Barca more than three magicians – Messi


Image result for lionel messi 

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger described the South American trio as turning “normal life into art”, as all three were on target to take their combined goals tally for the season to 106 in eliminating the English side from the Champions League on Wednesday.
“I don’t think Barcelona depend on the three up front,” Messi said on Thursday.
“There is a big squad and there is much more than three players.
“We try to help offensively and defensively, but I don’t think the team depends on us.”
Barca are on the brink of their sixth La Liga title in eight years as they lead Atletico Madrid by eight points with just nine games to play and will face Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final in May.
But despite unparallelled success over the past decade, Messi claimed the winning mentality within the Barca dressing room keeps them focused on winning everything again this season.
“There is a good relationship not just between Suarez, Neymar and I, but in the whole dressing room,” he added.
“The humility that the team has, the mentality to keep improving as if we had never won anything strengthens the group. That is the most positive thing.”
In stark contrast to his success at club level, Messi is yet to win a major international tournament with Argentina.
And having missed out in the finals of the World Cup and Copa America in the past two years, he is determined to make amends at the centenary edition of the Copa America in the United States in June.
“My objective is always to win, whether it is with Barcelona or Argentina.
“This new Copa America is another opportunity for us having been so close in two consecutive finals.”

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

U-23 AFCON: Dropped Kingsley Sokari Support's Nigeria Against Algeria

Image
Enyimba midfielder Kingsley Sokari is anticipating a very intense  match between Nigeria and Algeria in the final of the 2015 CAF U-23 Cup of Nations. Samson Siasia led his team to a 1-0 win against hosts Senegal on Wednesday to set up a final against the North Africans who themselves like Nigeria confirmed participation at the 2016 Olympics with a 2-0 defeat of the South African U-23 side.  "The final will be very interesting. Both teams met in the group stages and it ended 0-0. Now they will both aim to win, that will be like a war," Sokari said.  "I wish I had made the team but I was eventually dropped before the team departed. All the same, I give glory to God and wish my friends there all the best.  "The most important thing is that we qualified for the Olympics."  Senegal will face South Africa in the third-place on Saturday.  The top three teams are guaranteed ...
Read more

Photos: P-Square clocked One more Year today

Image
P-Square's biography records show that Peter and Paul Okoye are identical twins, who have performed and released several records under the Square records label. Psquare remains the best R&B duo group in Nigerian and in 2011; they were signed unto the Konvict muzik label which is owned by Senegalese born-American singer- Akon. In 2012, P-square signed a record distribution deal with the South African label- Universal music. So far, the twins have released 6 albums between 2003 -2015. They also have many music awards and nominations to their names. Studio albums 2003: Last Nite [Timbuk2 Music Label] 2005: Get Squared [Square Records] 2007: Game Over [Square Records] 2009: Danger [Square Records] 2011: The Invasion [Square Records] 2014: Double Trouble [Square Records] Peter got married to Lola Omotayo and both have two kids- Cameron and Aliona... while Paul has got a son- Andre from his lovely wife, Anita. P-square's date of birth records show tha...
Read more