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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: paralambano Date: April 18, 2017, 12:18 pm |
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/10-years-lionel-messis-greatest-10246237 |
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/10-years-lionel-messis-greatest-10246237: |
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The similarities between Messi's solo goal and Diego Maradona's |
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famous, match-winning effort against England at the 1986 World |
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Cup are spooky. Both men ran for just over 10 seconds. Maradona |
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covered 62 metres, Messi 60. Both touched the ball 13 times and |
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beat six opponents. |
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The goals are virtually identical. The fact they were both |
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scored by diminutive, brilliant Argentinian numbers tens - and |
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that they are perhaps the two best goals of the last 30-odd |
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years - simply makes the resemblance all the more uncanny. |
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Messi's dribble: |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHUb4y7Txo0 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHUb4y7Txo0 |
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Maradona's dribble (starting at 44 seconds): |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY40__rBvSk |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY40__rBvSk |
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Ooo-hoo-hoooooo! |
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para . . . . |
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#Post#: 14654-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: Kerry Date: April 18, 2017, 1:24 pm |
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Must be voodoo. |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: paralambano Date: April 23, 2017, 5:41 pm |
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Okay . . . |
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This was a wounded animal (FC Barcelona) some knowledgeable |
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(here?) being kicked when it was down (experts too, myself |
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unhappy with their inconsistency all season). It was an epic, |
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entertaining back and forth sporting battle by arguably the |
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biggest and most storied rivalry in team sport: |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTPxORAlT0Y |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTPxORAlT0Y |
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This isn't the Superbowl. This is the Superbowl times 4 |
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worldwide, North Americanos! Please google El Clasico. |
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Sergio Ramos sent off with a reckless tackle on Messi. One can't |
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go in like that without touching the ball. |
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I'll leave it to later when I come down however rational I may |
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be now: |
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LIONEL MESSI! LIONEL MESSI! LIONEL MESSI! LIONEL MESSI! LIONEL |
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MESSI! (5 times for his 500th La Liga goal) |
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He actually took off his shirt in the Bernabeu and held it high. |
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I haven't seen it before this way of him. |
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http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/gallery/lionel-messi-celebration-el-clasico-emb… |
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http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/gallery/lionel-messi-celebration-el-clasico-emb… |
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What means this? However powerful you are (Real Madrid is a |
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veritable "murderers row" which eliminated Bayern Munich in the |
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Champions League . . my humble Leo . . . well . . . . |
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play like Barca if you dare (and I mean Barca too) . . . . |
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. . . when you mean to be Barca . . . . |
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Messi. The reflection of God so many times in football boots |
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:). |
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http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2016075-sant-messi-y-messi-decide-la-liga-las-tapas-… |
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http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2016075-sant-messi-y-messi-decide-la-liga-las-tapas-… |
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Done now. Like a madcap football fan :). |
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para . . . . |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: paralambano Date: April 25, 2017, 12:33 pm |
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This was supposed to be Real Madrid finishing Barca off this |
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season. The pundits had said it was the end of the glory years |
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for Messi and his team. Mauled, a mouthful of blood down on the |
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pitch, his team glum, Leo produced one of his most stunning |
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goals to win El Clasico and an emblematic, solemn, silent |
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demonstration of the phenomenon when he stood there holding his |
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shirt up to the Madridistas as if to say, Remember me. I'm |
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Lionel Messi. #10. FC Barcelona. Which said it all for me. What |
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a way to "drop the mic." |
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But, hey, it's not all so serious: |
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http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/gallery/lionel-messi-el-clasico-goal-celebratio… |
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http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/gallery/lionel-messi-el-clasico-goal-celebratio… |
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:) |
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para . . . . . |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: Kerry Date: April 25, 2017, 3:34 pm |
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His facial expression is great. So deadpan. I liked the |
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"photo" of him with the bull. |
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http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/04/10-8.vadapt.767.high.0.jpg |
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The BBC may have goofed when they reported he lost a few teeth. |
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I think they said that. I think I heard them say that. From |
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what I can gather, he didn't -- but he will need some kind of |
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dental work. |
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Then I was wondering how can one player get his elbow that high, |
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high enough to strike another player in the face? I kept trying |
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to visualize how it could have happened. Then I saw a photo. |
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It turned out that both Messi and Marcelo were airborne when |
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it happened. |
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[img] |
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/untitled-419.jpg?strip=all&… |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: paralambano Date: April 26, 2017, 4:51 pm |
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Kerry - |
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I saw the pictured hit on Messi in real time. It came by the |
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elbow of Marcelo (Brazilian national teammate of Neymar |
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[suspended this match for his sarcastic applauding of a ref]), |
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probably the best left-back in soccer worldwide currently and a |
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player I would have on Barca's back-line in an instant if I got |
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what I wished for. The thing is, in spite of Sergio Ramos and |
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Marcelo apologizing to Messi as he lay prone spitting out blood, |
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I have my doubts as to its innocence. Ramos, incidentally, was |
