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Both finals boring - people will stop watching tennis if that continues. We miss Serena and Djokovic. Only a final with Federer or Thiem would have been worth watching.

I have to admit that I was wrong: did not think such a performance was possible after the disappointing trip to Argentina. He has finally learned to overcome jet lag. Today's performance was out of this world and his joy of playing and communicating with his teammates was wonderful to witness.

Goal #5 was a thing of beauty. Looked easy but his assist was perfectly executed

Messi Rakitic Alba

.. and Messi seems to have slept well on his trip back from Argentina!

Rakitic playing well - both defence and attack

will be a tough match against well rested Espanyol

Asensio would not play for RM without Rafa

How can a Barça fan root for Nadal who supports RM instead of Del Potro who comes from Messi's home country and is liked by everybody? Nadal lives in Mallorca, should support Barça.

despite all the negativity there were some good signs for Argentina and Sampaoli. With a little luck and a less inspired Venezuela GK they should have been up 2-3 goals at halftime. Di Maria's injury was a bad break because he was very effective on the left wing. After the equalizer Sampaoli...

I agree - big mistake to sub off Dybala. Why? Did he have a plane to catch? Substitutions ruined the Argentina play which looked very promising the first half, in particular before Di Maria's injury. Amazing performance by Venezuela's young GK. Chilean referee did not help ARG.

Are you referring to the ARG match against Venezuela? If you watched I cannot understand your comment. He definitely did not 'preserve energy', was working hard, providing great passes and almost scoring. However, Venezuela's goalkeeper - 19 years old - is amazing. Barça should sign him!

I think Barça needs to hire a GK Coach that can teach MAtS how to deal with high crosses, that's a weakness he should be able to correct. He is still young.

Luis Enrique almost always had problems after international breaks. Messi has few weaknesses but one is quick recovery after 10,000 km trips back from Argentina. We need Messi against Juventus, hopefully we can defeat Espanyol without him.

Should Messi start against Espanyol on Saturday? His ARG Match against Venezuela (at home) will end at 4am Barcelona time on Wednesday morning. Then he has to travel back, probably arriving Thursday morning and will have 2 days to recover from jet lag. Same applies to Suarez, Mascherano and...

Messi played well, worked hard. He had two scoring opportunities, one went wide, the other saved by a very good goalkeeper. He was voted man of the match, had many touches, excellent passes, and some very good dribbles. His communication with Dybala needs work, but there are signs it is...

Any reason why Semedo did not play yesterday?

Messi Umtiti Busquets

Despite the unquestionable brilliance of Neymar, he had a tendency to keep the ball too long and slow down the game. I have a feeling that his departure along with EV's high speed passing game could be a blessing in disguise. I also liked the no-name jerseys from yesterday: Maybe Barça's way out...

team was motivated today, moving well.