Semedo ruled out till 1st week of April.. So sad, trust our medical team to speed up his recovery tho

monerozi5590:


Few decent performances!... WTF... Did you watch Asensio last season?

Asensio is a big match player.

Asensio>>>Dembele.

Lol Internet never forgets, let's talk by 2028, and see who has had the better career
What the fûck did Asensio play last season, a player who may be made used in exchange for the hidden one
The same last season that was about morata and James, even Vazquez was ahead of Asensio, all of a sudden his Golazo against barca in supercup brought all the hype

jamescross:
if messi is their god then dembeleflopele is the second coming

You guys seriously don't even know how to troll, for a kid of 20yrs,coming to a different culture, bigger team, his parents separated, had two different muscular injuries, you then try to compare him with a settled kid, his price was 105m...and the money paid wasn't borrowed from ur account or family account, so what's the fuss... He wasn't bought to be a one season wonder but to give us if possible 9-10years of greatness, So keep displaying stupidity with trolls that have no meaning.. When a club bids 105m for Asensio, we can also discuss

Guillermo Amor (Barca director): "It's hard to say something about Messi, every week we talk about him and Messi talks on the pitch" #fcblive

Nelson Semedo, who damaged his biceps femoris muscle of his left leg, is likely to be sidelined for weeks and will definitely miss the game against Chelsea. The right-back will undergo further tests tomorrow to determine the severity of his injury #fcblive [md]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-centre/barcelona-girona-live-stream-score-12075933

Messi getting an 11/10 rating via mirrror

We can look forwarrd to the fantastic four
Suarez: 3 goals, 2 assists
Messi: 2 goals, 1 assists
Coutinho: 1 goal, 1 assist
Dembele: 1 assist

Barcelona's front four are

mrcalcufast:
does this change the fact that your mcm had to beg the GOAT to give his shadow back to him after the first half of the season? Lmfao!

.the asensio talk again, after he went quiet for many months without been injurred ,playing more games,even marca had to respect themselves,all of a sudden its coming back again right

Valverde: "I spoke with Machín (coach Girona) at the end of the game and he told me ‘If you were playing against Messi, he would also destroy you’.”
Girona coach words to EV

Debroslink:


That dude is the beauty of beIN Sports. He's the best commentator in the world.

Lol check youtube now

Dembele was coveted by fcb for his assists capabilities,i think he was third highest in europe last season, he is just 20,many years to get goals would come...The kid hasnt settled at all if reports are true..great game from him today...sad for semedo..great golazo from coutinho, fcb gonna miss his outside shots in the ucl big time especially against bus parking teams

biomustry:

O boy don't be like Neymar419, e don too much, na so e start o

Discuss football oga, if you feel you are being schooled on the discuss you quietly retreat

sebod:


The person you quoted was once a chairman on this thread as a Cule to the core. He probably stopped posting here due to all sort of meaningless posts we get to read here these days. Just check the thread from the 1st page to confirm. He's no where a skepite.

Was just explaining, since he is a Cule he should know bera, the video was done by a Chelsea fan tho

cobhampolice:


8th best player in the world cant lace the boot of someone who is not in 1st 20 in the world? Are you neymar1404's dad?




Anyone can be dribbled, but the ease and frequency is what we should look into. Busquets is a weakling, hence willian and co took turns.

Rakitic expected him to stop willian in the gif below, he overrated busquets defensive ability, he paid with a yellow card.

[img]https:///media/2-23-2018/JhZ1li.gif[/img]

How else do I school you now, is it a problem for epl fans to understand simple football logic, the same boss quets had the most tackles won in the game.... Enough said

AjanleKoko:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGX6XzHA2mI

Resulted in them possibly going out, on a small pitch, easy to deny space, now wait for Valverde reaction in the return at camp nou, you go know say conte dey learn for tactical masterclass.. Keep basking in the euphoria just like the chelsea fan that did the video

mrcalcufast:
this is super storyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!BS!

You hit the nail on the head, Big time superstory, When they watch back of TV and don't know that Busi is meant to defend the box from set pieces and crosses, they would begin to type superstory like that dude, he reacted because he found out no one was there, it was a tactical failure from the team, same thing everyone in barca blaugranes admitted, alba should have been Manning that zone not Busi... Advice to the Super story telling dude, watch more of barca games when watching, look more on tactics, team set up on attack n defense, not just aesthetics or goals, dribbles, which is what most football fans watch

[/quote][quote author=Abimloaded post=65311258]Barcelona's pass map vs Chelsea.
Sergio Boss-quets you beauty!!!

