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I’ll start with the good. Adidas Tunit F50.8 Adidas Tunit F50.8 * First off, this cleat looks amazing. I always get comments on my shoes (White/Metallic/Gold) from both fans and the other team. I hear “Wow. Look at those cleats. I bet he’s a good player.” The shoes look brilliant and make you brag about them. It also has a new feature which also brings attention. The see-through heel. Good reason to buy the shoes. * Interchangeable studs, chassis, sock liner, and upper. Lets you change it however you want, whenever you want. I’ve gotten to a deserty field and had softy ground cleats, and my feet hurt the entire game. Now with the Tunit, you can change your shoe to match the conditions. * Very lightweight. 7.4 oz making it easier to lift your feet up off the ground. It doesn’t gradually drag your feet down after an exhausting 90 minutes, creating a feather-like shoe you barely even notice while running. * Many famous professionals wear the Tunits (Lionel Messi, David Villa) Now to the …

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I’ll start with the good. Adidas Tunit F50.8 Adidas Tunit F50.8 * First off, this cleat looks amazing. I always get comments on my shoes (White/Metallic/Gold) from both fans and the other team. I hear “Wow. Look at those cleats. I bet he’s a good player.” The shoes look brilliant and make you brag about them. It also has a new feature which also brings attention. The see-through heel. Good reason to buy the shoes. * Interchangeable studs, chassis, sock liner, and upper. Lets you change it however you want, whenever you want. I’ve gotten to a deserty field and had softy ground cleats, and my feet hurt the entire game. Now with the Tunit, you can change your shoe to match the conditions. * Very lightweight. 7.4 oz making it easier to lift your feet up off the ground. It doesn’t gradually drag your feet down after an exhausting 90 minutes, creating a feather-like shoe you barely even notice while running. * Many famous professionals wear the Tunits (Lionel Messi, David Villa) Now to the …

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Apparently they have a total of approximately 260 youth players learning their trade here - Ninety percent of them are Spanish and more than 50 percent Catalans. In fact the current Barca team have 12 first team players who have come from the academy. There are several youngsters that had lived at La Masia have gone on to play for the first team, such as Josep “Pep” Guardiola (academy years 1984-90), Ivan De la Pe a (1991-94), Carles Puyol (1994-98), Andres Iniesta (1996-2001), V ctor Valdes (1996-2000) and Lionel Messi (2000-04). Pep was touted as La Masia’s greatest product. A charismatic player who played 43 caps for Spain and won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He led the club to six La Liga titles, one Champions Cup in 1992 and two Spanish Cups. Puyol, a native Catalunyan, is the club current skipper and heading towards his 250th game for the club. However not all the graduates of La Masia established themselves at Barcelona and some have moved to other clubs to a …

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They also have Barcelona’s petite player Lionel Messi in their fold. Messi who already amassed 29 senior caps for Argentina is one of the most deadly strikers in the world at the moment. Barcelona is fighting to keep Messi for upcoming Champions League qualifying matches, but it’s unlikely he’ll be prevented from playing in the Olympics. They also have Sergio Aguero , who was hot in the spainish La Liga last season. Sergio Aguero, 20, has made seven appearances for the senior team and should be alongside Messi at forward. Aguero led Atletico Madrid with 19 goals in Spain’s La Liga last season. Argentina is the favorite in Group A, which includes Australia, Ivory Coast and Serbia. Australia, which won the bronze in 1992, is the only other team in the group that has ever won an Olympic Football Event medal. Argentina should expect tough competition from both Ivory coast and Serbia. Ironically both Ivory and Serbia were in Argentina’s group during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Both …

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