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later red-carded in the match for a flying two-footed leap at a |
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Messi busy-ball that one commentator said looked like a |
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leg-breaker. A totally unnecessary challenge from the Madrid |
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player which looked suspiciously like if you can't stop Messi on |
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the ball in the match, then take him out of the game. The |
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challenge came midfield. Ramos is a back-line defender. What's |
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he taking a tackling run at Messi up there for? |
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Here is Fabio Capello, a former manager of Real Madrid |
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(2006-2007) making this claim: |
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The Italian stated: "A straight red for Ramos was the correct |
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decision. Just look at the lunge on Messi, it's criminal. He |
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furthered: "Each time there is a Madrid-Bar�a duel at the |
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Santiago Bernab�u, certain Madrid players go out with the |
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intention of injuring Messi". |
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http://en.as.com/en/2017/04/24/football/1493064338_366966.html |
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http://en.as.com/en/2017/04/24/football/1493064338_366966.html |
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I don't know what was in Ramos' mind at the time. He said later |
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that he was not intending to hurt Messi but admitted that he |
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ought to have been given a yellow instead of getting booted out |
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of the game and a one match suspension added. And Ramos is such |
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a gifted player. A true centre-back capable of winning a game |
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with the stretch of his neck. Amazing that this should have |
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happened at all. |
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para . . . . |
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#Post#: 14767-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: Kerry Date: April 27, 2017, 5:32 pm |
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Motive is always hard to determine. How important should |
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motive be to a ref? Perhaps they should stress the results of |
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actions a little more and the motives a little less? |
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Can you imagine how people would drive if you had no rules about |
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except to try to drive safely. You tell people the law is not |
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to drive faster than is safe without any other guideline. You |
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get the traffic cop to guess if someone genuinely thought the |
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speed was safe. " Oh, you ran that red light and thought you |
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could get through without causing an accident -- okay, if you |
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thought that, no ticket for you." |
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One thing seems clear: Even if these players don't have the |
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active intention of harming Messi, their motive to play without |
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injuring him is not very strong. |
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#Post#: 14774-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: paralambano Date: April 28, 2017, 8:54 am |
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Kerry - |
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[quote]Motive is always hard to determine. How important |
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should motive be to a ref? Perhaps they should stress the |
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results of actions a little more and the motives a little less? |
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Can you imagine how people would drive if you had no rules about |
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except to try to drive safely. You tell people the law is not |
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to drive faster than is safe without any other guideline. You |
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get the traffic cop to guess if someone genuinely thought the |
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speed was safe. " Oh, you ran that red light and thought you |
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could get through without causing an accident -- okay, if you |
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thought that, no ticket for you." |
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One thing seems clear: Even if these players don't have the |
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active intention of harming Messi, their motive to play without |
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injuring him is not very strong. [/quote] |
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Sometimes a ref can discern motive in a revenge scenario where a |
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player has gone after another after being hurt or humiliated by |
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them. Then it becomes a bigger, league issue. In Ramos' case, |
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the ref had made the correct call since Ramos was seen leaving |
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his feet for the tackle on Messi. |
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Casemiro, on the other hand, clearly twice interfered with Messi |
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on the ball but received only a single yellow. He had been |
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turned inside out by Messi on the ball earlier in the middle of |
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the pitch. Leo's not a show-boater. He could have gone for the |
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"sombrero" on Casemiro, a move where the ball is hitched up into |
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the air over an opponent's head. In any case, Casemiro (the |
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engine of Madrid's midfield) was carded for interfering with |
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Messi in the first instance and Messi can be clearly seen waving |
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a card-hand at the ref asking for the card against Casemiro in |
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the second. Refs ought to consider whether a player is being |
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hounded I believe. |
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[quote]One thing seems clear: Even if these players don't have |
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the active intention of harming Messi, their motive to play |
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without injuring him is not very strong. [/quote] |
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True. No special care taken for sure. Accidents apparently |
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happen. |
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para . . . . |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: paralambano Date: May 4, 2017, 11:57 am |
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http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2017/05/04/barcelona-star-messi-builds-… |
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http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2017/05/04/barcelona-star-messi-builds-… |
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para . . . . |
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Re: Lionel Messi |
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By: Kerry Date: May 5, 2017, 5:49 am |
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[quote author=paralambano link=topic=1194.msg14813#msg14813 |
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date=1493917030] |
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http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2017/05/04/barcelona-star-messi-builds-… |
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http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2017/05/04/barcelona-star-messi-builds-… |
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para . . . . |
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[/quote]This is a good thing. I think it is a good thing to |
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have money if you don't wind up loving the money instead of |
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people. |
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