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What did I tell ya Messi is a wimp. Messi did the whining act. Oh, I am not playing very well so please don’t criticize me. I am the best player in the world yet when it comes to nut cutting time on the world stage I play like a girl.

Please don’t attack me with the truth. Now the idiot head of the Argentina Futebol Association Julio Grondona  said this “The solution would be for Messi to say: ‘I will not come any more, I will stay in Spain.”

“What everyone acknowledges is that the Argentines want to put him down. Messi was born in Rosario, he lived and played there, he had growth problems. He followed his path, found a place – Barcelona – and they took care of him as if he was born there.

“And despite this, he said no to Spain because he wanted to play for Argentina. We have to reflect on this.”

This may be tongue and cheek but it’s symptomatic of what is wrong with Argentinos Futebol.

No wonder these guys crap out on the world stage.

Even in this report ESPN wrote below par. Below par my ass.

If you can’t take the heat then stay out of the kitchen fool.

Stay in Spain if you would you want Messi.

Who gives a crap.

You want all the headlines but when you have to step up to the plate and lead you are just like the other ten-cent futebol players. All show and nothing to show for it.

Pele was a man.

He took the crap thrown his way.

The difference between you and Pele is as wide as the Grand Canyon.

Pele burst onto the scene in 1956.

He was eighteen years old and scored a hat trick in the 1956 World Cup semifinals.

Pele followed it up with a daily double in the finals.

Sure Pele has some bad matches but did he ever wine like a little girl.

NO!

The truth has bitten you in the ass.

You are a fake.

You and your buds Carlos Tevez have shown your real character. Tevez said this quote from ESPN- Messi’s team-mate Carlos Tevez has previously said he could quit Argentina because of the pressure placed upon him when playing for his country, but the Barcelona star claimed club and country are two very different things.

Messi did say this- I’ve never been bothered by what they say in the press and I never will be,” Messi said. “I don’t think anyone likes it when they’re whistled and insulted. We’re the first ones who want to do things well.

“It’s a mistake to compare this team to Barcelona. We’ve all been working together at Barcelona for a long time.

“In the national team we’re trying to do something similar, keeping hold of the ball, dictating the rhythm of the game, but you can’t compare the two teams, either as a group or in terms of individuals.”

Okay then prove it you lying sack of crap.

I’m sorry but I get tired of these high priced super stars that think they are above the rest of us.

He is just another crybaby in the long line of professional athletes who want love all the time even when their performance on the pitch sucks.

Thank God Lionel Messi you are not in Philly my hometown.

You would never make it.

If Jesus played a sport the sportswriters and fans would find fault with His performance.

Only two people in Philadelphia sports history have never been booed.

Doctor J and Tommy McDonald.

Grow up you jack wagon Messi.

El Litoral wrote this about Messi-

Messi descartó una futura renuncia a la Selección debido a las críticas

“Vengo a la Selección porque lo siento y siempre quiero jugar”, respondió esta noche Lionel Messi, como rechazo a la especulación por una eventual renuncia futura ante las críticas recibidas en Argentina por su rendimiento diferente al que muestra en Barcelona.

“No es la primera vez que pasa. Lo que digan los medios no me preocupa y no me hará cambiar”, desafió el rosarino, elegido por FIFA como el mejor jugador del mundo las últimas dos temporadas.

El crack de Barcelona admitió, en cambio, que las reprobaciones del público tras los dos primeros partidos de Copa América le habían “dolido” y confió en que “la gente va a estar con la selección” durante la segunda fase.

“Todos nos fuimos mal por cómo se dieron los partidos tanto en La Plata (1-1 con Bolivia) como en Santa Fe (0-0 ante Colombia). Lo que pasó, pasó. Ahora empieza otra Copa”, se esperanzó.

Messi aseguró que las críticas hicieron “más fuerte al grupo” comandado por Sergio Batista y que sus compañeros lo protegieron con “un cariño muy lindo y sano”.

Luego, el delantero campeón olímpico en Beijing 2008 consideró “un error” la comparación entre Argentina y el Barcelona, aunque reconoció “cosas parecidas” en cuanto al deseo de “tener siempre la pelota y llevar el ritmo de los partidos”.

“Pero no se puede comparar ni en lo individual ni en lo grupal. Barcelona es un equipo que trabaja hace mucho tiempo juntos”, diferenció.

Sobre su prestación en el equipo de Batista, Messi aclaró que su posición será “la que el técnico crea conveniente” y aceptó que su rendimiento “fue diferente” cuando se recostó sobre el sector derecho en el último partido ante Costa Rica, que lo tuvo como figura.

