StevenWhite
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Mbappe's nightclubbing trip, unfortunate timing being on the day that Griezmann left the national team, and it quickly became epic. The fallout in France was such that Deschamps had to defend Mbappe with an unusual level of strength: "If he was there, that means the club is ok with it.
That was lousy timing, of course. Yet Mbappe was just ostentatiously ignoring an unimportant national team match. Is that not what we want? That the big players rest more, risk fewer superfluous injuries, and are at their best in the matches that matter most. Should that not be what one would want for Barcelona's Pedri and Gavi, say?
As it turned out- no. Missing a national team match predictably turns his own country against a player, that's why it's so hard to find a good solution: quietly skipping the matches, staying home on a day off so as not to offend anyone, miss not national team matches, but cup matches for a club that pays money? It's complicated. 0 reply
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Want to say something about LEGEND of football...
• The 2006 final: "Thank God Iniesta came on in that match," says Xavi. "Otherwise, we would have definitely lost." Henry thought the same.
• 2009 final, Rooney: "We didn't lose to Barcelona, we lost to Iniesta, the best player in the world." Before that match Ferguson said: "I'm not afraid of Messi because the real threat is Iniesta. He's incredible. Thanks to him Barca is so good."
2011 final, same Ferguson: "We're afraid of their midfielders, not their forwards. Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets." And all three scored a goal in that game. Andres did the same in the 2015 final.
So, the god of football chose Iniesta also because he alone combines everything that is inherent in the greats: the magic of Messi, the hard work and discipline of Ronaldo, the aesthetics of Ronaldinho, the intelligence of Xavi, the reliability of Nesta and Maldini, the winning mentality of Zidane. And all this is for the team. This is football, its essence, sealed in a person. 1 reply
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