Sergi Samper

[God Serena]

Looked very lost many times and lost the ball before Messi made the tackle outside our penalty box and on some more occasions. Very far from even being a backup player...

 

[xXKonan]

Thought he Slotted in well when he came on.

Good game by him.

 

[FCBarca]

Still in disbelief over Lucho playing Samper, especially when he did...Never saw that coming as I was still reeling from the surprise of his inclusion for the match squad...Not sure I can read Lucho, at all

Samper played terrific as well, loved it

 

[Barcaman]

Terrific? I wouldn't go that far..

 

[xXKonan]

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The Sergi's unite.

 

[6 Ballons for Messi]

Brilliant game, leaps and bounds better than munir/sandro.

 

[FCBarca]

Terrific? I wouldn't go that far..

31 passes, 96.8% pass accuracy, 1 key pass, 3 accurate long balls, 2 tackles in a good stretch of a CL match against a very strong pressing opponent...So definitely terrific...Looked composed and eager to show he was fearless pressing into attacks rather than just trying to avoid making mistakes

 

[Barcaman]

Funny, I thought he was pretty much invisible but to each his own.
I am happy that he got a chance to play.

 

[frog-fcb]

Havent seen the game yet but did he do enough to prove lucho wrong for leaving him in the b team

 

[ZenI]

Havent seen the game yet but did he do enough to prove lucho wrong for leaving him in the b team

He did enough to be called up instead of Gumbau, that's for sure. But with Arda coming in soon, no. He looked comfortable'ish on the ball, he made some simple passes and 1 or 2 nice crosses. He looked awkward when running, it looked like he was running really fast but he actually wasn't - he was slow. Defensively he looked way out of place, positioning, pressing, ball recovery etc. But hey, he needs more experience before I can say anything - but like many of you have said, don't play him on DM. The CM 'Xavi role' suits him better.

 

[anguy]

Funny, I thought he was pretty much invisible but to each his own.
I am happy that he got a chance to play.

He was invisible, like Busqets usually is...

 

[khaled_a_d]

He was invisible, like Busqets usually is...

Busquets is the kind of DM who isn't really invisible at all .guy is dominant

 

[Vlom]

He completed in 30 minutes more passes than any Roma player and only missed 1

I hope this is a good sign that lucho now sees that he's more promising than Gumbau!!

 

[Cule4life]

Please no more Gumbau Lucho

 

[KingMessi]

Busquets is the kind of DM who isn't really invisible at all .guy is dominant

He's the kind of DM that is invisible to the Balon d'Or voters.