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dmcdad:
SHOCKER!!! Athletico in front! Fernando Torres!

It's game over!

It's no shocker anymore! No be today nau

barackohandso:
Now this is a match he can afford to bench Messi and neymar for; it's common sense

Common sense indeed!

ddippset:
been away for a while;
THREE THINGS IVE LEARNT ALREADY IN 2014.
1.Not just footballers need to be tested for drugs, coaches need to be tested too. or how else can someone not be tempted to put assassins on a coach who decides to rest his key players in one of his most difficult away matches, after the players just had a good 2 week rest, after his major opponents just dropped 3 points? i cant believe we have already forgiven luis enrique for fvck1ng us the was he did on jan 4. that guy must be working undercover for real madrid.
2.Messi is really a humble guy and a good loser. he hasnt cried and has attended every ballon dor awards without whining. between 2009 and 2012, the whole ballon dor family were enemies to ronaldo because he cried and cried and cried and claimed the world hated him. now he's happy.
3.MSN is getting better.

Good points bro, welcome back!

parrotibaba:
we r not talking about winning a MOTM here ,everybody wins dat ,so cos Alex oxlade chamberlain won d MOTM against Stoke city ,he is now an arsenal legend baa? Am talking about his contributions to d club not in a match.

I cited that as an example what #contributions mean without scoring goals which you can apply to every other match. Again. I don't debate on a topic as this because the world knows who exactly the best is.

parrotibaba:
what r d contributions if not d goals n d trophies he wins 4 barca?

As much as I wouldn't want to be drawn in debate with you, I still think this can answer some of your questions. In the 5-0 thrashing of Madrid years back, Messi did not score a goal and yet decided the match.(MOTM) CR7 was in the team and was silent all night. #contributions!

honeric01:
Yet some people wanted Enrique's head for playing him at this position in some of the previous matches as if this wasn't where he started from. truth is that Messi can blossom anywhere in that front line, all the 3 enjoyed playing in their positions in that last game.

One thing is certain in life, if you take a risk and it works out well, people will praise you, but if it doesn't, people will ask questions. As long as the three get going and keep scoring, there would never be any issues about who plays where. Let's just hope and pray the spirit remains as it is. Then we call all smile at the end.

honeric01:
BTW, did anyone see Messi play beautifully well at the right wing while Suarez was allowed to stay in the middle?

I saw ut bro! He played like the Messi I used to know. If he continues in that trend, and Neymar Jnr. Doing his things from the other side, I doubt if any team can match up this time.

Baddestguyp:
but he won't score much from there while Mr ronaldo will be busy scoring all his goals as center forward at Madrid

Nobody cares any longer how much goals Ronaldo scores. What he does now, the whols world knows he's only trying to reach some marks set by the king. All we are after now is good results to bring back the good old days.

dmcdad:
As clear as daylight. Imagine that Rakitic own wey the yeye ref no blow. Mtchewwwww.

And if the match had lasted ten more minutes, Neymar would have been killed without the ref doing anything.

homesteady:
Neymar was crazzzzzyyy today! his dribbles were madddddd!!!!!

That boy called Neymar is a bad guy! Just showing the world a taste of what he's got in him. #pure talent.

All hail the king of footbal!!!

What's the issue with this Mandzukic self?

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homesteady:
I'm so enjoying this match!

We are winning bro!

Neymar why why why?

dmcdad:
Ancelotti (coach Real Madrid): "Casillas saying he wouldn't sign Messi for Madrid? Messi has a place in every team in the world."

#Respect Carlo

A coach I have always respected!

Messi is human, he ain't a saint! But we fans should know how much the media always tend to blow every little negative news about the club out of proportion. Hence, the need to be more careful and courteous in what we believe. It's always Barca against the world!

@ Honeric01 and Johnpaul I hail ooooo. I just dey read posy dey laugh ehn. Let's just hope our dear coach would find the best mix to win Athletico come sunday. Those guys don dey prove strong head too much these days ooo.

onuwaje:
I knw d second leg we go see people like
Munir(captain)
Sandro
Dongo
Hilalovic

Who wan bet??

Lol @captain Munir!

barackohandso:
Meanwhile

Toure is African Player of the Year

#class

Pure class! I still love him till tomorrow.

coded01:
Smh...


How u dey?

