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Can Eto’o make up for the loss of Messi?
Can Eto’o make up for the loss of Messi?
“They’ll be really happy about this in Madrid,” Barcelona sporting director Txiki Begiristain said after news Lionel Messi would miss this weekend’s “clasico” against Real because of a torn thigh muscle. But I’ve got a suspicion that Real, although pleased Messi is out, would have been more thrilled if Samuel Eto’o had been missing for this ...
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