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eni4real:
Pique in the mud for letting in those goals!!

Ballon d'or GOAT warned him.. He didn't listen!!

Instead of “warning” ...
why didn’t Messi do his job of scoring!! ...
the Ballon D’Donkey was exposed and chopped 8 goals

eni4real:
Pique in the mud

Messi chopped 8 goals and did nothing. Scored ZERO

damosky12:
You haven't responded. Check out the ratio of Messi's goals and assists to Barca's over all goals. Man is involved in WELL OVER 50 percent of Barca's total goals. Virtually every move starts from him.

Messi is average when he plays for Argentina? Yet, he has 70 goals and 42 assists in 138 games How is this average?

By goals and assists (per number of games), Messi has contributed more to his national team than Ronaldo has. Do your findings...

Messi is Barca.

Messi has been vital to Argentina too. If not, Argentina would have been off the radar.

Why didn’t Messi score any of those goals for Argentina in the finals? He faced Chile twice and should have taken the opportunities.
CR7 has led Portugal to Euro glory
Messi has delivered excuses to Argentina: blaming their FA, the grass .... you name it

Maobichek:
I won't underestimate the ability of Messi but saying Barca is Messi is wrong in it entirety. The problem that Messi has is that he can't prove what you guys attributed to him. The two wonder player that distinguish Barca are Iniesta and Xavier. Iniesta played his first game in Barca in 2002 and Messi played his first game in 2004, Iniesta has been the reason why the absence of Dinho, Eto etc were not felt. the 5 champions league Barca has, Iniesta won 4. Barca has not been able to replace Iniesta, that is the problem in Barca, Coutinho can't play like Iniesta and he was loaned out though he is a good player. If Messi go to another team or remain in Barca, if there is no one to control the mildfiled like Iniesta did, he will remain average, thank you.

Iniesta & Xavi are the unsung heroes of Barca ....
They won UCL with/because of those two.
There are so many other contributors to that team.
I agree, saying that Barca is just one player is a stretch.

eni4real:
Don't worry. All unworthy players in the squad will be sacked!!
The Ballon d'or GOAT deserves better!!

Messi already wants to run away - he is ashamed of the 8 goals he chopped like beans!

jrusky:
Pls I hate reading that statement you msde. No offence ok but stop calling God to this.

Buhari must fire his spineless army chiefs, infact buhari must fire himself for bring a failure General. Pls stop calling God, Nigerian want Buhari and they got him.

Free God from our self made stupidity.

Very pragmatic & factually accurate post.

Technically back!

eni4real:
As a Defender??

The Ballon d'or GOAT has warned Barcelona before now!!

Blame him all you like, He is not a Defender that should be stopping goals!!

Messi scored ZERO goals, Bayern did not have to spend their energy defending. They even robbed the ball off Messi for their 7th goal and lazy messi was even too tired to track back ... maybe he was full after chopping 8 goals

slivertongue:
half alive? joe biden is worse

Joe B is 77 years old ... what is Mike Pence’s excuse at 61?

slivertongue:
trump 8yrs , pence 4yrs

Pence looks half dead

eni4real:
"Ballon d'or is the Nobel Prize of Footballers"

Messi chopped 8 goals against Bayern .... Ballon D Donkey

@ CuteMercury : What’s your status (visa or permanent resident) going to be when you land in Trump land. That will shape your strategy.

In these hard times ... bad timing.

Celebrities??

Messi 8-2 admit that he was part of the fork up!
Why is he only blaming others ... why he no score??

eni4real:
Did he get to the final by just cruising to the stage??

He worked hard for it!! That is why he has won the Golden ball in all types of international tournaments he has played for Argentina!!

But the team just couldn't win the Finals.. It is not his fault!! Higuain never deliver as a striker despite having a lot of easy chances in 3 finals!! average of 1-2 goals per tournament is poor for a Striker!!
That was a time when Mascherano and Zabaleta was even supportive!!

Right now, nobody to reckon with in the Midfield.. Messi has to drop deep most of the time!!

But critic like you still want him to score in all games?? No player in history has ever scored In all games, (well expect Jarzinho of Brazil)!

The Defence?? Iheanacho will break that Defence easily

Messi is alone in that team!!

Stop mentioning the 8:2, it is just a figure to me!! Barcelona deserves it, for not listening to Messi when he warned them of coming implosion as key players were not properly replaced!!

Of course Messi will win any award that is “decided by people”. Ask him to win win a game decided on a pitch in a final for Argentina he will start blaming the grass or chopping 8 goals from Bayern
Bro please put Panadol in your beer - you still 8-2 admit that Messi got CRUSHED!

ethicallyright:
Winning trophies is not the function of individual quality players but that of a quality team. The Brazilian team have the most quality players in football (imagine even having two world class goal keepers) but haven't reached the final of the world cup in almost 2 decades.

Like I mentioned Argentina neglecting raw talents like the Atalanta skipper and midfield professor, Gomez, Argentinian managers have in contemporary times gone for big names playing in elite clubs rather than players who are passionate, unpredictable, and fit their style of play. Lucas Martínez Quarta who plays for River Plate in Argentina is one of the best defenders in South America which has a rougher league than Europe . However, Otamendi who makes common defensive errors in Manchester City will always be chosen because he plays for Manchester City.

Sunday MBA scored the winning and sole goal that made Nigeria AFCON winners for the third time in 2013. MBA has no known successful European club exploit.

