Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - RIP Diogo Jota

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They won't because their midfield is trash and have not dealt with their fullbacks. Dembele is good but he would be replacing Neymar who was already top 3 at best and definitely top 5, see what he did when Messi got injured for a 2 or so months when he showed that he could step in. Unless Coutinho develops into a number 8 type midfielder who can replace Iniesta it will still expose them. What makes them look worse is that if Messi wasn't playing playing today how would they have lined up , put Defoleu and have a Suarez/Defoleu partnership backed by the midfield they have today:mjlol:

How would you feel about this?

 

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Game shows that they can do it all without ronaldo.
 

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Barca needs to get younger

Wtf happened to La Masia? They were pumping out world class players like nothing when Rijkaard and Pep were there
 

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I don't know about the years to come, but Madrid is clearly better than them at this point.

It takes years to build a squad. Barcelona gonna take years to rebuild a squad that can compete with R.Madrid.A.Madrid gonna be stronger than Barca when they sign Costa

I doubt Messi will ever win a balon'dor again. Ronaldo is in a better squad who will help him score more goals & win more cups.

The only team that can stop R.Madrid now is PSG.

 

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It takes years to build a squad. Barcelona gonna take years to rebuild a squad that can compete with R.Madrid.A.Madrid gonna be stronger than Barca when they sign Costa

I doubt Messi will ever win a balon'dor again. Ronaldo is in a better squad who will help him score more goals & win more cups.

The only team that can stop R.Madrid now is PSG.



Nobody from Bundesliga got a shot?
 

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It takes years to build a squad. Barcelona gonna take years to rebuild a squad that can compete with R.Madrid.A.Madrid gonna be stronger than Barca when they sign Costa

I doubt Messi will ever win a balon'dor again. Ronaldo is in a better squad who will help him score more goals & win more cups.

The only team that can stop R.Madrid now is PSG.


to this day the lack of recognition Xavi gets for those teams:aicmon:
 

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How would you feel about this?


It looks interesting and I have read that he likes 4-2-3-1. The big problem is the lack of playmakers on the squad forcing Messi dropping deep to be a playmaker which would be lessened by having Coutinho play that role. It's just that compared to Real it is underwhelming, the ability to rest their star players is what they do better than anyone else right now. They started today without Ronaldo, Isco , and Casameiro and the first leg without Modric and still look formidable. They can rotate better because they have depth where Barca lack it badly.
 
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