MATCH RESULTS BARCELONA VS. ARSENAL
06/04/2010
4 x 1 ARSENAL BARCELONA
BARCELONA ( ESPN ) .-- Huge, wonderful, superlative historical insurmountable indescribable memorable. Fall short of adjectives to describe the exhibit gave Leo Messi Nou Camp today in a crowded that he rubbed his eyes as though they believed what I was seeing.
A recital of football, a 'poker' goal of 'Flea', the 'crack' in capital letters, the best player on the planet, which is likely to become, but what is already in best footballer in history, placed the third consecutive Barcelona-fourth in five years in the semifinals of the Champions League.
Those who were in the stadium today, those who watched on television will remember Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal all he did Messi. Arsène Wenger and his boys no doubt.
And that Arsenal came with the lesson learned at Camp Nou. In the Emirates wanted to play him one on one to Barca and only the miraculous action Almunia saved him from receiving a historic rout in their own stadium.
Wenger thought tonight without Cesc, Arshavin and Song, again dare to dispute the hegemony of the ball to the European champions would have been almost as delivering the knockout. So disguised his Arsenal team small, closely spaced lines, Diaby Xavi chasing down the field and pressing tips Marquez and Milito to complicate their existence every time they wanted to get the ball played from behind.
Thus, the Gunners, crouched back, bided their time looking for a strategic goal of a miracle that would bring against the uncertainty in the Barcelona and put upside down on 2 - 2 of the trip.
And that against came past the quarter hour. A backlash that was preceded by a very clear lack of Diaby to the German school Milito Stark did not whistle, allowing the inmate to Walcott and Bendtner giant double-shot of the first against Valdés and the second goal, which turned around the tie.
But there is no tactical or goal, for it is unjust and unexpected, which can neutralize a player like Messi. The Argentine, who had already Almunia embarrass a couple of times at the beginning of the match, took three minutes to neutralize both the British and set flip the game.
First came a shell from the front, shortly after a precise definition within the area. Before break, the culmination of a counter with a retrospective Vaseline. Between goal and goal, an inexhaustible repertoire of dribbling, dribbling, change of pace and shots that went just wide.
He alone Arsenal broke a very serious and orderly started back and ended the first half eccentric, nervous and abusing the rough game. He alone decided that the match was over in 37 minutes, when he had made three and the Gunners' wandering, like a lost soul on the field.
The second half had no history. Guardiola took to Bojan to strengthen the center the field with the Herculean Touré Yaya, Barca took the foot off the gas and gave Arsenal a few meters, with little wardrobe to change the sign of the crash, he tried with little faith and less success.
A couple of shots deflected from Bendtner and Rosicky and some interesting action of the bustling Pedro was the highlight of the game, until he appear Messi to put the epilogue and close the account with a goal of claw of hunger, rogue, the kind that marks the Argentine when it seems that playing in the schoolyard.
Leo's exhibition was so great that it overshadowed everything: Abidal injury, recurrence of Iniesta, huge tactical advantage or the perfect Busquets Xavi address. But the shadow of genius is always long. And Messi is the greatest genius who has given football in many years.
VIDEO GOLES DE MESSI Barcelona 4 x 1 Arsenal
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