A Leo it is time to look gallons in the dressing room. And the first step is consumed with changing his jersey number on Messi this season is destined to be the flagship project Guardiola

Leo Messi this season is destined to be the flagship project Guardiola

A year ago, the Barcelona landed at Scottish land plunged into the debate about how they had to engineer Frank Rijkaard to combine into a single team to the four fantastic, appeals to them during the preseason of poker players formed by Ronaldinho, Eto 'o, Henry and Messi. The facts were ordered to dismantle such an assertion so cruel and twelve months later, only Messi continues to maintain the cache that began with During past.

The march of Ronaldinho to Milan leaves the Argentine as the cornerstone of the draft Guardiola and all indications are that it will be responsible for collecting the number 10 shirt that the Brazilian dignified in its first three seasons. The number ten in a football team gained a special mystique from the moment they appeared on the scene soccer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele. Until then, the team was always better to nine and from O Rei, things changed.

The last big "10" has been Barcelona's Ronaldinho Gaucho but has followed the Tens wake of other big as were Luis Suarez, Hugo Sotil, Romario or Maradona. Globally, Messi is destined to follow in the footsteps of big aces as Platini, Zico or Totti.

The Barcelona not decide dorsal assigned to each player until the end of the preseason. The group has traveled to Scotland is not far from the final facing the season. On the one hand, is expected to produce another incorporation, while on the other hand there various players who have travelled to Scotland, but are in chapel while waiting for an exit. There are cases of Gudjohnsen, Eto 'o Oleguer, three players aware that do not fall within the technical plans and they are looking for equipment. However, as a matter of logic and hierarchy, the dorsal 7, 9 and 23 remain remain the property of these three footballers.

By the same token, veterans who had kept the dorsal last season and nobody has indicated preference for change numbers, except for Messi. "Nothing is closed, but Messi bearing the number ten next season seems the most natural, a circumstance that everyone assumes beyond discussion," commented one member of the expedition upon arrival in Edinburgh. For now, T-shirts that have led to the stage only have the numbers to look back and no name engraved.

In Barcelona, Messi has played so far with 19 because 10 was exclusive Ronaldinho, who will now accompany the dorsal 80. Dress ten behind his back would mean for the Argentine to reach the degree of leadership that demands quality and note that the draft of the new Barcelona lead Guardiola revolve around the Argentine.

The barcelonismo clings to nail burning Messi before the United Cristiano Ronaldo of

The Champions and the Golden Ball as a backdrop for an exciting fight

Barça against Manchester Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo, Ball Bronze Ball against Silver, 20 years against 23. One means hope, the other is the cherry. This raises the star of the semi-final Champions League. Two giants of world football arrive at Camp Nou to the great quote from Wednesday in an entirely different situation. The Barça has already thrown the League Cup and has left a string of exciting cracks on the road. The Manchester aims to double League-European Cup with Cristiano Ronaldo piece of luxury in a spiral of luxury in which everyone working in a single direction. Not only is curious, even paradoxical: in August anyone could have opted for that Description fit perfectly into the profile of a team with Ronaldinho, Henry, Etoo, Deco and Messi in its campus. At the moment of truth, this Barça clings to a single player, even a player who has just emerged from an injury to dream with the finals in Moscow.

The great year for Christian

Messi has become the burning of barcelonismo nail. But beware, Messi is much nail. There can spread discouragement absolute when a striker of that caliber Plays on your computer and not on his opponent, even if the opponent also has equipment and, above, Cristiano Ronaldo. Without getting into comparisons, how many fans Barça to change by Christian Messi?

True, the season playing for the moment in favor of the Portuguese Old Trafford. In its fifth year in Manchester is touching perfection: 28 goals in 31 matches in the Premiership, 7 in eight Champions League, 7 of their last 8 partidosgoleando ...

Data Are there, but nobody can win with Messi. Only injuries have prevented Leo complete this year a progression that was absolutely paint to be as good as that of Christian. Its nine goals in the League and six in Europe certainly would have been many more in the absence of muscle injuries.

Luckily for Barça, Messi has arrived in time to go to the team on his back, or at least try. The club will play two matches on the season, three if all goes well. And Messi will be there, ready to pull a stranded car, which the League has retained only 9 of the last 27 points at stake. The hope is that such precedents parties are not always determinative.

Hand to hand Play Station


Both Messi as Christian are two cracks on Play Station. Not only because it is part of the business, also because they are former child of a generation that has learned to race in the virtual screen as much as At football matches. In an interview in Man, Messi admits that with the Play, "the truth is that I am really good. Game constantly, I love being me at the console. The good news is that the versions of this year's superbueno, really. Last year was fair, but this year's tremendous (...). My digital version is better than the real one, do not forget. "

Cristiano Ronaldo, as noted in the filing of its 2008 game "is much more direct in virtual version Because whenever I will go for the goal "is" a bit strange "making oneself with the controls, although at the same time boasts overcome" in the concentrations to Rooney and Pique, who are good. "

Now comes the real battle, not virtual. There is a European Cup at stake and who knows if the next Golden Ball, and many anticipate for Cristiano Ronaldo. But even before Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi is much Messi. Eating Leo!

Messi was the real hero in Glasgow. The Argentine was the author of two of the three goals that made him Barcelona to Celtic (2-3)

The Barça play of the fourth Champions inter alia because it showed in Glasgow that is infinitely better than the rugged and willing Celtic. Also because won with a remarkable collective action (2-3), two of many Messi, and top scorer of the competition and the best Ronaldinho minutes too long.

