CL Semi Final: Barca - Inter

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

Its going to be hell. Without nou camp it feels like we play on neutral venue. Inter are bunch of angry dogs, they sure would put on a fight. We drained ourselves in that 120 minute stupidity, god knows( tebas) why that match wasnt scheduled for late may.

Inter on the other hand:
Last 10 games : 4 wins - 3 draws - 3 defeats
Goal difference 14:13
Wins against atalanta, udinese, bayern and cagliari

Against parma they bottled 2:0, against udinese they were 2:0 up and ended in 2:1 victory. Out of 13 goals conceded only 2 goals in first half, 11 in second half. It might be complacency or fatigue, didnt watch them dont know, but there is a pattern that we should exploit, i hope flick already knows that.

Attacking side is even, they scored 7 in first half and 7 in second half.

From this maybe its visible that fatigue, lack of concentration starts kicking in in 2nd half for their defenders and/maybe middlefielders.

This would be a battle of worn out soldiers, thats for sure. We arent that fresh either

Nah, far from it. We will be on the front foot all game. How many times we can break them down though is anyone's guess.

I don't see them posing much of an attacking threat. Lautaro needs Thuram up there with him to get the best out of him and he won't be there.

They will be as tired as us. If there is a hell of sorts to come, that will be the return leg.

 

[Kul_z]

Nah, far from it. We will be on the front foot all game. How many times we can break them down though is anyone's guess.

I don't see them posing much of an attacking threat. Lautaro needs Thuram up there with him to get the best out of him and he won't be there.

They will be as tired as us. If there is a hell of sorts to come, that will be the return leg.

By hell i meant gameplay. They wouldnt have that much pressure for parking the bus or deploy whatever tactic, montjuic wont be pressure boiler. Return leg in terms of hostile stadium, atmosphere and their players, yes that would be hell for sure

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Both Thuram and Pavard out now. Flick black magick might be real.

No Thuram is very good news, since his injury in that 2-2 clash vs Bayern Inter lost all 3 games & didnt score even 1 goal. Would be a tough task to stop him and Lautaro together.

 

[jamrock]

But how about a triple treble in one season?

Barcelona A - LaLiga, Copa Del Rey, Champions League

Barcelona Femenin - LaLiga, Copa Del Rey, Champions League

Barcelona U19A - League, Copa Del Rey, U19 Champions League.

Tonight is the U19 CL Final. If Barcelona win then our first treble is confirmed.

Talk about institutional domination.

Barca atletic relegated*. Lol

But damn that's impressive on a club level.

I'm giving it a few years before the club starts counting the female and male titles in one group because they are crushing it

 

[FCBarca]

Lamine will join Flick for the pre-match pressy ahead of Inter - I think that might be his first time for Barça?

 

[ToranagaSama]

After Real game I'm a lot more optimistic. We showed clear dominance in the first half and resilience and heart in the 2nd, despite being gassed.

After everything this season going out against this Inter would be kind of a joke. In terms of who will dominate and create more chances there is no doubt. I still don't trust our goalscoring situation with Lewa out. Dominating like against Mallorca but they do score their 1 counter chance while we miss everything would be a classic against these defensive teams in Europe.

 

[FCBarca]

I wonder if we consider a false 9 but Ferran has been in good form

 

[Barcaman]

I wonder if we consider a false 9 but Ferran has been in good form

Would consider for 1st half at least.
Depending in what shape Ferran is. Said he was dead after Clasico.
Then someone also has to play remaining games as #9 and we can't have him knackered.

 

[Horatio]

Would consider for 1st half at least.
Depending in what shape Ferran is. Said he was dead after Clasico.
Then someone also has to play remaining games as #9 and we can't have him knackered.

he said that?

 

[Barcaman]

he said that?

Yeah, used that exact word "dead".

 

[Andresito]

You guys jinxed it, Thuram is likely to make the squad.

 

[Barcaman]

You guys jinxed it, Thuram is likely to make the squad.

So it's both him and Dumbfries. What's next, Pavard too?

Edit.: don't see anything new on Thuram.

 

[Andresito]

So it's both him and Dumbfries. What's next, Pavard too?

Edit.: don't see anything new on Thuram.

Still unclear and probably will be until last minute.

The Frenchman still trained on his own on Monday, away from the rest of the team. However, reports suggest that this was quite a high-intensity session, and the Italian team is planning to have him for their trip to the Catalan city. The Inter Milan President, Giuseppe Marotta, himself believed Marcus Thuram will be able to travel with the team for this trip.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

You guys jinxed it, Thuram is likely to make the squad.

knew it, Inter's offense relies too much on this man, he will be probably half-fit but this wont stop them from using him

 

[KingLeo10]

Why is everyone fearing Thuram like he’s Lillian Thuram?

Is he really that good?

Genuinely curious.