*SPOILERS* Messi fit for Champions League Semis - Page 2

Prongs · 04-12-2008, 07:12 AM

Ronaldo vs messi ! two of the best players in the world ! Bring it on . Evra

) eat well from no onwards , you gotta stop the fastest player in the world who has the most amazing close control .

Our midfielders should win it for us , compared to the over hyped barca midfielders consisting of yaya toure en lot .

Would be the best game of the year considering the other semi is going to be a snore bash !

dimz · 04-12-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Prongs

Ronaldo vs messi ! two of the best players in the world ! Bring it on . Evra

) eat well from no onwards , you gotta stop the fastest player in the world who has the most amazing close control .

Our midfielders should win it for us , compared to the over hyped barca midfielders consisting of yaya toure en lot .

Would be the best game of the year considering the other semi is going to be a snore bash !

Yaya Toure is quite good mate. Everyone knows Xavi's class and I personally think Iniesta is one of the most underrated players in world football.

Anderson · 04-12-2008, 05:29 PM

i think i will do a scouting mission tonight (Barca v Recreativo, i think)

but i expect their midfield to be very strong especially with Messi back (Not Tonight)
Who would you play in the barca midfield though? (Sorry about the off-topicness)
They usually play the three.. surely it would be deco, iniesta and xavi? then messi henry and et'oo? in a 4 - 3 - 3

Thats quite scary thinking about it....

Prongs · 04-12-2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dimz

Yaya Toure is quite good mate. Everyone knows Xavi's class and I personally think Iniesta is one of the most underrated players in world football.

I know mate . What i should have added was , barca have a lot of oldies in their back four , and they have a lot of dynamic players up front and they have no clue about what to do with them , and when a player like yaya toure is partnering iniesta , it is like madrid playing with diara and emerson ( 2006 ) ..

Iniesta is actually not underrated

) Xavi is . Iniesta is very young and is like the future deco for em .

**Dirtycheat** · 04-12-2008, 09:30 PM

to sum it up, i think barca should be more worried about ronaldo than united should be worried about messi.

Messi can be kicked out the game pretty easily where as ronaldo is actually a little bit stronger.

the team with the better defense on the day will win this match. It will be very interesting to see whether both teams go all out attacking or whether it will be a waiting game.

**funkdoctorspock** · 04-12-2008, 10:34 PM

To answer the Barcelona question, if I were Frank I would lineup:

Iniesta --------------- Xavi ---------------- Messi

----------------- Yaya Toure ------------

If Dinho were fit, this midfield against United's would be a joy to watch. Very similiar in a lot of ways. Only difference would be Carrick's passing ability. He will be the the United player that will have to be on his game in the midfield.

Barcelona's defense is very weak. Its really hard to explain. They have strong players back there in Puyol, Thuram, Milito, Zambrotta, Abidal. But collectively for some reason they just don't click.

With Puyol out due to suspension for the 1st leg, United are going to have to expose Milito and Thuram which is completely doable.

Anderson · 04-13-2008, 12:10 AM

yeh thuram will be the weak link i dont think he will be able to deal with the way Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez combine, well lets be honest who can?

Pure Fergie Genious

dimz · 04-13-2008, 03:11 AM

Messi apparently returned tonight for Barca.

I didn't expect them to try to get him back in the lineup so soon. He clearly seemed off the pace, which one would expect. Hopefully he takes extra long to get it back.

**ViSh23** · 04-14-2008, 02:49 PM

messi did played for barca... but he entered the game as a second half sub... well with him or not... man utd will surely take all the games as non granted..

barca might not be at form but that team and many of spanish team are weird... they can win a match this week and lost the one nxt week with a very poor game...

look what happen this sat, they was leading then the final score was 2-2 and the were playing away from home...

united will have to win the away match a nou camp...

barca will played its normal 4-3-3

hop SAF finds the way to stop barca...

the one that frighten me most, is eto and surely messi... and xavi n inesta in on good form...

**GocartMozart** · 04-14-2008, 03:04 PM

can we setup the torrent of a barca game in the coming week?

anyone want to cap or have a cap?

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