Leo Messi and Barcelona decided they’d just go and demolish AC Milan at Camp Nou 4-0 to seal a 4-2 aggregate victory and proceed to the next leg of the Champion’s League….Messi had an off day, only scoring 2 goals, but David Villa sealed his come-back with a beautiful curling shot that helped send them through. What a game!
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And now what are the chances Arsenal pummels Bayern Munich 3-0 at the Allianz Stadium to join Barca in the final 8?Report
Probably something like 1 in 2500. They have the talent to do it, but neither the tactical drilling or the leadership.Report
Nor the defense to keep Bayern scoreless, nor the finishing prowess to throw 3 goals at them.Report
They kept them scoreless. But fell short by a goal.
It was a good game, and Arsenal with a little luck could’ve walked away with advancement.
The problem of course was the first leg and the sloppy loss at home.
Honestly I think now the problem is Wenger. They have the pieces, but not the tactician to use them. Wenger’s always been a rubbish tactical coach who made up for it with his saviness in the market. That’s not good enough anymore.Report
Call me impressed with their effort. My frustration with Arsenal is that they possess the ball for 75 % of the game but don’t get the goal support that should come from dominating possession like they do. And, as a goalkeeper, I don’t know enough about the tactical side of what he should be doing to facilitate more scoring. I goalkeeper…I stop ball.Report
I’m happy for the win, but I feel like it’s band-aids like these which will keep Arsene Wenger in the manager’s chair for another season despite their lack of hardware in eight years.Report
Stupid job. I missed the whole thing.Report
When do we start talking about Messi as possibly the greatest player ever? Are we already doing that? Or is that verboten?Report
It came up last week when Mourinho said that Ronaldo is the greatest ever.Report
Messi is at the very least the greatest player of our time.
To be considered “greatest player ever” (on the level of say a Pele, Beckenbauer, Maradonna, Plantini and Cruyff, he’ll need another 4-5 years at his current form plus a World Cup win. The latter would probably seal him as the greatest ever and not by any reasonable margin except in Pele’s head.
Without a World Cup win he risks being listed along the likes of Zico (who was a bloody fantastic player) as “best player to never win a cup.”Report