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The funny thing is, Madrid have actually been alright. They have conceded from two horrible mistakes within 14 minutes. This is what happens, the luck that serves you also comes back to bite you. They are suffering from the same thing that they have benefitted from.

Tebas actually defended him at first and said it was all legal and it died down a bit after that. Weird that he is trying to drag Tebas into this like it has anything to do with him.

But do we get screwed over? Increasingly both sides think the same thing about each other. Madridistas say the exact same about Barca and think all refs are in our favour, whilst most Barca fans think the refs are always against them and a 12th man for Madrid. The truth is both teams actually...

Araujo has probably grown the most. I don't think Dembele's 'improvement' is much of an improvement, just the fact he has finally been able to show his qualities without being injured for a long period of time. With that said, Xavi hasn't demonstrated a bad eye for talent either, for example...

7 million for consultancy. Doesn't seem that convincing. On top of Valverde claiming he never received any reports despite that being stated as the service being sold. This is a bit more dodgy than people are claiming.

Not many doubts over what Xavi thinks of Pablo Torre at this point. Considering what we've seen it's weird that he gets blacklisted like that but his physical level may not be good enough for Xaviball.

He has a goalscoring eye at midfield. Remember him scoring a few there start of last season too before he got injured. As a substitute, he gives more than enough performance and Xavi is right - he is one of the players who gets an incredible amount of hate for no reason. Instantly looks more...

Rewatch the clip. Its actually Ter Stegen that engages the contact with him, the other guy doesn't move that much except to jump for the ball. Was a bad mistake by MATS but refs covered him. He otherwise played a very good game as usual.

To be honest, he probably is. He can still pick up goals in LaLiga against most teams through movement and instinct, good finishing, but his physical level has really dropped so far that I don't know if he is an elite striker anymore. It's a regular theme to see him get manhandled by random...

Survived by being Ronaldo's lackey yet has had all the best years of his career since Ronaldo left. Seriously? Come on. You love Lewa, yes, but be honest with the takes.

Kessie is good, just a bit passive and inactive. When he actually gets on the ball can show some nice ability from time to time but lacks the initiative and urgency when he plays. Pretty decent dribbler and hard to take the ball off but he almost never does it. He seems happy to let the game...

Seems Vinicius goal was incorrectly ruled out, it was perfectly onside.

Madrid are half the team without Benzema, but that much was obvious already last season.

Doubt they even get 30 tbh. Martinez is nowhere near MATS level and in truth has been pretty average for Villa. Was shocking today, sometimes watching him it's like every shot on target is a goal. Conceded a lot during WC too but will have a memorable campaign because of his great...

It is clear that Xavi tries his best to play up the opponent and make them seem as difficult as possible every game, especially in Europe. Not clear why.

He did the exact same thing against Bayern also, he benched Balde for Alonso and there was a lot of the same criticism for it. He probably believes the experience of Alonso is more beneficial in European matches. Alba has been in pretty good form and you could argue he deserves a starting spot.

I don't know. They are seriously intense. With likes of Sabitzer back for return also they may completely run us over in midfield if we play Busquets. Fred already had a great game with his intensity. Its difficult though considering the alternative is Kessie who doesn't seem to do much. He is...

He actually played a brilliant pass towards the end to Araujo in the box which could've ended in a goal. I was shocked to see it was him on the replay... One of the first real bits of technique I've seen from him since he joined.

We should calm down a bit here though because with the attitude of some posters it's like we lost the game. Considering the way we set up today getting a point is great as it could have been far worse. Everything to play for 2nd tie and all will be forgotten if we win.

Alba has played in plenty of LaLiga games where no goals were conceded. If you want to blame the bad defensive performance only on Alonso starting ok, do you think we will keep a clean sheet in the return when he's on the bench? Definitely not and we will probably concede 2 or more there as...