This chelshit fans won't understand that pass map you dropped, I think they should understand mine, if they can see where it's written attack.. I Concor on the name Boss-quets... The guy na big time boss, When someone combines DM--CM and bosses the game in such a manner, that person is truly a BOSS

cobhampolice:


He had to react because he knew it was his domain. If he was marking someone in the box, he should have delegated another player to mark that spot for him. There's a reason willian was always targeting that spot to unleash the shot. Conte was smart to find that weak spot.



Whose fault is it, that kante has a low centre of gravity? When you lose possession, a dm defends, not standing like an electric pole. Rakitic expected busquets to stop willian in the first half and was forced to collect that yellow.

Willian played for us more than 10 times this season and he never got that amount of space to shoot in a match this season. Thanks to your dm who wasn't closing him down well.

Kante intercepted key passes going to barca's key man, messi.

Busquets was dribbled 4 times, you failed to add that bro. One of which forced rakitic to collect a card. He was also dribbled by hazard, another yellow there. You didn't give us these details and more.

Like normal epl fans do, you discuss then begin to shift the goal post to suit ur point, anyone can be beaten via change in pace or a dribble, knowing kanke low Centre of gravity n height, shouldnt have talked about pace in the first place, no one said Busi or rakitic can't be gotten past, we are discussing the influence of a gem in the dm-cm hybrid role, I don't watch lots of epl games, but I watched Chelsea Leicester, and kanke and bag of beans Bakatoko had a tough time dealing with mahrez,even the burnmouth game I saw the second half, just to counter ur point about talking about dribbles or yellow card, that no be Koko jorr

Unlimited22:

Which Alonso?
Mascherano and Toure yes, but which Alonso?
Marcos Alonso maybe.

Very evident you started watching football recently watch the world cup games in s. Africa and euro 2012,and their qualifiers to determine the Alonso I am talking about, Marcos ain't even a midfielder, funny trying to be sarcastic using him

cobhampolice:


He had to react because he knew it was his domain. If he was marking someone in the box, he should have delegated another player to mark that spot for him. There's a reason willian was always targeting that spot to unleash the shot. Conte was smart to find that weak spot.



Whose fault is it, that kante has a low centre of gravity? When you lose possession, a dm defends, not standing like an electric pole. Rakitic expected busquets to stop willian in the first half and was forced to collect that yellow.

Willian played for us more than 10 times this season and he never got that amount of space to shoot in a match this season. Thanks to your dm who wasn't closing him down well.

Kante intercepted key passes going to barca's key man, messi.

Busquets was dribbled 4 times, you failed to add that bro. One of which forced rakitic to collect a card. He was also dribbled by hazard, another yellow there. You didn't give us these details and more.

You would shift the goal post just to buttress a point, telling me willian hasn't had such amount of space before this season is ridiculous, would remind u of fa cup game, I don't watch Chelsea games that much except they are playing the big teams but I watched that fa cup game, all the back and forth argument, kanke can't lace biscuits boots... It's an open secret.. Case closed

Unlimited22:

Which Alonso?
Mascherano and Toure yes, but which Alonso?
Marcos Alonso maybe.

Very evident you started watching football recently watch the world cup games in s. Africa and euro 2012,and their qualifiers to determine the Alonso I am talking about, Marcos ain't even a midfielder, funny trying to be sarcastic using him

Eruditor:


They used Christensen to pull Sergio into the box while Willian stayed out. As soon as Sergio realised it he ran out to stay infront of Willian who only needed a tenth of a second to release his shot.

Now you are going back to say the samething I have said, you are trying to modernize it, if Kante was playing for fcb instead, he would be in that zone because he is short and won't win any aerial battle from a corner, we have pique, umtiti, Busi n Paulinho for our zonal marking from set pieces, Busi n pique are taller than the other two.

Melvyn11:

he didn't drive Alonso. Alonso and busquet were the 2 holding midfielders for Spain.

Lols, he pushed him further up, told him this is my space, oya move up

cobhampolice:


Exactly, that one of the reasons kante is better than him. He is too sluggish to be almost everywhere.

Any dm can be caught out of position, but you can use your swiftness to cover up. This is busquets' albatross. Did you see how he was running like a pregnant woman chasing kante in the gif I dropped?

But he was everywhere in his heat map, more than Kante, now ask yourself how come a faster player who covers the land and sea couldn't cover the whole midfield like Busi, it's not by running aimlessly, football na brain work, even still got beaten by Busi on tackles won, would beat my imagination if you start comparing them based on speed, well that's what Kante is known for, run, run, run. Leme end this here, no point discussing further, Kanke na learner, watch out for part 2...

cobhampolice:


What of the yellow card collected?

