10 - Lionel Messi - v1

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M.L. King

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Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

He is fatigued and this New Year break has is very welcoming for him to regain his stamina and come back even better than before.
 
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joelinhoSWE

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Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

Like u say all Barcafans are really spoiled at the moment, and it seems like when Messi has a bad day at work(or not as good as we´re used to), other players really step forward and play amazingly, like for instance in the last game Villareal-Barça, did anyone notice what a king Xavi was. It´s the same with Henry who just gets better and better :D!

Sry for my bad english , I´m a Swed but Barça es el equipo de mi corrazón y realmente tengo que decir mis opiniones ;)!
 

Evil

Shabazz
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

Hey joelinhoSWE, welcome to the forum mate, you can open a topic in the new members section, and tell us about yourself ;)

Yes your right Xavi was crucial for us last match, but you must admit we don´t perform quite well without Messi, I know we won without him performing, but him just being on the pitch gives the rest of the players more confidence, although we are capable of winning without him.
 
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joelinhoSWE

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Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

Evil said:
Hey joelinhoSWE, welcome to the forum mate, you can open a topic in the new members section, and tell us about yourself ;)

Yes your right Xavi was crucial for us last match, but you must admit we don´t perform quite well without Messi, I know we won without him performing, but him just being on the pitch gives the rest of the players more confidence, although we are capable of winning without him.

Oh yeah well, I´m glad to be here talking with all this barcafans all around the world.
Yeah of course, having messi on the pitch is the same as playing with one extra player. Beasue of the marking he gets every time his on the pitch he alwas has one player extra following every step he takes and that obviously is one of the main reasons that other players in barca get so much space. Especially now when barca is playing at their best ,every opponent that we meet defends with ten players and it´s almost impossible to break the defence without having a player who with ease could take on multiple defenders on his own.
 

Barcaman

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Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

Welcome to the forum mate, we are all one big family here. I like your point on double marking Messi. It sure does give our other players much more space.
 

FCBNOF

Momo un Bello Uomo
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

Double marking Messi on one-side and leaving Iniesta on the other wing would be suicide, just watch it back fire when Casper's back.
 

Evil

Shabazz
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

That is why some teams are forced to play with 10 defenders against us, our forward line is the strongest in Europe. Messi, Iniesta, Eto'o. I wouldn't know who to double mark and who to leave :p
 

FCBNOF

Momo un Bello Uomo
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

And if double-marking is the case, our team is full of world-class players waiting to shine if given the chance. I want Yaya to score with one of his amazing runs into the box soon! ^_^
 

Evil

Shabazz
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

I´m dying to see us score a long distance goal, we never did that this season, maybe only once with Alves, we got the players though (Toure, Xavi, Keita) I´m just waiting for it to happen.
 

Barcaman

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Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

It`s our system that prevents us from scoring many long range goals. Our style of play is to look for the safest pass and web our way through the penalty box. Last time we had a good share of long distance goals was in the late 90`s when Rivaldo was at Barca.
 

Evil

Shabazz
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

Your right, especially with players like Messi who would rather reach a 1-on-1 situation with the keeper then score, Keita has a poweful left foot shot I heard, scored a few for Sevilla last season, especially the one against Madrid was brilliant. Hope he can do that with us.
 

FCBNOF

Momo un Bello Uomo
Re: 10 - Lionel Messi

I only recall Yaya doing that twice for us, this one unforgetable time and once against bilbao but i don't think it passed the line.
 
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