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No top European club or national team has a special player walking around in a tight game. Let along a special player and his pet. Even if Barca manages to drastically improve right away, I suspect the most number of players they can afford walking around in a tight game later on is 1.

De Jong and Puig

Pique vs Davies? I think everyone including Pique were surprised how cleanly Semedo (being one of the faster Barca players) was beaten by Davies. Semedo relaxed and got complacent and arrogant about his own speed.

Remember that Coutinho only costed 150m because he rebelled hard against Liverpool. I can only imaging how much Sancho, Fati, potential would cost without the Pandemic.

Might not be completely IF Dembele can stay healthy.

thanks for reiterating the points

with the pandemic, who would be able to afford a 35 CR7 who demands 23m a year and hogs all the free/penalty kicks? MLS, China?

the game was alot closer in the beginning and Barca had quite a few chances to go up 2-1 or even 3-1. Their high press only worked because the back had NO outlets for Messi's walking his pet. Bayern's high press would not worked with Fati, a healthy Dembele, Gnarby, Davies, etc.

I think the loss was closer game than 8-2 indicated. The 5-2 goal was the back breaker and Barca seem to have given up from there. In the beginning when the game was close and Bayern was full court pressing, Bayern was themselves vulnerable and at a breaking point in the back. 33 old Messi and...

Besides 15 minutes of stats padding performance in an already decided game and a hat trick in the UCL final, Coutinho will likely need a consistently impressive season to make a club want to pay 80-90m in this post apocalyptic world/economy. I think 80-90m are the initial low ball offers for...

Besides the global brand, appeal and allure of Messi's name to the masses, many elite players around the globe have rejected other clubs for Messi's name. No doubt Messi's name will continue to sell merchandise for years to come, but will Messi at 33 and beyond continue to cause elite player to...

Pique has been Barca's Air force that has been dominant in the air. Dribbling and 1 on 1 is the price you pay for air dominance. Can you realistically expect someone 1.94m to dribble his way up the pitch on regular basis although he has tried on from time to time with disastrous counters right...

On par with the Dembele tap in miss vs liverpool

If true, then it's genius on the part of the lawyers that drafted the contract and the management that review the contract.

Alba gave Bayern the 1st goal he should have kept his mouth shut

After EV and Setian, and numerous other coaches fired time and time again across Europe. I would be careful as to labeling any coach "good" (including Xavi, Coleman...) before the winning UCL again if ever.

I thought we were discussing If Coutinho had suddenly transformed into the player Barca paid 150m for and loaned out by mistake.

Need a coach who can tell Messi to fukoff with his Pet and does NOT give a fuk about seniority. Messi is part of the problem with his blatant grooming his pet and walking defense.

Barca might have been better than "average" if Fati, Dembele, Griezman, Puig had started instead of Busquet, Suarez, Vidal. Then again, Setian is the genius who knows better. Should not let Messi leave for free.

Applaude Pique and something to compare to what the Pet did and said. Alba responsible for the the 1st goal. don't think Pique was responsible for the 2nd goal. He was 1 on2. 3rd and 4th was Lenglet. Semedo gave up 2 goals. Davie's drive was good but Semedo definitely could have done better...