CL | Round 1 - E: AS Roma - FC Barcelona 1-1

Egert

Egert

Estonian Culé
Real shame for Rafinha... Hopefully he will be back soon.

We looked very tired, probably because of the weather and the Atletico game.
 
utility73

utility73

Senior Member
Even though our performance was rather mediocre, Roma was extremely lucky to get that one point.
They will have a hard time and will probably need a lot of additional luck in their battle for the 2nd spot against Leverkusen.

I am a bit concerned though how we will perform against Leverkusen if they will try their all-out pressing against us.
 
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ATLBarcaFan

ATLBarcaFan

Senior Member
Not the most thrilling game, but I do love that I get to watch my team play on a Wednesday. Hated to see Rafi go down, looked like a knee to me, not good. We are woefully thin in the midfield, January can't get here soon enough. Another game, another blunder for Ter Stegen, need Bravo back quickly. Thought Rakitic was poor and Iniesta was a non-factor after such a brilliant performance on Saturday, team did look kind of tired.
 
raskolnikov

raskolnikov

Well-known member
Think about it this way, arguably the strongest team in Italy at the moment parked a plane and had a lot of luck surviving to get a poin against a tired mediocre barca at home and were very happy about that too.
In the grand scheme of things, the result is nothing to be worried about. Rafinha's inury though..
 
Topolino

Topolino

Gemusesuppe
Passing seemed so off tongiht, probably the heat in Rome and the AM game doubled up on this one. Neymar had a nightmare of a game imho.
Really sad about Rafinha though, he was making a nice run.
 
Neimax

Neimax

New member
Regular performance today. I think a draw in Roma is a good result. I was really annoyed with Roma's gameplan, but the good thing to see was that we created some good chances even against this anti footbal tactic from Roma. Nonetheless, our team lacks pressure and speed in the passing game at the moment, I hope they fix that out again in the coming weeks and months. The bad thing today was of course the injury of Rafinha. I really hope that it's not too bad.
 
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barcafan89

Member
I think we played well today, we had most of the opportunities to score. We would have won if Mats didn't screw up AGAIN in SAME way as he did against Bilbao. I disagree about iniesta, thought he was great in the 2nd half, retrieving the ball several times and building up the attack. Alba was huge today, wish Roberto were like him.
 
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Anti-Pepe

New member
Mediocre performance today. Worrying how badly Rakitic is playing so far.

The game against Leverkusen will be no cakewalk. They are a superb young side, bursting with vitality and in Hakan Calhanoglu they are blessed with the best free-kick taker in Europe (Messi should seek him out for a lesson after the game!)

This is not the team Leo scored 5 against in 2012.
 
Ustari

Ustari

Mou, res!
I'm not that worried with Leverkusen.. Ffs Bayern beat them easily and they did that with no natural CBs in the starting lineup
 
Barcaman

Barcaman

Administrator
Staff member
Game was a borefest for most of the time but that's expected when you encounter well organised Italian team.
 
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