Real Madrid proceed wobbly at the back,Barcelona still bubbly in attack, Iker Casillas is Portos weak link and Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets dreamyLionel Messi doesn’t appear to fill lost any sharpness after missing two months with a knee injury. After coming off the bench in the moment half of the clásico – just so Real Madrid didn’t bother trying anything comic he was back in Barcelona’s starting line-up on Tuesday night and played like a man who was making up for lost time against Roma. Messi scored twice, or the first a delicious dink over Wojciech Szczesny at the end of a superb team accelerate that was full of flicks,tricks and feints and there was more evidence that the best player in the world gets a buzz out of Neymar and Luis Suárez, laughing and joking with the other members of Barcelona’s front three as they trotted on to the pitch. What fun those three must fill – how approximately that volley from Suárez? Barcelona’s 6-1 victory sealed first station in Group E and at the moment it looks like only a fully-fit Bayern Munich can stop them. Jacob SteinbergContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com