Lionel persistent injury: a cause for concern?
They re-ignited the pressing game, played total football, wowed us all with brilliant attacking football. Won all there was to win under the tutelage of the Brilliant Pep Guardiola. 2 things made them amazing above all other teams that tried to copy the Barcelona philosophy. The first is their pressing philosophy, that hunger to deprive the opposition of the ball, they did so by hogging the ball for as long as possible then when they lose the ball they fought to have it back like their lives depended on it and the other was the amazing Lionel Messi. He played for four amazing years under Guardiola and got injured just once. He was awesome, winning 3 consecutive ballon d'or, scoring goals, setting records. Now to the post Guardiola era, Guardiola was replaced by his assistant Tito Villanova. And then the injuries began. He was chasing Gerd Muller's record of most goal scored in a season and was a goal shy from equaling it prior to the Benfica game. Brought in a...

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