Re: 10 - Lionel Andrés Messi
: lør mar 21, 2015 8:59 pm
Ja skod sæson:)
Kun 14 assists og 41 mål i hans 46 kampe i 2013/14 sæsonen.
Kun 14 assists og 41 mål i hans 46 kampe i 2013/14 sæsonen.
'I've got my legs closed up here,' said Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville, who labelled the Milner nutmeg 'barbaric' and was among those admiring the tutorial from the world's best footballer.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker settled the argument of who's better between the Barcelona star and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. 'Messi is indisputably the greatest player ever to don a pair of football boots. Don't even attempt to argue the point,' he tweeted.
Manchester United's Ashley Young simply wrote 'Messi WOW', while Queens Park Rangers striker Charlie Austin added: 'Pep's reaction says it all.' He was referring to former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, sitting in the stands in awe, covering his eyes.
Liverpool defender Jose Enrique tweeted: 'If Messi played against City on his own, he would still win the game. [He] is amazing. Best in the world when he wants.
Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland echoed commentator Neville by 'watching the game with my legs closed' and Dutch manager Ruud Gullit added: 'OMG. Messi made Milner famous.
Then there was Andre Schurrle who simply wrote 'again and again and again...' while darts player Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis wrote: 'Messi could nutmeg a mermaid.'
Then there was Andre Schurrle who simply wrote 'again and again and again...' while darts player Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis wrote: 'Messi could nutmeg a mermaid.'
Gary Neville om Leo.Being in Barcelona offered a new experience for me. On one level It was magical, and here’s why.
Twenty-five minutes in, I remember saying: Man City are holding their own. Not playing brilliantly or controlling the game, but managing Barcelona. For the next 20 minutes I was taken to a place I had never been, certainly as a commentator.
Watching games I always think analytically. How a threat can be dealt with or a change made; how a team can win. I’m always registering the mood; whether one defence is on top, or an interesting duel is developing in midfield. For 20 minutes in Barcelona, though, I felt I was back in a sweet shop as a kid.
I’ll go further and say I’ve never felt that way in a football stadium. I’m referring to the 20 minutes Messi produced before half-time, which were out of this world. In the commentary box I exhausted my vocabulary of descriptive terms, even using the word ‘barbaric.’ It was certainly scandalous. Special. I just found myself unable to focus on the more detailed aspects of the game.
Messi made all my usual calculations irrelevant. In that moment I was pulled away from thinking about City’s defensive deficiencies, the space that was opening up in midfield, the fact that Manuel Pellegrini’s team were not creating chances. I was taken to that utopia others talk about. And I have never been a football ‘purist’ who looks for the beauty in a game.
My interest has always been with the team performance, the collective effort, and not letting one individual dominate 11 opponents. I always believed there was a way to stop someone. An answer.
Sure, in my playing days we made special plans for exceptional players. We made them for Zinedine Zidane or Thierry Henry. Or Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal. But for 20 minutes before half time in Barcelona it felt as if there was no answer. You were watching something beyond superlatives. An incredible passage of play.
Scholes om Leo.“Elusive is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think about Messi’s style of play. You think you have an eye on him and then – blink – he has gone, only to reappear somewhere else in space, with the ball,”
“I am not ashamed to admit that in the games against Barcelona I spent a lot of the time just hoping he would take up positions as far away from me as possible,”
Godt spørgsmål. Der kommer jo en dag, hvor vi skal forholde os til det.Muddi12345 skrev:Jeg sad lige og tænkte på Barca og Messi, og kampen på søndag. Og kom til at tænke på noget.
Forestil jer lige, sådan helt seriøst, hvor denne klub ville være uden Messi?
Så kommer der andre spillere, der sammen gør forskellen. Det er helt vildt. Vi har Neymar og Suarez, og selvom de er vigtige, så står de stadig klart i skyggen af Messi. Når Messi en dag ikke er her mere, så er der andre spillere, der tager ansvaret præcis som han gjorde, da Ronaldinho var væk.Muddi12345 skrev:Jeg sad lige og tænkte på Barca og Messi, og kampen på søndag. Og kom til at tænke på noget.
Forestil jer lige, sådan helt seriøst, hvor denne klub ville være uden Messi?
Manden har spillet næsten alle kampene i sæsonen indtil videre, jeg kan kun huske første halveg af kampen mod Sociedad, hvor han sad på bænken. Jeg håber sku at Tata tænker sig om og gør det rigtige, hvis han har smerter, så lad ham sidde over disse venskabskampe. En uge eller to ville gøre ham godt.Messi is having medical tests in Washington, where he arrived last night to join ARG. He would have discomfort. [via sport]
Ja, skift ham ind i det 89. Minut så publikum kan se at han var der... Så har han også 3 til 4 minutter til et mål og en assist..A$AP skrev:Manden har spillet næsten alle kampene i sæsonen indtil videre, jeg kan kun huske første halveg af kampen mod Sociedad, hvor han sad på bænken. Jeg håber sku at Tata tænker sig om og gør det rigtige, hvis han har smerter, så lad ham sidde over disse venskabskampe. En uge eller to ville gøre ham godt.Messi is having medical tests in Washington, where he arrived last night to join ARG. He would have discomfort. [via sport]
Det lyder ikke til at være specielt alvorligt, hvis det altså er hans tå. Så nu skal han tilbage til Barcelona, så kan han hviles, forhåbentligt spiller Busquets heller ikke for Spanien, så vil det da være positivt for os.Messi has toe discomfort and will return to Barcelona. He was in the United States to play two friendlies with ARG. [as rac1 sport]