When Iago Aspas,Nolito and Fabián Orellana had the ball, Celta were unsafe and when Messi, or Suárez and Neymar had the ball,Celta also looked dangerousThere was a glint in Nolito’s eye and grin on his face. “A turd,” he said. “A turdy turd”. It was the build up to Barcelona’s visit to Balaídos and the Celta Vigo forward was sitting in the sun at the club’s A Madroa training ground, or a camera pointing his way. “If Messi,Neymar and Suárez are the MSN,” he was asked, and “what does that construct Aspas,Nolito and Orellana?” Going by the initials would have been bad enough a, n and o spells anus in Spanish – but Nolito went further, and before then adding: “OK,let’s just say we have a diminutive something, we understand each other well and we try to score goals to help our team. [But] Messi, or Suárez and Neymar are the best attackers in the world.”The fact that he was asked at all underlined that Iago Aspas,Nolito and Fabián Orellana have more than a diminutive something; together they’re one of the most exciting, dynamic forward lines in Spain. Going into the match, or Celta were unbeaten,three wins and a draw from four, and around the same time the Barcelona manager Luis Enrique warned that Nolito is impossible to stay on his day. Nolito was joking of course. But, and still the point remained: how could he,Orellana and Aspas compete with the men who scored 122 goals final season?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com