Gotze scored the sole goal that made the German machines Champions of the world for the fourth time in 2014 and he would not have been taken if the German manager scouted only for Germans making waves in Bundesliga and Europe.

Eder , a player whose only achievement in football would be scoring a winner to hand Portugal their first European Trophy , had the worst club performance stat in that Portuguese team .

Those coveted International trophies were not won by the so called quality in the teams mentioned above. They were won by players who fit into their national team system regardless of their club exploits.

Good grief - all this long write up just to explain why Messi lost in the finals of all Argentina games?
You were not complaining about the team when they were getting to the finals but all of a sudden when Messi forked up in the finals you started writing explanations even longer than Nigeria’s constitution
Fun fact, in 2016, Argentina beat Chile 2-1 in the group stages. You know what was different - Messi was on the bench for that game
Messi is a GOAT no doubt but in big games for country (and of recent for Barca) he crumbles like a cookie when he feels the heat

ethicallyright:
Atalanta's Gomez is the skipper and brain behind the Serie A side. I do not think he gets playing time in the Argentinian National Team. He's one of the best midfielders in the Italian top flight.

Argentina is STACKED with quality relative to other South American teams. There is no more excuses for Messi. He has to win the next Copa America. In addition, Argentina will be hosting!

Someone7:
Man Utd fans. What do you think of Lukaku?

To be honest, Lukaku only started scoring when the game was beyond reach for Shakhtar.
However, do your credit, I think he would have done something with all the opportunities United wasted against Sevilla.

eni4real:
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Argentina lacks quality Midfielders and Defenders.....

You want to win the Trophy?? Get good Defence

Yup, Messi is in that mix of poor quality given how many times he has screwed up for ARG in finals

Oh so now you are giving defense credit for winning championships yet when Barca wins you will be waving your skirt in the air shouting Messi

Confused Eni 4 real ... go and drink beer so that you can forget the 8-2 lashing that Messi received

Nice ... good job Inter.

And I can see Lautaro Martínez also scored & assisted ... yet still Messi’s official NL representative (Eni4Real) will be crying “Messi has no quality supporting players in Argentina “ SMDH
He still manufacturing excuses for the 8-2 that Messi chopped

EmmABE:
you have to recognise disaster when it's on it's way and differentiate it from progress... I will have to remind you klopp lost EFL final 3-0 to city, europa 4-3 to sevilla. Finish 7th, 4th, 4th before the run to the champions league final. He didn't win a single trophy for his first 3+1/2 years. Morinho team so depended on zlatan that he played him all through the group stage and believe me us beating celta vigo in the semis is luck. And it was just rashford's freekick in the 1st leg that won it for us. The following summer he sign lukaku and matic but we could not beat an arsenal team with 12 first team injuries in the match. Needed his darling fellani to do that. He wanted players that can play in a group for 2 years the sign another. Mancity bought silva 2010, kompany 2009, aguero 2011, fernandiho 2013

OK. You make a compelling argument. Cheers

EmmABE:
Some fans can be so stupid sha...
Rashford wasn't in the game: sub in who? james to run 100m relay or mata whose only contribution the time he had on the pitch was a poor cross straight to the GK
Ole waited till 85mins to make sub: fred was playing well and deserved to remain on the pick, his pressings were necessary to stop Banega from dominating the midfield, there wasn't a game changer on the bench which is ole's message to the board that more quality additions is needed
Ole is clueless, PE teacher: i remember our last europa league win in 2017 which i watched every minute of. Anderlecht home and away was a tough watch and united's win in the 2nd leg wasn't deserving. I had my heart in my mouth against celta in the semi finals and against ajax, we defended like a small team and had few burst forward which we were lucky to score with. Today's match and how united were able to confidently beat sevilla's press nd prevent them from dictating the proceedings of the match shows the contrast btw ole and morinho

Using today's game as the case point, one manager delivered a Europa trophy to you while the other gave you fancy possession/passing but no final result.

salisy:
Where are those folks hyping Sevilla, come back na. It is almost 15 min already.
Man Utd roasting Seville

Classic case of the hunter becoming the hunted ...

UbongCR7:
This ur comment do make i log in nairaland this night.
Espanyol was not interested in europa as they were fighting for relegation.
You sef
E just dey like to say Atletico Bilbao comot Norwich from cup competition.
E no follow

All UCL and Europa participants are also battling for positions in their leagues, it was not unique to Espanyol.

Abouwaza:
Modafvcking EPL teams ranting laliga is overrated
The last I checked no single EPL team knocked any laliga team out this season
UCL 2 Germany 2 France
UEL final Spain vs Ukraine /Italy
Where is England?

Congrats Abouwaza.
I am sorry for disrespecting your La Liga.
I am even more sorry that Man U represented/embarrassed the EPL this way.
Sincerely CFC fan ...

The man represents Man U
The babe Sevilla ...

EyezofGod120:
,,na everything man u take senior Chelsea

So called seniors that have disgraced themselves and the EPL with this shambolic performance!

Congrats to Sevilla!
Shame on Man Useless United - they have disgraced themselves and the EPL.

Man U are down a goal and it is the final minute of injury time and they are still dribbling inside Sevilla's 18

Saynotoapc:
Here we are. Please what the scoreline with?

Sevilla - 2
Man U - going home

Vickmanny22:
pls no body should blame ole, most of our players are just average, especially our attackers, most of our players are not in the first eleven of their various countries.

Why you no talk this one before the game?