₦airaland Forum

dmcdad:
How did he fail to impress? Although I didnt see the match, but every review that I have set my eyes on praised his performance. In general the team didnt do well, but not to blame it on him. Kaptoum happened to steal the day somewhat.

I didn't watch the match either..... but some reports said na average performance

bykebyke:
Samper created most chances (4) and had most interceptions (6) for Barça last night.


The dude sh!ts on Gumbau.

everybody knw say samper shi.ts on gumbau


na one report say "as d only experience midfielder.... he shd av stamp more authority in d midfield"

And you said he didnt impress yet again... Like he never impressed before? The best thing to come outta La Masia since the emergence of the Alcantara's brothers is Samper. That guy is a gem.

Plus he didnt play his usual DM role. He played CM role alongside Kaptoum.

pelvicky:
I didn't watch the match either..... but some reports said na average performance

Bro, na so you wan dey follow reports? You forget say everybody with their own views. Na him say make the attackers no make use of their chances? Him and Kaptoum played well. Munir and Sandro just dey front dey lobby ni.

pelvicky:
everybody knw say samper shi.ts on gumbau


na one report say "as d only experience midfielder.... he shd av stamp more authority in d midfield"

MASCHERANO PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION 18:09 Getty Images The Barcelona star testified to covering up several payments when he appeared in court on Thursday Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has pleaded guilty to tax evasion after appearing at a Spanish court on Thursday. The Argentina star was accused of failing to alert Spanish authorities to earnings totalling more than €1.5million, reports said. Mascherano is alleged to have used companies he owns in Portugal and the United States to cover up two payments for image rights in 2011 and 2012. A spokesman for Mascherano told Argentine news agency Telam: "The defendant acknowledged the facts and his responsibility for tax evasion." Claims in the Spanish press said that Mascherano has already paid €1.5m to the tax office with a further €200,000 in interest, and it is thought that by pleading guilty he will avoid a prison sentence. The 31-year-old has been the subject of controversy lately, after he was banned for two games for insulting the referee in Barcelona's 3-1 victory over Eibar last Sunday.

Happy birthday Matthieu

sebod:
You can't be sure he was a fan then!

Lol..

BarcaBlood u dey try jare, one can of orijin for you!


Una welldone oh I dey greet una


Meanwhile no weapon fashioned against us shall prosper. They know themselves, real Madrid and co

13 years since Andrés
Iniesta's debut in Bruges

The current FC Barcelona captain wore the first team
jersey for the first time in a Champions League
match in Belgium way back in 2002. He's worn it
another 557 times since and counting...




Recovering from injury
Iniesta celebrated his 13th anniversary as a first
team player by joining the squad for Thursday’s
training session following their 0-0 draw in
Villanovense. He suffered a hamstring injury in the
Champions League game with Bayer Leverkusen, but
is back playing football again and should be declared
fully fit very shortly.


It was Tuesday 29 October 2002, thirteen years ago
today, that Andrés Iniesta made his first team debut
for FC Barcelona in a Champions League match
against Bruges. And the rest, as they say, is history.
The 18-year-old would go on to be one of the
artifices of the greatest Barça team ever assembled,
as well as being one of the finest players ever to
wear the Spanish national jersey. First team captain
following the retirement of his long-term colleague
in midfield, Xavi Hernandez, it was Iniesta who
lifted the last of many trophies that he was won over
the years – the European Super Cup in Tbilisi.


Andrés Iniesta has scored 59 goals in 558 games for
Barcelona in that time, putting him behind only Xavi
(767) and Puyol (593) in the all-time ranking for
appearances. He has played a huge role in the many
successes that the club has enjoyed in recent years,
perhaps the most outstanding memory of all being
his last second goal at Stamford Bridge that ensured
passage to the 2009 Champions League Final.

Carles Naval: 'Van Gaal just told him to get
out there and play!'

Iniesta hails from the village of Fuentealbilla in
Castile la Mancha, but at the age of just 12 he left his
family to become a resident of La Masia at FC
Barcelona. He rose up through the youth ranks and
on 5 February 2001 was invited for the first time, by
then manager Serra Ferrer, to join a first team
training session. A year later, with Louis Van Gaal on
the bench, his big chance finally arrived. As he
remembered in an interview published several years
later in Barça Magazine, “I felt very comfortable that
day. A lot of B players went on that trip because the
team had already qualified for the next round. It was
a dream come true to make my first team debut and
I thank Van Gaal. I had been training with them for
most of the season, and I think I did pretty well in
that game”.


He was named in the starting line-up and was an
immediate hit as he helped Barça to a win in Belgium
thanks to a goal from Riquelme. “He wore the
number 34 and the boss just told him to get out on
the pitch and play’ remembers FCB delegate Carles
Naval. And Iniesta did what he was told and came
very close to marking his debut with a goal from a
fine strike that hit the Bruges crossbar.


