10 - Lionel Messi - v1

[Barcaman]

Another MoM performance for Messi. He looks so hungry out there chasing the ball even in dying minutes.

 

[JCCR_FCB]

More one game, more one goal... the usual, in the end...

 

[AzaR]

Crazy goal scoring record.

16 goals in 14 games this season alone.

3 goals behind Ronaldo in pichichi now with 2 lesser games played.

 

[Sultan]

keep on keeping on

 

[zanela]

So proud he didn't go down in the box early first half. But a certain madridista here will 've you believe he dives always.

 

[Carefree]

Only ever time I seen him 'cheat' was against us when he was 18 year old. Del Horno was rightly sent off but Messi did a bit of a Busquets by looking through his hands for the ref, before doing a few more rolls.

 

[kallo]

I was thinking the same thing. but thats messi in a nutshell. He will always opt for staying on his feet. As for that certain madridista, i just laugh at his accusations, because you have to be either insane or incredibly biased to accuse messi of diving. Come to think maybe he is both, because you have to be a little insane to be a madridsta

 

[Metaphysical]

Only ever time I seen him 'cheat' was against us when he was 18 year old. Del Horno was rightly sent off but Messi did a bit of a Busquets by looking through his hands for the ref, before doing a few more rolls.

1. Del Horno should have been sent off earlier for trying to amputate Messi's leg at the knee.
2. Del Horno going off did you a favour, he was totally out of his depth.

 

[Gnegneri]

3. Chelsea was that Chelsea back then. You deserved about everything.

 

[Carefree]

1. Del Horno should have been sent off earlier for trying to amputate Messi's leg at the knee.
2. Del Horno going off did you a favour, he was totally out of his depth.

What's that got to do with my post? Whether or not he should have been sent off earlier is completely irrelevant, point is, Messi was very unsporting despite Del Horno DESERVING the red, which led to Mourinho coming out with the theatre bollocks.

 

[Drunkmunky]

Yay for Messi! Another fantastic show arty00231: I would say hug it out, but I dont want anyone drawing wood.

 

[ricknattery]

What's that got to do with my post? Whether or not he should have been sent off earlier is completely irrelevant, point is, Messi was very unsporting despite Del Horno DESERVING the red, which led to Mourinho coming out with the theatre bollocks.

If Messi wouldn't have jumped, Del horno could have seriously injured Messi. And it was clear that el Horno wanted to do that since before. So an 18 year old Messi had every right to stay on the ground after that foul, it wasn't that hard(just cos' he jumped) but it is just natural that you would react like that. Definitely not diving or anything similar to that

 

[hemakesmemessi]

At this rate, by the end of the 2012-13 season we could be looking at the all time barca top scorer at the age of...26/27? Ridiculas! What a brilliant player all round ...far, far from a goal poacher aswell, thats the beuty of his record!

 

[evilhita666]

Actually if he would have fallen to the ground I think the penalty would have been called because the contact was evidently there... I've seen him fall for less, against Lyon and Bayern two seasons ago come to mind, but yeah, I assume he thought he could have done better if he kept on his feet which is very admirable...

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Ronaldinho came noway near close to producing what Messi has done over the past 2 seasons now. He was outshining Ronaldinho by the time he was just 19 years old with some master class performances in 06/07, though highly injury prone at the time and as Ronaldinho hit the self-destruct button, Messi picked up the batton an took Barcelona a further level higher than Ronnie ever did.

In terms of sheer consistent brilliance, Messi's so far out ahead of anyone over the past 10-20 years it's almost frightening, and he's only 23 years old. Ronaldo, Figo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Henry, Zidane etc - they never did at club level what he's currenty achieving, and as far as the national stage goes, i've a feeling the new Argentina boss will get Leo back on track too - his international career came to a grinding halt as soon as Maradona took over, which has given out false impressions that's he's always been poor for Argentina.

Post of the week.

okey, i watched all the 142 goals that he have scored in barca (friendlys excluded) and did a little research: 95 in La Liga, 10 in the Copa del Rey, 30 in the Champions League, 5 in the Spanish Supercup and 2 in the Clubs World Cup. he has scored 109 goals with his favourite left foot( 8 penaltys ), 25 with right foot, 1 with chest, 1 with hand and 6 headers. he is top scorer in international competition (32 goals ). 100 goals under guardiola era. he's club all time 5th best scorer and hes 23 fcking years old. it is scary...

I laughed out loud at the "1 with hand" part.

So proud he didn't go down in the box early first half. But a certain madridista here will 've you believe he dives always.

An absurd claim really when you look at how many players gladly dive for the pen

I was thinking the same thing. but thats messi in a nutshell. He will always opt for staying on his feet. As for that certain madridista, i just laugh at his accusations, because you have to be either insane or incredibly biased to accuse messi of diving. Come to think maybe he is both, because you have to be a little insane to be a madridsta

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