Exactly. Although Puyol has been played more than Rafa, and Puyol's injuries were more short-term, but more often. As a result he's played more intensive bursts than Rafa has. Either way, i think Márquez is better than Puyol as a CB. But Puyol has a kind of ridiculous determination and...
Precisely. I think Pep didn't want to take any risks because he knew we needed this first piece of silverware. It would have been too risky to just put Cáceres, but now there might be a few matches for us where we will be able to test him in that CB position. And then if he passes the test he...
It might be a bit different - Dong is Chinese and Chinese players aren't big yet on the international scene, I mean Sun Jihai is currently the biggest name. But this fellow's Japanese, and there are and have been some big Japanese (and Korean) players.
Surely :iniesta: would take a penalty if he were playing, and I have a feeling that :toure: would want to take one. He just seems like that kind of a guy. He loves booting the ball.
We all appreciate the hard work that he is putting in, but he is not capable of doing his job the way it should be done, and that is why people criticise him. His touch is horrid and he has lost all of his cutting edge, and it should always be a case of club before player. If Eto'o continues to...
It's not for superstardom, it was Nike's idea to create a controversial/incredible video, get more popularity, and promote Ronaldinho and their new boots. With the amount of views it had on Youtube, it certainly was a good advert!
What's with the Dutch and injuries?
Maybe it's because they're generally so tall and thus they fall from greater heights, and the big impact results in a more severe injury. Also higher centre of gravity.