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The combination of the pass having perfect weight and angle, plus timed to perfection to align with Iniesta's run makes it defence splitting. Plus his dummy on Carvalho who had come out to close him down helped to create that space. At this point you are just coming across as being a bit silly...

Messi is as good a passer as Maradona, no question on that. I can think of 3 defence splitting assists in his most recent games - Tonights supercup assist for Cesc, the assist for Iniesta in the Supercopa and a frankly amazing pass to Aguero (think that was in the Copa America - EDIT Actually it...

It would be a mistake to bring Neymar to Barcelona. He has too big of an ego, one of the many reasons for our success is the dressing room atmosphere - and I can only see Neymar being an issue, in the same way Ibra became. He doesn't have the work rate to play on our flanks and he isn't going to...

I know this is a bit off-topic but you don't think Suarez is world class? I know there is no hard definition for that particular phrase but Suarez is a brilliant player. Work rate, movement, technique, touch skill, pace. Liverpool got a bargain in my opinion. He's scored regularly at every level...

So does anyone have decent enough knowledge to explain Madrids finances to me? Because given the incredible amount of money they have spent over the past few years I am baffled that they are not in significant financial straits.... Yes I know they have the highest turnover in world football, but...

Are you actually El Magico Messi??

Chess isn't a perfect fit for football - in your example the Chess player would be the football coach and the players the pawns. So yes coaches will recognise tactics that have been played before and can formulate plans against those formations based on experience, practice and study. However...

I think you've missed his point. He's not saying that Messi hasn't practised (Like Maradona he grew up with a ball practically glued to his foot) but some people are naturally gifted even before they've started practising. I am not naturally gifted, I had to work hard just to manage keepy...

Gary Caldwell? He's no Dean Windass, but heck who is.

No....just no. Maybe Messi doesn't go in for stepovers or fancy flicks, but if you notice you have to slow down to perform these. Perhaps there is this idea that Ronaldinho supplied more 'fantasy' like his goal against Chelsea, the incredible overhead kick against Villareal and his habit of...

Barcelona would be insane to let Thiago go. Insane. Even if as a make-weight for Cesc. He's shaping up to be a great player, he just needs to cut out some of the errors - but I remember a lad called Busquets making a few mistakes earlier in his first team career and look how he turned out. The...

Got to agree with this. If Bojan is off to Roma (seems pretty much a certainty) then we need a back up plan up front. Villa's form was patchy at times last season, Pedro was out briefly with injury and Messi simply can't play every game! Given that Sanchez is being coveted by some fairly big...

Thanks everyone. ;)

Stupid question this, but is this Victor Sanchez running in front of Alves? Haven't had a chance to see Sanchez play this season so i'm not 100% sure. Can anyone help?

It's possible. I'm confident now but i'll probably be a nervous wreck come the Semi's. I couldn't watch the first 20 minutes of the 2nd leg against Arsenal I was so nervous. It wasn't until I heard that Messi had scored an equaliser that I could turn on the TV! We tend to play a very high...

I simply can't see us going 2 legs without a goal, whereas Inter don't score many goals. They aren't a prolific team. In defence Lucio is a bit of a monster when on form and they have Maicon too, who we all know is a bit tasty. They've got a decent goalkeeper and Samuel is experienced but didn't...

I'm not so sure. Yes they impressed me against Chelsea, but i haven't been impressed by them in their other champions league games, nor the Serie A games i've seen them play in. Barcelona are vulnerable to pace and Inter have a few players with it, but it's not like Inter are lightning quick. We...

Perhaps, but i was far more afraid of Arsenal than i am of any of the other teams left. It's not arrogance, but perhaps it will turn out to be misplaced optimism. We will see on May the 22nd.

I bet Maxwell has to pinch himself every night. He was second choice at Inter, arrived as essentially a makeweight in the Ibra deal and had was up against an in form revitalised Abidal for the LB spot. Now he's playing for the best team in the world, with the best players in the world, on the...