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Lionel Messi and Jose Mourinho mask Barcelona shame - ESPN Soccernet

But if we can examine the match itself in isolation, and even taking into account that wonderful slaloming run and strike from Messi, strangely this felt like a match that saw Barcelona emerge with even less credit than Real, if searching for credit on such a night is only marginally less onerous than attempting to identify flashing moments of dignity in the career of Katie Price.

Oh my god...could it be? People are finally realizing that Barcelona, for all their tiki-taka footballing, are a team filled with arrogant, prissy little cunts???

I mean, god DAMN Victor Valdes reacted faster than he would saving a free kick! Straight out of goal and into the ref's face waving an imaginary red card. They ALL do it. And meanwhile Alves is squealing like a little girl on the pitch, gets stretchered off, then pops up AND COMES RIGHT BACK ON. Where have I seen THAT before?

Same old Barca, always cheating. Hell, even El Capitan (Cesc Fabregas) does it. Oh wait...he wants to go back to Barca.

God help me, Adebayor actually said something that makes sense:

"Whenever you play against Barca, whenever you touch them they are on the floor crying like a baby," he said. "Everyone talks about Barcelona and their fair play but I think they are very far away from fair play. Whenever you make contact when going for a one-on-one or 50-50 ball they are on the floor crying, putting their hand up near their face. Their manager, fans and the players on the bench are always crying. Barcelona is a fantastic club, has fantastic players, but they have to stop that."

BAH!

Oh, and Arsene? Shut up AND FOCUS ON FIXING YOUR OWN TEAM. Wenger rejects conspiracy theories