Copa | Quarter-final 1st leg: Real Sociedad - FC Barcelona 0-1

[El Flaco]

Squad:

Vidal left out

From Lucho's comment during pre-match press conference from today.

"I can only call up 18 players and some have to stay, but I keep thinging the same [as I said the other day] about Aleix and the rest. The job of a coach is to take decisions and that's what I do."

http://www.sport-english.com/en/new...ns-why-snubbed-aleix-vidal-from-squad-5750657
https://streamable.com/820e7

 

[Mido]

Barca should "jump" at them from the very beginning. Judging their last performances, Gomes deserves more to start the game than Rakitic

 

[Devils]

The way I see it, Lucho only caters to certain players at the club and the rest of them are basically a lost cause.

I don't think it matters to Lucho how well guys like Vidal perform or how hard they work. Lucho simply wont reward their hard work or good performances.

Last season we saw some good performances from Bartra and Munir and they were also tossed aside regardless of how well they did. The same is happening to Vidal and the same thing has been happening with the Barca B kids.

It's a fucking terrible message to players who fight and work hard to help the team. Basically if you're not in Lucho's favour zone, you're never going to get in.

Terrible man management from our coach.

 

[xXKonan]

I look forward to our right side being dead as hell again.

 

[God Serena]

The way I see it, Lucho only caters to certain players at the club and the rest of them are basically a lost cause.

I don't think it matters to Lucho how well guys like Vidal perform or how hard they work. Lucho simply wont reward their hard work or good performances.

Last season we saw some good performances from Bartra and Munir and they were also tossed aside regardless of how well they did. The same is happening to Vidal and the same thing has been happening with the Barca B kids.

It's a fucking terrible message to players who fight and work hard to help the team. Basically if you're not in Lucho's favour zone, you're never going to get in.

Terrible man management from our coach.

Spot on. This is also observable in his treatment of Rafinha (Who used to be his boy at one point) and it's gotten past the point of being ridiculous.

 

[Capitan Puyol]

It's time for the first win there after 2007. Long enough waiting...

 

[JerseyAddict]

It's time for the first win there after 2007. Long enough waiting...

We have to celebrate 10th anniversary

 

[Barcaman]

Matchday!

Wouldn't mind one of these

 

[Nucky]

Matchday!

Wouldn't mind one of these

Shut up and take my money

We have to celebrate 10th anniversary

I agree. We can do it in Liverpool style "next year is our year" to break Anoeta curse

 

[barcafan161]

lets not do a madrid, least get a good result.

 

[BBZ8800]

lets not do a madrid, least get a good result.

Actually, let's do a Madrid.
CDR and playing MSN in a Mickey mouse CDR will drain the energy from MSN in April and May.

While Real will play like robots in minutes 70-90' in a key CL and La liga weeks.

 

[Galning]

Doing a Madrid would mean not winning the Copa, nor La Liga. Let's refrain from doing whatever they are doing.

Today is a good day to win at Anoeta!

 

[serghei]

Thing is I want so to play very well. Winning is not imperative, but the way we were outplayed last time out there was embarassing for everyone, players, management, coach, fans.

 

[vinni]

Unless we are playing a B-team today we dont have any excuse to loose this match. Socidad played last laliga match on monday so we had 2 more days to rest.

 

[Mido]

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Cillessen
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Roberto-0-0-0-0-0-ALba
0-0-0-Busquets-0-0-0
0-D.Suarez-0-0-0-Iniesta-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Messi-0-0-0-0-0-Neymar
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We need to start fast and take some risks in the beginning. If we fall into their traps, this could become a very difficult game