Copa Del Rey Final SS5

JPA

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona

Messi has given Barca the lead with yet another amazing goal.

marklazarcovic

should be 4 up barca,that goal though...wow

irishguitarlad

Alba bitching as always

user2011

How's the sound for people watching this on SS 5, the crowd sound seems like its going up and down in an unnatural way.

Hank Scorpio

Ridiculous goal, it's ok to post youtube vids right?

JPA

Glorious football, 2 nil. Neymar.

irishguitarlad

Barcelona on this form will murder juve

miralize

Absolutely incredible performance tonight so far. Juventus should be fearful.

5T3PH3N

Great effort from Williams!

monkey9

Messi would make you weep with joy.

Turtwig

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Alba bitching as always

He'd actually had reason that time. Bilbao were purposely slowing down barca freekicks/ keeper kick outs by blocking the player in a bid to stifle their counter threat. Not a bad tactic all the same. Wonder if Juve will employ it?

This game shows more than ever why Barcelona cannot let Alves go. Messi and Him have a telepathic connection. Montoya? Not so much.

Wish Bilbao had scored though.

marklazarcovic

user2011 wrote: »

How's the sound for people watching this on SS 5, the crowd sound seems like its going up and down in an unnatural way.

same as that,they seem unable to balance the crowd and commentary

The_Kew_Tour

You just got to applaud Messi. A Super Human.

The Golden Miller

Messi is just a different level to anyone else. Best player on the planet strikes again. Does things with the ball that is physically impossible for anyone else

brianregan09

Barca getting a bit complacent ? Would love bilbao to get a 2nd

eternal

brianregan09 wrote: »

Barca getting a bit complacent ? Would love bilbao to get a 2nd

Shush.

Turtwig

What was the 1984 reference?

JPA

Turtwig wrote: »

What was the 1984 reference?

A big row in the same fixture.

*Hank Scorpio*

If there is one team I'd love to see win a trophy it's Bilbao.

But well done to Barca all the same.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Neymar needs to learn that it is not all about ducking and rolling...

Turtwig

Is that Xavi's 24th trophy!?:eek:

Ulysses Gaze

Messi. Best player on the planet. It's not even a competition. He is far ahead of any other player.

delaad

JPA wrote: »

A big row in the same fixture.

With all due respects to Neymar,.....he's a sc*t. I speak as a Barca fan.

eternal

Turtwig wrote: »

Is that Xavi's 24th trophy!?:eek:

Barca's grandad.

delaad

Pique and Suarez mocking Enrique!

MightyMandarin

Bilbao's supporters are incredible. Was a great atmosphere at the game.

delaad

Spain does not have a national stadium.

MightyMandarin

delaad wrote: »

Spain does not have a national stadium.

Well it depends which club you think is Spain's biggest, as to whose stadium they use. It'd also be a bit mad to have another massive stadium when they have 4 already.

eternal

Xavi is my hero.

Ulysses Gaze

delaad wrote: »

Spain does not have a national stadium.

They could use the 70,000+ White Elephant that is La Cartuja in Sevilla.

But it has a running track which affects athmosphere.

dreamers75

delaad wrote: »

Spain does not have a national stadium.

Dont need one they move the matches around. Imo is the best way for a natiional team to play.

Turtwig

Enrique not defending Neymar:

"if I was an Athletic player I'm sure i'd have responded the same way, or worse"

NIMAN

Missed the game due to work, and just seen the Messi 1st goal.

What more can be said about this guy. I have always championed Maradona over Messi as I am from a certain era of watching football, but Messi is surely the best there has ever been. Sensational again tonight. What a goal.

As for the Neymar flick, I don't see much wrong with it tbh. People try flicks all the time in football, why is this one considered disrespectful when others aren't?

delaad

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

They could use the 70,000+ White Elephant that is La Cartuja in Sevilla.

But it has a running track which affects athmosphere.

Or the Olympic, up in Montjuic, but maybe others might have a problem with that.

Andersonisgod

I couldn't comment last night as I watched this with friends and was slightly inebriated but oh my....wow. If there is a God then Barcelona is surely his club and Messi his player. We live in an age where there are many great players; Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Iniesta, Ibrahimovic, Robben, these are all geniuses in their own right but they are ordinary geniuses, geniuses that you could already have imagined. Messi is different, he conjures moments beyond even your wildest imagination. He's the most complete player I've ever seen, he's the best player I've ever seen, and once again he's saved one of his greatest performances for a massive game. That's what Messi does, he dominates the biggest games.

The double is an incredible achievement, a momentous achievement considering where Barcelona were in January but the treble is history, in Berlin history beckons for Barcelona.

NIMAN

Don't think this goal of Messi's is even in his Top3 ever tbh. The net is claiming its his best.

He scored a goal a few years back which was compared to Maradona's v England, and it was also identical for speed and timing etc. Can't remember right now who that was against, but it was far better than last nights.

miralize

It was against Getafe in 07. And the one last night was almost as good as that.

Andersonisgod

NIMAN wrote: »

Don't think this goal of Messi's is even in his Top3 ever tbh. The net is claiming its his best.

He scored a goal a few years back which was compared to Maradona's v England, and it was also identical for speed and timing etc. Can't remember right now who that was against, but it was far better than last nights.

Getafe in the Copa Del Rey I'm assuming.

It's debatable where it is on his greatest goals ever list, I'll simply say that his list dwarfs all others. My personal favorites are his wonder goal in the CL semi final vs Real Madrid and the goal that broke the internet vs Bayern Munich this season.

Last nights goal deserves a tonne of recognition though, I genuinely remember thinking when he picked up the ball and started dribbling down the line "he's running into a blind alley." To those of us unfortunate enough not to be able to see as Messi does, it seemed as though there was nothing on, he was just going to be swamped by Athletic Bilbao players, how he turns that situation into a goal is magic, the kind of goal that can only inspire child-like wonder to all those who witness it.

NIMAN

Thats the one.

I think that ones better simply cos he had to drag more hair around as well.