Wednesday 19 March 2014

MESSI'S CALCULATED DIG AT ROBBEN

MESSI'S CALCULATED DIG AT ROBBEN

D. Ray Morton, 19th March 2014.




As Bayern Munich announced that Arjen Robben has extended his contract at the club until June 2017, Barcelona's Lionel Messi unleashed some calculated criticism in the direction of the Dutch winger in regards to Spain's World Cup triumph against the Oranje four years ago.



Messi was quoted as saying: "You need the luck of the champions in order to win the World Cup, just like Spain had in South Africa."


The Argentine continued: "Spain were the best team at the 2010 World Cup, but they were fortunate that Robben missed two huge chances in the final."




An interesting line considering the few months ahead for the two superstars. Messi and Barcelona are still hurting from the 7-0 aggregate thrashing they suffered at the hands of Die Bayern last season and considering both sides' recent form in the competition, they could very well meet again in the remaining rounds.



Robben enjoyed a sensational run of form late last term scoring the 89th minute winner that saw Bayern lift the Champions League crown in a 2-1 win over domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund. Before that, however, Robben had been labelled as something of a big game "bottler" having lost out to Chelsea in the 2011/12 final after missing an extra time penalty which should have won it for the Bavarians.



Perhaps Messi is shrewdly aiming his words at Robben in order to revive those creeping doubts that plagued the Dutch man before his return to big game form. It should be interesting to see how this rivalry unfolds should we see Barcelona face Bayern again this season or even if Argentina face the Netherlands at the World Cup.

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