Misfiring Messi Hits a Yellow Brick Wall As Hiddink Gives Up Moral High Ground
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GENIUS is fleeting. In a footballer those peak years, the period in which a man can make a claim to be the greatest player in the world, pass all too quickly.
How long did Ronaldinho have at the top? The years could be counted on one hand. He had to make the most of them, and did: the World Cup in 2002, the Champions League in 2006. If this is Lionel Messi in his prime, if he has indeed usurped Cristiano Ronaldo's place at the summit this season, he needs to make the great games, the biggest games, count. Last night one passed him by.See the full content of this document
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Misfiring Messi Hits a Yellow Brick Wall As Hiddink Gives Up Moral High Ground
It was not that Messi was ordinary -- he can never be that -- more that the world was waiting for him to win the game for Barcelona and instead they must seek gratification in the return leg at Stamford Bridge.
Messi could not win ...See the full content of this document
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