Oh my that goal by Spartak, such teamwork!

Great comeback by Barcelona

Spartak Moskva's second goal....beautiful.. best example of teamwork and counterattack! BEAUTIFUL!

what a comeback..i think defensively both teams were garbage..

Spartak score the goal of the season and no one seems to notice.

messi, the greatest ever!!!

This is similar to what happened last year with the Barcelona first team. Injuries!! Iniesta, Puyol, Alba - not available. Alves and Sanchez just came back from injury. Pique just got injured. Hopefully, Tello will be able to perform under pressure and Adriano is in good form, although his defensive abilities are quite suspect. This leaves, Messi to carry the burden as usual.

I still don't think Barcelona are in trouble when it comes to offense. their defense is such a huge problem, it will haunt them all season. This year, Barcelona turned over a 35 million euro profit. Its great that Barcelona finances are turning around. Hopefully, they can get into the market and acquire a couple of young CBs and develop Fontas, Bartra and Montoya. And maybe when Abidal comes back sometime later this year, Barca can be strong as usual at the back.

Is Abidal returning any time soon? If not, Barca are deep in defensive crisis. and el clasico is due in November. :-(

who said messi cant header for s**t! just look at this!

WIth Pique and Puyol gone, we are at the brink of the same crisis mode that we were last season. Aside what some people have been saying about el jefecito, he has been a reliable pillar at the back for the past seasons. I trust Marc Bartra would be a great CB some day but im not sure if he is ready to take such a role just yet. I dont understand why we could not bring in another cb.
Offensively speaking, Tito made an excellent choice in starting in Tello. The boy was incisive with his runs. No, wonder why he is being courted by PL clubs.

Pique's injury is huge. I'm sure Song will be training his ass off to become comfortable at CB because that's where he'll be needed in the next few weeks I suspect.

Messi scroing headers, the ultimate slap to the opponents' face. He's like 4'11 and finds another way to violate the competition WDF

what a great counter by spartak, but they were as usual unlucky, by tello is turning out to be a great left winger, 1 assist and 1 goal from the youngster !!

With all the very justifiable Messi talk, there's still Tello. Tello appreciation post right here. The kid played a few good matches, then a lot was suddenly expected of him and he found it hard to cope. Yesterday he scored the best of all five goals and assisted Messi for the equalizer with a great move down the left and past that defender. Well done to him.

why is barcelona still keeping valdez? why?

Thank God for Messi, man this team starts to look like a bunch of free riders waiting for the Magnificent to save the day. I'm looking at you Fabregas. So many opportunities missed by Fabr, Pedro, Busquet, ...come on guys you have to support Messi, he is always guarded by 4 or 5 players, it is not always easy to pull the rabbit.
I'm surprised no defenders on the bench, why use Song as defender ? if Barca do not start planning for the post-Puyol era, we are in big trouble.