Didn’t Gavin pencil in over a hundred million for contact tracing? What happened?’where’s the results?The U.S. is one of the worst in the world with respect to contact tracing. Our abysmal response to the pandemic means no one will ever know whether grandma died because little Sally went to soccer practice, HS, the mall, or Starbucks. If we don’t bother trying to figure out how someone got it, it must be fine to do whatever we want, right?
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Which countries do COVID-19 contact tracing?
'Limited' contact tracing means some, but not all, cases are traced. 'Comprehensive' tracing means all cases are traced.ourworldindata.org
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Barca never got anything with all that Neymar money except for some bust acquisitions. The club massively screwed the pooch, so many bad decisions. Should have never signed Griezman. It’s been Messi carrying them for years. Look how stacked Bayern and PSG are.
Dude, Soccer conversation in a Covid thread! What!! Unthinkable! I was shocked that Barca failed like they did. I’m not sure on PSG. And I agree on the pundits that Pepe once again went to cerebral.
The Covid-19 break played a bit of spoiler with teams fates this year I think. Hard to quantify that. Barca was flat in La Liga after the break. And Barca were massive underdogs going in to this game. They kind of quit toward the end too like they’re U9s, when Coutinho scored twice. He is after all infamously a bust at Barca that they loaned him out, to of all teams Bayern, where he is lucky if he comes off the bench. He could have scored 5 goals and no team would be asking for coutinho next year. If you watched PSG vs Atalanta, of course PSG pulled it out in the final minutes, but two things: Neymar and Mbappe were creating chances at will, and they couldn’t finish anything all game until the end. Should have been comfortably up a few goals, not down.
Stephen A smith
BRONZE
I wonder if messi goes back to barca next year.
SoccerFan4Life
PREMIER
As in covid, Germany is crushing it in champions league as well. Sorry Pulisic and Jimenez, Alfonso Davies is the best North American player. This hurts to say it because I’m a pulisic fanatic but Davies is better.
The 5 man back line was a bit suspect.
BarcaLover
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Hard to compare the 2 because they play different positions, but both have looked VERY good this season. But to your point, Davies may be the best LB in the world right now.....and that’s saying a lot because Andy Robertson is pretty decent and his team has had some success recently
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rainbow_unicorn
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Andy Robertson sucks...overrated.Hard to compare the 2 because they play different positions, but both have looked VERY good this season. But to your point, Davies may be the best LB in the world right now.....and that’s saying a lot because Andy Robertson is pretty decent and his team has had some success recently
BarcaLover
SILVER
Everyone is entitled to their opinions.....yours just happens to be wrong
That designation goes to Marcelo
Two years ago, yes. Way too many injuries last couple of years and he's only getting older. Davies is clearly the best LB right now and it's not that close. Not only is he the fastest player in ALL of world soccer, he's got way better offensive skills than any LB out there. It's Davies, then Robertson, and honorable mention to Danny Rose.
Goes to show the most important part of any sport is the PLAYERS. It's not La Masia, it's not TikiTaka, it's not Guardiola, it's not the coaches, it's the PLAYERS!! They hit the jackpot with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, and Puyol all coming up at once. They thought they were geniuses at La Masia and thought the pipeline would never end because they thought they "created" the players. They may have refined them, but they didn't create them. They need a complete overhaul and better scouting. This is the end of Messi/Ronaldo era. Next superstar Erling Haaland, 20 year old striker from Dortmund.
I'm gonna have to disagree partially. They were doing just fine until they thought any coach would do. Coaching matters in soccer too.
Players matter first but without a good method to refine players, they will not reach their potential. A lot of the La Masia system has been reviewed and adapted or improved by other soccer programs. This may upset a lot of people but a lot of players that went thru the DA system, at least partially, are doing very well right now in Europe.
Um Andrew Robertson says hello.... But.. Davies was very impressive for 19. Don't know he will be LB for long though.
Important thing about Barca is the system. The right players committed to a special brand of soccer. The club did not find replacements for players that left, Iniesta, Neymar. They’ve been making do. Attrition catches up eventually. And Barca were exposed...in the quarters of Champions League to the team that will likely win the tournament.
Both are moving up fast and will surpass Marcelo as his career comes to a close. Davies is and will be a lot of fun to watch over his career and Robertson is in the conversation for sure.
And now they are saying the Barca style is out of date. When your system relies on a once in a generation talent (messi) to work it may not be replicate-able. Pep was the one to introduce it and without Messi it likely doesn't work.
The other issue is Real Madrid and Barca can no longer dominate the leagues financially. They can't go and buy whoever they want and right now and are no longer the desirable locations they once were. They will have pull in Spain and from the South American countries but I am thinking La Liga will face significant headwinds for the foreseeable future.
Desert Hound
DA
I was reading last night that Messi wants out. And wants out now.
Lionel Messi wants out at Barcelona after Champions League disaster, per report
The Argentine's contract is set to expire after next season
www.cbssports.com
On the flip side, he pushed for the hiring of thE new Manager. Maybe his, “I want out” was a hard line against the ousted manager.I was reading last night that Messi wants out. And wants out now.
Lionel Messi wants out at Barcelona after Champions League disaster, per report
The Argentine's contract is set to expire after next season