ALVES NEYMAR SURPRISE VISIT TO THE HOTEL

Barça side went through the hotel to talk to Santos the Brazilian player who will share a great friendship

The great friendship between Dani Alves and Neymar is a secret. Both of them have not hesitated to recognize that a great bond unites them despite the fact that next Sunday will be rivals in the field.

However, coinciding with the stay in Japan, Dani Alves took the opportunity to stop by the Santos team hotel to visit his friend before facing the final World Cup.

Dani Alves Neymar received with open arms and both joked about the final face Barca defend Saints where competing interests.

MESSI VS NEYMAR: THE KING OF FOOTBALL AGAINST HIS HEIR APPARENT

The crack of Barca beats the great Brazilian pearl most aspects of play despite the scope for improvement Santos striker portends the emergence of a player who could mark another era in the future

Very few football fans who are reluctant to make comparisons, odious or not, the best players in the world and its impact on their respective teams, as well as the historical legacy of the sport.

At the gates of the great World Cup final between Barca and clubs Santos, Messi andNeymar are those that capture everyone’s attention and focus the spotlight of attention from media across the globe. The debate is on the street. For the present and the future.

However, history has wanted it to be now in the middle of December 2011, when the star of Argentina and the Brazilian soccer great reference to measure forces to settle who is the best and a superb appointment. As seen in recent seasons, the impression is that Messi is ahead, but the talent remains premature Neymar far the track with the ambition of coronorase in a not too distant future as the best in the world. Qualities are not lacking.

INDIVIDUAL TECHNIQUE / / Messi: 9.5 – Neymar: 8

Neymar and Messi are two technical wonders. In both cases we speak of two skilled players with the ball at his feet, able to overflow into the one on one and fitted with a very good ball control. However, Messi is better than Neymar in this facet of the game. Leo has been shown in Europe and against the best players in the world their skills, while still too young Neymar and has not been so required.Victory for Messi in this section.

PHYSICAL / / Messi: 9 – Neymar: 6.5

Neymar physicist is one of its weaknesses and it has found up to one of his biggest supporters, Pelé himself. With her 1’74 and just 60 kilos is far from having the consistency that has Messi, much more powerful and muscular with a train much more developed. With constant work Neymar can become a player in that aspect fact, although so far it is away from Barca.

SPEED / / Messi: 9 – Neymar: 8

Both Neymar and Messi are two very fast players. The Brazilian has great explosiveness, but Messi equal in that regard and is moving even faster when driving the ball at his feet. When that happens, there is Messi who will stop while going towards the goal, as demonstrated in anthologies goals as he did in his day against Getafe at the Bernabeu or last year. Neymar it lags behind in this regard, although not yet at the level of Messi.

Dodge / / Messi 8.5 – Neymar: 9

The two players were wise men with the ball at his feet, but if you compare only the ability to leave rival defenders one on one, we could say that Brazil is on par or even a step ahead of Messi.Neymar has a wide repertoire of dribbles and that has become perhaps the best dribbler of today.

AUCTION AND GOL / / Messi: 9.5 - Neymar: 8

The more than 200 goals scored Barca’s shirt to their only 24 make clear the incredible ease with which Leo Messi to see door. Of all the possible ways: right leg, head, left gold, missing, penalty …Messi has made history in one of the best teams of all time, especially since Pep Guardiola gave freedom to put in up front. Neymar is easy to see door, but no goal so far, although a player who can improve a lot in that aspect. Here it is clear that Messi is higher than the Brazilian.

SKIP / / Messi: 9, Neymar: 7.5

Messi stands in associative play and benefits from being surrounded by the best ‘players’ in the world like Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc or Thiago. It has the same ability to overflowing with his explosiveness and his ‘slaloms’ than doing pulling walls with their peers. He also knows his teammates and enable launch great passes into space. Neymar has not exploited this aspect and thus football association is less than that of Leo. The Brazilian will weigh the fact that the Saints football practice a much more direct and more creative players pause and Goose are an exception.

BALL STOPPED / / Messi: 8, Neymar: 7

Messi has so much weight in the kicks. The releases are dedicated to lefties wholly owned but its quality has meant that even large skilled specialists like Xavi and Villa yield in many cases the release to Argentina. Neymar not specialized in this aspect, despite having a good ball striking, although its weight in the hierarchy of the club and the ‘canarinha’ invites us to think that will be taking center stage over the months.

GAME GROUP / / Messi: 10, Neymar, 8

Messi brings out its best when associated with other major players. Leo is aware of this and its potential in the club is triggered by being surrounded by the best players in the world. Its thanks to the support of peers is such that it does not hesitate to engage in defensive aspects and scratch at the highest level regardless of where you locate Pep Guardiola for the benefit of the collective. It is in Argentina where it has found major problems in the absence of a defined pattern of play and be forced to get the ball away from their areas of influence. In the case of Neymar, the Brazilian has a chaotic game that takes advantage of his club. However, you should correct many tactical aspects when deciding to make the leap to European football.

