The reaction of the Barcelona squad to getting the better of MSN in a game of ‘rondo’ will tell you precisely how seldom it happens.
We imagine that you could count on one three-fingered hand how many times Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have come unstuck in the game such is their talent.
Arguably the greatest front three in the history of football found themselves as proficient piggies in a marvellous middle when Barcelona reconvened after the international break.
In the final training session ahead of Saturday’s home tie with Deportivo, the Barcelona squad managed to keep the ball out of the possession of Messi, Suarez and Neymar for the entire game and the delight was clear to see on the victorious players’ faces.
There were more high fives than the end of Apollo 13 and more jumping and whooping than that time Tom Cruise went on the Oprah Winfrey show.
There have probably been calmer celebrations after Champions League wins.
Having lost two games already this season, Barca currently sit fourth in La Liga after seven matches played, behind Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Sevilla.
In the whole of last season they lost only five league matches as they won the title by a single point from Real.
