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CULER💙❤️ | LIONEL MESSI🐐❤️

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📆 On this day, 3 years ago, this young fan’s emotion was captured incredibly as Fluminense scored a last minute winner. ❤️

I'd die a happy man if this was my future daughter. 🫂

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𝗟𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 geniuses taking over 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘 🧠🔵🔴

Fàbregas, Enrique and Arteta all have Barça DNA, shaped by the club's La Masia philosophy. Now they're dominating Europe as managers 👔

All three are in the 𝗨𝗖𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟰 and impressing in their domestic leagues too 🔥

🇪🇸 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗖 𝗙𝗔̀𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗦 — Led Como to a historic 𝟵-𝟭 UCL win. They’re now 𝟰𝗧𝗛 in the standings 🤯
🇪🇸 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 — PSG are 𝗧𝗢𝗣 of the UCL scoring 𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦, beating Man City and Barça 🥶
🇪🇸 𝗠𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗟 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗧𝗔 — Arsenal are 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗡 in the UCL and 𝗧𝗢𝗣 of the Premier League 👏

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘��𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 🎓👑

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@dammiedammie35 omo o kpa danu mehn😂😂

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them no chase my idolo before he retire 😂

#Portugal

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como actually calmed down against Manchester United

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@the_Lawrenz them suppose hang that player 😂

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Nigeria are #U17WWC finalists! 🇳🇬

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omo I don dey fear @Como_1907 ooo

na them be our last match

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Valverde doesn't score normal goals

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this champions League Madrid is something else

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@tomisinfcb crazy though

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🚨Lamine Yamal opens up on his heated conversation with Hansi Flick after the final whistle against Aston Villa:

🎙️ Reporter: We noticed you had a lengthy conversation with Hansi Flick after the final whistle. What was that about?

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “Honestly, I was begging him wholeheartedly to reduce the defensive line. I wasn’t even trying to hide my frustration because I feel like we’re taking unnecessary risks.

We won today, but let’s be honest, Aston Villa had opportunities to hurt us. They didn’t take their chances, and that’s the only reason we’re not having a completely different conversation right now.

🎙️ Reporter: So you believe Barcelona were lucky to escape some of those situations?

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “Absolutely. We cannot keep depending on our opponents missing chances. There were moments when one pass was enough to put their attackers through on goal. Imagine that happening against Bayern, PSG, Manchester City or Real Madrid.

I told him that when the big games come, we’re always finding ourselves in difficult situations because of this high defensive line. We give opponents too much space to attack, and then we’re forced to recover defensively.

🎙️ Reporter: What exactly was Flick’s response?

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “He told me it’s a high-risk, high-reward system. He believes that keeping the defensive line high allows us to control the game, press aggressively and suffocate our opponents.

I understand his football philosophy. He’s the manager, and I respect his decisions, but I also told him that controlling possession doesn’t mean we’re controlling everything happening on the pitch.

🎙️ Reporter: Did he agree to consider your suggestion?

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “No, not really. He was very adamant about it. He kept explaining why the system works, and I kept telling him what I was seeing on the pitch.

I even told him that we cannot wait until we get punished in a Champions League knockout game before we start making adjustments. By then, it could be too late.

I’m not asking us to abandon our identity. I’m asking us to be smarter. We have incredible defenders, but even the best defenders in the world cannot spend 90 minutes defending huge spaces behind them.

🎙️ Reporter: Would you say this was a disagreement between you and the manager?

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “We disagreed, yes. That’s football. I want to win, he wants to win, and sometimes you have different opinions about how to achieve that.

But I hope he watches those situations again because I genuinely believe we need to make some changes. We cannot keep getting away with it and call it good defending.”

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rodri out against atlectico ke?
omo😪

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

Raphinha POTM 🏆

#UCL

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@FCBarcelona unto the next 💪🏽

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Strong at home. Hungry for more.

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@sabna_niya omo you dey lucky tonight sha

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United jorrrr 🔥🔥🔥🔥

3-2

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@ManUtd @ManUtd I believed in you guys 💪🏽♥️

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@ManUtd you can do a comeback second half
I believe 😂

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who's Aston Villa???