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Oh, because it is usually said in that spirit.

I agree. Alba, Alves, Pique, Rakitic, Mascherano and Busquets all run their socks off for the team. Hell, Lucho has even sacrificed the great Iniesta in a rather defensive role so that the supreme talent we have up-front can do their thing. Lucho has been proven correct. Last time we played...

One of those penaldos was in the CdR though. But yes, Messi knows much better than obsessing about the stupid Pichichi. Without penaldos and that Granada game, CR would never even be in contention. As for breaking the Higuain-Benzema-Christiano record, of course it would be nice and I think we...

My point is that those guys playing does not equal that Bayern automatically win, even against teams far lesser than Barcelona. Bayern have been flattering to deceive for two seasons now. Still a proper top side, but they have their weaknesses and can definitely be defeated by us or Real Madrid...

I agree that La Liga is the best league in Europe for the past 5 years or so. This is not my wishful thinking talking, but the objective results of teams in Europe. Facts are simply facts: http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html I don't think that Sevilla and...

If the roles were reversed, with Juventus fighting tooth and nail for the league and Real Madrid being indifferent, I am absolutely certain that Real Madrid would have taken Juventus down. Probably easily so.

Ribery, Robben and Alaba all played against Shaktar away. What was the result? They also played vs Real Madrid last year. What were the results back then? Moreover, we have an entire season-load of results from both Bayern and Barca. Who comes out on top in your opinion? If you want to have...

You are taking away from Barca's win because you are suggesting that Bayern were at far lower than 100% when we faced them. Of course, that is partly (but only partly correct) They were missing one crucial player in our tie (Robben) as I think that Ribery is well past it, and Alaba is not really...

That was precisely my point. That Bayern were in very good condition when it mattered for them, i.e. against us in the Champions League. It was just that we were even better. The rest of their recent results are 100% down to complete and total indifference.

It's what I have been saying all along. It's very good if you can take your league games lightly right before CL games. Juventus were the ones with this luxury. Real Madrid run 108.8km. Juventus 116.3km http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/ucl/2015/2014430_ts.pdf A considerable difference. I...

We have always been a big transfer team. Messis, Xavis and Iniestas do not come off the conveyor belt. If you don't have those, you have to buy. That's what every club does.

Bayern played really well in both games against us. It's just that we had MSN, and they did not.

They gave their all against us and failed. Outside of the CL, Bayern just don't really care very much. As for their recent BuLi results, they are beyond meaningless, as the title is already in Bavaria. Especially with our CL draws. So much luck there. It's as if Infantino has three girlfriends...

Yes, but I only partly agree. There are not only opinions in this world, there are also facts and we should acknowledge them.

This season, the EPL has been quite predictable and stale. Chelsea being in control since Day 1. Only City mounted a half-arsed challenge. The Top 4 fight was also a formality. Far more crucially and tellingly, the EPL clubs continued a now more than considerable run of extremely disappointing...

If there is even the slightest doubt about Suarez, he must sit out the game. We can win without him, or we can win without him against Depor. Risking an injury less than 3 weeks before the CL final to our number 2 player is quite insane.

Hmm. Did not know that. I read somewhere (it was a couple of years ago) that lots of corporate people who are totally clueless about football get to attend these CL finals. But still, most of the tickets should be going to Barca/Juve fans (something like 80%) 20% for the some officials/VIP and...

Russia beating the USA 3-0 in the World Championship semi-final. Will be facing Canada in the final.

But some people talk about Pogba fetching an 80m to 100m pricetag? Isn't that overrating him? While he is very good, I get the sense that people seem to have convinced themselves that he is excellent. As for Gundogan, it matters not one iota how good he was before his serious injury. What...

Problem is that I don't think that many (if any) actually follow Gundogan/Kovacic/Pogba/Verratti game in and game out. Consulting video games, random hype and youtube highlight clips is not the way to go. The little I have watched from all of these players, I think that not one of them is...