What a brilliant game of football this match was[Barcelona Vs Ajax], especially the first 45 simply brilliant and for me the match of the day, no surprises in the lineup both messi and neymar started with alexis the more preferred option to pedro who later came on for neymar later in the second half, also xavi too who came in for cesc who started the match. All In all I would rate the performance 7 out of 10 It was a good team display, I thought neymar and alexis were good, and messi superb as always, notching his 62nd champions league goal taking his tally to 3 in the champions league and 8 in all competitions. No doubt Barcelona were always clear favorites for this fixture so it came as no surprise the win ,but one aspect Barcelona still has to work on is their defense, and I still felt rosell and Barcelona sporting director Zubizarreta should have pushed harder to sign a center back, puyol isn’t “it” he had his days but those seem to be long gone now and we can only hope that the likes of batra and Montoya keep on improving, which In my opinion they are, however, until then what should we do? Sit aside and watch barca concede a huge load of goals? Even in the ajax game today if not for the brilliant saves and heroics of valdes Barcelona could have easily conceded one or two, not this time but what of when we play the likes of Chelsea counterattacking sides which always give barca problems or Bayern Munich or any other top quality side what will happen then? well only time will tell, but the sooner the management realizes the need for a new defender the sooner they can start making plans for the coming January transfer window, messi was simply magical and perhaps sent a message to ronaldo that he won’t be slouching around either while he scores goals, neymar was very good too, made an assist, always caused trouble down that left flank and was good in one on one situations, I felt his coming off was too early as I thought who could bang in another goal or make another assist or two but smart thinking from tata as he knows the game is already done and has set his sights on barca weekend fixture against Rayo Vallecano, barca also "overplayed" the game especially alves, trying to have the perfect training ground goal isnt bad but times we come when barca just have too shoot and take their chances when they get them rather than passing endlessly. Now on to the other games where do i start from? Ok, arsenal, good solid away performance from them they were some moments of uncertainties in their defense but they made up for it in attack, walcott man of the match for me grabbed a goal and always posed a threat towards the defense, a shocker at Stamford bridge in a game we all expected Chelsea to win, this is surely not what abramovich would be expecting from mourinho or his new signings, then at san siro it was a hard fought victory and a good effort by celtic but milan came out victouries thanks to E. Izaguirre own goal and Sulley Ali Muntari goal, a good performance by zapata too and allegri would gladly take this result with a smile on seeing as many of his first thing players got injured,wishing all of them fast recoveries ,also good solid effort by atheltico to win 3-1 against zenit who are not the easiest of opponents to beat,then to the shocker of the day which was napoli beating last year finalist dortmund by two goals to one courtesy of higuain and Lorenzo Insigne, who was also the best player on the pitch,also a 3-1 win by schalke against steaua bucharest and an away win from porto against austria vienna with 0-1 scoreline. Well its been good for most debutants such as tata,moyes,pellegrini and ancelloti and for the few unfortunate like mourinho and klopp its back to the drawing board, from abuja out i bid yall a good night. Till Next time. xd
