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BARCELONA, Spain -- Lionel Messi scored four goals as Barcelona thumped Eibar 6-1 to make it five consecutive wins to start their La Liga season. There were also goals from Saturday's saviours at Getafe, Paulinho and Denis Suarez, while Eibar's consolation came from Sergi Enrich.
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The major positive is that with Messi in this type of form, not many sides will be able to deal with Barca. Elsewhere, Nelson Semedo continues to really impress at right-back and Paulinho and Denis, for...
Such has been Zinedine Zidane's "Midas" touch since taking over at Real Madrid in January 2016 that any club wishing to wrest La Liga or the Champions League will need to have a coach who wins one-vs.-one battles with the Frenchman -- before and during matches.
That goes for Diego Simeone, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte, Unai Emery and, particularly, Ernesto Valverde because they comprise the only other managers, whose teams I can conceive of conquering Europe this season (Simeone and...
If it's not one thing it's another for Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde.
Appointed as Luis Enrique's successor at the very end of May, in the time which has followed he's seen Neymar leave for Paris Saint-Germain, a vote of no confidence launched against the club's board and the transfer window close with a failure to either buy or sell particularly sufficiently.
Perhaps the only thing he has to take his share of the blame for is the 5-1 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid in the Spanish...
Arsenal went to Stamford Bridge in a fairly binary situation. A poor performance would simply ratchet up the pressure ahead of the club's annual general meeting (with Stan Kroenke on his way across the pond) and cancel the baby steps that were made against Bournemouth. (Given Bournemouth's performance, they really were teeny, tiny baby steps). A result, especially if accompanied by a decent performance, would buy Arsene Wenger time, rekindle a bit of faith in a clearly dejected group and maybe...
Barcelona were reliant on goals from substitutes Denis Suarez and Paulinho as they came from behind to beat Getafe 2-1 and maintain their 100 percent record in La Liga.
Gaku Shibasaki's sublime first-half volley had given the home side a deserved lead, but Ernesto Valverde's side rallied after the break to make it four wins in four games in the league.
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Paulinho has had to put up with a lot of unfair criticism since he joined the club, so he will have particularly enjoyed silencing a few...
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