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Yup. Nadal is right handed but plays tennis wih his left.

Good to see Pique back with his trademark runs and long range passing.

Messi needs some rest. He was off today but is still a threat to reckon with. But, it is clear that he needs some rest or is somewhat tired.

MOTM for me. The best sliding tackler AFAIAC.

Thumbs up performance from the kid. Very impressive performance. But Masch is also a good candidate for MOTM.

Leave the hair alone dammit :angry: What does your hair look like :rolleyes: I also need a cut and a shave :party1: On a serious note, glad to see the poet getting back into action.

Cool lads.

Good observation. Called the Messi effect. It happens even to use spectators.

Indeed.

Oh, yes it can. But how well a student consumes this knowledge and applies it on the field is another story. For the sort of game Barca plays, they must teach some of these things at La Masia. Transforming raw talent into real world results requires tremendous amouts of practice. Messi is...

When I say thinking, I mean analyzing the game from a higher level of abstraction when he does NOT have the ball. Observe him closely, when he does not have the ball. Now, when he has the ball, yes, it does come naturally. He knows what he needs to do. But this is what good footballers do...

Amen. As someone stated sometime ago, Xavi IS THE SYSTEM. He has to start transfering some knowledge to Cesc and Thiago.

Masch, the INTERCEPTOR and master TACKLER with outstanding football intelligence.

This has probably been said somewhere in this thread but what impresses me the most about Messi these days is his football IQ. You can just see him thinking..... what to do, especially when he does not have the ball.

Hallelujah.

yup.

I refer to this as 'The Puyol factor'. Amazed at what we achieved last year without the Puyol factor.

Good to see you back soldier.

It is the adrenaline pumping through. I find Alves misses a lot of crosses on batch pitch conditions and when he has lost his cool.

This.