[CL] Champions League 2011/12 (27 Viewers)

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only-juve

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Jan 5, 2008
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Messi's a good player, but mentally he's just as big as he is physically. No character, no passion, no sportsmanship. Messi's nowhere near the moral level a grown up 24 year old should be. Maybe it's growing up in a protected Barcelona environment, maybe it's being coached ever since he was a little kid, but the guy has no personality whatsoever. Lavezzi is three times the man Messi is.
That's why i always rated Maradona higher than Messi, the man Had personality and character.

Two things that Messi really lack....
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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This is also very true. I've been saying this since 2006 but was considered a fool. Their no sponsor $#@! was the most ridiculous thing ever, together with their Unicef stunt.

Look at their jersey now ;). They're sponsored by CAPITALISM ffs :D.
 

Gerd

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Dec 25, 2011
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actually, that wasn't a PK - during the game and shortly after I myself was convinced it should have been a PK but after watching it more carefully, I don't think it was - Abbiati arrived at the spot first and it weas Sanchez who bumped his legs into Abbiati's hands, not the other way around ... Abbiati had the spot first and never reached out to look for contact with Sanchez's legs.

Whether the ref saw that too and that's why he didn't give it, I don't know but it wasn't a PK.
Not really , sanchez goes after the ball abbiati puts his hands in his way , that is a penalty .
 

Badass J Elkann

It's time to go!!
Feb 12, 2006
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That was pure day-light robbery indeed.

I still don't understand how that was a penalty.
well busquets raised his arm to bring the ref's attention that nesta was already grabbing onto his shirt, on the move he took the fall. Really that was poor from nesta and really i think it did warrant a penalty, even though these sort of incidents are missed, but if you're going to be pulling shirts in the box you are asking for trouble, the ref took the bait but it was a penalty no matter how soft it was.
 

Gerd

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Dec 25, 2011
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That's why i always rated Maradona higher than Messi, the man Had personality and character.

Two things that Messi really lack....
Maradona was much more than messi because he was a much better player won games by himself , out of the field he was a drug addict
 
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