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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Turns to Neymar & Alexis Sanchez
The first Clasico of the season was something of a weird one, especially when looking at the key players and heroes. Lionel Messi had a weak performance, hardly felt under heavy guard. Meanwhile, both Neymar and later Alexis Sanchez enjoyed enough freedom to score the goals put Barcelona all smiling when they got past the finish line.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Leaves Scoring Up to Alexis Sanchez
For those expecting Neymar to fill the scoring void left by the Lionel Messi injury, there are other players to look to in hope of making up for his absence, such as Alexis Sanchez, who upon his third season at Barcelona is finally looking like the forward the team envisioned when they first signed him.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Gets The Spotlight Turned at Him
This is what Neymar was brought for. The moment Lionel Messi is either injured or marked too tightly, it should be the Brazilian’s turn to be the man for Barcelona, who have struggled anytime their best player was missing or taken out of them match by an opponent’s defending.
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Lionel Messi Doesn’t Need Much to Keep Barcelona Perfect
Only 29 minutes for Lionel Messi, but it’s enough for Barcelona to win their 7th consecutive match since the start of the season, something that the club has neve done before, although the circumstances of his substitution have to be somewhat of a worrying subject.
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FC Barcelona – Gerard Pique Isn’t the Only Defensive Problem
The defensive problems for Barcelona aren’t going away, and it’s not only on the head of Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano at the heart of the defense, although they certainly are the easiest players to blame for the goals they concede.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & Neymar Need to End the Foreplay Stage
In a World Cup year, international matches with Brazil & Argentina might mean more to Lionel Messi and Neymar than their success with Barcelona, but it doesn’t change the fact that after a month of getting used to each other, it’s expected of them to start showing a lot more of quality football together, and also on an individual level when it comes to Neymar.
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Barcelona vs Real Madrid – Gerardo Martino Involved in Some Trash Talk
Even if Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova are no longer part of the never ending feud between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Gerardo Martino doesn’t mind throwing himself right into the boiling cauldron, taking shots at Los Blancos for the way they’ve handled themselves in the whole Gareth Bale transfer saga, which finally seems to be over.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Does What Lionel Messi Couldn’t
Everyone is still waiting to see Lionel Messi and Neymar on the pitch at the same time, but for now, even without the combination of the two stars, it’s working, as Barcelona were more or less saved by the Brazilian coming off the bench, while the Argentine had to leave the match early because he was taking too much of a beating.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Becoming the Power Figure of the Club
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a soccer club is for one of its players to become greater than the team itself, which is something that’s at a risk of happening for Barcelona with Lionel Messi.