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Messi has been marked out of the game so far, has not looked anywhere near the same player since his hamstring injuries before Christmas.

To be honest he wasn't doing that great before the injuries. He looks like a different player, you see a glimmer of the dribbling but instead of going with his usual killer instinct, he just tries to pass it or loses the ball. He should be coming into his prime, god knows what has happened to him.

He had several muscular injuries at the end of last season before the hamstring. Been just world class and not one of the best players ever since then.

41 goals in 46 games last season.

Exactly.

The worst part of 3D for me is how if a player has an attack duty he just sprints past clearances

Hahahahaha he made the two Bosnians run into each other. Brilliant

Messi has been marked out of the game so far, has not looked anywhere near the same player since his hamstring injuries before Christmas.

To be honest he wasn't doing that great before the injuries. He looks like a different player, you see a glimmer of the dribbling but instead of going with his usual killer instinct, he just tries to pass it or loses the ball. He should be coming into his prime, god knows what has happened to him.

He had several muscular injuries at the end of last season before the hamstring. Been just world class and not one of the best players ever since then.

Been good but I dunno about world class, I'd still love to see how he'd get on with playing in the Premier League or the Bundesliga.

The bundesliga is the highest scoring league in the world, so I'm guessing he's have scored more than the 40 goals that he scored in all competitions this year. 40 goals is world class. Only viewed as bad because it's messi.

Also, la liga had three clubs in the UCL quarters, two in the Europa league semis, and I think sociedad were the only Spanish side elminated by non Spanish opposition.

Messi has been marked out of the game so far, has not looked anywhere near the same player since his hamstring injuries before Christmas.

To be honest he wasn't doing that great before the injuries. He looks like a different player, you see a glimmer of the dribbling but instead of going with his usual killer instinct, he just tries to pass it or loses the ball. He should be coming into his prime, god knows what has happened to him.

He had several muscular injuries at the end of last season before the hamstring. Been just world class and not one of the best players ever since then.

They're doing well against Messi, crowded out as soon as he gets the ball.

You would expect a player like Messi to be able to handle that. Italy did the same with Sterling last night and he found a way..

I'm not quite sure it was the same.

He's trying to do too much. He'll calm down

Roberto Martinez is calling the match for espn. I'm pretty excited about that to be honest.

5 at the back? Damnit.

I honestly don't remember Honduras being like this in qualifying. Some of the tackles today were despicable

They have so many center back options though. I'm surprised sakho is ahead of koscielny.

3-0 suits my prediction. Don't score france

Haven't herd anything personally

That replay doesn't look like its completely crossed the line.

Because it's not a perfect angle. It's a goal.

I don't know if that's a yellow. But it's palacios, so I don't know if anyone's too upset

Palacios stamped on him. Pogba actually didn't kick him dangerously

Ooooo is that red?

IIRC pogba had no interest in staying.

I think if france can get a couple it'll get really ugly. And with that they hit the bar.

Because ferguson wouldn't play him. It was a shortsighted decision from ferguson

Hmmm, snodgrass played under lambert at Livingston and Norwich.

Yeah that was a really good advantage. Did he go back and book the player?

And only Cameroon and Greece have failed to score.

Roberto Martinez, a pretty good pundit, was understandably doing everything he could to absolve Baines of blame. Made some good points.

I didn't realize what a good side Switzerland have. Most of their lineup is very good players. I want ecuador to win, but it seems unlikely.

They haven't commented on the severity, but hamstring almost always takes a couple weeks.

Hulk has a hamstring injury. I wonder if scolari will regret leaving lucas moura out.