Al jugar por el medio (frente a Bolivia y Colombia) no encontraba mucho espacio, en cambio, al salir hacia afuera pude jugar sin tantos rivales alrededor”, explicó.

De todos modos, el jugador de Barcelona expresó su intención de ubicarse “bien en la cancha para ser una opción” en cada ataque del equipo.

De cara a la próxima instancia, el rosarino -campeón mundial sub 20 en Holanda 2005- pronosticó “una final” ante Uruguay, el sábado próximo desde las 19.15 en Colón de Santa Fe.

“Uruguay viene de estar cuarto en el último Mundial (Sudáfrica 2010). Es una selección muy fuerte y tiene delanteros muy peligrosos como (Diego) Forlán, que conocemos muy bien”, expresó.

Por último, Messi señaló a Chile como el equipo que “mejor se clasificó para cuartos de final” y caracterizó al brasileño Neymar como “un grandísimo jugador”.

Télam

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Finally the real Argentina showed up. With lightening quick speed and a furious attack La Albiceleste scored three goals to advance to the next round of the Copa America.

This baby was a must win for Argentinos.

Lose and you go home.

Sergio Aguero led the way by hitting the daily double.

His mate Angel Di Maria added a mark também.

Lionel Messi hasn’t dented the scorebooks yet but he had his paws in the three goals.

Columbia wins Group A with seven points.

Costa Rica still has chance to advance but they have to wait until all the results are in.

Two sides with the third best records will advance as well.

Eight clubs will make to the quarterfinals.

The top two in each group and the next two with the best records will battle it out for the Copa America title.

Head man Sergio Batista shock up the line up. He sat Carlos Tevez and Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Inserted into the starting eleven were Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, and Di Maria.

This proved to be the winning touch.

Both Aquero and Di Mari scored Argentina’s three goals.

Good move coach.

Maybe this is what the doctor ordered.

Aguero said after the match- “We are really happy. This was like a final. We got the goal, and that is what we were looking for. I’m happy how I played, but it’s for the team. Today it was me scoring.”

Diario La Union wrote this- Aparecieron en el momento justo

El equipo de Batista venció a Costa Rica por 3-0 con una actuación colectiva muy interesante. Gago fue figura y Messi rindió muy bien. Agüero en dos ocasiones y Di María marcaron los goles.

Ya está. Ya pasaron días de turbulencias y nervios. Argentina hizo lo que tenía que hacer ante un debil Costa Rica y ahora empezará una nueva Copa América para el equipo de Batista. Sorprendió el entrenador con el plantel táctico.

Cuando se esperaba un 4-2-1-3, con Messi retrasado, hizo jugar a Agüero por izquierda, Di María más retrasado y Messi por derecha. Y le dio sus frutos.

Movedizos por las puntas, los delanteros le dieron a Argentina las situaciones más claras, muchas de ellas desperdiciadas por Gonzalo Higuaín. Un cabezazo de Burdisso y varios mano a mano que no pudo concretar el ex delantero de River hacían peligrar la retrasada defensa costarricense.

Clarin sports wrote-

Messi iluminó a todos en la noche de Córdoba

“Toma y hacelo”. La noche que Messi enamoró a los cordobeses se la recordará como la de las geniales asistencias. Ante Costa Rica no necesitó retroceder para buscar la pelota. Tuvo en Gago un socio ideal, que se la sirvió en bandeja. Y así las cosas, la beneficiada fue la Selección.

No había arrancado bien la noche para la Pulga. En los tres primeros minutos intentó gambetear a dos costarricenses. No pudo. ¿Sombras santafesinas? Ni ahí. Se volcó sobre la derecha, como en el Barcelona, y comenzó a generar juego. Fue el abanderado de la generosidad. Asistió a Agüero, pero el Kun falló. También se la puso en la cabeza a Higuaín. Y el Pipita no la pudo conectar. Por momentos dio la sensación que solito no podía.

El gol del Kun, en la última acción del primer tiempo, liberó al equipo. Se generaron espacios en el fondo de Costa Rica y la Pulga regaló su mejor repertorio. Exquisita habilitación para una brillante definición del Kun en el 2-0 y genial pase a Di María para el tercero.

Con el pitazo final del peruano Rivera, llegó una nueva ovación para el mejor futbolisa del mundo. La voz del estadio anunció lo obvio. “Messi, el mejor de la noche”. Y está bien.

