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Can you read? Marcelo's ability is not movement. It's his pace and dribbling. Marcelo can't dribble as such against Italian defenders. Just remember, Ronaldo was completely nullified against PSG as long as Alves was on the pitch in the first leg.

Read my previous reply for you. Barca always have the mental edge. Real Madrid's greatest strength is their midfield and Ronaldo's movement. The only team that has better midfield (when highly motivated) and who could read and nullify Ronaldo's movements are Barca.

What?? So, in CL Iniesta, Busquets, Messi and Pique suddenly lose their ability to read the game and be infalliable in position? And don't forget that Real Madrid never beat us in the CL and Messi turns up always against RM.

Ronaldo is a goal scorer whose most significant attribute is movement. The defenders who is positionally excellent and reads the game well is the defender he should fear. [Pique and Busquets]

We are. Even if we play with Zero tactics, our players especially Iniesta, Busquets and Messi will outclass them. Refer Tata Martino season and Lucho's last season.

You're overestimating. They're the clear favourites in this Champions League. But in an El Clasico Barca is always the better team.

Don't get carried away by the result. If you read my previous posts, yesterday and today before the match I've mentioned numerous times that this Real Madrid team is the most efficient of last ten years. So, it's not I'm underestimating. It's that I understand them better with every passing match.

You don't understand. It's not how it works. For instance, Bayern succumb against Real but destroys us. At the same time we are always better than Real Madrid (except the supercup). The reason is that we are the only team that has midfield better than RM (in El Clasico). And Ronaldo and the...

They were better team in the first half. Were unlucky to not score 3 or 2 goals. Read my previous post.

It's because they're worse than they appear. They play with inexplicable mental edge. Against Barca, that has superior quality (Barca players are at their best against El Classico. Watch Iniesta run over Modric and Kroos) and recent history, their mental edge is nullified. And we have Messi.

I agree with you 100% for the first time.

No not exactly. It's because Barca is the only team that has the quality to beat them. La liga is the best league in terms of quality. That's why Atletico Madrid gives them much more competition than the likes of Bayern, City, Juve.

He was very good to be honest. Was involved in playmaking too. That was a terrific cross which Bentacur somehow bottled it.

He's their best player. Constant attacking threat.

For your information, Pep's teams can be knocked out by any good defensive team with proper tactics. Explains why the team with the greatest midfield trio of all time and the greatest player of all time won only 2/4 CL, that too without any super powers in the tournament as it is now. And even...

If Allegri knock out RM with this team, he should be one of the greatest tactician in the history of football.

I've not seen theCroatia match. But from what I've read, Rakitic is the second best player in their team next only to Modric.

You might want Arthur, Thiago or whatever alongside Iniesta. What you don't realize is, rakitic of the last season is not the same now. Now, Rakitic is class. Not far away from the quality of Modric. Watch once against our toughest match of the season, clasico. He alongside Busquets and Roberto...

This is everyone's dream team. And in fact, it has physicality too. And Dembele as cameo is a fantastic option similar to RM's Asensio who's probably their best crosser. I too want Paulinho furthest away from our squad preferably to China. But Valverde keeps on insisting playing Paulinho despite...

You have valid arguments. But Valverde has said, this is not the time for improving new players. If he don't play him in the league games after we've won the liga, then we can criticize him. And from what I understood, BBZ says that when a team like Barca and Ajax is filled with non physical...