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Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino believes that Lionel Messi's presence makes the difference for Barcelona in the Champions League.

The Argentine coach identified the Blaugrana as the front-runners to clinch the trophy, with his compatriot giving them the upper hand.

"There are no favourites if we see what happened in the quarter-finals, but personally I believe that the favourites are the team that have Lionel Messi and that's Barcelona," he told Goal.

"If Messi wasn't there each semi-finalist would have 25 percent chance.

"Messi is the best in the world and his motivation is to fight for the Champions League," said the Spurs boss.

"He has been the best for years and he will remain so until he wants.

"Of course we want to win it and we will be dissatisfied if we don't but, if we see the reality, I am more than satisfied."


Source: https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/Headline/Pochettino-If-Messi-wasnt-there-each-semi-finalist-would-have-25-chance/1337704

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mynd44

Really ?

Messi is the best but they better not overlook Liverpool. A tree cannot make a forest. Take out Messi, Liverpool is stronger in every other department and they will get more rest too. This fixture is unfair to Barcelona and Spurs, simple!

SexynSerious:
Messi is the best but they better not overlook Liverpool. A tree cannot make a forest. Take out Messi, Liverpool is stronger in every other department and they will get more rest too. This fixture is unfair to Barcelona and Spurs, simple!

.....Please say no to weed Only Mane is the attack force liverpool has You think Barca is a one man team?....Lol its true Barca always find Messi but they are more of a team than liverpool If they can starve Liverpool the Ball in the Midfield then liverpool is finished.....Saying that liverpool is better than Barca in other department is false Alba is Better than Robertson Tes tergen is better than Allison note that Barca have conceded less Goals in the UCL ....the Main Reason why people think liverpool are better than Barcelona is because of their previous games liverpool are on a hunt to win the league unlike Barca who have no strong rivals Most times every game has each own approach Barcelona didnt play well in old trafford but they starved united the Ball in the second half knowing fully well they are not good away if Barca get a good result against liverpool then its safe to say they are one step further to the finals...Of course Liverpool would try to score at Anfield but if Barca keep doing those their useless passes then mane and Salah would be chasing shadowws till 90 mins....

Corrosiveman:
.....Please say no to weed Only Mane is the attack force liverpool has You think Barca is a one man team?....Lol its true Barca always find Messi but they are more of a team than liverpool If they can starve Liverpool the Ball in the Midfield then liverpool is finished.....Saying that liverpool is better than Barca in other department is false Alba is Better than Robertson Tes tergen is better than Allison note that Barca have conceded less Goals in the UCL

spot on bro

Apart from Messi, we have other great players
Alba, Pique, Arthur, Stegen, Semedo etc..
see you on Wednesday.

SexynSerious:
Messi is the best but they better not overlook Liverpool. A tree cannot make a forest. Take out Messi, Liverpool is stronger in every other department and they will get more rest too. This fixture is unfair to Barcelona and Spurs, simple!

Alba, Semedo, Stegen, And all of our midfielders are better than anyone playing their wing in Liverpool

VVD is better than either Pique or Lenglet
Mane is better than the ageing Suarez
Firmino is better than Dembele
Naby Keita is better than Arthur
Henderson is better than Rakitic
TAA is better than either Semedo or Jordi Alba

Do you want me to continue?

And by the way, Ter Stergen vs Allison is a toss up

Corrosiveman:
.....Please say no to weed Only Mane is the attack force liverpool has You think Barca is a one man team?....Lol its true Barca always find Messi but they are more of a team than liverpool If they can starve Liverpool the Ball in the Midfield then liverpool is finished.....Saying that liverpool is better than Barca in other department is false Alba is Better than Robertson Tes tergen is better than Allison note that Barca have conceded less Goals in the UCL

Trust me, Liverpool will win the series if they could get a goal at Nou camp. The only way Barca wins this series if they can beat Liverpool by 2 unreplied goals or more, because Liverpool will score at Anfield. Count on it!

So barca better not concede any goals on Wednesday or else I would see this game being decided on away goal(s).

adeniyi3971:
Alba, Semedo, Stegen, And all of our midfielders are better than anyone playing their wing in Liverpool

This Liverpool team is much stronger than the team that lost to Real Madrid. And remember that it took Salah's injury for RM to win that game.

adeniyi3971:
Apart from Messi, we have other great players

Alba, Pique, Arthur, Stegen, Semedo etc..

see you on Wednesday.

SexynSerious:
VVD is better than both either Pique or Lenglet
Mane is better than the ageing Suarez
Firmino is better than Dembele
Naby Keita is better than Arthur
Henderson is better than Rakitic
TAA is better than Jordi Alba

Do you want me to continue?

And by the way, Ter Stergen vs Allison is a toss up

....Please stick to Cricket all those players you mentioned are not better in Any way saying Henderson is better than Arthur is an insult to football VVD have been good this season but there is nothing special which he does that Pique cannot do didnt you see when Rashford tried to Outrun Pique but he couldnt Chill im go soon clear for your eye Pique can dribble and score he can play as a CF most times No liverpool Midfielder is Better than Rakitic in any aspect Mane only edges coutinho in pace but every other qualities is a NO No Lie i told you Liverpool would be chasing Shadows in Camp now Una say una dey play Gen Gen press abi? The only way liverpool have an advantage is Because almost all Barca key players are getting Old

lalasticlala

Dominique

total respect to pochettino

SexynSerious:
Trust me, Liverpool will win the series if they could get a goal at Nou camp. The only way Barca wins this series if they can beat Liverpool by 2 unreplied goals or more, because Liverpool will score at Anfield. Count on it!

So barca better not concede any goals on Wednesday or else I would see this game being decided on away goal(s).

ok . let wait and see.

SexynSerious:
VVD is better than either Pique or Lenglet
Mane is better than the ageing Suarez
Firmino is better than Dembele
Naby Keita is better than Arthur
Henderson is better than Rakitic
TAA is better than either Semedo or Jordi Alba

Do you want me to continue?

And by the way, Ter Stergen vs Allison is a toss up

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Are you talking about the Liverpool version of Coutinho or the current version? On current form, Mane is head and shoulders ahead of Coutinho. Short and simple.

Corrosiveman:
....Please stick to Cricket all those players you mentioned are not better in Any way saying Henderson is better than Arthur is an insult to football VVD have been good this season but there is nothing special which he does that Pique cannot do didnt you see when Rashford tried to Outrun Pique but he couldnt Chill im go soon clear for your eye Pique can dribble and score he can play as a CF most times No liverpool Midfielder is Better than Rakitic in any aspect Mane only edges coutinho in pace but every other qualities is a NO No Lie i told you Liverpool would be chasing Shadows in Camp now Una say una dey play Gen Gen press abi? The only way liverpool have an advantage is Because almost all Barca key players are getting Old

hehehehehe las las barca go beat dem home and away