EL Round 16: Galatasaray - Barcelona 1-2 agg.

Messi983

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Xavi better has his boys ready, we won't play against 11 players but rather 50k+. Really passionate and "crazy" fans (mostly meant in a good way although obviously there are also some idiots like in any other fan base really).




 

Andresito

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Galatasaray are better away than home anyway. Didn't concede in any of their 4 away games in EL.
 

behindbrowneyes

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Against Barca at home their approach won't be any different to their away tactics.

Torrent: “We have a chance of eliminating Bar?a. In our stadium the fans help us a lot, with them we are much stronger. We're going to try to set up a difficult game for Bar?a, we must be perfect in defense, we will surely have some chance to score a goal, and we have to be able to take advantage of them.”

Torrent: “We are trying to arrange a game that will be difficult for Barcelona. You have to be excellent on defense. We will definitely have chances to score goals. It is necessary to play well against Barcelona from the first minute, especially our goalkeeper. I believe we can get results from some opportunities later on.”

Torrent on defence against Barcelona: “Open game against Barcelona would not be very wise. It is very important that we act together with the team. If we try to play individually, we can get into trouble. We need to act compactly and keep the team spirit alive. In the next match, we plan to play against Barcelona in the same way. It's a game we take as seriously as the final.”

Torrent: “Our goal is to try to reach the quarter-finals. We have a plan, we know how we want to play against Bar?a, they have a lot of quality and dominate many phases of the game, those in Turkey who don't know Bar?a enough are capable of scoring four goals again after playing against us, that's why we have to value what we did at the Camp Nou, against one of the five best teams in the world.”

Torrent: “We have a plan, an idea, we know that we must be very strong as a group. Against Bar?a you have to prepare to face difficulties at many moments of the game, they usually lock up most rivals in their area ”

Torrent: “The game against Besiktas on Monday was very important for us and there is no better way to prepare for a game than by winning. If we had lost to Besiktas you would ask me why I didn't started the game with the best players. The team arrives tired, because we played in Barcelona, ​​we couldn't land in Istanbul due to the snowstorm and we arrived on Sunday to play again on Monday. Physically, the team worked very well, but the effort was great and tomorrow we are going to fight until the end.”
 

Andresito

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Madrid is the last game before NT break, so we should be able to go all in these two upcoming games.

Only question is who will accompany Busquets and Pedri in midfield.

Otherwise XI is pretty clear. Maybe Eric will play ahead of Araujo if Xavi predicts that we won't have much defending to do.
 

Porque

Senior Member
That Ajax-Benfica game should be a warning signal for Barca. The longer it is 0-0, the longer the risk of a lucky punch by the defending side exists. Need to start like a fire brigade like in the game in Naples.

Good post. The sooner switch to a plan B the better, or atleast to a change in style/speed/directness.

City too on Monday had a game where Pep decided to not change anything and kept the same 11 for 90 with no subs. Believing that because they were in control that the goal would eventually come- It didn't.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Madrid is the last game before NT break, so we should be able to go all in these two upcoming games.

Only question is who will accompany Busquets and Pedri in midfield.

Otherwise XI is pretty clear. Maybe Eric will play ahead of Araujo if Xavi predicts that we won't have much defending to do.

Araujo and FDJ would start most likely.

Quesiton more will be if Traore or Dembele starts.. would think Dembele.
 

Messi983

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I think Adama tomorrow and Dembouz in El Clasico but could be wrong.

And of course obvious change at RB. Dest vs Gala and Alves on Sunday. Although tbh not really sure if I want to see him defending against Vinicius. Not that Dest is that much better defensively but is at least faster.
 

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