Arthur

[evilhita666]

Held to the ball too long a few times, but other than that he was veeery good, especially for his first ever Clásico...

 

[xXKonan]

�� @ people calling this a great game for him, pretty average and barely exist in the 2nd half when RM dominating

Arthur-Busi-Rakitic were outnumbered for a bit for the 20 mins and it really wasn't their fault.

The team opened up as soon as Valverde made the Semedo-Dembele sub.

 

[Jombi]

Amazing first half today. Went a bit quite in the second but to play like he was against Sevilla,Inter and Madrid at his age and experience shows his class and potential.

Madrid threw every player in attack in the beginning of the second half. Raki and Busi and Arthur had it tougher when they played against 6 midfielders, naturally, but it was an impossible and suicidal tactic by Madrid.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Amazing first half today. Went a bit quite in the second but to play like he was against Sevilla,Inter and Madrid at his age and experience shows his class and potential.

Exactly. The guy just came from Brazilian league and is already showing huge promise. We have a great talent in him .

 

[Jombi]

Exactly. The guy just came from Brazilian league and is already showing huge promise. We have a great talent in him .

He dominated Kroos, Casemiro and Modric. Quality.

 

[Co0ter]

😂 @ people calling this a great game for him, pretty average and barely exist in the 2nd half when RM dominating

Not sure if troll or just stupid.

 

[xXKonan]

Not sure if troll or just stupid.

Going by his other posts, he doesn't seem like the brightest individual.

 

[Joan]

Another solid performance.

 

[Danic]

Another solid performance.

Yap. Guess he still needs some time to continue with it in second half.

 

[Obiaseti]

He's brought balance to our midfield. From the worst part of our game, it's back to being our biggest strength.

 

[omidferoz]

I think we are good for the next 10 years with this guy. He is gonna be a legend here. I just hope he dont have the brazilian syndrom of partying and shit like that.

 

[xXKonan]

 

[JerseyAddict]

Xaviesqe play again. And so soon after arrival.

 

[Alik]

First half was excellent. Valverde did well to sub him out in the second, though.

 

[EdmondDantes]

Masterclass first half in his first clasico. As I keep saying, with each passing game we get to see more and more of his game. Today he pulled off two excellent long passes/diagonals to Alba and Suarez. High energy pressing and that decent shot from outside the box.

Shaky 15 minutes in the second half like every Barca player bar Suarez, in fairness Real gave up defending and threw the kitchen sink at us until we killed the game off.



P.S.

Now that Rakitic is back on form, and seeing how Busquets looks revitalised with Arthur - I'm loving our midfield. It's close to perfection in my opinion.