Zachary
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Seriously, now they may say whatever they want, such as "it's just another game", "they were lucky", "we're still three points ahead (theoretically)", etc. But the fact still remains that all of the following HAD TO BE in their minds all along, albeit "secretly", but there all the same:
1. This is Madrid's (and all that expensive line up) second year under Mou i.e.: "things really going our way".
2. This means that all those expensive signings are finally beginning to play better together: great individuals+play better together= fearsome 11= La Liga= CL=CdelR, etc.
3. This is assumed from the fact that they have kept winning, plus they're ahead of Barca on points (and could've otherwise been easily 9 insurmountable points ahead)
4. It is also "proven" by the fact that many people who last year had doubts have become fairly convinced that this time they're "much more serious" contenders
5. This even includes many in this Forum (including myself) which saw 6 or more points pretty tough to recover from, in combo with our own state of inconsistency.
So, what did this mean to the RM people way inside their minds in some little hidden corner of their brains (to the president, to the coach, to every player and to every fan)? Simply that this game was going to prove all that to everybody.
But, it didn't.
It was just back to square one. Barca comes to the Bernabeu and beats RM right at their shrine. Again. One more time. Business as usual.
What better team? What has changed? What superiority? What "playing better together"?
I believe that RM has, indeed, been playing much better than their first year under Mou.
I also believe that Barca has been more inconsistent in La Liga, so far, than previous years.
I also believe that what makes the latter look worse is the fact that more lesser-teams have robbed points from Barca by sharing specific strategy, especially in away games.
Barca has been kind of Dr Jeckel and Mr. Hyde: some bad games and some pretty good games, all depending on "which Barca is showing up".
Guess what Barca showed up to today? And that's considering that several players only had a so-so game today, but they did do what needed to be done: they scored on their opportunities and they kept RM from scoring when they should've scored. That's exactly how you win games.
So, this means two things: First, that Barca is not able to exhibit concentration (i.e. being in the game) on every game. Second, that when Barca "means business" (i.e. concentrates efforts) they are as good as Barca has ever been. The "means-business Barca" is still there and still superior to everybody, especially "cuando las papas queman".
And that's the tough, bitter and hard to digest truth what Madrilistas, to their dismay, have learned today: They still do not have the formula to be consistent against Barca, to repeat against Barca what the've been doing to most other teams this year, including a perfect CL group record. I can hardly blame the fans because RM did look the part, we all know that. It's just that Barca is a totally different movie, and not any variant of the movies they've so far seen this year.
When Madrilistas went to sleep last night, they had an unpleasant picture in their minds: First that Barca has proven they're still the boss and second that Los Blancos never really gained any serious ground, as they were almost sure they had.
1. This is Madrid's (and all that expensive line up) second year under Mou i.e.: "things really going our way".
2. This means that all those expensive signings are finally beginning to play better together: great individuals+play better together= fearsome 11= La Liga= CL=CdelR, etc.
3. This is assumed from the fact that they have kept winning, plus they're ahead of Barca on points (and could've otherwise been easily 9 insurmountable points ahead)
4. It is also "proven" by the fact that many people who last year had doubts have become fairly convinced that this time they're "much more serious" contenders
5. This even includes many in this Forum (including myself) which saw 6 or more points pretty tough to recover from, in combo with our own state of inconsistency.
So, what did this mean to the RM people way inside their minds in some little hidden corner of their brains (to the president, to the coach, to every player and to every fan)? Simply that this game was going to prove all that to everybody.
But, it didn't.
It was just back to square one. Barca comes to the Bernabeu and beats RM right at their shrine. Again. One more time. Business as usual.
What better team? What has changed? What superiority? What "playing better together"?
I believe that RM has, indeed, been playing much better than their first year under Mou.
I also believe that Barca has been more inconsistent in La Liga, so far, than previous years.
I also believe that what makes the latter look worse is the fact that more lesser-teams have robbed points from Barca by sharing specific strategy, especially in away games.
Barca has been kind of Dr Jeckel and Mr. Hyde: some bad games and some pretty good games, all depending on "which Barca is showing up".
Guess what Barca showed up to today? And that's considering that several players only had a so-so game today, but they did do what needed to be done: they scored on their opportunities and they kept RM from scoring when they should've scored. That's exactly how you win games.
So, this means two things: First, that Barca is not able to exhibit concentration (i.e. being in the game) on every game. Second, that when Barca "means business" (i.e. concentrates efforts) they are as good as Barca has ever been. The "means-business Barca" is still there and still superior to everybody, especially "cuando las papas queman".
And that's the tough, bitter and hard to digest truth what Madrilistas, to their dismay, have learned today: They still do not have the formula to be consistent against Barca, to repeat against Barca what the've been doing to most other teams this year, including a perfect CL group record. I can hardly blame the fans because RM did look the part, we all know that. It's just that Barca is a totally different movie, and not any variant of the movies they've so far seen this year.
When Madrilistas went to sleep last night, they had an unpleasant picture in their minds: First that Barca has proven they're still the boss and second that Los Blancos never really gained any serious ground, as they were almost sure they had.
