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What would you think for the ref? Cause that's the only reason for this surely.
CL quarters: Atletico - Barca (3-2 agg)
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What would you think for the ref? Cause that's the only reason for this surely.
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forcabarca
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Thank God! It was really awful to watch them on TV.
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Flavia
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No, the reasons are both ref and TV audience. It was really bad to watch, kits are too similar.
Total-Football
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do you guys think Lucho will start the typical 11 ( who started against RM) or there will be some surprises .. because frankly i dont see it unless a Sergio Roberto as RB instead of Alves
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His main mistake was playing Messi in the middle rather than the right as he usually does. Hopefully he fixes that. I don't see any personnel changes in the starting XI (except Mats for Bravo ofc).
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Barcilliant
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Business end of the season now. The foreplay is over and now it's the main event.
The danger with long winning runs coming to an end is the chance of a slump. If this week is bad our season could be over.
A 2-0 scoreline would be nice but we are always prone to a lapse of concentration. Hopefully the loss will motivate the players
The danger with long winning runs coming to an end is the chance of a slump. If this week is bad our season could be over.
A 2-0 scoreline would be nice but we are always prone to a lapse of concentration. Hopefully the loss will motivate the players
Know it won't happen, but just in the extremely slight chance Lucho thinks about playing with 3 defenders à la Guardiola :
[formation=barca,6]
Ter Stegen
0-Roberto-0-Piqué-0-Mascherano-0
0-0-0-Busquets-0-0-0
0-Rakitic-0-0-0-Iniesta-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Messi-0-0-0-0-0-Turan
0-0-0-0-Neymar-0-0
0-0-Suarez-0-0-0-0
[/formation]
+ Messi, Turan and Neymar could swap positions to confuse Atletico's defense. I don't think that Koke is that good on counter-attacks.
Turan could finally have the attacking freedom he requires.
That's just fantasy atm of course.
[formation=barca,6]
Ter Stegen
0-Roberto-0-Piqué-0-Mascherano-0
0-0-0-Busquets-0-0-0
0-Rakitic-0-0-0-Iniesta-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Messi-0-0-0-0-0-Turan
0-0-0-0-Neymar-0-0
0-0-Suarez-0-0-0-0
[/formation]
+ Messi, Turan and Neymar could swap positions to confuse Atletico's defense. I don't think that Koke is that good on counter-attacks.
Turan could finally have the attacking freedom he requires.
That's just fantasy atm of course.
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I just thought that this game could get very tricky if we don't score early considering the overwhelming playing schedule the players have had since january.
Turan was actually very convincing when he played laterally. The Spanish Cup game against Athletic Bilbao was a good example for instance. He combined very well with Rakitic.
My only concern is the team's level of fitness at the moment. Overwhelming them with powerplay and outnumbering them in some areas in their own half could be a good idea to save energy for the whole 90 minutes. It's very risky, but if you score early and don't do it for 90 minutes as Bayern did with Juventus, you could reap good rewards from it.
As I said, it's just wishful thinking atm, I just hope we'll bring the heat to them in the first half.
Turan was actually very convincing when he played laterally. The Spanish Cup game against Athletic Bilbao was a good example for instance. He combined very well with Rakitic.
My only concern is the team's level of fitness at the moment. Overwhelming them with powerplay and outnumbering them in some areas in their own half could be a good idea to save energy for the whole 90 minutes. It's very risky, but if you score early and don't do it for 90 minutes as Bayern did with Juventus, you could reap good rewards from it.
As I said, it's just wishful thinking atm, I just hope we'll bring the heat to them in the first half.
I fell very uncomfortable watching Barca in their yellow kit, I prefer blue by far.
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