LEADERSHIP / / Messi: 9, Neymar, 8

Five years age difference is a slab Neymar insurmountable. Messi Barça bred under the long shadow of Ronaldinho, emerged as one of the undisputed leaders of the best Barcelona in history to the arrival of Barca Guardiola on the bench. His character, a priori introverted hiding the figure of an athlete with a huge competitive desire, unable to quench their thirst for goals and titles. Those who know him, say that feeds the good atmosphere of the locker room and control your ego to perfection.Neymar, meanwhile, has lived a little metamorphosis in recent months. In 2011 has matured a lot and this has resulted both in and outside the pitch. His brazen attitude regarding rivals and even colleagues has been buried progressivism, while fatherhood has forced him to take on new responsibilities. However, it misses the opportunity to stick together with colleagues in a much more striking. Unlike Messi, is grown on camera and does not lose the opportunity to give vent to his desire for prominence. Messi is the paradigm of ‘Pep Team’, in which the group prevails over the individual. 

BIG IMPACT ON DATING / / Messi: 9, Neymar: 8

Both accumulate major milestones with their clubs and notable disappointments with his national team, the last of them a few months ago in the last edition of the Copa America. These are mere exceptions since both are used to perform at a level in big games egregious that decide titles.Neymar was instrumental in the achievement of freedom and is the flagship of Santos in the Brazilian championships. Messi has won everything with Barca and has been instrumental in all titles.Dynamited the second round of the Champions League against Chelsea in a now distant 2006 with just 18 years. A year later surprised the world with a hat trick against Real Madrid in the league. And after the arrival of Guardiola on the bench, it all happened at a frenetic pace. Decisive duels in major league, scored in the 2009 Cup final in the Champions League final in Rome and Wembley in the final of Club World Cup 2009 and in several Super. Messi is always to be expected and if not, too.

Aston Villa players told: You have what it takes to beat Liverpool and Arsenal

ALEX McLeish sends his players into a demanding Villa Park double-header against Liverpool and Arsenal with a “believe we can beat the big boys” message.

Villa welcome Kenny Dalglish’s Reds tomorrow afternoon before pitting their wits against Arsene Wenger’s Gunners at home on Wednesday evening.

McLeish had an impressive record against the Premier League’s leading lights as boss of Blues, while the claret and blues recorded back-to-back victories over Arsenal and Liverpool at the end of last season.

But the manager has warned his team they cannot afford to show the timidity which characterised their poor performances in defeats to Manchester City, Tottenham and Manchester United.

Before their late season collapse at St Andrew’s last term, McLeish’s Blues side went on a run of just one defeat from 15 matches against the big six of United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.

“I will try to get the Villa boys believing they can win these games,” said McLeish.

“It’s all about prestige. These games put players on the map.

“We’ve got to try and make sure the teams are leaving Villa Park knowing they’ve been in a big game.

“Games like this can bring the best out of players and this is where they earn their corn and get recognised as great players when they start to take points off the big guns.”

Villa’s four league victories so far this season have come against lesser lights Blackburn, Wigan, Norwich and Bolton, but McLeish wants the claret and blues to target points against the likes of Liverpool, despite their greater financial clout.

“The players have got to believe they can take points from the clubs above us as well,” he said.

“After winning at Bolton it’s about as much momentum as possible.

“We’ve a home game, we lost the last one and have got to do something in this game.

“We need a better and more aggressive approach than we had in the first half against Man Utd.

“There is a bit of a difference in what Liverpool have spent and who they’ve brought to the club, guys who can make a huge difference, not only in club but world football.

“We are going in against teams like that as underdogs in almost every game but we are at home and the players have got to have no fear at this great stadium of ours.”

McLeish refused to be drawn on reports in the Scottish press linking Villa with a January swoop for Rangers midfielder Steven Davis, although the Villa old boy is believed to be on the list of targets.

“I’m not at liberty to talk about other players at other teams,” he said. “We have a lot of players I admire in mind but it remains to be seen if we can do business.”

One player who won’t be coming to Villa next month is Yannick Djalo with McLeish revealing the club have pulled the plug on a proposed trial for the Nice and Portugal international forward.

“I don’t think he is coming on trial now,” confirmed McLeish.

“His contract case has not been reviewed by UEFA yet. It might be easier for him to get another club if his contract is void, which seems to be the case.”

Asked if Villa pulled out after Djalo allegedly revealed the trial on his Facebook page, McLeish replied: “No.

“I wasn’t sure it was an absolute priority for us but we said we would take a look. It was the agents that offered him.”

AW not ruling out Henry return

Henry became Arsenal’s record goalscorer during an eight-year spell with the club before leaving in 2007 to join Barcelona and later New York Red Bulls.

He is currently back training with the Gunners during the MLS close season, leading to reports that Wenger could look to tie up a short-term loan deal when the transfer window reopens.

The Arsenal manager has previously insisted that he will not be signing Henry, but that stance now appears to have softened.

While Wenger has not spoken to Henry or New York Red Bulls about a move, he is not ruling out the idea and is still an admirer of the 34-year-old’s abilities.

Asked whether Henry could join on loan, Wenger said: “At the moment, Thierry Henry just practices with us. I haven’t even investigated that.

“I cannot tell you even if there is a chance because I haven’t even made any approach, not to him nor his club.”

But asked whether Henry is good enough to play again in the Premier League, Wenger replied: “Yes.”

Arsenal will be left short of attacking options in the New Year when Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh link up with Ivory Coast and Morocco respectively for the African Cup of Nations.

Robin van Persie has been in sparkling form all year and it is reported that Wenger will only attempt to bring in Henry as emergency cover if the Dutchman suffers an injury over the busy festive period.