Who do you blame for willian's goal? Who do you blame for rakitic's yellow off willian? Who do you blame for those attempts on goal by willian?

Assuming the game ended 4-1 against your team, it would have been different story from you.

Tactical foul.. I blame the whole team.. Come and kill me, Paulinho has one, can't remember the first willian shot, the willian goal, d whole team for being outsmarted , all waiting for a cross

cobhampolice:


Story for the gods. Why was he the one that later ran to meet willian? Excuses, excuses, excuses.

He had to try to react ogbeni, seeing the short corner... No need discussing back and forth, Chelsea were smarter on that play overall, and you can't pin that mistake all on Busi if you wanna be honest, from marking a defender in the box, he should suddenly appear in front of the box, na magic?? Busi with all his greatness makes mistakes, all players do, afterall he didn't finish with 100% pass accuracy

cobhampolice:


What of the yellow card collected?

Who do you blame for willian's goal? Who do you blame for rakitic's yellow off willian? Who do you blame for those attempts on goal by willian?

Assuming the game ended 4-1 against your team, it would have been different story from you.

We play a 2man central midfield, andbusi can't be every where, we all know that, no matter how you think willian should be closed down, his second post came from giving the ball away on the right side, not sure but I think it's Paulinho, you can't close down all shots ogbeni, only double Deckers parkers can do that with ease, not a team who play expansive with possession

cobhampolice:


Not stand still, he should learn how to block channels with responsive positioning. He went to where no one sent him, allowing kante to cash in on his stupid decision and put his defence under avoidable pressure.

When hazard was putting Roberto, paulinho and rakitic under pressure, willian ensured that he went to that same spot where busquets shoud be manning. Umtiti had to come out in one of those moments he exposed them, luckily for Sergio, the ball hit the post. I don't need to expain this with gifs.

Fact is, busquets is a sluggish dm and he couldn't catch up with fleet footed players, he would be exposed. But messi and co are always there to ensure not many people notice he is defensively weak.

So it was kante who asked Christensen to pass to fabregas? Wehdonsir, you can defend a stray bullet.

Lol for someone who isnt used to how barca play, talking about Busi which was needed in the box for his height, Chelsea took a short corner, very unlike them, it was just a tactical maneuver, alba or Roberto should be Manning that space and not Busi... Guy yarn another thang

cobhampolice:


Kante is the 8th best player in the world, the best player in epl last season, the best French player.

Busquets wasn't even the best dm from Spanish league last season.

So what are you saying, with all the kanke stats, speaks volumes about the quality of the epl last season, as for fifa votes we know what all that is about, Busi that plays the hybrid of dm and cm together. Keep deluding yourself with kanke Mr chase the ball all over the park... Busi has matured from the DM role, since Xavi retired

Biscuits vs Chelsea stats
Sergio Busquets vs Chelsea Football Club:

Most touches (152) ✅
Most passes completed (128) ✅
Most tackles won (6) ✅

Midfield masterclass..take note of most tackles won.. His heat map would give the better picture... Football evolution, DM-CM hybrid

Kanke picture shows him looking so exhausted, doesn't face such quality often in the epl

I still remember the krychiowiak argument, now it's Kante, those who played the game know better, no basis for back and forth argument, someone who drove mascherano and Alonso away from their God mode positions, plus toure you are calling kanke abi na kante

Eruditor:
You people will use hype to finish Kante. He was ok against us but I would pick Busquet's performance over his in that game easy.

Kante uses his speed and anticipation to make up for his positional mal-awareness. So many times he is caught in the wrong position and makes last ditch efforts to cover up.

Kante always looks like he is doing hard work (which he is most times) but that guy was getting dispossessed easily whereas Sergio was not.

Hype on sha. Short men tell need tall tales.

The same analysis I watched, same Ferdinand said biscuits would walk with slippers and do all he did seamlessly, before it was krychiowiak, now is Kante West bah, be deluding yasef, thinking football is running around chasing the ball when you can actually walk around dictating with the ball

gbengaoa:
I think you guys only watch EPL and think that's the end of football. Aside Barca, Real Madrid and Atl Madrid, there are 6 other teams that can compete very well against the top 6 teams in England.
Try and watch other leagues and see the quality of play and don't stay with a league cos it has so much publicity.

It's been like this for years, no wonder sevilla surprised middlesbrough, atm n sevilla surprised many epl teams, bilbao just to mention a few... A league that has been the best in rankings for 4-5 years just because It doesn't have same global coverage and press, makes people think everything starts and stops at the epl