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Deco 20

Scandinavian 101
Iniesta - a bit sloppy at times but was the man who created almost all our chances. Provided the assist for the first goal, made the pass that made Xavi free with Villa in the penalty area and made a brilliant backheel pass to Alexis for Messi's goal.
Messi - when everyone else missed their chances he scored with a brilliant freekick just after entering the pitch, managed to hit the crossbar with his next attempt and then scored the last goal of the game.
Alexis - invisible for portions of the game but showed great determination and hunger to score his goal and then selflessly gave Messi the ball for a tap in.

Honorable mentions: Xavi, Tello, Jordi Alba

On another note the defending was horrible for the first goal... Adriano and Song were all over the place and Alba maybe should have reacted quicker to the danger. Adriano then recovered a lot of balls but he didn't look positionally solid at the back.
 

BerkeleyBernie

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Gotta hand it to the three who made that gorgeous goal:

Iniesta - primary creator for most of the game, and the visionary behind this goal
Alexis - made the outside run and kept himself onside, then the smarts to see the better option than the shot
Messi - for making himself available in the right place at the right time
 

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Sir Alupp Heynrguson
Messi-What are you going to do? How do you stop this man? Betis goes from holding us off with not too many problems to completely falling apart. Godlike. Simply godlike.
Iniesta-Looked a class above everybody else on the pitch today, constantly trying to pick holes in the Betis defense, his cross and backheel were both wonderful
Tello-Time and time again, gave the left back a torrid time as he has all season, constantly getting past him and was so, so unlucky not to get his goal. Terrific player.

Honorable Mentions-Sanchez, Alba
 

Yannick03

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Messi - ...
Tello - I like this kid a lot, mostly makes the right choices and has the confidence to take on his direct defender. Pacy, good shot, good cross.
Alexis
 

Kerrybai

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Messi - Is there anything he can't do?
Tello - This guy has bags of confidence, improving with every game.
Iniesta - That pass :barca scarf:
 
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