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Argentina is deep crap. With Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, and Ezquiel Lavezzi in your starting line up you should be kicking ass and taking names.

La Albiceleste is stinking the joint out big time.

Only two points in two matches stinks.

One goal in two matches is an abomination.

Sergio Batista was supposed to be the saviour.

He replaced the clown for a coach Diego Maradona.

Under the guidance of Maradona Argentinos barely made it to the world cup.

La Albiceleste made it out of the group play and then flamed out in the quarterfinals.

Are we seeing a repeat of this?

Time will tell.

Lionel Messi is the best player in the world.

On the world stage he barely registers a whimper.

Messi a great club player but when it is nut cutting time he vanishes.

Batista is a former national team player. He played with Maradona on the 1986 World Cup Champions and the 1990 World Cup runner ups.

Sergio Batista earned 39 caps from 1985-1990.

He began managing in 2000 at Bella Vista. He coached Argentinos Juniors 2001-03, Talleres 2003, Argentinos Juniors 2004, Nueva Chicago 2004-05, Godoy Cruz 2007, and the Argentina Under 17 club 2007-10 before being named as the National team coach in 2010.

Is this another one of those former players who is rising to their highest level of incompetence?

This is the Peter Principle at work.

Argentina is coming off a huge nil-nil tie with Columbia on Wednesday in Santa Fe, Argentina.

The local paper torn the club a new rear end after the crappy futebol display on the pitch.

Diario La Union wrote this-

La igualdad y los silbidos en Santa Fe repercutieron en el ánimo del plantel. Messi y Burdisso cruzaron palabras, y ayer entrenaron a puertas cerradas.

Los silbidos de la fría noche santafesina, sumado al mal rendimiento que tuvo en las dos primeras presentaciones en la Copa América, comenzaron a repecutir en el ánimo del plantel del seleccionado.

Y es que en el vestuario, todavía con la adrenalina en el cuerpo, hubo una discusión entre Lionel Messi y Nicolás Burdisso.

Sin embargo, tras el almuerzo de ayer hubo una reunión donde ambos jugadores hablaron y le pidieron disculpas a sus compañeros por la discusión que tuvieron en el vestuario del coqueto estadio de Colón de Santa Fe.

Pero no sólo eso. Para sumarle otro condimento a esta situación que vive el equipo, la selección de Sergio Batista se entrenó a puertas cerradas y sin atención a la prensa, ya que no se realizó la típica conferencia de prensa.

Sin embargo, tres jugadores dialogaron con los periodistas antes del entrenamiento en el predio de Ezeiza.

Uno de esos futbolistas fue Javier Zanetti, quien reclamó “reacción” en el plantel dirigido por Batista para mejorar el juego y lograr la clasificación a los cuartos de final de la competencia continetal.

“Nadie pensaba en un inicio de Copa así. Este grupo tiene que reaccionar. Sabemos que todavía queda un partido para terminar la primera rueda y la clasificación depende de nosotros”, explicó el marcador lateral, que en el último partido jugó por la izquierda.

Además, el futbolista de Inter de Italia sugirió “analizar fríamente todo el planteo del equipo y luego sacar las conclusiones necesarias para seguir mejorando”.

Le apuntan a Batista

Los medios españoles fueron muy críticos con la Selección Argentina, pero no sólo con el equipo sino que también con Lionel Messi.

Sin embargo, para la mayoría de los medios ibéricos, la floja actuación del astro argentino es responsabilidad de Batista.

“Para Messi, jugar en Argentina se ha convertido en un verdadero marrón. Pasar de divertirse y hartarse a ganar y agradar a perderse entre envíos imprecisos, combinaciones erróneas y circulaciones lentas”, remarcó el diario Marca.

The basic jist of this is that Sergio Batista is responsible for the clubs crappy play.

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Argentina had all the swagger. They were playing in their house. Yet the club with the best player in world Lionel Messi came up short.

This cat is huge on the club level and in the Champions League but when Messi steps up on to the world stage he gets stage fright.

Lionel Messi is no Pele.

When it was lights, camera, action time Pele was a star.

Very few athletes can play great when it’s nut-cutting time.

Pele, Joe Montana, and Michael Jordan are the only ones who come to mind.

Yes, Diego Maradona stepped up big in three World Cups but he only came away with one title.

His most memorable World Cup performances are The Hand of God Goal and his dribble drive to the rack through the entire English squad. Nothing but the bottom of the net for Maradona.

