10 - Lionel Messi - V6

[DonAndres]

Any links to the post-game comment from him?

Couldn't find any, but Steve Nash has a history of calling Messi the GOAT. And seeing that he's pretty dedicated to watching football that's no blind praise.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/06/cr...er-comparison-goat-soccer-football-steve-nash
http://www.weloba.com/steve-nash-messi-is-better-than-maradona

Never knew he was a Tottenham fan lol

 

[aondoe]

The guy just makes it look so easy. Absolutely incredible performance!

 

[kobby]

Can someone please post a high definition picture of the celebration for his first goal? What was that about anyway...LoL

 

[SG-7]

Man that first shot that hit the post, dude was just trying to pass it around the keeper. He's got that much confidence and finesse its just ridiculous. Any other player i can just imagine wanting to just blast it. Each game he plays makes you appreciate just how good and how far apart from everyone else he is!!

 

[Horatio]

Can someone please post a high definition picture of the celebration for his first goal? What was that about anyway...LoL

For his kids obviously.

 

[Aryagorn]

Was he taking a piss at Griezman with that celebration?

haha that is exactly what I thought

 

[Aryagorn]

The crucial thing is this performance is before the Ballon D'or Voting, hopefully it can influence it so that Leo wins

Griezmann scored a brace too - Split of votes might even help you-know-who. But, yeah I hope Leo's CL heroics turn things around and hopefully he wins it this time.

He has had an incredible year

 

[Barcaman]

"We had a bit of bad luck while handling the game. Being ahead 2-0, we had two straight shots that hit the posts. Then, they scored in a counter-attack and were on the verge of leveling the game right when they scored after a rebound," said Messi.
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"Either way, we had a very good game. It's not easy to play a UEFA Champions League game away from home, especially against a team like Tottenham. We have to be happy because things went our way this time," Messi added.
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"The UEFA Champions League puts a cherry on top of every season, but in order to win it, you have to keep your chances of winning La Liga alive until the end. We are not leaving any of the competitions to focus on this one. Winning the UCL is special, but we will keep fighting to win the league and the Copa del Rey."
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[gasgas]

Stop the delusion guys. He's not winning the Ballon dor

 

[messi15478]

Wow Wow Wow what a Performance! Reminded me of the 2015 Messi with even better finishing, unlucky to hit 2 times the post. Barca will win CL 18/19

 

[mesiesta]

The sad thing is that if Barca will fail again at 1/4 with some invisible performance from Messi, everyone will again forget that he is the best player in the world.

 

[ebieymjunior]

Messi played great.. Just one question though: what's the deal with him and Semedo?

He seems to really not want to pass to him unless he absolutely has no other option whatsoever, and then he doesn’t even look at him as if to let him know that he doesn’t want to pass to him. Later in the game Semedo didn’t even try going forward ‘cause he knew it wouldn’t make a difference.

And when Semedo passed a ball backwards once, Suarez looked at Messi like (there we go again) and it was soo blatant…

 

[EdmondDantes]

Captain Messi is a monster. What a leader he's been on the pitch of late.


His best game this season. On and off the ball Leo was incredible.


His connection with Alba and Arthur and particular is seamless.

 

[Ritchie]

He's really up for the CL this season.

Hopefully learn from Ronaldo and sitout Copa Del Ray.

He won't win ballon dor again without winning CL.

 

[messi15478]

You see he is clearly better when he rests before an important match. Last year he had same incredible performance against Juve with two great goals.