CL | 1/8: FC Barcelona - Arsenal 5-1 agg.

[vlad]

I'm sensing a pattern here, I remember managers & players used to talk trash on Barca before CL games: like Neuer saying he'll show Messi who is the boss or Kompany saying it's harder to play against Stoke City. And well, we all know how those games ended up, so Wenger saying that is harder to prepare for Hull is not doing himself any favors, to be honest with you.

where did you read that? wenger will never learn.

 

[vlad]

dont know what to predict, barca did not look awesome last few matches, but than again, they step up in big games, also if match would be close, example 0:0 until 70. minute, we can expect messi to go GOD MODE, just like he did last year to bayern when score was 0:0, also La liga is much better league than EPL, we all know how La liga clubs play in CL or EL.


1:3 for barca.

 

[FC B]

Personally, I do not think the team will look complacent. I will be shocked if that were to happen.

Our biggest weakness, for me at least, is that we can have games in which our finishing lets us down. I'm worried Arsenal might score a goal from 3-4 chances and that we will miss a lot of chances, because I can not believe Arsenal will create more opportunities than us on tuesday. Everytime we played against Arsenal we missed a lot of chances in England. Reall a lot. Like 4-5 huge ones, especially in that 2-2.

It was Ibra who missed a ton of sitters in the first half only to score twice in the second.

 

[ATLBarcaFan]

Need razor sharp Suarez, not the occasional miss a sitter Suarez. I'd be happy with a 2-1 win, think this will be extremely difficult. Ozil makes them tick, need to make life very difficult for him.

 

[DonAK]

I hope we absolutely smash them tomorrow.

 

[Vlom]

I hope we absolutely smash them tomorrow.

That's the spirit !

1 - 3, Suarez double, Neymar for the third, and Messi running the orchestra and making everyone look like an amateur while still entertaining the myth that he can't score against Cech.

 

[NeyMesSis]

A weakness of us is that often in the past in CL away games we dominated the other team completly in the first half and were in front by 1 or 2 goals and then we slowed down and let them in the game by ourselfes... like for example the city away game

 

[Devils]

No chance I would settle for a draw. This is Arsenal, they are CL laughing stocks and albeit an extremely average team.

Busi has nullified Ozil so many times in the past and it will be MSN vs Bellerin/Per/Kos/Monreal. It should be a bloodbath.

Finishing the tie tomorrow should be the objective.

 

[gatsu]

Our defense being a weakness is just a myth.

Our biggest weakness is Self conceit.
Arsenal are really not much for us, the job must be done tomorrow.

 

[Vlom]

A weakness of us is that often in the past in CL away games we dominated the other team completly in the first half and were in front by 1 or 2 goals and then we slowed down and let them in the game by ourselfes... like for example the city away game

We didn't do that in Paris though

Hopefully the team have learned their lesson, no slowing down, as many away goals as possible !

 

[serghei]

A weakness of us is that often in the past in CL away games we dominated the other team completly in the first half and were in front by 1 or 2 goals and then we slowed down and let them in the game by ourselfes... like for example the city away game

That's because we sense the strenght of the opponent and we know we'll go through. Winning 2-1 at City was pretty much tie done imho. If we win 2-1 against Arsenal on their stadium, that's tie 90% done once again. Arsenal and City are not teams that could beat us on Camp Nou. Let's be real here.

 

[PhilS]

The biggest weakness for Barca is that if you press them mercilessly for 90 minutes, and don't give away any goals from long through passes, you might be able to beat them on a good day.

Unfortunately for all you gunners, this task is virtually impossible. No team has the endurance to press like this, after about 60 minutes the Barca offense just takes control vs. a tired defense. This strategy requires two very speedy CBs, which Arsenal does not have.

On second thought, Barca does have a clear weakness, they suck at penalty kicks.

 

[likeafire]

No one here in the UK is giving Arsenal a chance. We already laughing at the destruction Barca will hand out. Pretty much expect Barca to roll straight through them and destroy them. Arsenals defence is so bad, Cech saves them time after time.

 

[instinct]

I can't even imagine how this thread would get destroyed if we lost or drew.

 

[serghei]

I can't even imagine how this thread would get destroyed if we lost or drew.

There's still a home game to be played. We'd have to lose 4 or even 5-0 on Emirates to be out of the tie.