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Lionel Messi Makes it Look Too Easy (Barcelona vs Leverkusen)
Lionel Messi became the first player in Champions League history to score 5 goals in one match. Forget about Barcelona beating Leverkusen 7-1 and the aggregate score of 10-2. I don’t know what Guardiola is planning for next year and his future in the game, but it seemed like Messi and the rest put on a show just to convince him to stay.
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Champions League Round of 16 Second Legs Previews – Part II
What would be the biggest surprise? Leverkusen actually coming back from losing 1-3 to Barcelona at home, or APOEL Nicosia beat Lyon by the right amount of goals and continuing their magical run in the Champions League? Knowing what we know now, seeing Leverkusen in the UCL quarter finals would be a bigger shock.
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Barcelona and the Day the Xavi Era Ends
Xavi has won every possible title with Barcelona, including six league titles and three Champions League trophies. He’s won the Euro and the World Cup with the Spanish national team, but at 32, it’s pretty clear that his reign as the best midfielder and playmaker on the planet will soon be over, and there’s no immediate heir in sight.
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Barcelona Still Champions League Favorites According to Betting Odds
Real Madrid having a 10 point lead over Barcelona in the La Liga doesn’t change the fact that the oddsmakers still view the current European champions as the favorites to lift the Champions League trophy once more at the Allianz Arena in Munich on May 19, 2012.
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Messi Four Goals and Barcelona Show Won’t Help Win La Liga
Lionel Messi scoring four goals against Valencia in the 5-1 thrashing by Barcelona did his Pichichi bid and climb up the all time ranks a world of good, but with a 10 point gap from Real Madrid in the La Liga table, it looks like the title will be leaving Barca’s grip for the first time since 2008.
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Jose Mourinho Can Finally Relax
Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid have opened a 13 point, seemingly un-erasable lead at the top of the La Liga, with Barcelona’s chances of catching up somewhere between slim to none. He still hasn’t won a league or Champions league clasico, but there’s no doubt that the Special One’s stocks are on the rise once again.
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Alexis and Messi Too Much for Bayer (Leverkusen vs Barcelona)
Lionel Messi added a third and final dagger in the closing minutes to make sure Leverkusen had no chance of having any hope of coming out for the first leg with at least a draw, and no chance of making the Champions League quarter finals this season, joining Alexis’ double to give Barcelona a 3-1 win in the first leg.
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Finally a Clasico That Real Madrid Deserved to Win
Real Madrid made a point, proved and surprised everyone with their ability to actually dominate a game against Barcelona, even at the Camp Nou. Forget about talks of Barca taking it easy because of their away lead or anything like that. Real’s resistance game came exactly at the right time, even if it didn’t get them a win and a semi final.
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A Chance For Ronaldo and Mourinho to Turn the Tide
Real Madrid have nothing to lose, coming in tomorrow to the Camp Nou, trying to erase a 2-1 deficit against Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Mourinho, who failed to live up to the expectations at the Santiago Bernabeu, can change the balance between the two clubs, that despite Real’s 5 point lead in the league, is tipping, cleary, in favor of Lionel Messi and Guardiola for more than 3 years.
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Clasico Losses to Barcelona Won’t Matter if Real Madrid Win Title
Barcelona beating Real Madrid? Boring. Well not exactly boring, but nothing new about it. Messi didn’t score, Ronaldo did but disappeared shortly after, We didn’t get anything interesting from Mourinho, yet, while the dirty tactics, with Pepe incharge, were what resonated in many minds after the match.