Baba I dey cool ooo. Supersport no gree show our match ooooo.

bykebyke:
as in eh.. the line up be as if say na Madrid we wan play

Na to just remove Roberto and put Iniesta, squad don complete ehn.

coded01:
Really? Against Elche?


Till Sunday my broda... --- Big Boyz handlers are waiting...

Bad guy!

dmcdad:
But how then are you sure the sickness was non-existent? Lucho's policy with injured players has always been that, even in off-days, you would be mandated to train alone at the Cuitat. And Messi did just that yesterday being Tuesday. He went to the Esportiva and trained there alone. Does that not prove to an extent that he wasn't really alright the previous day as he claimed?

My point? Don't run into some unnecessary
conclusions here. You don't know for sure if it really hampered him or not. So I'd rather you don't take a shot in the dark.

Thanks bro! And if almost everyone is not happy with the way the coach manages the team, who then says the players are exempted?

Johnpaul88:
I'll be really disappointed in Messi if all I hear of him about a possible revolt against Enrique all because he sat him down on the bench in a match we later lost, is afterall a truth. I'll say he's disobedient because he's got to respect the decisions of the boss. This night Ronaldo is going to sit on the bench against Atletico-yes Atletico- and all hell won't be let lose. It's not as if Messi was singled out and benched. Neymar and Alves all sat on the bench. I know he's special but a lot of people look up to him for good manners.

And how are you sure that Lucho with all his strong head and high mindedness is not the one causing the rift? It couldn't have just started on that night. I no trust that our oga at all. Every coach respects and treats his star player with care. If the club is to choose between The coach and her best player......

honeric01:
Maybe he's working on a better 11 for us that can't be easily predicted? i can't really say all his decisions have been right but blaming him for using something different to solve an old problem to me is not fair. i also do not like the fact that he has used 17 different 11 so far, not holding brief for him on that. only vocal about our last game.

Let's see it this way, if he had prosecuted the match with his strongest line up (which is yet to be known after over 25 matches) and lost, the questions would have been different. I don't have any issue resting any player as long as there is a reasonable reason for it. But starting Munir who has been under performing over Neymar in a game of such magnitude all in the name of finding solutions to an old problem is not acceptable. What if the players are injured? But they were not! Fans complain because of some poor decisions he has made so far which are not helping us. Can you imagine Mathiue playing as RB against RM? And yet,he had no justification for it. Coaches make mistakes and takes responsibility for them, but our oga never sees anything wrong in all his decisions. Fans have the right to shout bro.

honeric01:
Why should doing something new to solve an old problem be seen as a mistake?

Bro, I have been reading all the posts about Lucho and your support for him. You have your points and views too. But, please why has he used different 17 line ups in 17 games? Why has he never for once admitted he made a mistake? Why the so much trust in a certain Munir when he's not delivering? Why why and why?

honeric01:
And when he put all the big names in the second half, why didn't they do the magic they have been doing in 3 years or so on this same ground? reason I comment less on this thread is because of the excess sentimental comments from my fellow guys. what makes you think they would have won if they started just as they have been starting for 3 years now?

Because they didn't play as they used to in those years!

honeric01:
yup because I do think want to give room to sentiments.. we have been losing there with our best players, so no harm in trying something different.. it just didn't work.. alot never expected a win before so why the surprise? winning there would have been unusual. Btw, what should Alba get for scoring 2 own goals in 4 matches?

They dint play any special game today, hence, we could have won with our best legs!

honeric01:
Like we won with all our best legs there before.. Even when they were younger and fresher. count it as one of the formulas that didnt work out.

Bro! I have always been silent when debate comes up as regards Lucho, but common, he messed up tonight. So Munir is the player to tweak the team with? Benching all your good legs on a land where you hardly get results is the best way to get one? He gambled again bro, and he has to dance to the music himself.

The coach gambled with the line up, but it may eventually work out well. My fear is the early goal conceded. Messi and Neymar will eventually wreck the havoc if they can just maintain the game at a goal down.

Leo Messi's heroics now live on SS5.

Johnpaul88:
And to hear him say that the thought of leaving Barcelona right back position thin if he leaves doesn't concern him, is utterly irresponsible and a reckless statement to have said. He's apparently not bothered that Barcelona have been suspended in the transfer market. All he cares about is his welfare. I'm pushed to call him a gold digger but then he's still that foul mouthed Alves.

You don vex!