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Messi haters quickly engaging their fingers and keyboards to rant "Their Goat couldn't even score against Qatar" They are coming!!! 5...4....3...2...
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BykeLaByke:Prophet Byke. ���� |
HIRAETH:What about it, bro ? |
IKON360:But but but our football analysts want him to leave Barcelona for another league just to prove himself. Like there exists a club from any country that hasn't faced the rage and wrath of Lionel Messi! They want him to win an International trophy because David Beckham, Paul Scholes , Luis Figo , Ryan Giggs , Raul Gonzalez won an international trophy for their country. |
I've always mentioned it that those who came up with the logic of winning in different leagues to prove a point are just doing so because their favourite player did it. If we go by their logic, we can say Nicolas Anelka is better than David Villa & Raul Gonzalez of this world. Afterall, he's won it in different leagues while Raul & Villa were champions in Spain only. But randomly ask them who's better between Raul/Villa or Anelka, they'll easily know it's not Anelka. So far it's not Messi or Ronaldo, it's not about the leagues you have played in again, the standards will change. If we go by International achievements, winning major trophies with the team, it's safe to say Pedro Rodriguez is better than Eden Hazard. Mikel Obi is better than Steven Gerrard. Yaya Toure is better than the likes of Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Pavel Neved since they have never won any major trophy with their National team. They are frauds. Since not winning any major trophy with your national team automatically qualifies you as a fraud. At a time, the logic of he can't perform in EPL was the topic to flaw his brilliance. He hasn't scored against Chelsea. He hasn't scored against Buffon. He can't perform without Xavi & Iniesta. Well, he proved them wrong. If only they knew he'd score against all the EPL teams he's faced. [At least two goals]. He'd win the La Liga Golden boot & European golden boot back to back at the expense of their CR7 who doesn't need any midfielder to win the boots easily unlike Messi whose total life depends on Xavi & Iniesta. Finest midfielders whose combined assists can't match that of Lionel Messi who depends on them to score goals. Yet, he's still the leading player in term of assists and goals for his club & league. They even said he won't win the golden boot in EPL. Same EPL that Suarez who served a ban won the EPL golden boot & Eurpean golden boot. [Joint with Ronaldo ; 31 Goals]. Same EPL that the likes of Harry Kane & Sergio Aguero have both won the golden boot several times. Players who've always wish they can be as good as Messi is. I dunno which logic is left for this people to come with which favours their favourite player against Messi just to prove to us that he is the better player but I can bet they'd find another if Leo & his men ever win a trophy with Argentina. They surely would! Lionel Messi has never won any major Trophy with Argentina, fine, agreed. If only Ronaldo's Portugal have ever won any of the teams that defeated Messi's Argentina in the finals they lost. It took Germany & Chile an extra time match & penalty shoot out respectively to defeat Argentina in the final, but never took them 60mins to end Portugal's victory quest in an open play whenever they faced. If you doubt, Germany trashed Portugal 3-1 in 2006 with Ronaldo. Did the same in 2014 with 4-0 enroute to winning the WC. Chile dispatched Ronaldo's Portugal in last Confederations Cup. Yes, there's an international trophy for Ronaldo with Portugal but until he completes the task of proving himself across different leagues by winning a single TREBLE in his club career, he is a FRAUD. FYI; Messi has double of TREBLE. Until he wins the MVP award at an International tournament, he's still a FRAUD riding on the coattails of his team mates. FYI; Messi has numerous of it already. |
Fellow Cules, UEFA is claiming Rakitic's shot was farther than Leo's free kick against Liverpool. Anti - Messi everywhere now.
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I actually thought something was wrong with me when I read some lines in this post having no meaningful substance in it to me. Reading some other comments up there allayed my fears of being on mental lockdown. Too many nonsense in a piece. Everybody wants be be a blogger. |
Leyqute:I'll agree you're talking sense and understood my post well when you tell me an EPL team that has won the UEL / UCL for at least two consecutive times. I'll wait. |
Before you EPL fanatics flood everywhere with 'EPL dominance' celebration, I'd love to congratulate you all for finally having to say the UCL & UEL are coming to England since God knows when. Meanwhile, the English teams have just dominated, it's just for a season. Spanish did dominated and were 'consistently dominating' for years.... - Consistently dominating, I repeat! |
it's clear that Vidal behind coutinho is to compensate for his lack of defensive duties. with three defensive midfields, valverde have set our attack free. plus Vidal helps there too. clearly Vidal has the instruction to run till death to cope with Liverpool quickness. |
BetKingOfficial:OK. |
BetKingOfficial:You mean the stats displayed on your site is dwarfed by a foreign website that has nothing to do with you ? Like, you're telling me you guys decide games based on what another website records over YOUR OWN stats displayed on your very own Website ? Tell me, of what use is the Statistics Platform on your site if what you record there is as useless as this when deciding games played on your website ? What if ( God forbid) Flashscore goes down at any moment with no retractable records for matches with bets placed on your website ? Your website is displaying an entirely different stats from what your "PREFERRED" website displayed. Where then are the stats from your website came from ? ? ? You abandon your OWN to use ANOTHER'S . I wish I could meet the CEO of this bookie called BetKing. You celebrate foreign over yourself because you already downplayed and down- casted yourself for reasons known. Decided to join your website yesterday and with the only and the first game played, you guys showed how subpar you are. If only I had known.... SHAME!!
