CL Round 2: Porto - Barca 0-1
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behindbrowneyes
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Great result for a really bad performance. Xavi has a lot of work to do. Injuries are clearly hurting the team too which leaves him with little options.
ajnotkeith
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serghei
Senior Member
Porto had intensity. Barca has intensity too. It's not quite as in the past. The team can put up a fight. It just doesn't have enough quality to take on the big boys. But the finances are gonna get better eventually.
Outside 3-4 teams, Barca can beat anyone. Even today, on shit finances. Imagine the team had serious money to invest. Barca with this formula would be a threat for CL if they had hundreds of millions per summer like all the other big teams.
ajnotkeith
Senior Member
The way we were playing that game in terms of fouls you don't get away with it in a high profile game.
Could have ended game with 8 men the way we were playing.
Could have ended game with 8 men the way we were playing.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
That should have been a pen and could easily been off for it.
malvolio
Senior Member
Hopefully not with Xavi on the bench, he's clueless.
ajnotkeith
Senior Member
We are defending transitions using fouls to stop the attacks and making huge risks in the box with challenges instead of just being more solid defensively.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Barca have plenty quality to take on teams in latter stages.
They have shown that by beating Real in past and dont have worse squad than others apart from City and Bayern and even then the biggest advantage City have is Pep.
They have shown that by beating Real in past and dont have worse squad than others apart from City and Bayern and even then the biggest advantage City have is Pep.
serghei
Senior Member
Yea, yea... I know the tune. Flick and ETH are the good ones.
Oh wait, one got sacked because he made Germany look like idiots, and another spends 100s of millions at United and they still play like shit.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
The defensive structure is just scrambling to try and stop chances.
There is no real shape.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Yea, yea... I know the tune. Flick and ETH are the good ones.
You rated both and wanted both at one point or another.
FCBfan22
Senior Member
The 2nd half Kounde tackle during 1 on 1 was clear as he touched the ball first. This angle that was posted here doesn't do it justice.
Also, the other video (in-box cross defending, again from Kounde) doesn't show that Kounde was pulling his jersey very hard there. We got away with that one big time.
Also, the other video (in-box cross defending, again from Kounde) doesn't show that Kounde was pulling his jersey very hard there. We got away with that one big time.
malvolio
Senior Member
You do know I never rated those two bums, right?Yea, yea... I know the tune. Flick and ETH are the good ones.
Oh wait, one got sacked because he made Germany look like idiots, and another spends 100s of millions at United and they still play like shit.
serghei
Senior Member
True, we're all clueless. I can take it, problem is you lot can't.
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