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He's a much more exciting player and is capable of much more when he's given freedom to play as an attacking midfielder with some security behind.

Perfect game from Rakitic so far. I don't remember him playing this well for the NT in previous years. Definitely Barca's influence to some extent.

You could say the same about Suarez, Pique, Ibrahimović, Torres, etc. Stomach shape =/= fitness criterion.

That's because you're not a professional football player. These guys may be pro-Catalan or even pro-independence, but they strive to play, and play at the highest level. Their choice is either to not play national football at all, or play for Spain, one of the world's top few national teams...

Isn't it funny how every time that Ronaldo makes a bad statement or does something douchy on the pitch, the next day there's a new article in the media about how he did something charitable. :lol: Like when they kept saying he donated millions to those earthquake victims, which he didn't. I bet...

Because Enrique wanted him? And now he can play him from the start of the season.

Arda is 29, comes from Turkey, plays for the best club in the world and makes a lot of money as it is. He's been getting minutes regularly (though not many minutes) and it's safe to assume he'll get more next season. I don't see why he would want to leave all of that and go to a completely...

I think the public likes Ćosić because of his euphoric outbursts every once in a while. He's seen more as a jester than a real sports analyst/commentator. I've yet to hear anyone praise him for his knowledge.

But why would Arda accept that? He's not that old, and he has a valid contract. It's pointless to discuss this.

I don't understand. Why is this strange? You've said it yourself, they know there's no way anyone would pay the same amount. Why would they want to sell him then? No matter how underwhelming he's been so far, it's both financially and tactically much better to have a player of Arda's caliber...

Today is the best I've seen us play in a long, long time. Either that or Turkey was unambitious. Anyway, great start to the competition, I actually have a good feeling about this. In the 2012 Euros we had both finalists, Italy and Spain in our group, and we played very well against both. Very...

Fantastic game from Rakitić. To be honest, Modrić stole the spotlight with a brilliant performance, but Rakitić was also fantastic. He's become quite the player since arriving in Sevilla, and even more so since coming to FCB.

I have no problem with Modrić, but the FA (or whoever it is who gives out the award) had no business giving him the award last summer, after Raki won the goddamn treble and Madrid won nothing.

Very surprised to see him left out of the final squad. But then again, when you look at some of the young inexperienced players who made the squad, you're reminded why none of this is surprising. Dinamo already made money on Halilović, now they need to do more business.

I'm not completely sure how this works, but considering that his current 8M buyout is out of the ordinary compared to his default one, I doubt we could negotiate a buyback clause anywhere near that number.

Do I remember wrong or did Cristiano fuck up a certain 2-0 opportunity by trying to do some fancy trick, right before Carrasco scored?

I haven't been following his NT involvement much. Was it expected that he would get minutes in the Copa America?

The guy in the video is a moron. Why would you go up to anyone, let alone the president of RM and say something as useless as "Barca es mejor". Either way, to me Perez's response seemed to be playful and in good spirit, rather than mocking. Maybe I'm wrong. But even if it was mocking, it would...

I agree. If the voters haven't already lost their shit about Cristina scoring a penalty in a penalty shootout, this will be decided by how the two of them play Sep-Nov.

Not that simple, really. The Champions League is rated much higher than domestic competitions, especially by people outside the actual football community.