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El Barça actual es un equipo que da pena verlo. Tiene chispazos en la gente de arriba, porque tiene jugadores aún rápidos y en forma como Pedro, Alexis o Neymar. Pero de Xavi, Iniesta y Messi ni rastro, y me parece que, aunque a Messi, por edad, le deberían quedar muchos años, no está en la mejor actitud para seguir siendo el mejor.

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Por cierto, para mí error gordo del Tata Martino quitando a Iniesta y dejando en el campo a Messi. Jugar con Messi es jugar con 10 y más tal como estaba el partido.

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No sé si tanto.

Futbolísticamente han estado varios años encandilando al personal a base de buen fútbol colectivo en ataque y solidario en defensa, que sin duda ha marcado época. No digo que no lo hiciera nadie anteriormente, pero no creo que lo llegasen a bordar como lo ha hecho el Barça en temporadas pasadas.

Luego si le añadimos el cinismo de algunos jugadores como Busquets o Alves, el mal perder de Xavi y temas extradeportivos, quizá sí sea para muchos más desagradable que el Madrid.

En Sevilla, por suerte o por desgracia -yo creo que por suerte-, se vive el fútbol en verdiblanco y el de el otro equipo de la ciudad con la suficiente intensidad como para que el Barça y el Madrid apenas tengan cabida. Quizá, junto con San Sebastián y Bilbao son los únicos sitios en los que se da esta circunstancia.

Además, al quitar a Iniesta ha dejao cojo a Neymar, el mejor hombre del Barça hoy.

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Si aquí la gente se tira de los pelos si Rubén Castro no juega o lo cambian... imagínate lo que puede pasar en Barcelona si hacen eso con Messi.

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Bueno, yo no hablaba del aspecto futbolístico, sino en cuanto a la actitud que desprenden jugadores y entrenadores. La falsa modestia de Guardiola, la chulería de Piqué y Alves, la prepotencia de Xavi, el estar continuamente haciendo corrillos al arbitro, los teatros y los piscinazos, el apoyo Federativo y arbitral gracias a que Laporta le salvó el culo a Villar...

Y personalmente, en lo futbolístico el Barça de Guardiola me gustó los dos primeros años, y anteriormente el 2º y 3º año de Rikjaard. El Barcelona a partir del 3º año del Dalai Lama ha sido un suplicio verlo jugar.

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Espero que sea un Madrid-Chelsea/Bayern y un Atlético-Bayern/Chelsea.

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se sabe si pidió el cambio?? ostrassssssssssss

https://vine.co/v/M56ihn65Env

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Thibaut Courtois: Atletico Madrid keeper unlikely to face Chelsea

Atletico Madrid's on-loan goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is unlikely to play against parent club Chelsea if the sides are drawn to face each other in the Champions League semi-finals.

Under the terms of the deal that took Courtois to Spain, Atletico would have to hand over a sizable fee for the Belgium star to play against the Blues.

"It's a number we can't afford to pay," said club president Enrique Cerezo.

Atletico made the last four with a 2-1 aggregate win over Barcelona.

The draw for the semi-finals takes place on Friday, with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid joining Atletico and Chelsea in the final four.

It has been reported in Spain that it could cost Atletico £4.95m for Courtois, 21, to feature against the Blues.

Courtois signed a five-year contract with Chelsea in 2011 when he moved from Genk for an undisclosed fee but has never played for the Stamford Bridge club.

He is spending a third season on loan at Atletico, who are one point clear at the top of La Liga with six matches left.

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Cruyff: Martino did what he could, but at Barça the manager isn’t in charge

Barcelona legend, Johan Cruyff recently weighed in on the Catalan side’s early exit from the Champions League and feels that while the manager and players should take some of the blame, there real problems with the club come from the top.

In an interview at the opening of his store Cruyffclassic on Thursday afternoon, Cruyff criticised the board of directors and the mismanagement of the club.

“People cant be be angry with the team or the coach, they can be sad, but the fault lies with those that control the club. The problem is that it’s been a very long time now that the manager has not been in control of the dressing room, it’s controlled by those above. In fact, the first decision that was made was to sell a player that Guardiola asked for.”

Cruyff continued his criticism of the club’s current directors, following their FIFA ban over the illegal signing of youth players.

“I don’t know the FIFA rules very well, but I imagine that if they were sanctioned, it’s because they did something illegal.”

The Dutch legend went on to discuss Messi’s inability to get involved in the game against Atletico Madrid and the criticisms of the club and it’s players.

“The day before, everyone was saying that Messi was the best, now he’s the worst. There’s no common sense. People are always looking to place blame on someone.

“How are Barca players going to lose their desire to win. This is another bit of nonsence from the press, like the end of the cycle.”

Cruyff, who was joined by former president Joan Laporta, concluded by admitting that has no yet spoken with current president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, who has continually stressed that he wants to speak to Cruyff and mend the bridges.

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Neymar accused of brandishing sponsored underwear during Champions League loss

Barcelona winger, Neymar can’t seem to avoid controversy as the 22-year-old is now being accused of brandishing his underwear, a brand in which he sponsors, in Barcelona’s Champions League quarterfinals loss to Atletico Madrid several weeks ago.

According to Brazilian newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, Neymar raised his shirt to reveal the elastic band with the sponsors name ‘Lupo’ at least five times throughout the match, which they feel is directly linked with the new deal the two parties signed last month and was the idea of Neymar’s father as a means of “ambush marketing.”

However, the company that handles Neymar’s Marketing, NR Sports has denied to Marca, that the brandishing of the underwear was anything more than a “spontaneous” act that “young people” do.

“The brand exposure was spontaneous – a natural, unforced gesture. It’s something young people do.”

ESPN Brazil is also reporting that UEFA will not be opening an investigation into the matter, which they have put strict regulations on after Nicklas Bendtner famously flashed his underwear advertising betting site Paddy Power at the 2012 Euros.

Bendtner was fined €100,000 for the act.