If you as a football fan don't think that Messi is the best player in the world and in history, then you need to donate your brain to charity. You don't deserve it
@Rafi cant we all just ignore the people who thinks Ronaldo is better than messi, there shouldn't even be a discussion..
It has never been about messi vs Ronaldo. Its Messi vs Real Madrid/La Liga if anything.
Love Messi. I'm so impressed with Suarez, Roberto, and Rakitic. My expectations are so low for Gomes that I thought he had a better game. I saw his rating here and thought, "Oh, no, he's just as bad as always. We just won and it hides the flaws." It's a darn shame about Vermaelen. He's played so well and an injury is unfortunate.
@vfx_superstar well Gomes has skill, but also one mayor problem. Poor decisions. For example he did a nice sombrero, but Betis player easily use that to retrieve the ball. It was nice skill, requires good technique, but totally stupid at this very situation. Similar with blocking the ball, with forward runs etc. And this clumsy passes. Too slow, too big flows with pitch intelligence. Not a real option for playing in that big club, like Barca.
@xavihernandez He's good when he has space. In tight spaces, he just comes under pressure loses the ball, makes the wrong pass and so on. And playing against Barca, opponents know that they will be punished if they give Barca any space, so they work hard to close down all the spaces. So yeah, even after two years he hasn't fit into the Barca system.
@alehaberer It's true what you say. You know, I get mad when I see people put too much importance on the stats, and then I go and do the same thing! Ha! I have to be careful not to become THAT kind of fan. :)
Best way to fight Barcelona is to defend,,if they attack I see a lot of Messi brilliance destroying the team,it will be interesting if they attack tho and finish,I would say the game is a 6.5/10 due to the quality in Barcelona I see Betis struggling to hold them but they will swing a few punches
Another very hard pitch for Barca to win on. Betis have fantastic supporters and very underrated manager under Setien. But Setien likes to play attacking football which forms spaces and holes between the Betis' defensive and midfield lines that Messi and Barca always like to take advantage of. Don't want to see Paulinho here tbh despite his goal on the weekend, he had a mare that day. The guy is basically Ronaldo 2.0 - does nothing all game and then at the end scores a tapin/rebound or two.
@Messidinho Put Busquets in the same position that Paulinho is playing to see if he would do well? Paulinho is not an attacker and is playing there because the coach wants to. Playing out of his position was the coach's choice and he is doing his best to contribute to the team and is not complaining about it.
Messi‘s dribbling was so amazing!!!!
@willwin , it always is. ;-)
Please get rid of Andre Gomes from line up and bench.
This performance of messi should open any delutional football fan that its only neymar that come close to his level.
If you as a football fan don't think that Messi is the best player in the world and in history, then you need to donate your brain to charity. You don't deserve it
@Rafi Maradona and Ronaldinho are the best two players in history
@Rafi cant we all just ignore the people who thinks Ronaldo is better than messi, there shouldn't even be a discussion.. It has never been about messi vs Ronaldo. Its Messi vs Real Madrid/La Liga if anything.
@Rafi then there is already no point in donating that brain
@BarcaPlsLetMeDown exactly!
Love Messi. I'm so impressed with Suarez, Roberto, and Rakitic. My expectations are so low for Gomes that I thought he had a better game. I saw his rating here and thought, "Oh, no, he's just as bad as always. We just won and it hides the flaws." It's a darn shame about Vermaelen. He's played so well and an injury is unfortunate.
@vfx_superstar well Gomes has skill, but also one mayor problem. Poor decisions. For example he did a nice sombrero, but Betis player easily use that to retrieve the ball. It was nice skill, requires good technique, but totally stupid at this very situation. Similar with blocking the ball, with forward runs etc. And this clumsy passes. Too slow, too big flows with pitch intelligence. Not a real option for playing in that big club, like Barca.
@xavihernandez He's good when he has space. In tight spaces, he just comes under pressure loses the ball, makes the wrong pass and so on. And playing against Barca, opponents know that they will be punished if they give Barca any space, so they work hard to close down all the spaces. So yeah, even after two years he hasn't fit into the Barca system.
@vfx_superstar the ratings here dont always show how well a player played , not saying it is the case this time though
@alehaberer It's true what you say. You know, I get mad when I see people put too much importance on the stats, and then I go and do the same thing! Ha! I have to be careful not to become THAT kind of fan. :)
@vfx_superstar I agree! I do the same sometimes haha
Messi is out of this world! 2 goals, 1 assist, 12 dribbles, another 10/10 rating and man of the match award. Simply the best player ever!!!
Messi♥♥
gomes is a problem. he not always lucky with him
Betis have conceded 36 league goals which is more than any other team outside the bottom three.
In Korea, when a particular team of good articles is published, the team loses. However, good news about Barcelona was published this time. haha
@SSI I guess Korea put the wrong date on those Articles it was actually the Copa date they wanted to put
RealBetis 0 - 2 Barcelona
GO BETIS !!! PS: NOT A R.MADRID FAN
@zardonic umtiti will play tomorrow :p :D
@zardonic :P
Best way to fight Barcelona is to defend,,if they attack I see a lot of Messi brilliance destroying the team,it will be interesting if they attack tho and finish,I would say the game is a 6.5/10 due to the quality in Barcelona I see Betis struggling to hold them but they will swing a few punches
Really interesting match. Betis is in good form. High scoring match. 4-5 goals expected
Another very hard pitch for Barca to win on. Betis have fantastic supporters and very underrated manager under Setien. But Setien likes to play attacking football which forms spaces and holes between the Betis' defensive and midfield lines that Messi and Barca always like to take advantage of. Don't want to see Paulinho here tbh despite his goal on the weekend, he had a mare that day. The guy is basically Ronaldo 2.0 - does nothing all game and then at the end scores a tapin/rebound or two.
@Messidinho Put Busquets in the same position that Paulinho is playing to see if he would do well? Paulinho is not an attacker and is playing there because the coach wants to. Playing out of his position was the coach's choice and he is doing his best to contribute to the team and is not complaining about it.