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Iniesta adds a beauty to our game that I wouldn't want to trade for all the titles in the world. That being said, you guys find me a scenario where we actually have more titles without iniesta.

I can see where you're coming from. I also appreciate it when our "cerebral" players run their socks off, or when xavi or iniesta take on 2 m centerbacks with their school boy bodies. But you make it sound as though messi is swaggering around the pitch, ordering his second class team mates...

"It is human nature to seek culpability in a time of tragedy. It is a sign of strength to cry out against fate, rather than to bow one's head and succumb"

happy for kloppo and the boys, but i really have to credit real for their tenacity and spirit. after they were butchered in dortmund they clawed their way back up to almost striking distance. When a team loses in the semifinal like this, there really isn't much to gloat about, because that's how...

you mean, like, ...2% were off? tch, someone's getting old.

I like jordi a lot, but that gif is no great advertisement for the stoic manliness of football players.

16 Million dutch people would disagree with you ;)

Let's hope so. I have full confidence in the barca medical team, but muscle injuries shouldn't be underestimated. Iniesta sacrificed a whole season for his rome stunt, and robben arguably destroyed his career in 2010 with that. It's not such a high risk, but when messi is concerned i'd rather...

Agreed, it's not only playing every game or retiring, he could help the new defenders to better adjust to the barca way, especially since he had to do it himself. And i'd say the motivational effect of having abi on the bench must be enormous for all the "lazy" players in our squad. Btw, on the...

if that story is true, it's more of an insult to ancelotti than anything else.

Something i always notice when watching him, whenever he's passing a ball, he has this "exaggerated" leg movement, he swings his leg up almost 90°. is this just a quirk of his, or is there a rationale behind it?

the best part is that he lives in his own street. I have this mental image of iniesta, randomly walking out of his house, nodding to himself thinking "yep, that's my street alright" then walking back in

If scoring against chelsea is the benchmark of the greatest, how do you explain...THIS?!? http://vimeo.com/40087366 On another note, why all the cyberfellating of messi in here? There is a place and time for everything, and it's not the don's thread after such a stellar performance.

Imo, that can be put down to the fact that iniesta is the sort of player who gets better the more time passes and the more he is involved in the game. as far as i can remember, he his "worst" performances have always been when he when the opponent could isolate and prevent him from getting many...

well, considering how much they have been in shambles the last couple of months, I'd say they're entitled to some overhyping. It's natural, if the situation were reversed our press would do the same

Good choice, this should turn the scales in bayerns favor again, unless Kloppo still knows a trick or three. I'm a bit disappointed though, because the ultimate move would have been to go to real and replace mourinho. That would have gotten us, the madridistas, every major club in europe...

guys don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good discussion, but the last two pages really read like if you're comparing players by their stats in fifa.

Considering the non-reaction from the other players, I suppose he scores goals like this twice a week.

i would put that down to genuine ignorance though. He is not your run of the mill hard man with flying tackles all over the place, so it takes a certain football sophistication to see his genius. Additionally, if you don't watch many matches from barca, the equation goes probably barca = messi...

Perhaps casillas thinks that no matter his personal feelings, he should still support the coach of real madrid in a competition. Which would be admirably, but unfortunately very misplaced loyalty on mourinho.