evilhita666
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Yup, pretty much... He did improve after the goal though...
Daniel Alves
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Yup, pretty much... He did improve after the goal though...
KyletheMuslim
Guardiolista
If this was his last clasico ever, what a way to bow out 
BerkeleyBernie
Senior Member
Great pass, probably among his best ever.
Credit Busquets and Xavi for better distribution to the right flank, and finally getting Messi/Alves more involved offensively.
Credit Busquets and Xavi for better distribution to the right flank, and finally getting Messi/Alves more involved offensively.
barcafan89
Member
it's like those long passes in FIFA 
The truth is he is still the best in his position,
The truth is he is still the best in his position, 
The thing with WC players even when in decline, is that they can produce defining moments that remain sketched in our memories for a long time. I love Dani for his exhuberance, persistence, and the ability to silence his critics. My fav Brazilian on the team, and will be for a while. Barca will be hard pressed to find as skilled RB as Dani in his prime.
Alik
Moderator
Does it beat his PSG outside foot long ball?
BerkeleyBernie
Senior Member
That was a beaut, and more inventive.
Stric
New member
Not to me. That outside foot pass was pure magic. Although this is fairly close, especially considering it was for the deciding goal in a potentially league-deciding Clasico.
TornAndFrayed
Banned
Gotta admire this guy's linkup play. Our next RB will have large shoes to fill.
Kohe321
New member
Still cant believe we won el classico from an alves "Cross" lmaooo
True, but the work Suarez did afterwards also had a little to do with it.
OK, now I am convinced. Must re-sign Alves. Lucho, Messi and the rest of the team are right, this guy is key to this team.
What both Alves and Alba have not gotten enough credit for this season is their defense. CR7 and Bale kill fullbacks. They beat the Barca fullbacks zero times yesterday. Dani snuffs so many attacks before they get started, way deep in the Barca offensive end. He either slows them or fouls them, and the counter fizzles out.
Alves is so dependable bringing the ball upfield. This is easy to take for granted, but most teams don't even have any midfielders who handle the ball this well.
Is it a good idea to have to give a player this old too long a contract? To have to pay him what it is going to take to get this done? Well, good thing this team takes in half a billion euros a year. Suck it up, cut the check. Maybe in two years he will still be a very valuable part-time player, like Xavi is now. Overpaying for a proven Barca mainstay sure beats overpaying for an acquisition that might never become a core component of the team.
What both Alves and Alba have not gotten enough credit for this season is their defense. CR7 and Bale kill fullbacks. They beat the Barca fullbacks zero times yesterday. Dani snuffs so many attacks before they get started, way deep in the Barca offensive end. He either slows them or fouls them, and the counter fizzles out.
Alves is so dependable bringing the ball upfield. This is easy to take for granted, but most teams don't even have any midfielders who handle the ball this well.
Is it a good idea to have to give a player this old too long a contract? To have to pay him what it is going to take to get this done? Well, good thing this team takes in half a billion euros a year. Suck it up, cut the check. Maybe in two years he will still be a very valuable part-time player, like Xavi is now. Overpaying for a proven Barca mainstay sure beats overpaying for an acquisition that might never become a core component of the team.
Blaugrana Bull
HiiiPoWeR
Wow, how is it possible to overrate a player so much? Alves was saved several times by his teammates yesterday. He was beaten plenty of times by either Cristiano or Marcelo.
It occurs to me he is the only wing defender left who still falls for Cristiano's dance moves. There are no body feints at all, it is simply showing off but he still manages to catch Alves on the wrong foot.
He often looks worse than he is because Real often tries to overload his flank in Clasicos but he was not able to stop the opposition players in 1on1s even if Raki and Masche drifted towards him to help contain Marcelo, Isco and Cristiano.
I think Alves was the weakest player in our back line yesterday and offered nothing in offense. He had one moment which was awesome and I cannot praise him enough for the assist but apart from that he did not have a good game.
Stric
New member
While I do appreciate how incredible that pass was, to be honest, Messi makes several wqually epic passes during any given game, and usually he is let down by whoever the pass was intended for. Alves's pass, however great it was, is emphasized by the fact that Suarez made the most of it.
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