Despite the authority visitor, there were a couple of scares, two blizzards that made Scottish shake the foundations of Celtic Park and the ever-voluble personality azulgrana. Two cabezazos after centres from the left that led to book[+]

There will be revolution in Celtic Park if Rijkaard gives continuity to the tactic that tested yesterday behind closed doors.

Frank Rijkaard used yesterdays training behind closed doors to rehearse tactics without Leo Messi as the holder for the party tomorrow at Celtic Park. The body of technical Barcelona is assessing the possibility of submitting an alignment in Glasgow with more troops in the center of the field and ensure that the possession of the ball bearing in mind that always subtracted 90 minutes per play at the Camp Nou.

The alternative cover for the possible absence of Messi would be among the return to the team Iniesta, who was an alternate and did not dispute any time in the match last Saturday in Zaragoza or dotrar much more muscle to the team and give input to Eidur Gudjohnsen , as a surprise. Significantly, when Barcelona visited Glasgow last November to face the Rangers, and was the Icelandic player was used as a tool to compensate for the thrust of the British.

Messi, neither has been very lucid in recent matches of the Barcelona as a visitor and there has been some depletion of the Argentine, who since returning from his injury has not had an opportunity to make a gradual integration team. Proof of this is that it has been replaced in the final leg of the last meetings of Barcelona.

Therefore, if the tests conducted behind closed doors yesterday were satisfactory, Barcelona could appear at Celtic Park with a pattern more similar to 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 that when the front would be formed by Thierry Henry and Samuel Etoo, who thus returns to the team owner after his participation in the African Cup of Nations.

For the first time in a long time, Frank Rijkaard go to a meeting with the vast majority of their troops available, which increases the possible alignments. The fact that the meeting tomorrow will be the first act of an eliminatory scheduled to return merely increase the uncertainty concerning the possible team that could present the technician Dutch.

It seems certain that the defense, how well is carburando, is not going to vary. Valdes is untouchable as a goalkeeper in front of you will be aligned Puyol, Milito, Marquez and Abidal. A solid defence that can cope with the ordeal he intends to submit to the Celtic blaugrana through the air balls.

In this aspect of the game will be fundamental physical Yaya Toure in the centre of the field. When African fichó him to the stature in Europe and put Barcelona in the physical level of the great European teams.

The accompanying Yaya Toure depend largely on whether the evidence yesterday of a Barça without Leo Messi proved entirely satisfactory.

The substitution of Iniesta in La Romareda may suggest that Rijkaard thought in reserve to come to Scotland rested. If Rijkaard finally chooses to align four centrocampistas Deco and Xavi seems that they have more numbers, unless Guddy return to the team owner, rather than Deco.

Lionel Messi takes time without being at their level, the injury, aburguesamiento, a team that did not power.

Lionel Messi Argentine hope to emulate, if only in the comparative nonsense, Diego Armando Maradona is not the same. After a meteoric start garter belts, a slight but untimely injury, took the rate of progression to galactic aimed.

Even taking the misfortune muscle as a further factor, but not decisive, their low status so football, I think, in addition, we recognize other suspicions, imagined from the outside, and to deal with this discussion.

The only player in the history of football that he only enhanced the group , was mentioned Maradona everyone else, and in all possible circumstances, are projected by a group strong, cohesive, well-trained and technically tactic.

Naples Diego, the first say, it was a pine forest dressed in blue who invented the 10 squad as a winner. The Barça , and not the double national and European level, but that it earns as does Zaragoza is even mediocre, a template dream compared to the first example.

In this context, in which Messi peeked crack as it is in the midst of a set graced by its freshness and style offensive, grew to the excessive compared to those who established that the hard disk and view them played an intellectual slip.

Looking California today, which barely-rivals, mainly draws-points with forceps, we can surmise that not only fails the individual but also the system, how to train and the hecatombes a group that when everyone thought we started a cycle, nearing completion, as recalled Jorge Valdano .

If a coach, very good in this case, many respects it is unnecessary stress now, as Frank Rijkaard does not change in the victory, when he made in the defeat, as the Catalan club, where winning is a dogma, it will be late. < br />
And I am not talking about changing players, too, or systems, which is vital given the case in the same party, because rivals play, but the dynamics of training and group dynamics.

Psychologically it is known that a professional team when it meets the objective, he began to dissociate itself. This is why in times where drown our laurels, we have to start again, with an emphasis on lideratos positive qualities and football.

The routine, aburguesamiento, the same way of preparing the party and lack of results, are favorite condiments for the failure. Can we talk about failure on a computer that is second in League and keeps its options Champions and Cup ?

From the statistical point of view not, but in football send more feelings and mood, that the work of an absurd telonero counting passes either given or rival. The statistics do not differentiate risk and the chance of horizontality vulgar, therefore, I think that it fails Barça .

Because success is preceded by a game fluid, rapid and efficient wings as necessary for the adventure on its ambition. That is where Barça lost first Ronaldinho --and is returning now to Messi, no semblance of presence.

The Argentine is apathetic, confused, belligerent with himself and boring . It does not seem suitable for a boy of 20 years, this cocktail of disappointment. The team is horizontal, it retraza one day by any means, by another band and the set is sinking into mediocrity of the attempts to Giovanni dos Santos , for its resemblance in the hair, they wanted drawn another Ronaldinho from the galley of fantasies.



The Flea must re-which will be a big football world, a crucial player in the last meters and leave sorrows for others. If he is not, though atheists, we lack the soul and without a soul, we are nothing.