away and for for the greatest team I think I'll go for for the invisibles because no one has been able to do what they did of course of course of course I had a few years in my back that team of theories we had theory of course the mighty theory we have back you know in that midfield we had vihara I've not seen a vihara no you cannot you cannot come back and go look unto me he was there we had the Lawrence in the defense we had campel we had call and then in the sticks we had demon so I think we had a very very good squad at that time which was able to do something that I don't see someone doing again not even not even uh the Liverpool next season I don't think so for now that's my best squad currently I have to agree also I have to agree I mean theory hungry top scorer two seasons back to back I think at that time is when Moriniu was coming in with this Chelsea squad of 2004 and that's a time when now we said realizing that our four four three system can actually work but for the invisibles I have to tip my heart and say that team was awesome that team was really great hungry and back up that combination and having the title of the champions league is what really eluded them that's what I otherwise if they had won that that champions league they would be exactly they would be up there with the Real Madrid yeah yeah of course yeah you see you see as you keep saying all these big names mass is getting surprised because she saw you watching football yesterday and now she's wondering which team will she give as you know one of the best massi um if i'm to give teams of course I have to support my team which one beaten two or three two or four but um since I've started watching recently as he said let me prove you wrong um I think my team of the decade would be Barcelona in the time of Suarez, Neymar and Messi well that looks like a uh debater as well that's a good point MSN upfront yeah I think it's a it's a good squad they have done um things that although I think it's a team that Messi carried on his shoulders if I can put it so but it's it's a it's been a good squad uh Barcelona since the times of uh our our favorite inmates exactly so I think they've they've they've been good and uh but now uh currently there there's debate because if you look at that midfield school that they had at that point you're looking at Iniesta Shavi and Busquets oh my god and we still have Busquets there but if you look they defined the idea of you don't have to have a big midfielder to cover ground you know you can have Shavi who'll be a box box midfielder doesn't have the doesn't have the size and then you'll have an attacking midfielder like Iniesta and then Busquets just holding it I think that's when we'll define that midfielders don't have to be a big midfielder and that's why the likes of Golokante are coming in right now in the size of yes in Mason Mount are coming in right now Jack Grilish James Madison Bruno Fernandez yeah right now in the in the EPL because it's the game that we watch we've seen very very good midfielders who are who are very short yes and and the and the likes of in Golokante is as you're saying the mounts I can see are very good to radar to radar so I think we we can come up with that debate you know do you have to be big to be a good midfielder you know a few reactions on our social media platforms especially Twitter and Facebook Karen Karan Karani Evans Mutiamba is watching and of course there is another tickling comment here by Annie Lawyer we're saying she's watching but kwa ni corona or whatever in affect sport sana kwanza gambling I think you can see please your best then Aliyanro Shwaziniga Damaria say all my bets have been cancelled and then sticks returned back to the to the to the orders of the bets you know so it's it's it's there's a friend of mine of negative impact yeah of course there's a friend of mine was telling me yesterday you know what all the all the games have been cancelled and then you know you receive those messages from the betting companies you know you have won that seven shillings going to check it's all that all the games were cancelled at the odd is one so you they only return your stake oh and you still have the congratulations messages Ronaldinho Gaucho is a man who graced football we all enjoyed you know he's stylish and you know sexy football during his teens at Barcelona but right now he's facing a lot of tribulations as we speak right now he's in prison he's still in prison and I'm reliably informed he will be gracing a football match he's been signing photographs by the way yeah in prison I saw that Messi but I think what's inside Lionel Messi there at one time his teammate will be coming to his rescue to ensure that he gets it he gets out of but do you think also football as especially those who've been stas they reun uh they they misuse uh they are festerdom yeah I think it was wrong for him to fake those uh passports uh with his brother I think uh and you know the the law has to take it's it's cause even if Messi is saying you know I'm gonna to hire I'm gonna hire the best lawyer from South America South America to try and and get him out of jail I think it was wrong it was wrong for him to fake those passports I had a friend of mine who used to tell me stories of how Anderson Deco the pojogiz icon he also played for Barcelona reun allegedly reun gaucho because he used to sneak and attend discos with with gaucho what normal happens with this you know polisht talented footballers I think I would say man management after your career when you still in the career when you're still playing professional football there's man management from the staff members you know from your manager himself for your own social media manager you know someone will ask you don't go out tonight tomorrow they're training it will look bad on you but once you retire you know none is taking care of you at most you're taking care of yourself and you have a few sponsors who you know are betting on you to just take yourself so that you can go forward for example when I didn't you had Pepsi under him had Nike under him you know at some point even I did as I'd approached him so you look at the situation whereby no one else is telling you what to do anymore unfortunately you've had that fame in your mind for the last 10 to 10 to 15 years of playing so what happens is that you lose focus and once you lose focus the world and girl teaches you you know how it's done out there because why fake passports why I mean you're the you're a