Zidane the myth. A midfielder who was hyped as the best in the world, and yet who was consistently outperformed by midfielders in his own league. The failure at club level, Zidane never actually was the player he could be for France. He rarely ever did it for Juventus; he rarely ever did it for Real Madrid; in fact, both clubs did better without Zidane. It's only kids you will sell the myth about Zidane to, the most overrated player of all time alongside Pele.
hensben: You are blind if you don’t see how he was coming out from his CB zone to win the ball and distribute to attackers. Watch bousq and see how boring it is. How earth warm wan take play CDM. So any CDM wey Dey mark Una go say e nor get technique just to defend bousq of which marking is every CDM primary role.
You must be really insane. The entire video you posted is of Macherano performing his duties as a Centre back. Next time don't type nonsense with zero proof to back it up.
hensben: watch this clip and see if he was playing like a CB or CDM. We all know how CB play. The guy was winning most of the ball outside his 18 yard box and giving long passes that was resulting to goals. Watch it and tell me if that’s not how proper CDM play.
hensben: watch this clip and see if he was playing like a CB or CDM. We all know how CB play. The guy was winning most of the ball outside his 18 yard box and giving long passes that was resulting to goals. Watch it and tell me if that’s not how proper CDM play.
hensben: The fact that he was pushed to CB didn’t stop his defensive midfield work for the team. That’s how pep structured the team and they continued that way since it brought glory to the team. Forget bousq being CDM on paper mascherano was still the one doing actual defensive midfield work.
You are typing nonsense. If they ask you to provide evidence of all these rubbish you have typed now, nothing you will provide.
Ibime: [s] Swear that Danilo or Carvalho would not reach that Mane loose touch and boot it out
I'm sure you saw he was with Hendo, jogged across to try to stop Mane, couldn't get there, while the Hendo he was with ran through to assist.
If he had the pace of even Danilo or Carvalho, he would have ended that move at Mane. If he knew he can't do it, then he should have stayed with Hendo and let the defender face Mane.
Ibime: [s] Hahahahaha. Don't even need to. He is right there on the scene of the crime!
The snail is so slow. Mane took a loose touch. Every other player would have got there and killed that move dead on Manes loose touch but the snail being so slow could not close gap quick enough and allowed Mane to recover his loose touch to play in Henderson.
Swear to me that Danny Drinkwater won't be close enough to Mane by the time Mane takes that loose touch and boot the ball out. The moment Alba nodded that ball you can see Busquet running toward Mane but unfortunately at the speed of a milkfloat! [/s]
This is just rubbish. Loose touch ko loose touch Ni. Story for the Gods. Stay in one place. So basically he should try to nick the ball from Mane and still follow Henderson run from Midfield into the box? When I said haters have zero ability to reason I wasn't lying. This is a plain example
Ibime: First goal, Henderson ran from midfield unchallenged into the box to shoot which keeper spilled out for the goal. Who is supposed to be following the Liverpool midfield runners.
Like I said escorts are always off camera when goals are scored. Goals are rarely due to a singular error. Errors are usually solved quickly if other teammates are not derelict of their duty
First goal, Henderson ran from midfield unchallenged into the box to shoot which keeper spilled out for the goal. Who is supposed to be following the Liverpool midfield runners.
2nd and 3rd goal, Gini Wijnaldum runs through unchallenged to score. Again whose primary job is it to see a Liverpool midfielder breaking the lines and follow him?
Escorts always look for who made an error to blame because they are not on the scene when opposition is punching through.
Even numerous corners opposition are getting in these matches is due to defence getting overwhelmed and being put in many one-on-one situations forcing them to concede corners. A good midfield does not leave their defence repeatedly in one-on-one situations.
This is the first goal by origi full clip. The mental gymnastic it will take to blame Busquet will be extraordinary. Go ahead and tell us how Busquet conceded the first goal.
Like I said escorts are always off camera when goals are scored . Goals are rarely due to a singular error. Errors are usually solved quickly if other teammates are not derelict of their duty
First goal, Henderson ran from midfield unchallenged into the box to shoot which keeper spilled out for the goal. Who is supposed to be following the Liverpool midfield runners.
