Copa America 2019
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serghei
Senior Member
I can surely find something in there that makes giving a pen for something like Thiago Silva's incident perfectly acceptable and withing the margin of the rules. Can't be arsed right now though.
Marchisio8
Banned
You can't, it's literally right there.
If we go by what you're saying, football players would have to cut of their arms, and everytime the ball hits a arm is a pen.
Jadentheman
Active member
The way this game is going makes Messi’s comments look more foolish and foolish.
Arthur absolutely has a place in our team. His role as a "controller" is needed for any side especially a team like Barca that wants to control games. If the attackers in front are creative then he doesn't need to provide a killer ball all the time, but he should still work on it. His defensive skills aren't the best but having two midfielders next to him that are good in that area can mitigate that. He just helps provide the match control and ability to play out from the back. It means Messi can stay further up the pitch and focus on creating/scoring in the final third.
Busquets/Arthur/de Jong is a combo that will suit Busquets and maybe prolong his career, but imo he's mostly finished already. It's still a good set up for most liga teams where Barca can use them to have match control and let the forwards create in the final third. It lacks incisiveness and physicality though.
de Jong/Arthur/Vidal (de Jong as the DM) is a combo I like because it provides match control and is defensively solid with de Jong and Vidal. Great for big games and in Europe. Vidal also adds physicality which is lacking in the first set up. It lacks the "penetrating" midfielder but Barca will have to rely on the front three.
In an ideal world there would be a third midfielder to pair with Arthur/de Jong who is physical/decent at defending and adds some penetration/forward runs. A box to box player.
Busquets/Arthur/de Jong is a combo that will suit Busquets and maybe prolong his career, but imo he's mostly finished already. It's still a good set up for most liga teams where Barca can use them to have match control and let the forwards create in the final third. It lacks incisiveness and physicality though.
de Jong/Arthur/Vidal (de Jong as the DM) is a combo I like because it provides match control and is defensively solid with de Jong and Vidal. Great for big games and in Europe. Vidal also adds physicality which is lacking in the first set up. It lacks the "penetrating" midfielder but Barca will have to rely on the front three.
In an ideal world there would be a third midfielder to pair with Arthur/de Jong who is physical/decent at defending and adds some penetration/forward runs. A box to box player.
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BerkeleyBernie
Senior Member
Brazil happy to play keep-away in the corner following the dumb red card.
BerkeleyBernie
Senior Member
Idiotic foul. Keeper had it handled.
Libertadores champion with Arthur. Would have been World Champion over Madrid if Grêmio midfield had not been butchered by injuries,including Arthur.
There is this English dude, from the channel A Star for. Bants, who reacts to Brazilian football matches.
He has been asking Everton for Manchester United before Everton was even a starter at Grêmio.
Now he is bashing Solskajer because Everton price certainly got very high compared to two years ago.
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