Well, I am not a Barca fanatic, but I observe their game regularly.Clean sheet, yes. They are good for records but they dont necessarily depict the defense prowess of a team. Clean sheets can also result when you dont have a strong challenger, the attack. Now, i've seen their recent games, the la liga & most importantly (w.r.t. this topic), the PSG match.You can see it, without Zlatan, Thiago, Lavezzi, Menez they were shattered even if you ignore the scoreline. And mark it, Cavani is destroyed. He's not even in the top 10 strikers.Now talking about them, the Barca team itself. Dani Alves, out of form for about a year. Pique, even Barca fans dont want him in their team, which I disagree. He brings maturity in defense, but makes silly mistake & is very out of order recently. Bartra, good but young. Montoya, nope. Vermalaen, injured. Mathieu, good and promising. You see, you cant see anything great in their defense. Its the midfield that provides them the balance, with beasts like Mascherano & Busquets. And maestro, Iniesta to balance it off. Talking of goalkeepers, ter stehgen is average, makes mistakes. Bravo is promising but yet to perform at top level, at clubs.Since its not about attack, which they have superb lineup with Rakitic, Leo, Neymar, Iniesta, and Suarez yet to come. For me, they, the defense havent been tested yet.This comes from a ardent REAL fan. Hope I didnt go wrong anywhere.Thanks for asking.
Who will win La Liga 2016-2017, Real Madrid or FC Barcelona?Thats a very interesting question��.Real madrid last won La-Liga - 2011–2012 season.First of all i want to tell you (if you dont know) Why FC barcelona is currently above Real madrid in La-Liga.In La-Liga Goal differnece is not given priority instead of Head to Head record is given more importance(while in other leagues what i think is G.D is prime reason to decide which team is better if they are on the same points).Barcelona won last match against Madrid with a narrow margin of 1 Goal.Thanks to Messi awesome goal in dying minutes.The final score was3–2 in Santiago Bernebeu.On the other hand Madrid drew against Barcelona in Camp nou ,again thanks to Ramos goal and the final score was 1–1.Now here comes the main point that Madrid have 1 game in hand with respect to Barcelona who have 1 match left against Eiber.Madrid last two fixtures are against Celta vigo and Malaga (both away matches)I m not a God but what i think that there is 99% chance that this year Real Madrid will win La-Liga as they only need 4 points from available 6 points.Im huge Real madrid fan but i want to thank and Congratulate Barcelona for their Historic comeback against PSG and beating Madrid in home for bringing La-Liga on the wire and making it so interesting.
I don't know what the general answer to this question is, or if there are any rules at all. If he is a citizen of Spain and Brazil, in his passport he is considered a European and a Brazilian. But he playes for the Brazilian national team, so in that regard he would not be considered a European player. I personally would say that he is not a European player, simply because he's not born in Europe.
From 2003 to 13/6/2018 Lionel messi total goal score list bellow :1.Total goals in his career : 6162.Total goals for Argentina : 643.Total goals for Barcelona : 552
No. That season was an anomaly. Messi was on a purple patch that he cannot be rejected to reproduce again. The reasons: When Messi scored 91 goals in a calendar year, the whole Barca team was centred around him and he didn't need to look out for the team as much as he does now. He was tasked with taking shots at the goal. He was employed to basically pull the trigger.His role has also changed in the mean time. From a false nine he has gone to become a right winger again. That coupled with his role to move into the midfield and help create chances means he is farther away from goal than before. Hence lesser goal scoring chances. The acquisition of Neymar and Suarez means his goal scoring work load is now shared. He is more of a playmaker than a goal scorer now. He has also matured since and looks to pass the ball than take a shot(this is also partly to the fact that being a f9 he was generally best positioned to score).While this isn't to say some other striker might not beat it. But Messi surely won't as he has progressed beyond the realms of a mere goal scorer.
Messi will surely be successful. There’s no stopping Leo, irrespective of where he plays. But he will be slowed down. He will not enjoy those casual runs through the defenders. In La Liga though, you must have noticed, once Messi goes past a defender, most of the times the defender doesn’t pursue the chase. As if it’s the job of the next defender to stop him now. That’s not how it works in the Premier League. It’s way more physical and intense. You are man-marked and pushed to a corner and if you go past a defender, he will try to stop you time and again and will make a rough tackle. The referees also don’t give out too many fouls as if some of it is very normal, very routine.Messi will still score lots of goals and assists but his stats will surely go down. I credit and respect Ronaldo for the same reason. He not just survived but shone in a tough league like the EPL.