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BetKingOfficial:I just did!!! There's an issue with this betslip... 6TYQ-M5JXU-5-CGBS Check your mentions for the complaints. |
Abimloaded:cc BetKingOfficial See this!!!! |
Abimloaded:cc BetKingOfficial |
Shezkid:I will. Thanks. |
Abimloaded:Checking from their own website too (Betking) stats menu , home possession is 63% and that's over 62.5% ball possession. I still don't understand why it's marked as Lost.
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Guys, I'm not understanding something about this betslip that I have with BETKING yesterday. I played over 62.5 ball possession for Benfica (vs Maritimo) and from all the stats I've gotten from sites like Sofascore, Whoscored and Livescores, the possession has been above 62.5% . Checking the slip on betking, they recorded it as a Lost bet. Pls who knows if there is something else these bookies use to get their own stats or am I not getting something right here ? 6TYQ-M5JXU-5-CGBS
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Lucas Digne , a former Barcelona LB bossing it in EPL and shitting others. He's the best LB in EPL at the moment. Defensive and attacking wise. Don't let anyone sway you with a certain man in Red running like an headless ragamuffin by the lines. But but, let them come to EPL and do wonders. He cannot even do it. Las Las, Barca bench man is the best in that position now in the overrated league. ![]() |
airmark:So only Liverpool players can get injured before the match ? I never knew Barcelona players were infallible (im)mortals. Two days to the match, baba will now enter ghost mode and reappear after the match with an excuse to backup his absence here. �� I like this your smart withdrawal method. |
mixta140:Barcelona defeated this same Ajax home and away in the group stage this season. I know you didn't notice that but I'm letting you know that now so you won't embarrass yourself beyond here. That they defeated Juventus doesn't mean they can't be beaten. |
GerrardLFC80:Robertson better than Alba ? The same Robertson that isn't even better than Lucas Digne of Everton who left Barcelona because he's an ardent bench warmer , a back up for Jordi Alba ? The same Digne played lesser minutes than Robertson but still won more man of the match awards than the Robertson while playing for a lesser club ? Clearly shows one thing; You only watch EPL and some big team matches in EPL.
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If you're not seeing this match, you're missing big. Sleek passes and quick runs on the pitch from our little gems. Riqui Puig is the little Iniesta. Wague is out of this world with his speed, ball control and crosses. I've lost count on the number of ball recoveries Vidal has made. Alena with a little flare of Messi whenever he's on the ball. Interesting!!! |
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LYON: BUILT TO DO DAMAGE TO BARÇA It has been a very long time since Barcelona traveled to Lyon to do anything except inquire about or sign a French talent. The last Champions League outing was a 1-1 draw, Thierry Henry netting to answer a lustrous Juninho Olimpico. Back then, Lyon was a monster, the PSG of that era, when the only question was how much they were going to win Ligue 1 by. Then came petrodollars. Lyon sits third in the table at present, within shouting distance of a surprising Lille, with PSG of course the runaway leaders. Lyon is also a confounding club (a lot like Barça), who can beat PSG then struggle to hold on to a draw against last-place — though far better than its record — Guingamp. A great many culers are pretty smug about this tie. It’s worth reminding that a lot of people were smug about Manchester United’s chances against Paris St.-Germain, without Neymar and Cavani. Until a ball is kicked, predictions are only worth the paper they are printed on. Lyon is a dangerous, dangerous side. This season in particular, Barça has been most susceptible to pace. Lyon has pace at every position. Even their CBs close fast. Jason Denayer is capable of running laps around Suarez. Marcelo Guedes will also be a handful. Both are also a real danger on set pieces also, as strong headers of the ball with springs in their boots. Culers should breathe a sigh of relief that Nabil Fekir is suspended for the first leg. His combination with Tanguy N’Dombele is fearsome. Make no mistake, Lyon is punching below its weight, as defined by its league position. Like Barça, they play off the front foot, often with CBs and fullbacks pressed up. This is the luxury of pace. Up front, Bertrand Traore is — yes — strong and pacy. He’s capable of playing off the shoulder of a defense, but also just flat-out leaving a centerback in the dust. He is capable of shotmaking skill and versatility, even if he is also capable of some Suarez-like clunkers. On his game, he’s a force that can dominate a match. And then there is Ferland Mendy. Jordi Alba is, on form, if not the best left back in football, your mind strains to think of who might be as good. Mendy is near the bottom of that short list. This is a fullback that, because of