Iniesta was not the only youngster on the field that
day. Van Gaal also handed a debut to Tortolero, while
also opting to field Sergio Garcia and David
Sánchez. And the team also included a number of
fellow ex-residents of La Masia, namely Puyol, Gabri,
Fernando Navarro and the current manager of
Barça B Gerard López, who recalls how “there were a
lot of homebred players that day and that was good
for him. And we won the game, which was important
too.”

mcdreeezy:
BarcaBlood u dey try jare, one can of orijin for you!


Una welldone oh I dey greet una


Meanwhile no weapon fashioned against us shall prosper. They know themselves, real Madrid and co

Thanks boss

Add suya for me so the thing will continue 2 dey flow

BarcaBlood:
Thanks boss

Add suya for me so the thing will continue 2 dey flow

Lol anyhow u want am bro. You deserve am wella...


Good morning.

Lord Douglas will be out for 2 months.

Austeenx:
Lord Douglas will be out for 2 months.

The way Barca doctors will be viewing this fella eehh!!
Nigga doesn't even play,and yet always getting injury..
Barca board will be hoping his contract expires already..

Austeenx:
Lord Douglas will be out for 2 months.

Out of what? Was he ever in before?

Austeenx:
Lord Douglas will be out for 2 months.

Ahn ahn...only one match weh this guy play?

madrid fans are lucky douglas will miss the clasico

barackohandso:
Out of what? Was he ever in before?

Imagine, with our present situation with injuries, person dey go out for two months, we no even send am. I almost wept when Roberto was out just for two weeks.

Cesc (Chelsea): "My ultimate XI? Courtois - Azpilicueta Marquinhos Pique Alaba - Pogba Fabregas Verratti - Messi Suarez Hazard." [motdm]

nathaniel007:
madrid fans are lucky douglas will miss the clasico

Yes o...I was looking forward to him putting Cr7 in his pocket

bykebyke:
Yes o...I was looking forward to him putting Cr7 in his pocket

douglas the next CAFU

Pele don dey use style blast neymar.2 years ago he said neymar was the best in the world now this...
.
.
,.

.
The footballing icon believes
Brazil have had many players
much better than the Barcelona
forward and suggested he is
one-dimensional
Pele does not consider Neymar to
be a truly great player, as he feels
his compatriot cannot defend or
score with his head.
The Barcelona player is the star
of the Brazil national team and is
said to have the potential to be
one of the world's best.
However, Pele, who won the
World Cup three times with
Brazil, acknowledged Neymar is
the best in the current Selecao
team, but believes the country
has had many players who are
far superior.
"Neymar is a good player, but
how many goals has he scored
with his head in his life?" Pele
pondered in an interview with
Placar .
"He is an excellent player, but
Vasconcelos, my team-mate at
Santos, was 10 times better than
Neymar, without any doubt.
"Neymar is an attacker, he plays
up front, that is it. He does not
track back, does not organise
and does not come out to play.
"It's difficult to compare him
with so many players of the past
when he has such weaknesses.
Although, within the current
Brazil team, he is the main figure,
the only one."
Pele also offered his opinion on
Neymar's Barca team-mate Lionel
Messi, who he considers to be
the best in the modern era, but
also pointed out some
weaknesses.
"Messi, as I have always said over
the last 10 years, is one of the
players I consider superior," Pele
said.
"But he doesn't use his head. He
predominantly uses his left foot
and is not ambidextrous. Today
he is the best.
"Messi has the same style as
Maradona, the same kind of
game. He is lucky because there
is no one to compare him

^^All I see is someone getting scared that Neymar is going to break his goal record for Brazil very soon.


"Neymar is a good player, but
how many goals has he scored
with his head in his life?".....Imagine,na talk be this?.

How many Brazilians forwards are really known to be good with their head

No one takes Pele serious in football discussion

Pele's comments should always be taken with a pinch of salt. He famously said Nigeria would reach the semi final of 2002 world cup.

No mind am. I am not surprised at all. Afterall, na so hi dey talk about Messi too. Today na Penaldo, tomorrow na Messi. Confused chap.

bykebyke:
^^All I see is someone getting scared that Neymar is going to break his goal record for Brazil very soon.


"Neymar is a good player, but
how many goals has he scored
with his head in his life?".....Imagine,na talk be this?.

Throwback …

BarcaBlood:
Throwback …

That's a 'Coat' right there.

sebod:
Cesc (Chelsea): "My ultimate XI? Courtois - Azpilicueta Marquinhos Pique Alaba - Pogba Fabregas Verratti - Messi Suarez Hazard." [motdm]

No Neymar?


Are you being sacarstic?

coded01:
No Neymar?


Are you being sacarstic?

Bros eee, I guess you didn't see that it's Fabregas' team and not my team.

Hope the boys turn up. Cos my fear are our away matches.

marqueetim:
Hope the boys turn up. Cos my fear are our away matches.

keep calm and let's ride toward victory

marqueetim:
Hope the boys turn up. Cos my fear are our away matches.

Oga patapata...fear not jare, make una just maintain that second position. Na Madrid get the league this season