OT: F.C. Barcelona vs. Arsenal F.C.
I don't have Fox Soccer Channel, but I saw that FSN Detroit will be broadcasting the game and I was excited enough to create this thread. If anyone is reading this and thinking, "Soccer? that's lame," you should switch over to FSN and see the light. It doesn't get too much better than this.
A lot of great players from both clubs are out due to injury or suspension. I'll be rooting for Barcelona (and they've got to be the favorites), but it won't be easy for them without Puyol, Piqué, or Ibrahimović. (EDIT: or maybe it will be!)
Discuss.
If Leo Messi wins the World Cup this year with Argentina, he will already have a better career than Diego Maradona, and that's without the drug problems.
And he's 22 years old.
What a player.
... he will have done it with Maradona as coach, would speak to the enormity of his talent.
and will probably be great for the next ten years is the scariest thought.
we're just living in it
natural hat trick (could have been four) in the first half is notable.
alittle ot but....
inter won! IMO, Wesley Sneijder is the 2nd best playmaker in football.
And yes I said football instead of soccer, "wanna fight about it!?"
who is in ur top 5 "playmakers" in soccer if u have sneijder at 2?
I would put his teammate Eto higher than Sneijder.
when other people choose to call it football. But I DO mind when other people demand that everyone else call it football.
1.Messi
2.Sneijder
3.Xavi/Iniesta
4.Fabregas
5.KAKA
10000000.Donovan ha
*edit*: did you watched how Sneijder toyed with our(USA) defenders all game long?
Just curious where would Ronaldo,Rooney, Torres, Drogba fit in your list?
I wouldn't call Rooney, Torres and Drogba playmakers.
... they are matadors.
Christiano Ronaldo would have to be in the top 5.
Aside from the good ones mentioned...
Essien, Gerrard, Xabi Alanzo, Lampard and Ribery have to be in the discussion.
Wesley Sneijder has really come into form the last three months. FWIW remember his complete dominate performace against the U.S? He was just on another level.
Total stud.
Arsenal has no answers with this depleted lineup...
Final score: Messi 4 - Arsenal 1