so if barca wins all its games when messi is out
then this clearly says whose team it is...iniesta?
And it was at the end of the game. I don't understand why coaches don't bench their main players when the result of the game is already known tbh. In that case it was only 2/1 but Barcelona even w/o Messi could have kept this result.
It would avoid injuries, give more rest and it would also be beneficial for the team to learn to play w/o the main assets of the team in case of long injuries.
I agree
Pepe should have made a subs ution
That's OK, Iniesta will cure Messi...
Look up "Crackovia Iniesta Cura a Messi" on youtube...
Xavi > Iniesta
The injury.
Ouch. Remembers me about some of Dirks twisted ankles and you thought first he is done for the season.
Ouch! I can't bealive he didn't break his ankle. Funny how it doesn't seem so bad at first glance.
That's ing disgusting.
It was a late challenge regardless, he didn't have a chance, and I agree with everyone, Messi should have been out of the game by then, but I guess Guardiola was not convinced yet...Barca was not really on the offensive at that stage in the game but you never know, Atletico was still hanging around... it would have taken a stupid mistake for Barca to lose that game but it wasn't a completely convincing win either.
The defenseman was asking for it at that minute of the game, and the reason why he had such a small chance of ever getting away with that is because messi was running into a full sprint and the ball was more towards his right foot, Ujfalusi came from Messi's left side and reached across Messi''s left leg and there was not doubt he had to take out Messi's left leg in order to ever get to the ball...so before Ujfalusi crushed his ankle he took out his left leg too.
It was sort of stupid on both parts, Ujfalusi and Guardiola.
Last edited by ALVAREZ6; 09-20-2010 at 03:07 PM.
WHAT A FLOP!!! he rolled like 3-4 times
Well every soccer player does, Messi does not flop as much compared to most prolific scorers, and he suffered a legitimate hard injury.
LOL mabrignani don't talk about flopping, I remember the 2006 world cup, it's part of the reason I cannot take watching Italy play. They are flopping got primadonnas, it's just pathetic to watch. They cry on the ground delaying the game for a minute after a pathetic touch on the shin.
Of all big time strikers, Messi tries to stay on his feet more than the vast majority:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU4Qxd8nmPs&feature=fvwk
I cannot decide if Ujfa is doing that on purpose or not.
Look the way Ujfalusi goes to the ball. There is no change to play the ball without fouling/bodychecking Messi even if he played the ball...
italy didnt flop more than any other country that played that year, i remember spain argentina, germany and brazil all flopping like crazy...even this year.
i admit flopping is part of the game but messi in that video literally rolled 4 times after contact.....come on
Seriously dude? Not many soccer players... let alone athletes can take that type of hit and 'play it off' as if nothing happened... That's an ankle crushing blow... if you don't roll around (mind you after being taken out at full sprint) you run the risk of aggravating the injury further...
So who in this forum gonna foul mabri the same way so we can see how many times you gonna roll after it
In this case, Messi wasn't flopping with his rolls - he was injured, in extreme pain and his momentum from sprinting thrusted him forward. There are players like Lucio however who barrel roll any time they're touched.
Nasty... can't believe it was just a sprain...
Well we can find some common ground..because I agree with you, when I was watching live it did seem he rolled more than naturally, but all players do this in soccer even when they don't suffer any injury at all. Yesterday, there's no doubt he was in serious pain, if you look at the image it looks pretty bad. If I were in his shoes and some scrub comes and does that to me in addage time when the game is over, I might exaggerate a little too just to make sure he gets sent off, which is exactly what happened.
So while he exaggerated in the roll a little bit, it's not like he completely flopped and fabricated it because he did suffer a harsh injury, and a very frustrating one at that, as he probably has huge ambitions to continue his level of play to keep Barcelona as compe ive as possible to outlast Mourinho & Co. and maybe win another FIFA player of the year. In his mind he knows he while taking that blow he's gonna inevitably miss a decent amount of games, and in his shoes it must have been really frustrating.
haha pussy, scared to do it yourself
what is messi doing even playing that late in the game anyways? youre up a goal and its already in the 90th minute? thats a managerial problem, he shouldnt even of been playing when they were winning
TBH, Barcelona haven't won there in a long time... It was a big deal for them to get a win there... And the score was 1-2, far from a sure win.
Also, Messi probably did exaggerate post-contact, but anybody over 25 that gets stepped on the ankle like that breaks the ligament no questions asked.
He's lucky he's still a young.
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