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I'm not impressed by Barca, but Messi - holy hell! by irish2003

For context, I'm your fellow Madrid sufferer & this season is embarrassingly indefensible. I can't stand Barca nor Pep's smug mug when he was there, but did always have a soft spot watching Xavi/Iniesta's genius together (F Busquets and Mr. Shakira), and Messi is objectively a brilliant player. This is certainly a good team, but IMO their old teams would run them off the pitch, especially with flakes like Coutinho & Suarez who have talent but don't always show up. 3-0 will be a steep climb, but after a wretched United team knocked out Qatar and Spurs came back on City, I hope Klopp pulls one off for the ages before losing to a young Ajax.