Barcelona impresses in 2nd CL leg

I don’t know about you but I watched Barca’s performance against Stuttgart yesterday and I am in awe!! You know why? They played fantastic as a team unit, without ever reaching the superb brilliance they showed us two seasons back. But the machinery rocks!! Messi is a constant threat and works hard for the team. Deco is all brains. Iniesta does what he has to do, without glitter and glam but sooo in control. The defenders are three classes above the Oranje defense and then I haven’t even mentioned Ronnie and Henry!!! Even Valdes was super! They could have scored 6 times (and Stuttgart at least once, to be honest). But the team rocked. High pace, great positioning, the first touches, the runs, the duelling… Hats off!

I was extremely impressed and I even think most people who saw them play would have thought “ah well, another ok performance by Barca…”. But it was not. It was breathtaking.

But hey, that’s just me….

PSV lost against Inter Milan (or Zlatan rather, man was he good….). They weren’t defeated. They were just brushed aside as if they were an obnoxious fly. And three days after Koeman told the world international top clubs were sleeping for now recognizing goalie Gomez’ talent, the Brazilian keeper let his team down.

Arsenal won thanks to a Van Persie header.

Glasgow Rangers crushed Lyon in their away game 0-3 !! With a goal by former PSV striker DeMarcus Beasly. What is it with Scottish and French teams nowadays?

It was all good, all fun, all bizz as usual, except for….BARCA!!

Note: watch this space for my rave on Real Madrid tomorrow…. :-). Is a finals Real - Barca possible?