CL Round of 16: Barca - Napoli 3-1

[Joan]

you been on vacation until now or don't follow football?

I said should.

And really, from what I'm seeing, the state of football is just sad.

 

[FCBfan22]

I think this is the least unlikely thing about this prediction

They ain't getting past City or Madrid. Others, it depends.

 

[malvolio]

I said should.

And really, from what I'm seeing, the state of football is just sad.

Yeah, but we're terrible really(for a club of our stature). Mostly relying on a CL broken format to be relevant in March.

 

[kattanib]

They ain't getting past City or Madrid. Others, it depends.

Madrid is extremely overrated .. a team that is lucky enough not to face a clinical finishing opponent or an opponent with solid reliable defense. They genuinely suck but so do so many other clubs unfortunately

 

[FCBfan22]

They genuinely suck but so do so many other clubs unfortunately

Yup. Especially Bayern this year, who are horrible.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Madrid is extremely overrated .. a team that is lucky enough not to face a clinical finishing opponent or an opponent with solid reliable defense. They genuinely suck but so do so many other clubs unfortunately

They are not really overrated. They are very efficient and experienced with great mentality. Say what you want about them. They don't play beautiful football, but they win their games and won't fall apart against anyone.

They can win against any team which can't be said about Barca.

 

[neo_wolf]

Barca should play with a nothing to lose attitude against whatever opponent they sre paired with, they will have a better chance at winning this way.

 

[ZenI]

Ehhh…their pace would break us

Only Mbappe's brilliance could save them when we have a good game tbh.

 

[Horatio]

Only Mbappe's brilliance could save them when we have a good game tbh.

Not sure. Today we already faced some trouble due to napolis pace at times. But luckily other than pace they were poor. Psg is faster and plays better than they do.

Hakimi would also do really well against us.

 

[Birdy]

Bayern vs City (Bayern)
PSG vs Madrid (Madrid)
Atletico vs Barca (Barca)
Porto vs Dortmund (Porto)

Bayern vs Madrid (Madrid)
Barca vs Porto (Barca)

Barca vs Madrid (Barca)

dreams are free mate

 

[Birdy]

So how did we play? I didn't manage to watch ...

 

[Barcaman]

So how did we play? I didn't manage to watch ...

Better than usual but still closer match than result suggests. Napoli had more possession, hit the bar and missed a sitter but we had more shots.

Our best players were Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi. I think that is indicative.

 

[ZenI]

Better than usual but still closer match than result suggests. Napoli had more possession, hit the bar and missed a sitter but we had more shots.

Our best players were Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi. I think that is indicative.

True, but Raphinha (yeah I know lol), Fermin, Gundo also had very good games and Cancelo was more than alright in attack.
And possession was 51/49 in their favor - but that was because they had to do something in the beginning of the second half and pressed like crazy. But we still had twice as many shots on target (10 vs 5) and more shots of target as well.
Overall we played better. Only braindead shit we did was playing Romeu, he isn't good enough for Almeria's bench ffs.

 

[weloveyuner]

¡Sí, Cubarsí!

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Some of the best technical football Barca has put together this season. Lots of precise passing, great first touches, good movement. where the hell has this Barca been all season?