Copa: Atletico Madrid - FC Barcelona 2-3

[huskerdu]

If it end sup 2-2, barca advances by virtue of away goal, yes?

 

[beogatts]

Ref paid his mistake i gess... But still great game so far!
Oh torrest butthurt..

 

[Ghostmaster]

Wow what a gamearty1: This is what Barca can do on counters, although we are loosing possession, so Xavi must be furious right now

 

[DrPepper]

Loving it! The purest counter attacking performance from Barca you can imagine.

Funny though how the match at one point showed Barca having 44% of the ball (around 30th minute) while Opta at the same time said we were having about 65% of it. Perfectly shows the difference between calculating possession by counting the time of having the ball vs counting the passes made by a team.

Also 70% pass completion from us which is ridiculously low. So what? We're winning and I don't see Atletico coming back if the referee cuts out his mistakes.

 

[Neimax]

I think it would be even very difficult for Xavi to control the game because the lawn is in terrible conditions. It's a shame that a time like Atleti tries to harm us like this. 3rd tier teams have better lawns.

 

[RightGuy]

Wow that was some hot moments.
Torres is taking it seriously.
Glad we are winning.

 

[CuleLife4Life]

Holy crap we're playing counter attacking football.

I never thought i'd be ok with this. I feel hypocritical but I want to see the sight of us with a trophy by the end of the season. One more half!!

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

A defensive master class from both sides!

 

[putogusiluz8]

Best half of football/excitement I've seen all season. Better than El Clasico.

 

[RightGuy]

I want to see some crazy fights and red cards.
MSN at its best.

 

[Iarwain]

Why did Messi get yellow?

 

[RightGuy]

Athletico never expected us to play counter.They are like deer infront of train when Messi runs at them.Hope messi score 1 or 2.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Holy crap we're playing counter attacking football.

I love slow build-up play, but adapt the strategy to fit the specific game. Barça in recent years could always have benefitted from faster transition play when the opportunities were there (if nothing else, to catch a goal or two to allow them to play possession game the rest of the time). Crappy pitch, opponent defending deep = counterattack when available.

 

[RightGuy]

Messi got yellow for kicking ball into the stand after foul is given,i guess.

 

[DrPepper]

I love slow build-up play, but adapt the strategy to fit the specific game. Barça in recent years could always have benefitted from faster transition play when the opportunities were there (if nothing else, to catch a goal or two to allow them to play possession game the rest of the time). Crappy pitch, opponent defending deep = counterattack when available.

I really hope we didn't play a pure counter attacking game just because the pitch was bad, but more because it simply makes more sense.