What's 6ft 7' and plays like Messi? Find out in this week's Liga review...
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- Created: Monday, 02 February 2009 17:11
- Written by Benjamin Cullen
Jorge Valdano in Saturday's 'MARCA' newspaper described Nicola Zigic - the on-loan 6 foot 7' Santander striker - as someone 'who produces above, the things that Messi does below' and for more than an hour on Sunday it was Racing Santander and their 'Messi of the skies' that had the upper-handf.
Lionel Messi had, however, been somewhat restricted in his influence on the match from his position on the substitutes’ bench, but that all had to change of course when the giant Serbian put away a Pereira won penalty in the 56th minute, forcing Guardiola to send on his young superstar to try and rescue a result.
“Weee,” and with 18 goals and only two 0-0s it was piss-your-pants with excitement time this weekend in Portugal.
The outlook continues to be rosy for Steve McClaren and his new team FC Twente. Although a 0-0 home draw with FC Utrecht did not leave much to write home about, there were positives for McClaren to take from the result. FC Twente increased the pressure on their opponents throughout the second half and were unlucky in the last twenty minutes not to force a deciding goal against a team who are one of several vying for a UEFA Cup spot, and looked happy to settle for an away point.
Try as they might Juventus just don’t seem to have it in them to make a fist of this year’s title race. Saturday evening’s 3-2 defeat at home to Cagliari made it two losses on the trot for the Bianconeri, as they followed Wednesday’s defeat at Udinese with another poor performance.
I have a friend, believe it or not, and we love nothing better than to mock footballers, waiting for them outside their houses at night, one of us with a torch, the other with a bucket of cold water.