Champions League 2017/18

serghei

Senior Member
Give us competent midfield and we would do well in CL.

A competent manager should be enough. We'd beat this Madrid side in CL.

Mentality was great considering they were playing without a DM and a RW at RB. And they haven't conceded under complete pressure in the final minutes when everyone could feel a goal coming.

That's because the other team was firing blanks all night almost. I'd give you Navas, but overall, Madrid's fate was in Bayern's hands.
 

Hamzah

High Definition Member
Vermaelen should play too and participate. It will be more akin to a gladiator match than a football match.
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
Give us competent midfield and we would do well in CL.

How would 3 short Cfs score against parked buses in a CL?
Really hard, as always.

Tonight 3 out of 4 goals were scored after crosses.
Barca would have passed the ball around the box till death against 2 buses in those actions and scored... never, as always in the last 6 out of 7 years.
 

serghei

Senior Member
How would 3 short Cfs score against parked buses in a CL?
Really hard, as always.

Tonight 3 out of 4 goals were scored after crosses.
Barca would have passed the ball around the box till death against 2 buses in those actions and scored... never, as always in the last 6 out of 7 years.

There was so much space between the lines of both teams, that a team with Messi, Iniesta, Busquets, Coutinho and Suarez in it, would've scored for fun. If Madrid play like that on Camp Nou, they'll get trashed again. Too bad it won't count for much.
 

thefa

Banned
Bayern has no right to complain about refs in this one.

They gifted Madrid goals left and right and managed to waste at least 10 clear scoring opportunities, that's the story of this tie.
 

FinBarcelonafan

Well-known member
How would 3 short Cfs score against parked buses in a CL?
Really hard, as always.

Tonight 3 out of 4 goals were scored after crosses.
Barca would have passed the ball around the box till death against 2 buses in those actions and scored... never, as always in the last 6 out of 7 years.

Parked bus? Did you watch the game today? Real was awful defensively. Can't call that parked bus.
 

Kul_z

Senior Member
Horror show. But a wonderful match that was, props to bayern. Marcelo one of a kind, what a player, every time he got the ball something exciting pops out. For me, so far him and salah are best players of the tournament and its kinda wierd that probably they would decide who is the winner, literally direct duel. Overall, madrid plays like shit, and i dont care if they win 5 in a row. Like someone mentioned, we wouldnt survive with that kind of display. Well, im glad about that, because when we won cl in the past, we were without a doubt best team in europe, by a distance. Playing beautiful, having fun. So, let them have it. And yes, cant wait for the classico.
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
BBZ with the worst possible inferential science/ statistics on display every single time. people prospectively collect data to test a hypothesis/theory, not use data to retroactively confirm hypothesis/theory.
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
There was so much space between the lines of both teams, that a team with Messi, Iniesta, Busquets, Coutinho and Suarez in it, would've scored for fun. If Madrid play like that on Camp Nou, they'll get trashed again. Too bad it won't count for much.

Each time usually plays a certain style because of the opponent.
If you play against Barca, you will park 2 buses around the box and Barca is dead since we can't cross and we can't do shit through the middle anymore against this big boys.

When teams play against RM, they won't crowd the middle because RM will kill them on crosses.
So, teams need to cover way more different areas.

To some extent, since we are one dimensional, we are the easiest team to neutralize on a CL level.
You can buy 3 Xavis, it won't help if we'll play only through the middle with shortpasses against 2 buses around the box.
Especially when we'll lose Messi.
Imagine a team with 11 short players in a CL in 5 years against parked buses, lol.

0:3 every time.
 

Flavius

Member
Bayern has no right to complain about refs in this one.

They gifted Madrid goals left and right and managed to waste at least 10 clear scoring opportunities, that's the story of this tie.

Lol..when is about real..no complaints against referees. Give me a break. That horrific handball was disgusting
 

Yannik

Senior Member
Bayern has no right to complain about refs in this one.

They gifted Madrid goals left and right and managed to waste at least 10 clear scoring opportunities, that's the story of this tie.

well a penalty here and there would have made missing clear cut chances and commiting defensive mistakes a lot less painful. They were outplaying Madrid over 180 minutes likepossibly no other team did in CL in the past 5 years, they barely crashed out. The errors played a huge part, but so did the refs here.
 

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