These two events took place in the same match.

Until Messi can perform like a king on the world stage he will always be a great club player like his buds the fake Ronaldo-Cristiano Ronaldo.

Choke City when it counts.

Sergio Aquero nailed the close rang bomb in the 75^th minute to save Argentinos hides in the sucker.

The match ended one all.

This baby was played in La Plata and the Argentine faith were down right pissed by the way their home town heroes played.

This was a crap performance by one of the best teams in the world.

Consider this La Albicelesta has Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aquero, and Javier Mascherano 

This should have been a cakewalk for Argentina.

It wasn’t.

A goal by Edivaldo Rojas Hermoza in the 47^th minute gave the Bolivian squad the early 1-nil lead.

It should have been 3-0 but La Albicelesta keeper Sergio German Romero made two point blank saves in the 65^th and 74^th minutes.

Argentina can thank their lucky stars the Bolivians couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with a howitzer.

A tie is good for Bolivia.

Not good for the Argentinos.

Brasileiro UOL put it this way- Goleada e show de Messi e Tevez. A tão sonhada estreia da anfitriã na Copa América não se concretizou. Seus astros foram figuras apagadas, e a Argentina sentiu a pressão de quase duas décadas sem títulos alcançados pelo time principal. Jogando em La Plata, não foi além de um empate por 1 a 1 diante da modesta Bolívia.

Detalhe: o gol dos bolivianos, o primeiro do jogo, foi anotado pelo brasileiro naturalizado Edivaldo Rojas. O vexame argentino só não foi maior graças ao ‘reserva’ Aguero, que salvou uma fraca apresentação dos principais astros do time titular.

Teoricamente, os argentinos tinham tudo para alcançar um resultado positivo. Seu adversário é o pior do continente no ranking da Fifa e não ganhava uma partida na Copa América desde a edição de 1997. À época, sediou o torneio e ficou com a segunda colocação.

Carlos Tevez said this in the Diario HOY- Tevez: “Sabíamos que sería difícil, pero no jugamos bien”

El delantero del seleccionado argentino de fútbol Carlos Tevez advirtió que tanto él como sus compañeros sabían “que iba a ser difícil” el partido ante Bolivia, en la apertura de la Copa América 2011, pero adjudicó el pobre empate 1-1 cosechado al mal rendimiento del equipo nacional.

“Sabíamos que el partido iba a ser difícil y quedó demostrado. Bolivia hizo un gran trabajo. Pero también es verdad que nosotros no jugamos nada bien, sobre todo porque el 1-0 de ellos no lo esperábamos”, dijo el delantero de Manchester City, de Inglaterra, tras el partido en el Estadio Ciudad de La Plata.
“Lo que pasa es que muchos creen que vamos a ganar todos los partidos 5 a 0 y no es así”, agregó.
Del encuentro ante el conjunto boliviano Tevez explicó: “Nos pegaron mucho en la mitad del campo, pero tampoco podemos hacer responsable al árbitro. Igual estamos con confianza. El torneo es largo y hay tiempo para que podamos recuperarnos”.

In plain English you guy’s stunk the joint out. You were not ready to play. If you continue to play like this you will not make it outta the group stage.

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The United States advanced to the knockout stage of CONCACAF.

A stinging goal by Jozy Altidore in the 9^th minute was the difference in this sucker.

The guys should have had at least six more but Guadeloupe keeper Franck Grandel made stop after stop after stop.

At one point it looked a shooting gallery.

Tim Howard almost had the night off but he was forced to make a great save late in the match.

The U.S. squad still does not have the basic passing skills and finishing punch to make them a contender on the world stage.

Sure Clint Dempsey is good but this clown missed two sure gimmie goals.

If Messi was playing it would been nothing but the back of net.

A win is a win and the U.S. is a power in the North America Zone and CONCACAF stage.

On the world stage what do you expected chopped liver?

The guys will take on the reggae boys on Sunday June 19^th.

Jamaica is dangerous squad.

Later tonight the first leg of the Copa Libertadores will be played between Santos and Penarol in Montevideo.

It should be a good one.

Manyas need to win and not give up the all-elusive away goal.

The two big guns Neymar for Peixe and Penarol’s Juan Manuel Olivera should have lots of firepower to display.

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Another European futebol season is in the books. Man U won the EPL. This gives Sir Alex and the boys a record 19 titles.

Both Man U and Liverpool shared the record for most English division one crowns at 18.

Man U made to the Champions League finals the last three out of four years.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford won one and lost twice.