2nd and 3rd goal, Gini Wijnaldum runs through unchallenged to score. Again whose primary job is it to see a Liverpool midfielder breaking the lines and follow him?
Escorts always look for who made an error to blame because they are not on the scene when opposition is punching through.
Even numerous corners opposition are getting in these matches is due to defence getting overwhelmed and being put in many one-on-one situations forcing them to concede corners. A good midfield does not leave their defence repeatedly in one-on-one situations.
Whatever you say or don't say is actually meaningless untill you can provide a video proof of Busquet being found wanting for any of those goals scored by Liverpool. As shown above Busquet was not responsible for any of those goals conceded so whatever you are typing is meaningless.
Ibime: [s] One thing I know about football is that even Baresi and Maldini will concede goals if the midfield infront of them is non existent. Meanwhile Wes Morgan and Isaac Semitoje will defend a 3 or 4 goals lead as long as the midfield infront is competitive and compact.
These disgraces have been going on for almost a decade and Busquet is the only constant. Keepers and defenders have come and gone and Busquet is still chopping disgrace year upon year.
Next time Barca build a 4-0 first leg lead, they need to approach Chelsea for 2 weeks loan for Danny Drinkwater to see the job through as Busquet is obviously incompetent. What a fücking liability [/s].
You are just typing long meaningless paragraphs upon paragraphs. Blaming a single player for a 4:0 loss is the height of daftness.
Ibime: Put Danny Drinkwater and Isaac Hayden in front of Eyimba defence and they will see through a 4-0 lead against any team in the world.
But oh no, not Busquets
Even Angola won't be disgraced 4-0 in World Cup against any team, but asking a DM in one of the best teams in the world to protect a 4-0 lead over 90 minutes has turned to rocket science. Repeatedly his attackers keep building first leg leads and he keeps throwing them away in 2nd leg.
Yes just like how the great AC Milan team of Pirlo ,Gattuso, Maldini etc bottled a 3:0 lead to Liverpool. Casemiro drinking 4goals to An ajax team full of babies, Your very own Thiago Silva drinking in 6goals. Bravo again
Ibime: An average DM defends 3-0 and 4-0 leads easily.
Even Danny Drinkwater will not let such lead slip.
To overturn such a lead, you first need to overwhelm the midfield, in particular the defensive midfielder.
It's like Messi needs to win the first leg 7-0 before you can be sure that the escort Busquet will see Barca home. What a fücking liability.
Yes the Dm will play in attack, Midfield, Defense and in Post as well. He will also be the one to defend all the corners in which Barca have been conceding from in all those Champions league matches. Well done
Engaging or even trying to reason with an hater is always fruitless and a big waste of time. Basically Barca success has nothing to do with Busquet he was just a carryay but when Barca lose a match it becomes Busquet conceded 4goals against Psg.
Ibime: [s] Busquets is just a carryalong who plugged into to an already victorious Barca and Spain team who were already Champions before he joined the team. He is the DM version of Pedro. The only difference is Pedro gets judged on goals and assists while Busquets has been living off narratives for the last decade. He has been redundant since 2012/13 and was only relevant from 2009/10 - a short span of 3 years. It's not like Barca weren't European Champions when he joined or Spain weren't dominant Euro champions.
Explain why Busquets has been posting cricket scores in UCL since 2017
2013 - Bayern 7-Barca 0. Busquet chasing shadows as Barca get råped.
2016 - lost 2-0 at home to Atleti to get dumped out. Couldn't defend a first leg lead at home.
2017 - lost 3-0 to Juve in a single match and dumped out. Conceded 4 goals to PSG in a single match in the prior round only to be saved by UEFALONA and his attackers.
2018 - conceded 3 goals at home to Roma to get knocked out. Couldn't defend a 4-1 first leg lead
2019 - couldn't defend a 3-0 lead given by Messi in first leg. Whitewashed 4-0 by Liverpool
2020 - conceded 8 goals in 90 mins vs Bayern
2021 - conceded 4 goals at home vs PSG. Whitewashed 5-2.
If getting whitewashed is your thing, call Busquets. An escort you can rely on to turn your midfield into a highway for opposition to do what they like. [/s]
This is the height of daftness. Yes it was Busquet conceding those goals not Barca.