banando winner you're faking passports to go to Paraguay masi did you watch Ronaldinho play yeah I did I I did I did watch him play in world cup yeah oh in world cup yeah but you watched some of his videos yeah I've watched some of his videos and he's amazing do you think he's the all time best up to now or it's debate and Ronald I I think it's debatable it's debatable yeah and also just I just read a few minutes ago he played a small tournament when he was in jail yesterday yes and he still won 11-2 11-2 and he must have been doing the score sheet yes he was and you know the consolation was what they got smoked beef I know smoked pork as a meal for the inmates for his team so he's still doing it he's still scoring goals wherever he goes he can't take that talent away even in prison he can't take that talent away so I think we gonna rap because time is not on our side but before we do masi no english premium league no arsenal playing they were supposed to be losing today a seat it was supposed to beat them oh my goodness on Wednesday you know you know uh I always pity a team that is up to play against a city side that has gone in the previous game because it it would have been marauding no no no since since I started when they left city just check he's I think he he was doing a lot of work for city someone was using that pepe pepe is afraid of atata maybe truly yeah maybe he was the assistant so probably he knows all the skills that he was using I think by the if you check uh the the matches that city have played since atata left find they have won but they have struggled a little bit don't you know i'm pushing for you know uh uh nullification of the league do you attribute it to the horrible season they have had but tutinam has not had a bad season though it hasn't had a bad season I think it's just that but waste time under and under and a David moe it's it's been a it's been a rescue um yeah by him by the how many how many more games would he have rescued and then they don't go into relegation how many games would moroni have rescued for tell them to you know bounce back to top four at the end of the day I think it's a selfish decision from the two clubs to call the premier league off no there's been a lot of work that has gone into this league from September onwards and I think it's very unprofessional of them to call it off champions league football city against madrid was supposed to be played next week no more but you know dot month against PSG being played behind closed doors and the celebration of Neymar oh my goodness and you know the ridicule of Holland I think that was wrong you know this kid is a young kid you know you don't demolarize him by ridiculing him you know I think a player like Neymar you should be above that exactly and for the for the champions league matches champions league the europea league second leg fixtures which have been called off it's as I said it's good for humanity let's let's cool it down um and actually it's an advice to us guys in Kenya if you really don't have to be out there patting and all just saying those uh for the weekend city and band unique are they now the favourites now that you know Liverpool has been eliminated they're being tipped I wouldn't I wouldn't let him to watch for this champions league call off PSG or so I wouldn't call off PSG I watched the game and take take away the theatrics of Neymar but I watched how the midfield operated PSG midfield again is a very rampant midfield um Emory Khan got a red card that is just frustrating a player at the end of the game but the frustration of not just getting the game right in terms of the midfield was a big thing so you would look at Bayern Munich and possibly Manchester City to be favourites I would look at PSG getting at least into the semifinals and pulling a surprise are you telling me that if Zinedine Zidane is not going to get his game right and surprise Man City at Hatred wolves have done that that's what I was really careful not to say Manchester City one of the favourites Bayern Munich obviously yeah they are game they are game and again they just need to avoid that complacency that they normally have towards the final stages of the of the of the champions league whereby they get eliminated in the quarters sometimes even in the last of 16 so but it's in on for the taking now the champions are out we have a new champion to crown new champion to crown massi what will you be up to after the show now that no english premier leg action no has no playing this particular afternoon but good riddance because maybe they would have lost terribly because I was I was so confident about the game because Arter has brought in a lot of our whole energy you know brought the fans together so I think I was really confident about his you are really confident enjoy your part in short in terms of Paul Park bus come back do you think now his presence alongside Fred and Bruno Fernandez the new arrival will stay united to another level yes obviously with the up front three of maybe Rashford marsyal and mason greenwood and there is likelihood that jadon sancho may arrive as well yeah obviously the season here of optimism when he comes back that combination that midfield combination but again I have to state that if he continues with any other theatrics to destabilize a team that is working well so now I wouldn't be remiss to say that I wouldn't see his youth coming back you want him to live if he's coming to destabilize a school that has been working very hard to get back to where they are right now yes always a pleasure gentlemen and a lady Fred Openda Joe Sayena masoni all coming on this afternoon to give their thoughts on international football the impact of coronavirus also known as kovid 19 on the global sporting activity several tournaments several leagues have been suspended English Premier League and you know bundes league have been the latest to be suspended until father notice meaning no proper football match this particular weekend to watch and therefore these three think they will just be you know staying indoors for the better part of the weekend bina pleasure until next time next Saturday same time same place my name is maxel wasike let's get sporty every time and let's continue the conversation on social media handles at wasike maxel hashtag touchline y254 at y254 channel have a very good weekend and always keep safe and you know if possible put in place proper precautionary measures as far as kovid 19 always a pleasure God bless you and good weekend