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philfearon:
Not Coutinho, not Arthur, nor Vidal is going to dislodge Rakitic from his position!!!

Rakitic is a word class midfielder any day any time, but to me, he seems to be the weakness in Barca's midfield over the years. Right, he is doing his job as a midfielder and will fit into any team in the world, especially the counter attacking and direct styled teams, but I don't believe he is creative enough for a team like Barca, Rakitic of Croatia and Rakitic of Barca are world apart simply because Croatia's style of play suits him like a glove.

modextus:
It was his pass that led to Messi's third goal. The guys passing game is superb! Reminds me a lot about Xavi.

The guy is really good, I like him a lot. If given enough game time, he might dislodge Rakitic from his position.

We are an attacking side that plays a lot with the ball,so the greatest tactic the opponents utilize often is counter attacks because there is a lot of space to operate. However, I think the guy is right to some extent although he exaggerated the condition, our defenders can be flexible atimes , you will see them conceding soft goals that maybe, my grandfather would have defended but the fact is that,our defensive department has improved immensely since the arrival of Enersto Valverde.

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http://www.squawka.com/en/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-champions-league-kick-off-times/1059344


Playing champion league football in the afternoon looks "unchampions league"

Lionel Messi is the first player in Champions League history to score 8 hat-tricks in the competition.

� | 25 - Lionel Messi has scored 25 goals from direct free-kicks for Barça in the last five years (all competitions), at least 10 more than any other player in the top 5 European leagues. Master. [ @OptaJavier ]

And Messi's passing ability is freaking underated probably because of his goal scoring prowess.

Messi and free kick this days sha...


Whenever we get that usual free kick, you just know something is gonna happen...


His free kicks has bailed us out a lot.

tesppidd:
Coutinho and Busquets rested for PSV.

Good thinking!

Nonsense thinking!!!

You keep supporting all the mediocre decisions this stupid coach is making every now and then. You wanna rotate no problem, but starting both Rafinha and Roberto in the midfield was a disaster, now we payed it with every drop of our blood. Whatever happens to Arthur and Vidal, why do we buy them This coach still has the mentality of a Bilbao coach.

TalabiAudu:
Foolish minions don go hide.

Are u not mad like that

Ibime:
Alhamdulillah, a son is born onto me. Please join me in celebration.

Congratulations Oga Ibime, I pray he achieve a lot in life and dine with Kings and Queens of this world.

Champion league is undisputably the best club competition in the world , anybody who says otherwise is a slowpoke.


Having said that, It will be stupid to downgrade League and cup matches just because you wanna a prove a point. It was easy as you make it look, why did Real Madrid won it only twice in the past nine years, the so call best club in the world. Or better still, why did Madrid claimed 3rd in the league last season , 13 points behind the league leaders even below Atletico Madrid, please try to bring along your commonsense whenever you want to login to Nairaland.

Imagine comparing Ozil and De bruyne to Messi in term of passing. Kai, some people need continuous spanking on their head till sense enters there, even if takes a year.....I don't blame una, no be Clasico and Champions league matches u dey watch

tesppidd:
This potato head is still in cyberspace!!

Yesterday it was Neymar versus Messi.
Today it is De Bryune versus Messi.


A wicked footballing community, defined by Messi's standards.


Within the same season,

1.When they talk about goals;
They compare Ronaldo to Messi.

2.When they talk about assists and chances created;
They compare De Bryune to Messi.

3.When they run off to dribbles;
They compare Neymar to Messi.

4.When they go to passes;
They compare Modric to Messi.

Only Messi


Trophies won by the team have accounted for a lot of individual awards.

But,

Only a fool of biblical proportions would argue with the fact that Messi has been the best footballer in the world since 2009.

Somebody said on twitter "Sometimes I wish Messi had some real competition. You know, somebody that can dribble like him, pass like him, score like him. It would be real interesting to see a rivalry."

Chellini on Messi "Cristiano Ronaldo is a player you mark by trying to prevent him from coming inside on his right foot, and for Messi, well, you just make the sign of the cross and pray."

Neymar1095:
De Bruyne does that in his sleep........Sit down.

Never ever ever in your life put Messi and De bruyne in the same sentence again...We are not talking about Albinos here. There is no active player that can match Messi when it comes to Laying down defence splitting passes, in this area, Messi is better than De bruyne even if he is blind folded.


Oya goan masturbate on this Messi's pass.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Fentuo/status/1036604267916865536/video/1

Don't mind Jare....

Stats don't lie...

* Man of the match Awards last season

Ronaldo- 4 in 13 matches(30%)


Messi- 6 in 8 matches (70%)

But but Messi was the local champion last season.


