philfearon:

Is not even the first time Messi has scored two freekicks in a game.
He did same against Sevilla in 2015 or thereabout in UEFA SUPER CUP

It's overwhelming that messi has scored four more freekicks than any other club in europe's top 5 leagues in 2018.

IKON360:

we have the highest wage bill in football now, if we sign Rodri it will just be more financial stress, we need our young players to step up and improve and maybe Busquets could be replaced by a La Masia graduate.

Did you say Koulibaly?! Any team signing him is breaking Liverpool and Virgil's record. Pique is good but slow and tends to lose concentration, but very few defenders have his on the ball confidence and passing range. Umtiti is injured so stop dreaming.

If anyone is to join us in the summer, it should be de ligt and a suarez alternative. Nothing more

And yet again, messi proves his haters wrong. Messi attempted a shot with his right foot; it was on target, made an header and it hit the post. And Pele said he shoots with one foot and doesn't head well?
He also said messi has one skill. Messi scored 2 freekicks in a single match today; has Pele done that before?

Messi has been the best in the whole europe this season.
17 goals and 10 assists in 17 appearances. To hell with the ballon d'or. Messi is the G.O.A.T.

Isomerizm:
So we should start rejoicing because his brain finally succumbed to meaningful decision making? Things he should have realised months ago, he's only realising now. You'all should stop paying homage to nonsense.

He made cool decisions today. There was nothing special about it. So, stop making it look like he did what no other coach has done.

You know what? I like ur wits and i would like to see u coaching a team.
Next thing i would hear is you giving lessons to pep telling him what he should have done to win chelsea.
I don't just know what we gain in criticising valverde.

IKON360:

its really sad, the other one called him 'valvershit' but we were leading by 4 goals o, even Guardiola that they love so much lost today. Valverde knows what he is doing, shey you saw that through pass Dembele gave Suarez or that composure Suarez showed to finish from that angle? Valverde will come good and some of these bad belle will see it. Reasoning like Chelsea fans

4 goal lead, away from home. A clean sheet in a catalan derby. It couldn't have been any better. Kudos to valverde. ForcaBarca

If messi is really the 5th best player then i would pray to be 5th in anytin i do in my life.
I've not seen any player better than this man. Did you see that first freekick? I almost creamed my shorts. It was a sight to behold. Tbh, if the only thing messi is good at is freekicks, he would still remain the best.

IKON360:
Valverde haters come o!! Suarez was assisted by Dembele, Dembele scored. Come and see shut your bloody mouths up. I really want to mention one guy but I won't

Help me tell them o. I no knw whether valverde thief all of una gfs. The hatred is just too much. If valverde can bench coutinho for dembele then none of u critics know who e.v really is.

Guess Pele has been so bored and had to take a dig at messi to liven things up.
'plays with one leg, has one skill and doesn't head well'; that's what he described messi as.
Ironically, it took messi only 8 games after joining barca to score with his left foot, right foot and head.

If there's anything i can conclude frm dis match, it is dat d future is bright. And valverde; he is not as bad as the fanbase paint him to be. He has his flaws just as every other coach.

MJBOLT:

wetin be scores abeg

3-1

Avraham:
when he is gonna be back

I'm not really sure bout that

Avraham:
what's up with Arthur ?

He's injured.

tesppidd:
lol
You harsh oooh

But you do have a point though

If not for injuries would the man have brought in Alena

Of course. You remember he brought him in for busi against real betis. Rafinha wasn't injured then

Excallibur:
Second half no too sweet but that messi pass tho... How does he do it

It's out of this world bro, it was pure class. We don't need to knw how he does it but let's just watch him do it.

#ICYMI The Barcelona boss, Valverde says: "Messi Ballon d'or snub would be strange"

#ICYMI Umtiti has been flown to Doha in Qatar for his knee fix.

Na barca fans thread we day o, no be wilder/fury thread o

I have said it before and i want to say it again. Benching suarez or not is not supposed to be an issue at all. If the number 9 goals determine who wins the ucl, liverpool should have won last season's. Firmino had 10 goals, the highest for any striker and he didn't win the ucl.

What do u guys think of messi's transformation to a midfielder. We had a glimpse of that during the final minutes of the game against athletico.
It was malcom, suarez and dembele up front with messi slightly behind them. It was the same role fimino played against watford when he was behind mane, salah and shaqiri.

I have something else to actually discuss with everyone

calculator123:

six goals in UCL? when did he score those goals?

i didn't mention ucl, u said that if ur grandma z d one at d post, suarez wouldn't score. I'm talking of his 9 goals this season that includes 3 against realmadrid

calculator123:

I personally can recall at least 2 chances omolomo bottled that night, if he haven't wasted those chances, maybe the story would have ended differently

And messi didn't bottle any?

calculator123:
That game was just one outta how many?

So, his remaining six goals this season were against dummies?

calculator123:


agreed the midfield collapsed on that day but still doesn't negate the fact that we lost because we didn't score more goals

Oh, you expected suarez to come to d middle of d field and take a shot at goal? We can get a goal when our midfield is in such chaos.

calculator123:
I sincerely pray we don't meet PSG in the next round of games in UCL, else na big wahala. Their tactics would be simple, out mark Messi, pin down Countinho or Dembele's run and we are doomed...Even if you give Suarez one on one with my grandma in post, he go still loose am

In the recent clasico, suarez scored an hattrick against fifa alleged best goalkeeper of the year. Guess ur grandma deserves that award better

calculator123:

That is 14 games and just 1 goal for a striker, is this a good stat? be very very honest with yourself. Even Marcelo a defender has a Better stat than this..

14 games that were stretched over how many months? It's not a good stat but it's not what you r making it to look like

calculator123:


if it wasn't because we couldn't score more goals, then what was the reason? don't tell me it was because of our defense except you haven't heard the best form of defense is attack which in this case translates to goals

You should have known by now that the backbone of the barca structure is the midfield. I would put it to anyone that our defeat in rome was caused by the faults in our midfield. If a poll is created here, almost every one here will agree with it

calculator123:

if we had scored in Italy against Roma, would we have been knocked out? be very very honest

If it was the fault of the attackers, messi could have gotten a goal. Why didn't he? Or messi needs to be benched too?

calculator123:

you forgot Kane came in second and the difference between his goals and salah goals wasn't much.

In all competitions, kane wasn't anywhere close

calculator123:
the end when we get knocked out abi?

Last season that we got knocked out, was it cos we couldn't score goals? You know it wasn't unless you don't want to be honest

calculator123:

if Messi can score 6goals out of 5 games, Malcolm who doesn't even play regularly has scored a goal, what excuse does Suarez want to give for not scoring despite playing more games and playing closest to goal.

Lol...then u will tell me why messi, a winger scored the highest no of goals in all competitions in europe top five leagues last season. What excuse do the strikers have? Salah was d highest in premier league and he's a winger. What happened to kane?