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re: Match Day 4/19 Barcelona - Juventus (FS1) & Monaco - Dortmund (FS2)

Posted on 4/19/17 at 3:54 pm to
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50248 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 3:54 pm to
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A Monaco-Juve final would be a nice change of pace.

I get enough sleep on the weekends. We need another Madrid derby.
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
42463 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 3:55 pm to
Crazy to see the best team ever assembled not even score a goal in the quarters of the Champions League.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 3:56 pm to
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For once, Neymar's theatrics actually stemmed from real contact

But because he's the boy who cried wolf ten thousand times, a foul was not even given. I love it!

ETA: Who's that in the pic?
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 3:58 pm
Posted by mynamebowl
Houston
Member since Jun 2012
1712 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 4:01 pm to
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Something has been off with Messi since the Copa final last year... I think that loss really fricked him up.


Na stuff like that doesn't phase players like him IMO. I would be willing to bet he's had more devastating losses than in the final of a made up tournament played in the US.

Could be showing early signs of a decline. He's 29 now. That's not old by any means, but he has been playing consistently for Barca since he was 17 right? It kind of reminds me of Lebron in the sense that he's never really a had a major injury so he has played a ton of games since his debut. Barcelona go deep in every competition they are in. The matches and minutes pile up before you know it.
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
70737 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 4:13 pm to
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Na stuff like that doesn't phase players like him IMO. I would be willing to bet he's had more devastating losses than in the final of a made up tournament played in the US.



Do you not remember the amount of pressure that was put on him in the lead up for that? All the talk about not winning the World Cup and 2015 Copa finals. And after Chile won on penalties, there were those shots of Messi in tears... first time I had ever seen that type of emotion from him.

And then he led that temporary mass exodus from the AFA.

Discount that tournament methods all you want, but it definitely took a lot out of him and he hasn't been the same player since.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 5:11 pm
Posted by Mr Personality
Bangkok
Member since Mar 2014
27364 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 4:30 pm to
Well, they couldn't score against Malaga either.
Posted by jackwoods4
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:20 pm to
Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:45 pm to
Agreed a Monaco juve final would be akin to a Rockies devil rays World Series
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