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Messi: Neymar will be future Ballon d'Or winner

(AFP) 02 Oct 2014

Barcelona's forward Neymar Junior is congratulated by his teammate Lionel Messi

Four-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi hailed his "fabulous" Barcelona team-mate Neymar as a future winner of the prestigious honour.

A year after 22-year-old Neymar's arrival at Barcelona, the two South American stars are becoming increasingly at ease with each other on the pitch. Their partnership has been one of the keys to La Liga leaders Barcelona's success so far this season with Neymar scoring four of his six goals from Messi passes.

Argentinian Messi said his partnership with Neymar was becoming increasingly efficient as he hailed the Brazilian as "a great player".

"It's the second season that we're playing together and we're starting to know each other better," Messi said. "As well this season the (Barça) strikers play more in the middle of the pitch so we can pick each other out more and find connections. It's a pleasure to play with him ... We've a very good relationship, he's a fabulous boy."

Messi added that their partnership was helped by "the freedom" that coach Luis Enrique gives the Argentinian on the pitch.

"The coach told me I could go where I wanted. Sometimes I move back a little to try to make the final pass and to create," explained Messi.

He's going to get it, through his qualities, the way he is, I've no doubt that he can at some time win it.

Lionel Messi on Barcelona team-mate Neymar

Messi won the Ballon d'Or title four times between 2009 and 2012, but lost his crown last year to Real Madrid's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. But he insisted that thoughts of reclaiming the title were far from his mind.

"I've repeated it several times, I'm not in competition with Cristiano. I play my game, I do my work and I'm not interested in rivalry with him or anyone else. Individual awards are those that matter least to me, I want to have a great year and make sure my team achieve their goals."

The Argentinian added that he expected Neymar to win the title at some stage in the future.

"He's going to get it, through his qualities, the way he is, I've no doubt that he can at some time win it," Messi said.

"He has great potential, he's a player who has a lot of qualities and he can go as far as he wants. I'm lucky enough to rub shoulders with terrific players on the pitch and he's among them."

http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2014/m=10/news=messi-neymar-will-be-future-ballon-d-or-winner-2452461.html

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So there's:

 

Club Craques

Craques

True Craques.

 

Taken from BBC Sport Website June 2014: 

 

 

The craque is the star player, the man whose talent can tip the balance of the game in a micro-second. Neymar, for example, is undoubtedly a craque. The word comes from the English 'crack,' once used to describe the best soldiers. But it almost certainly crept into Brazilian football via horse racing (turfe), which was a major sport at the time that football was establishing itself.

 

Got it.  :Y:

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