Fact is, Ronaldo stopped being influential since the second leg Quarters (Safe for his dying minutes penalty) But the difference was that Benzema and Bale bailed the team out in the subsequent matches. Alas, this has been Messi's Achilles hill since his breakthrough, whenever he was contained or has a bad game, his team fails in consequence. No player in the world can be 100% fit throughout the season, they are footballers not machine. Messi's deputy in barca's attack in the name of Suarez had only one goal last season, this in itself is self explanatory, need I say more? Re-watch his matches against Chelsea last season in case you have generated a temporary amnesia.

philfearon:
You don't know what you are talking about bro.

No, you are the one that did not catch the drift. Though, it is confusing but that's the reality...look at the goals he scored with his right versus Sevilla in the Super copa final and against Chelsea last season and most recently, the one he scored with his left against Huesca.. The more you see, the less you know.



Ousmane Dembélé's shooting in the league and Champions League since 2015/16:

Left foot • 71 shots

Right foot• 78 shots

Left foot• 10 goals

Right foot• 16 goals

Left foot 14.1% conv.

Right foot• 16.8% conv. He knows his feet.

{Squwka}

Don't mind them jare

How come nobody is talking about Messi's mad assist to Rakitic yesterday or Coutinho's pass for Messi's second goal.

They are both thigh breaking passes mehnnn

Like many fans have said, Messi is the victim of his own success, he has raised the bar so high that any thing short of his previous standard is looked with mediocrity.


He literarily murdered all stats available last year, Goals, Assists, Key passes, through passes, Chances creted MOTM,he was the best forward and best midfielder at the same time, even Squawka was shocked he wasn't nominated. Individually, he was by far the best player in the world last season, but we already know the criteria of getting FIFA awards this days - Your team winning the champions and you being the most influential player in that team- So we are not crying wolve, we are no wailing wailers.


But he should probably be there ahead of Salah, particularly when Grizemann wasn't there, that makes the award looked like a Sham or a Ponzi scheme.

philfearon:
Did you watch Pedro Rodriguez play as a Barca player?

Bro, Dembele is the real definition of ambidexterity, Pedro is a right footer that trained so well to use his weaker effectively just like Ronaldo. But when we are talking about using both feet effectively almost the way then, Dembele and Cazorla stand in equal length, this guys can play a penalty kick with their right foot today and use their left foot to play it in the following match....

Dembele doesn't even know his stronger foot check his goal stats, it stand at around 30 goals where he has scored 15 with right foot and 15 with left, same with his assist rate, the guy na mad guy Wallahi


So I think the guy is right.

Excallibur:
ray hudson...d guy once said giving ronaldo that much space is like giving dracula the keys to the blood bank..d guy na mad comentator

No, that is not Ray Hudson....I know that one wella.

Sarpyro1:
Guys get ready!

Which school is this in particular??

Please suggest interesting American series for me, I'm trying to fall in love with them...Most especially, Action thrillers and adventure series

Good morning everyone.

Please where else can I can download Game of thrones full episodes and other TV series apart from 02tv series, I don't like the way they split movies into two. Thanks

Awesome01:
And imagine the number of goal attempts we had in this match. How I wish we could play with this same chemistry in every match.

Yea bro, Let's wait and see

Nice win today.

Our Tika-Tika brand of football is getting sharper compare to last season.


It is like Malcolm was bought to improve Dembele's performance. In short, players need intense competition to thrive.


Valverde should find ways to introduce King Arthur and Malcolm into the team.


Alba is a rare gem, he always cause trouble whenever he ventures forward.

Please what is the name of this commentator,I always like his commentary.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpiAtRftk6Q

Isomerizm:
I'm not scared of any team. Far from it. I've been watching our games since '06, so I'm used to seeing Barça dominating.

But the past season has issued a different tale in all objectivity. Remember how we thrashed Girona 6-1 last season, and everyone was optimistic about being back in form again. Remember how we dominated LA Liga and Copa Del Rey last season too. But do you remember what happened in the UCL?

That's the question I'm asking. Will this performance be replicated or even improved against more experienced teams across Europe? And it's a far cry from being scared.

It was a very rare mistake from barca you know....Valvarde is a mediocre coach for me, Teams don't do comebacks against barca but we do it against others.

It is stupid to even think we won't top the group.... Under any circumstance. Barcelona motto of "Mes que un Club" stands for larger things than you think.....If you think we won't top the group you have no business being a barca fan, How can you be a barca fan and have a mentality of clubs like Sevilla or Bilbao....Inferiority complex at its peak.

Happy married life Airmark.

Olamyyde:
Paco should leave if he wants to revive his career. Poachers don't thrive at barca. I hope rafinha doesn't leave, he was the best player in the preseason.

Denis should be loaned or sold...he has the talent but i don't think he is consistent enough to make it here.

Roberto should be nothing more than a rotational option at rb...we have way better midfielders.

Nice one, I agree with all these