astonishing pace, can play like a winger. He runs, dribbles, passes, lays in cross after cross for the likes of Traore and Memphis. He’s another player capable of turning a match on his own. We can only presume that Semedo didn’t play against Valladolid because he was watching Mendy video all weekend. This is going to be a fascinating matchup. The Barça right back, whoever that is, potentially holds the tie in his hands. And we haven’t even gotten to N’Dombele. Though his participation is somewhat doubtful, the midfielder is one of the players smart money had Barça going for if the De Jong transfer hadn’t worked out. Some would have even preferred him to De Jong, though that decision would have marked a seismic philosophical change for the Catalan club. For people who don’t follow L1, N’Dombele’s coming out party was against Manchester City. It was a performance that showed off all of his strengths: pace, balance, passing facility, ability to break lines, strength and technical facility. There is a reason that Jean-Michel Aulas, head of Lyon, has said that the much-buzzed-about midfielder will not even be discussed for less than Pogba money. And then there’s Memphis, aka Mister 98 Percent. He’s another quick, fast, skillful attacker on the Lyon front line who, like Alexis Sanchez when he was at Barcelona, will do 98 percent of the stuff right to score a goal, then screw up at the end. But when he gets it right, he is a torment, and is fantastic moving in confined spaces as well. In goal, Anthony Lopes is a strong, reflex keeper of the sort that can have a blinder of a match against the logical football that an idealized Barcelona plays. Like Real Madrid in many ways, Lyon don’t have a defined tactical structure as much as they look to press advantages and create running space for their attackers. A favorite is the diagonal ball on the groud to a streaking Traore, or Mendy running up the wing to be Alba. But Lyon have strong headers of the ball, so those crosses might come high or low. One thing will work in favor of Barcelona is that the match will be open. That’s how Lyon plays, and needs to play, because a tight match negates every one of their tactical and physical strengths. If none of this still has you worried, you haven’t been paying any attention. All of this said. Lyon could show up without its heads screwed on, and lay a 0-4 plonker against Barça. They’re that kind of a club. But they could also quite easily beat Barça. They are faster at every position except where Dembele will be playing, so possession will be crucial for Barcelona. Of all the matches for Arthur to be absent … The roster I would choose against Lyon is the one we’re least likely to see: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Busquets, Raktic, Alenya, Malcom, Messi, Dembele. This is, essentially, a group of the fastest and most skillful players that Barcelona have on the team. There’s a reason. Umtiti hasn’t played a competitive match in months, so Lenglet will probably start. Putting a reactive defender against Traore and Memphis will be interesting to watch. Pique will have a lot of work to do. Malcom would start over Suarez for me because Lyon’s CBs are susceptible to a fast break off the shoulder. That isn’t going to happen with Suarez. Most likely, Valverde will start what has become his gala XI: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Vidal, Messi, Suarez, Dembele. And we will worry every time Lyon have the ball as they explode up the wings. This will be a tiring match for Barcelona, with league implications as Sevilla away will be next on the docket. That significant lead over Atleti and Real Madrid could come in handy. Prediction? A scoring draw, either 1-1 or 2-2, then Barça will do the trick at home. But it won’t be easy. If N’Dombele doesn’t play that first leg, it will be a lot less fraught in midfield, but the wings will still be a constant danger. Neutrals will have the most fun with this one. - BarcelonaFootballBlog |
Guys, please I'd love to know which TV stations will air the Classico. I'm not sure DSTV would do. |
HumbleBoy21:Flesh and blood didn't reveal this to you, bro. You're so on point with this. I've been a keen observer of things happening here and I discovered once somebody opines about something, anybody else with contrary opinion tackles it to the fullest till it gets to insults and no useful conclusion. Nobody wants to admit that what was opined was wrong. |
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ClintonNzedimma:I schooled the EPL fanatic. I don't even argue in viewing centres cos like you said, most of them are just EPL boys who knows next to nothing in football outside the league they watch. But I couldn't help but to educate the know-little boy as per the difference between the inconsistent player and the man who's seen and conquered it all. |
IKON360:I remember that match. That was round 16 UCL enroute to we winning the trophy that year (2015). I disagree with using goals and assists. If we are to go by goals, the we'd be right to say Pedro > Hazard and Y. Toure > S. Busquets. |
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