That Little Genius…

[DukeDickson]

BlackST said:

Watched the first half and had to go out so missed the second half

Same here - was 1-1 when I went out for fuel/provisions .

Edited by DukeDickson on Monday 15th February 00:14

[s m]

Fantastic rainbow flick by Neymar too

[uk66fastback]

ellroy said:

He'd struggle on a wet Tuesday in Stoke of course........

That he would.

The control to go round the guy to get the penalty was like Jordan Ibe at his finest!

[ellroy]

Good evening Mr Cech.

I understand there's a statistic of some kind?

Boom.

[epom]

He's just something else isn't he ? And now he's got that other two up front with him even his confidence seems to be after going up a notch.

[ellroy]

All three of them at it tonight. Fabulous finishes from Suarez and Lionel.

The Arse got it right up the arse, although I thought they did OK in truth.

He managed to do it on a cold wet night in Barca at least.

[Amirhussain]

Going through a bad patch at the moment...

[selym]

Amirhussain said:

Going through a bad patch at the moment...

I'm sure he can be forgiven that!

[Kaj91]

Amirhussain said:

Going through a bad patch at the moment...

The whole team seems to be going through a bit of a bad patch at the minute.

[Amirhussain]

Kaj91 said:

Amirhussain said:

Going through a bad patch at the moment...

The whole team seems to be going through a bit of a bad patch at the minute.

3 consecutive La Liga losses for the first time since 2003

[DukeDickson]

Amirhussain said:

Kaj91 said:

Amirhussain said:

Going through a bad patch at the moment...

The whole team seems to be going through a bit of a bad patch at the minute.

3 consecutive La Liga losses for the first time since 2003

End of the world averted by 0-8 away win. The only thing I can't get is that, in theory, there aren't many teams poorer than current Depor, in theory.

[London424]

Lost again and now quit international football.

You'd think the greatest ever would be able to win something at the international level would t you?

[BlackLabel]

To quit at this age (he only turned 29 a few days ago) is dissapointing. Why not carry on and fight to win something with your national side?

[andyjo1982]

Surprised by this too, but he's not used to losing finals at club level. Last night will really have hurt. Maybe a heat of the moment thing, but doubt he'll come back.

Messi will go down as one of the best ever, who couldn't take a penalty. God knows how many he's missed now.

Also just read on Twitter, Mascherano, Aguero, Higuain and Lavezzi have all retired too.

[Black can man]

Perhaps he's just getting tired, he's probably been going non stop for 25 years.

[hornetrider]

I'd imagine the flying for all the internationals starts to grate after a while too. Even on your private jet.

[Challo]

andyjo1982 said:

Surprised by this too, but he's not used to losing finals at club level. Last night will really have hurt. Maybe a heat of the moment thing, but doubt he'll come back.

Messi will go down as one of the best ever, who couldn't take a penalty. God knows how many he's missed now.

Also just read on Twitter, Mascherano, Aguero, Higuain and Lavezzi have all retired too.

Potentially that leaves Argentina screwed then for a while.

[Amirhussain]

I think he'll be back. Probably said all that in the heat of the moment.

[BlackLabel]

andyjo1982 said:

Also just read on Twitter, Mascherano, Aguero, Higuain and Lavezzi have all retired too.

Somthing must be seriously wrong with the national set up when you have several 28-29 year olds retiring from the national side. Even Mascherano and Lavezzi are relatively young.

[hornetrider]

So, Messi has been found guilty of tax fraud and been sentenced to 21 months prison.

No, really.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/06/l...

Yet, he's not expected to actually serve any of it. Huh?

Guardian seeming to suggest that any sentence under 2 years in Spain is not actually served in prison.