In 2009 and 2011, the Red Devils lost to the cheaters from Barcelona.

The Catalans have one of the best sides on the planet. Barca made Sir Alex and his chargers look like mere mortals.

When the Catalans won the 2009 title, they had a huge Bullseye on their backs.

They crashed and burned in the quarterfinals in 2009.

Will this happen in 2012 competition?

We will surely find out.

Don’t call me Shirley.

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

Have you ever seen a grown man cry?

Barcelona has one of the best players in the world Lionel Messi.

Messi has performed very well in the league play and the Champions League.

Messi needs now to play lights out on the world stage- The World Cup.

Messi isn’t a Pele.

Close but no cigar.

Pele burst onto the world futebol stage in the 1958 World Cup.

All this cat did was have a hat trick in the semifinals.

Pele then turned around nailed a daily double leading Brasil to the world crown.

Pele was 18 years old.

Will Messi reach Pele’s heights?

Only if he can play lights out and lead Argentinos to the title.

Argentina has a top-notch squad.

Messi, Tevez, Martin Palermo, Juan Riquelme, and Maxi Rodriguez are just some of the world-class players Argentinos has.

In the Clausura Godoy Cruz and Gimnasia tied two all.

Tomba has now fallen to third place.

Top dog is Velez Sarsfield with 30 points.

Second place is Lanus is 29 points.

Godoy is third with 28.

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What did you expect? Chopped liver. Barca is the best side in the world. Man U sorta put up a fight when Rooney dialed up a bomb in the 34^th minute but it was too little too late.

The cheaters from Barca won 3-1.

What did I tell ya?

The Catalans had way too much power.

Barcelona’s three-headed monster of Messi, Villa, and Pedro was too much for Sir Alex and the boys.

Man U hung in there as long as they could.

The Catalans struck first in the 27^th minute. Pedro flat out beat Van Der Sar short shelf right.

Van Der Sar never had a chance.

Rooney nailed the equalizer in the 34^th minute.

Messi faked right went left. He stopped and popped a laser in the 54^th minute to give the cheaters from Barca 2-1.

Villa added the final nail in the coffin in the 69^th minute.

Game, set, and match to The Catalans.

The final score was closer than the match actually was.

Barca sliced and diced their way through the Man U “D” with ease.

What bugs me is this.

What in the name of Hades, is Fox using the idiots Eric Wynalda, Brad Friedel, and Curt Menefee?

This folks are clowns.

Then using Michael Strahan as a futebol expert? Are you Nuts? Give me a freakin break.

This must have a joke.

Not.

Barca made Sir Alex and his boys look like schoolboys.

This gives the Catalans two wins in three years over the Red Devils in the Champions League Final.

American futebol broadcasts are a joke.

No wonder the world laughs at us when we broadcast the World Cup or the Champions League.

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This is what the entire futebol world is waiting for. This is the clash of the titans. Man U takes on the cheaters from Barcelona.

The Rede Devils and Camp Nou has been the top two-futebol clubs for well over twenty-five years.

Pepe and Sir Alex know the world of mind games.

Both men are experts.

It will come down to this.

Can Sir Alex and the boys contain and control the three-headed Barca monster of Messi, Pedro, and David Villa?

Pepe Guardiola said this about if his Barcelona side is the best ever- “I don’t think so. When the people are watching this team if they enjoy we are happy, but we have to respect Brazil, Milan, Liverpool, Manchester or even Madrid for the best moments.

“It is difficult to compare, it is for example to say who is better – Pele, Maradona, Messi or Beckenbauer, all these kind of players in the right moment help to make football better than before.”

“What would we like, in the coming 10-15 years people remember that in that time Barcelona played good football and we enjoyed that time when we saw that would be the best thing, but to say right now is impossible.”

When asked about the mighty boys from Old Trafford Pepe said-

I think Manchester United in the last 10, 15, 20 years is always at the top, always compete very well in the Premier League and they have three times out of the last four years in the final of the Champions League.

“When I saw the Manchester United team two years ago my view, my impression, was it was a strong, strong team.

Man U and Barca met in the 2009 Champions league Finals.

The Spanish lads won 2-0.

Man U has great “D”.

Let’s see how Edwin Van der Sar can hold up against the Barca pressure.

Man U has three good scorers in Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, and the newest sensation Javier Hernandez.

Pepe said this about Chicharito-

”He’s a huge surprise, he’s amazing. He’s amazing when arriving in the area. He has incredible movement without the ball. Manchester United have bought an enormous young talent. I am convinced that he will be an important player for the next few years at United.”

