Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - Life and Death for South America, Pre-Season for Europe: The Club World Cup
Kunty McPhuck
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When I saw this I had to record and upload
Trajan
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Mourinho's take on the Man U-Barca game
“In the first leg they tried to occupy that central zone. Messi’s position is easy to understand but it is not easy to create a cage to control him.
He comes from the right, then stays in the middle, then [Ivan] Rakitic goes right and allows him to stay in the middle. It’s very difficult.
Manchester United in the first match, zonally they occupied that area very well. When he came into the inside he was finding Fred, he was finding [Scott] McTominay coming to the inside all the time.
But I think in [the second leg] because United were losing 1-0, they tried to start with a different perspective.
Now it was [Paul] Pogba wide left, McTominay much more on the right and Jesse Lingard starting as a 10 behind the strikers.
In front of the defensive line was only Fred. That’s the area that Messi comes to get the ball and when Messi has the ball one, one, one…you are dead.
That’s why I never liked individual man-on-man against Messi.
Messi’s a cage, you have to create a cage. Barcelona is Barcelona, they have better players than Manchester United. I think it’s normal they won"
“In the first leg they tried to occupy that central zone. Messi’s position is easy to understand but it is not easy to create a cage to control him.
He comes from the right, then stays in the middle, then [Ivan] Rakitic goes right and allows him to stay in the middle. It’s very difficult.
Manchester United in the first match, zonally they occupied that area very well. When he came into the inside he was finding Fred, he was finding [Scott] McTominay coming to the inside all the time.
But I think in [the second leg] because United were losing 1-0, they tried to start with a different perspective.
Now it was [Paul] Pogba wide left, McTominay much more on the right and Jesse Lingard starting as a 10 behind the strikers.
In front of the defensive line was only Fred. That’s the area that Messi comes to get the ball and when Messi has the ball one, one, one…you are dead.
That’s why I never liked individual man-on-man against Messi.
Messi’s a cage, you have to create a cage. Barcelona is Barcelona, they have better players than Manchester United. I think it’s normal they won"
Bboystyle
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EQ.
Mansur Brown - "Heiwa"
Majestic
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why?Defenders HISTORICALLY don't win Balon d'Or.
Cannavaro was an anomaly because I really think they wanted to shaft Henry out of it. I'd have Messi, Sterling, Van Dijk on my ballot. Raheem's game against TOT was nuts. Mark my words though, the next Balon d'Or winner in the post Messi/CR7 era will be black.
TobiOT
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Leeds about to bottle promotion 
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TobiOT
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If Norwich get promoted, can damn sure expect them to be in another relegation scrap
EDIT: 2-2 Nice free kick, maybe not
EDIT: 2-2 Nice free kick, maybe not