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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Makes Alexis Sanchez the Hero
The same old story for Barcelona with a twist; Lionel Messi only setting up the dramatic winner after poor defending jeopardizes everything this team does well, allowing Alexis Sanchez to come off the bench and find himself in the hero’s seat for a change.
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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 Using Gareth Bale to Attack Real Madrid
At FC Barcelona, there’s a constant attempt to not only distinguish themselves from Real Madrid in terms of approach and long-term planning, but also from the rest of the footballing world. The Gareth Bale acquisition is the perfect opportunity to take a shot at the spending and business handling of their greatest rivals.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Can’t Get Any Better Than This
There’s nothing surprising anymore about Lionel Messi finishing the first half with a hat-trick. Barcelona look like a completely different team with and without their Argentine star, but sometimes it’s shocking to see the difference one player, as talented as he may be, make by actually being fit for a match.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Knows He Should Do Better
Two Super Cup matches, no victories. Barcelona are making their way into the new season quite slowly, which means Lionel Messi is clearly out of shape or still suffering from some sort of injury, while his combination with Neymar wasn’t there to be seen and their defensive problems continue to be something that will haunt this team for the rest of the season.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Waiting for Gerard Martino to Notice Him
Even without Lionel Messi in the lineup, Gerardo Martino doesn’t seem to want and mess around with a formula that has worked so well for the last few years, keeping Neymar on the bench once again for about an hour before finally using the Brazilian star, while Cesc Fabregas was the one who filled in for the injured Argentine star.
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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 Came Back Hungrier Than Ever
Maybe it was about the players showing their new manager they don’t care if he didn’t come from “within”, or maybe it was about Lionel Messi showing Neymar how it’s done at Barcelona, which means trying to score and finish off the match as early as possible.
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Neymar Scores His Debut Goal On the First Start (Thailand vs Barcelona)
In what should be the first of many, Neyamr didn’t wait very long in the 7-1 win by Barcelona over Thailand in another easy friendly for the La Liga champions, scoring his first ever goal in his new uniform, needing only 13 minutes to get on the scoresheet.