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Barcelona line-up (official): TerStegen - Alves Pique Vermaelen Mathieu - Rakitic Mascherano SergiRoberto - Messi Suarez Neymar #fcblive


Bench Barcelona: Masip, Vidal, Bartra, Adriano, Busquets, Iniesta, Munir #fcblive

bykebyke:
Desperado lomo.

Desperation is defined as a process of having the world most expensive players in one's squad and still trying to sign a player once tagged a you tube player destined for monumental failure.

dmcdad:
You sef get time oooooo. Hmmmmm.

I don rest my case.

SIRcumalot:
I already mentioned what made me respond.
Xavi is deserving of every acclaim you give him and am not making an argument for who is better really anyone of xavi,Pirlo,scholes are within touching distance of the throne. who you crown depends on who you like am on your turf and una say Xavi no problem but don't say Lampard isn't worthy of the throne, he is.
@sebod

Ok bro.

SIRcumalot:
I watched both of them too ,and probably should've looked away but you said "the likes of lampard" that na injustice.
his on par with the greatest of his generation and am not even a Chelsea fan.

Lampard scored goals and assisted a lot, but Xavi is everything Lampy is not.
There is an endless list of such greats as lampard, Scoles, Kean, Rijkaard, Seedorf, Gerard, Pirlo, Lothar e.t.c. I still believe Xavi stands out as an architect of a dominating Spanish team that won the world cup and the European cup back to back, the architect of the all conquering Barcelona team that dominated the world for years. His intelligence in organising, coordinating, dictating play with maximum reliability of ball control and ability to find and exploit spaces is second to none. He's such a maestro of the game.

coded01:
My guy it's unfortunate when Lampard is mentioned in the same sentence as midfield generals like Xavi...like I initially pointed out Lampard is not even Scholes's mate in anyway... I totally agree with you that he is a very good player... That's it! >(

Lampard- the greatest midfielder Chelsea ever produced...

Pirlo - the greatest midfielder Italy has ever produced...

Scholes - the greatest midfielder England has ever produced...

Xavi - the greatest midfielder of all time...

I agree with you 100%.

SIRcumalot:
I should probably have led with this out of those guys you listed Xavi and lampard are the only ones to have ever been ballon d'or finalist.
@sebod

Bro, no one would ever berate the heroics of Lampard. He's a great player really. But, you can't still compare him to Xavi, the brain box of all conquering Barca and spain. I don't know how much you followed him and watched him play. But, I must tell you that I saw both played at their peak and Xavi is second to none in his position.

coded01:
Who else doesn't know his best is Lampard?

Even baba scholes dey bow for the "Maestro Xavi"...

When it comes to midfield generals, I will pick baba Scoles anytime any day over Lampard. Lampard is a very good player though.

raumdeuter:
Chelsea fan logic

Which trophy did Alba win that Carlos didnt?

Too many error and faulty logic

Put your thought together and bring a logical argument

Even if Alba has won the world cup, no sane person, not even the Barca fans would tell you Alba is greater than Carlos let alone greatest LB of all time.

coded01:
Interesting! U wan start another baseless debate...


Lampard is not Xavi's mate when it comes to Mastering the Midfield...

I thought someone would mention Scholes, Pirlo and co. There can be a debate because they are also generals of the midfield. But when you start bringing the likes of Lampard(a very good player & legend of his club) to the same sentence with Xavi I can see the reason he couldn't answer me himself.

bigkesh:
Pedro >Robben??
Pique >Stam??
Alba > Carlos??
Iniesta>Maradona

Now I know why you could not answer my question sir.
You will never see any barca fan here or anywhere in the world talk about what you typed. I mean nobody!

dmcdad:
As in ehn... Even at his peak he was not taking his deserved glory, but rather attributed it to an unknown and unproven genius.

#hallmarkofhumility

dmcdad:
Baba Dinho... I still struggle to see any footballer as selfless and as humble as you.

#Respect.

Talk of a legend!

bigkesh:
Greatest CM of all time?? Continue

I believe you intentionally ignored the word 'my' in the sentence. You are free to also tell us yours as we are always open to different opinions.

BarcaBlood:
Happy birthday legend xavi. The greatest midfielder of this century



Here's a throwback pix of him admiring the ucl trophy; a trophy he'll later come to win 4 times

#respect

My all round best player(both football wise and character) of all time in the world!