You think I didn't know that when I posted. I deliberately put 2013 because of the 7-0 embarrassment Bayern handed to them in 2013 while Busquets was escorting all over the pitch and couldn't stop a single counterattack.
Even an escort may get carried to a trophy inspite of himself, as MSN did for him in 2015 but apart from that, his escorting and uselessness as a DM had been exposed all over Europe in this modern era from Roma to Liverpool to Bayern.. Busquets cannot man DM in UCL in this era without returning an embarrassing scoreline for Barcelona. Last season own was 8 goals conceded in just 90 minutes.
1) 2014/2015 Barca won the treble with Busquet Manning the midfield so that's a big fat L to you.
2) Your 2nd paragraph is blatantly dumb. Bayern dominated the entire Barca Midfield in 2013. Putting it on solely Busquet is even more stupid.
3)Yes MSN was playing in attack, defense, Midfield and also keeping in Goalpost too when barca won the treble. Bravo
Ibime: Busquets is a passenger at least since 2013.
That's not to say he wasn't slow in 2009, but all he faced then were slow Malouda and Lampard type players trying to join Drogba after Drogba knockdown long ball. That was the version of counterattack he faced back then.
In this day and age where teams set up for hyper-speed on counterattack, Mane, Son, Salah, Sane, Gnabry, Coman, Neymar, Mbappe type players will roast a passenger like Busquets and they have been roasting him steady since 2013 .
Just like how Busquet was roasted in 2014 when Barca won the Treble. What an embarrassing post.
popizaino: Now if we go for players for players,forget the hype and the money used to buy this new generation of players,they will not come close to those old players in quality. Just one pass from Fabregas to Walcott to van Persie will unsettle this man city joke of defense. Torres of liverpool will laugh before he will score this city defence. Omg! Who wan hold Lampard for this city midfield talk more of holding Drogba in the defense How will defense cope with the attack of Ronaldo,Rooney Tevez?
popizaino: I think ibi.me has said it all but let me try again by concentrating on the top four in epl alone.The quality of football has reduced and that has always been my saying and If pep Guardiola's barca,is easily taunted as the greatest club team ever,then think about the team that competed favourably with them in that period. You need more than Havertz to beat the fourth best team back then. Back then if epl teams doesn't knock themselves out it is team with special players who goes on to win to the world best players that knock out epl teams. We only bow to teams with ronaldo or messi's talent not Havertz. The present UCL final match will be likened to a quarter final,evidence is how harvetz was set free to beat the keeper. I mean imagine the hectares of space he had to decide the game? U don see that kind chance for finals before? Lose game ! Now if we go for players for players,forget the hype and the money used to buy this new generation of players,they will not come close to those old players in quality. Just one pass from Fabregas to Walcott to van Persie will unsettle this man city joke of defense. Torres of liverpool will laugh before he will score this city defence. Omg! Who wan hold Lampard for this city midfield talk more of holding Drogba in the defense How will defense cope with the attack of Ronaldo,Rooney Tevez? There was a period when you beat Chelsea or any epl top four team you automatically win the UCL,now look at this sequence with this exceptional players.
06 Ronaldinho's barca beat Chelsea and arsenal to win the UCL
07 Kaka's milan will have to beat man united and liverpool who have beaten Chelsea win the UCL .
08 Ronaldo man United beat Chelsea who have beaten liverpool to win the UCL
2009 messi Barcelona beat Manchester United and Chelsea to win the UCL.
2010 Diego milito,Schneider's will have to beat Chelsea to win the UCL.
I used UCL matches just so you know the kind of competition in the league .
We made no wrong decision in renewing Lenglet. He has been a very solid and reliable defender in the last 2 seasons, so renewing his contract was not bad. The main reason we even extended him and 3 other players contracts was to get them on a reduced salary but for a longer time period, to make up for the reduction in their salary.
Melvyn11: Man City 9 clean sheets in their last 11 league games. As expected we won't hear how Rodri is an escort until the next time City loses then the agenda will arise again.
Rodri has been, quietly, really good this season. Pinging balls all over, recoveries, press resistant, etc.. He's stepped his game up . He has been the best DM in the league this season.
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