Sir Alex blew the idea that the match will come down to dead ball situations- “What advantage is that?” Ferguson said in response to questions about United’s supposed height advantage. “I don’t see that, I don’t think it is correct. We have these two here [Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic] and Michael Carrick, that’s it. “They have [Sergio] Busquets, [Gerard] Pique, possibly [Eric] Abidal. So, I don’t see that as an advantage at all. They also have [Carles] Puyol who is a very determined defender so I don’t see it as an advantage.

“I don’t think it will come down to that, it will come down to what happens in general open play.”

About the 2009 final against Barca-

“I think we are as well prepared as we can be,” Ferguson said. “In terms of big games if we perform well we have a chance.

“We are much more mature. In terms of [Wayne] Rooney’s progress, he is much more mature than he was in 2009. And other players too. The experience of [Ferdinand and Vidic] are vital to us. I think the experience of progressing in Europe gives us a good chance.

“It is going to be difficult for both teams. Barcelona have fantastic qualities and I think our qualities will shine through too and that I think will bring a good game.”

Sir Alex said they use the time off to prepare- “We did most of the work before the Blackpool game and winning the league the previous week helped us that way. The players they have to trust themselves and trust each other because I trust them,” he added.

All in all, I am looking forward to watching this puppy on the tube.

It should be a good one.

Barca wins 3-1.

Why?

Camp Nou has too much firepower.

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Lot’s of great futebol going on south of the border.

Santos battles Cerro Porteno in the first leg in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.

This puppy will be played in Peixe’s house in Sao Paulo.

Santos has one of the best young players in world Neymar.

The second leg will be play in Assuncao, Paraguay.

Peixe is the only remaining Brasileiro side left in the competition.

On Thursday, Penarol battles Velez Sarsfield in Montevidéu, Uruguay.

 One Uruguay side, one Paraguay side, one Argentinos side, and Brasileiro side have made it to the final four.

In the Argentinos Clausura, Velez Sarsfield is in the pole position with 30 points.

Second place belongs to Godoy Cruz with 27.

Third place has Lanus with 26.

Fourth place finds Olimpo with 25 points.

River Plate is in fifth place with 23.

Boca is holding steady in 9^th place with 22 points.

El Fortin defeated Gimnasia 2-0.

Los Millionaires and San Lorenzo tied one all.

Los Xeneizes and Arsenal de Sarandi tied two all.

Let games begin.

Saturday is the big day.

Man U-Barcelona battle for the Champions League crown.

The last time these two sides met in the final Barca had their way with Sir Alex and his guys 2-0.

Will Saturday be a repeat of this?

It could well be.

The Barca cheaters have one of the best players in the world Lionel Messi. His wing mates are David Villa, Pedro, and Xavi.

Camp Nou has a ton of team speed.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford have Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, and Chicharito.

This should be a great one.

The Red Devils are playing in their house Wembley.

Will this make a difference?

It could.

The cheaters from Barca should win.

But don’t count out Sir Alex.

He has many tricks in his bag of tricks.

Pepe is a master também.

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The experts on Fox and ESPN said Real Madrid would win in a cakewalk.

Barca was no match for The Special One and his Real Madrid chargers.

These clowns forgot one thing.

Lionel Messi and his mates have one of the best sides in the world.

Messi hit the daily double to lead the dirty cheaters from Barca to a huge 2-0-road win over Real Madrid.

The cheaters won fair and square in this sucker.

The big question remains when will the fake Ronaldo show up and play like a man in a match that means something.

Cristiano Ronaldo is great during league play but when it comes to nut cutting time this clown wimps out.

Both sides were a little chippy.

Two red cards were given out.

Barca’s back up keeper Jose Pinto got into a scrum with the entire Real Madrid team and coach Jose Mourinho at the break.

Mourinho was sent to the stands to watch this puppy.

In the 61^st minute Real’s defender, Pepe’s dirty tackle of Barca’s up and coming Brasilian super star Dani Alves triggered some fireworks. 

Pepe was sent to the showers.

To say these sides are enemies is an understatement.

Mourinho and Pepe Guardiola exchanged pleasantries in the press.

The dirty cheaters Barca coach Guardiola gave an expletive laced interview a few days ago.

It will be a fun return league at Camp Nou.

It looks like it will be a Man U- Barca Champions League Final at Wembley.

But let’s remember don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.

Anything can happen in the return leg.

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