"If football was a science, Xavi would have discovered the formula. With a ball at his feet, no one else has ever communicated so intelligently with every player on the pitch.”
Jorge Valdano

People ask me every year who [I'd] take out of the Barcelona team to give us a better chance of winning and every year I tell them the same: Xavi. His control and use of the ball make him their best player.” Iker Casillas

Xavi is eternal. Even when he is not at his very best level physically, he plays a kind of football that gives oxygen to a team, play, speed. It makes me sad to think that I won’t be able to watch Xavi [in Europe] for more time. He’ll always have that level. He is football. He is one of those players that has made Barcelona what it is today.” thiago Alcantara

He is the best Spanish player of all time and the finest midfielder of his type I have seen. Growing up, the midfield orchestrators were Lothar Matthaus and Frank Rijkaard. More recently, we have marvelled at Juventus’s Andrea Pirlo, who will be trying to ruin Xavi’s send-off on Saturday night. We don’t make players of that type in Britain. Xavi, however, is on another level." Jamie Charragher.

Happy birthday to a living legend, a milli-metric passer, my greatest CM of all time.
Sebod!

nonsoroyalty:
lol i stopped doing that when i found out those guys still keep grudges over some trollings that happened 50 yrs ago


well am back on this thread but things are going too sweet for me to post here

Na so we see am ooooo. Our dear team keeps spoiling us with brilliant performance here and there. The team's poor performance by our standard is the best others are even craving for. Nobody dey even analyse play again.
Talk about the best club in the world!

nonsoroyalty:
i miss krasid and his childish comparisions

The same way we miss you and your wahala with Chelsea fans you don even carry your tent go pitch for Chelsea thread

calculator123:
u seem to forget the father who i believe like money die.

He would have joined Madrid instead of Barca if money was the driving factor considering how much Madrid tabled before him.

calculator123:
barca the surest club at thr moment....neymar going to mamu or RM which of which?

Neymar is going nowhere. You don't have to believe every speculation. Even Messi has been linked to many clubs all these while.

calculator123:
i hope and pray.by the way,wherr is suarez

Their headache!

dmcdad:
As much as some of their players mess up, especially Walcott. But na Ozil own pain me pass. The guy just dey play wrong passes like say him dey drink water.

Them play the first half without intent. E just be say na Chelsea them play, else e for be total extinction.

I believe they will step up come February with all their best legs bringing their A game because I can't afford to watch a one sided affair.

calculator123:
our next game against ATM will be tough knowing fully well their defence has been super impressive.21 games and conceded 8 that just brilliant.hope MSN comes to the party.

Trust the big guys to always show up when it matters. Neymar is their tormentor while Messi is their nightmare.

dmcdad:
Really? Maybe my eyes deceived me then. But, are you sure Hazard ain't giving him some of those invisible pills he has been taking?

dmcdad:
I heard Zidane didn't feature Ronaldo in that game. Why would he leave him out in such crucial game especially as they needed a vital goal?

Really? But I saw a guy in jersey no.7 either falling down in the box, running endlessly or taking a shot at sight from any range.

dmcdad:


Or as sebod said, ANNIHILATION

I just dey pity them as I dey watch the acclaimed best players in their individual positions.

homesteady:
Atletico Madrid have only conceeded 8 goals this season? and we scored 2 of the goals oh.

Then during that their stupid award, they would give Ramos best defender again! Rubbish.

Let them continue as that's the only consolation they have since they are incapable of winning trophies.

femiti:
....wil b interestn to c aw d 2nd half plays out. I go too sleep well if madrid drop points tonyt

You now have your sleeping pill. Enjoy your sleep.

philfearon:
This was a very tough week in Laliga..
Every other team in the top 4 drew except us. Not to mention the fact that similar fate would have befallen us......... And then there was Messi!
Up Barca jare!

That's what you get when you have the G.O.A.T in your team.

jstbeinhonest:
Its over 1 1 ,hahahaha.....the match was soooo long.Madrid's goal was offside sef.

As in ehn, one would think I was a Betis fan.

barackohandso:
If they can get a draw it'll be like a cup win for them

Yes! They got the deserved draw.

Barca- Madrid =4-0
Barca- Betis = 4-0
Madrid-Betis.= 1-1

Real Madrid = Betis.

femiti:
...aw long cn dy hold off madrid?...time will tell

They have done it in the 1st half, and if they continue the way they played in the 1st half, the best Madrid can get is draw. Not as if Madrid are playing anything special either.