On May 11 2011 19:15 Sated wrote: Hernandez is a poacher and Messi isn't even a striker. How can you compare them? Stupid Pele.
We shouldn't focus too much on Messi anyway. Xavi and Iniesta make Messi look a lot better than he is. Messi is an amazing player, obviously, but you only have to compare performances for Argentina and Barcelona to see that it is his team-mates who should get the real plaudits.
Next time he passes through half the opposite team,I'll be sure to think "oh tnk god iniesta was there watching him,or else..". Come on don't be mean. Messi has scored dozens of goals all alone,just passing through 4-5 defenders like a storm. In Argentina btw,he plays a different position. He plays more like Xavi does in Barcelona. Having 3 centers like Aguero,Tevez and Higuain,his coaches can not and won't put him up front,they rather have him making the game,cause lets face it,in this generation Argentina's midfielders suck compared to legendary players like Veron,Riquelme,Simeone etc.
On May 16 2011 21:40 Megatronn wrote: Uefa ruled today on the case of sergio busquets calling Marcelo a monkey. They dropped the charges due to lack of evidence.
A quick search on youtube.
Really Uefa? Now it's just getting embarrassing.
i certainly would like to know what uefa thinks he said to marcelo then.
On May 16 2011 23:41 kemoryan wrote: According to Busquets himself, he said "mucho morro", meaning he was telling Marcelo that whatever happened was not fair.
You're Spanish, you can read lips and tell what he's saying...
1. Dive and make racist remarks to players after. 2. Have Unicef logo. 3. Uefa open case against you. 4. ??? 5. Profit.
This thread is really missing a poll on whether Utd. will get a red card. Hopefully we'll avenge our performance from 09. Capitulated so early on that year -.-. Pity too when we were the only one with hte balls to attack barca and we had some dancing to our tune for the first 10 minutes.
This year even though utd are the underdogs it would be truly impressive for Barca to win. Despite their diving and theatrics, the sheer level of fitness necessary to play constantly for 2 years and win is impressive.
On May 16 2011 23:49 Sgany wrote: Barcelona haters gona hate, something like that from Marcelo does not surprise me, he is the most foul player in that respect since C.Ronaldo........
What did Marcelo do? He is the one getting remarked at.
I used to get really excited for european football, but now I find it's better anywhere else. I hate all the cheating. It makes the game unwatchable. I'm looking at you, Italy, Portual, and Spain. This is NOT the proper way to play the game. FIFA keeps saying it's getting more strict (every 2 years or so they say something to that effect) but it's just not true. I wish I could get excited for this match .
Coaches: stop encouraging this play.
Good luck to Man U; if I do end up watching I'll be cheering for them.
On May 05 2011 18:32 sc4k wrote: My guitarist and friend is a die hard Man U fan born and bred, but I got to say Barca will take this, nothing is as good as Messi+Villa.
On May 16 2011 21:40 Megatronn wrote: Uefa ruled today on the case of sergio busquets calling Marcelo a monkey. They dropped the charges due to lack of evidence.
i certainly would like to know what uefa thinks he said to marcelo then.
The problem here is, it is impossible to prove it. You can say there's nothing else he could say but in fact there are, and simply because of that you cannot prove it.
We all might think that's what he said, but it's not enough.
On May 16 2011 23:54 yosisoy wrote: UEFA & Unicef, hand in hand. What a joke.
This is just a poor argument... You can agree or disagree with Busquets not being sanctioned but pretending that the sponsorship has an influence on that decision is unfair at least.
On May 16 2011 23:41 kemoryan wrote: According to Busquets himself, he said "mucho morro", meaning he was telling Marcelo that whatever happened was not fair.
You're Spanish, you can read lips and tell what he's saying...
1. Dive and make racist remarks to players after. 2. Have Unicef logo. 3. Uefa open case against you. 4. ??? 5. Profit.
Honestly I don't know what he's saying. It could perfectly be "mono mono" though, I don't know since I'm not good at reading lips. Either way I don't think it's enough proof to call it a racist remark.
On May 17 2011 00:04 Sabu113 wrote: This year even though utd are the underdogs it would be truly impressive for Barca to win. Despite their diving and theatrics, the sheer level of fitness necessary to play constantly for 2 years and win is impressive.
Damn I just saw Man U's game again vs Chelsea (Champions League) and Barcelona's game vs Madrid (also Champions League), and all I have to say is, I'm more than happy that both teams made it to the finals... I can't wait!!!
This is truely going to be a final of Champions!!!
On May 16 2011 23:49 Sgany wrote: Barcelona haters gona hate, something like that from Marcelo does not surprise me, he is the most foul player in that respect since C.Ronaldo........
What did Marcelo do? He is the one getting remarked at.
Marcelo cries about everything, and i mean everything, he dives to no end and complains about everything.
To everyone complaining about Barcelona "diving" look at Madrid in those matches, if Barcelona players took the tackles from some of Madrid's players they could have career ending injuries. Madrid played like thugs and got punished for it.
Only way Man U can win this is with really good tactics IMO. Ferguson needs a solid gameplan that the players can execute well.
No way they can simply set out to outplay Barca as this Barca team is definitively the best team in the world and will most likely go down as one of the greatest of all time. Madrid had the best chance of beating them because of the style of Mourinho teams, they're good at closing a game down, whereas Man U prefer to play open attacking football. Thats fine for England where most teams arent at their level but Barca will just rip you to shreds if you try to play that way against them.
I'll be rooting for Barca, their diving/cheating for all the criticism it gets is really no more or less then any other team but their football is certainly the greatest I've seen from any team in my lifetime.