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FC Barcelona – Cesc Fabregas Loves it Without Lionel Messi
I’m sure Cesc Fabregas is a better player with Lionel Messi on the pitch, but for yet another week, he manages to do things, mostly score a goal, while the biggest star on the Barcelona squad takes another day off heading into more important matches, while the Spanish La Liga is not proving to be too much of a challenge, even on one of the most unimpressive displays from the soon-to-be-champions this season.
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Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo Are the Best But Not the Most Important Players On Their Teams
The never ending fascination with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo being one or two levels about the rest of European football isn’t going to stop any time soon, not when the two Barcelona & Real Madrid stars continue to score at the pace they are now, but it doesn’t mean they mean the difference between success and failure for the two sides.
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FC Barcelona – Cesc Fabregas Still Hasn’t Truly Arrived
Despite being a product of La Masia, it seems Cesc Fabregas hasn’t really found himself since arriving, or returning to football club Barcelona, being too much of an Arsenal man in the way he plays to perfectly fit the tactical needs his current club requires of him, raising the question, more than once, of if signing him at all costs while having a possibly more suitable player, like Thiago, growing from within, was the wisest choice to make.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Will Never be as Loved as Lionel Messi
Every time Real Madrid visit Bilbao to play against Athletic, Cristiano Ronaldo gets the awkward, abusive treatment from fans and players. No matter who good he’ll be and how much there will be an attempt to change his image, which has gone a long way from his early days in Spain, it’ll never be on par with the way Lionel Messi is treated.
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Neymar Will be a Barcelona Player Eventually
Maybe in 2013, maybe in 2014, but it seems that eventually, Barcelona football club will get their hands on Neymar, despite his media-silence regarding his future after his contract with Santos expires, right after the World Cup in Brazil.
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FC Barcelona – Cesc Fabregas & Xavi Oversee the Substitutes
Garbage time for Barcelona doesn’t mean they’re planning on dropping points. Cesc Fabregas was back in the role of Lionel Messi while the real deal wasn’t even in the squad, while the ones who truly enjoyed a run in the lineup were Cristian Tello who finished with two goals and plenty of others, who’ll see quite a lot of La Liga action till the end of the season.
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Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund Simply Too Good for Bundesliga
It might be a tad fitting that Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are going to play Real Madrid & Barcelona in the Champions League, because the way the Bundesliga is playing out this season and in the past few years, the distance in quality and ability between the two clubs and the rest of the competition might be getting to the levels of the traditional La Liga powerhouses have over their local opponents.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Has to Win the Champions League With Real Madrid
Coming up with the image of a younger, slimmer, different Cristiano Ronaldo during the Manchester United portion of his career is getting harder and harder to do. The image of the beefier, better version of him, scoring goals for Real Madrid, has almost erased the achievements and titles he won during his Premier League days, including the Champions League trophy.
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Lionel Messi is What We’ll Remember From This Barcelona Dynasty
Many years from now, when people will look at the Barcelona run of titles from 2009 until who knows when it’ll stop, the names of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Carles Puyol will be an afterthought. Lionel Messi is all that’s going to remain for those not tedious enough to look at the small details, as every match he plays, even when he doesn’t score, serves to strengthen the myth and legend.
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Ranking the Favorites to win the Champions League
If you believe in UEFA conspiracies, it seems like the ruler of European football want us to have an all-German or all-Spanish Champions League final, putting Bayern Munich with Barcelona and Real Madrid with Borussia Dortmund in the semifinals.