I don't understand why there aren't more posts in this thread. He's playing really well. Bartra and vermaelen can kiss any extended minutes they wished to get goodbye. Mathieu is on a ridiculous form.
He's a great defender while having excellent passing skills. That's like the dream of any barca coach.
This guy is an absolute gem of a signing.
Composed, powerful, and committed. He saved Pique's ass a number of times today, without making any real mistakes.
The pendulum of kneejerk assessments swings back in favor of those of us who knew what we were getting with Mathieu
Does he really smoke regularly? Or was it just a one off that people keep talking about and labelling him for?
Btw whata beast.
No one knows really how much he smokes but he does smoke...There was a moment late in the match where he came up for a corner and he looked like he could barely breathe...I kept thinking, I bet he wishes he had a cig