My man Barca had the best chances in the game. Even aside from the goals Barca had three clear cut chances they didn't score, Vidal's miss and the two at the end which dembele screwed up.
My man Barca had the best chances in the game. Even aside from the goals Barca had three clear cut chances they didn't score, Vidal's miss and the two at the end which dembele screwed up.
George_Costanza
Active member
Dude, I'm still waiting for your response to my post to you. If you don't have an answer to my post then STFU. ok?
MagIX
Senior Member
But the only stat that count is ours: 3-0
Fortunately with EV we don't play in such typical naive way as to lose in embarrassing ways (4-0 psg or 3-0 Juventus or 7-0 Bayern), despite having the key players much older and a less strong team than at that time
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Horatio
You're welcome
Wait wut... that doesnt make sense. So every result up until the final is because of Messi, but 90 minutes later Valverde will receive full praise?
Then at least be consistent and dont praise him after the trebel.
malvolio
Senior Member
didn't have to answer to that load of shite since you didn't wrote something worth responding to. we are messi reliant but pep had xaviesta + alves and lucho had msn? well it seems you already answered to that yourself.
MagIX
Senior Member
??
up to 3 games from the triplete we win only thanks to Messi and not EV, then (3 matches) if we win the triplete is thanks to EV ?
What the fucking kind of logic is that?
You are right. I won’t praise him, I just won’t criticise him. It is down to Messi though.
Joan
Well-known member
It wasn't a defensive masterclass against Liverpool, but a satisfactory performance altogether. We didn't shut them down completely, but who could? Deprived them of space, made creating as tough as possible. We'd be unlucky had they scored more than one. In the end, Fortuna was kind to us and they missed their big chance. We finished the match with better opportunities.
Xtroverto
Member
Yes, in Ivy league schools they usually teach us in the Catalan language and they teach us to substitute the alphabet with its consonant to make us look more educated, worthy of Ivy league school.
Oh I see. so you went to kindergarten, that explains everything.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEettFbTTNE
SeloBarca
Senior Member
EV is doing an extremly bad job with the material he has.
Constantly playing the same players even if they play like shit and always subbing the same players even if they are motm.
Not changing any tactic whatsoever to try and counter the opponents tactics.
I could do exactly the same thing Valverde does in a game.
He doesnt give younger players any chance to play and heavily rely on the old guard.
Messi should be the focus player, but Barcelona has always been about teamwork, not a single player effort.
The scoreline is not all that matters, maybe for other clubs, but not for Barcelona.
Playing beatiful football and entertaining the fans is just as big part, and you can do both.
There are several other teams that plays the boring type of anti-football Valverde plays, but its as far away from how Barcelona should play as possible.
Horatio
You're welcome
It wasnt a defensive class but no one will tell you we were lucky to reach the final. Not like Real. All of the people I have talked to that saw the game, not a single one said ‘wow, Barca were really lucky to win this’.
If you wanna talk luck bring up Chelsea game under Pep.
If we win the CL people will consider it deserved just like the previous time.
If you wanna talk luck bring up Chelsea game under Pep.
If we win the CL people will consider it deserved just like the previous time.
serghei
Senior Member
True. Key to block Liverpool was always to go at it as intense as they do. They pummel teams who just slack off and don't fight hard. We did work hard and even the players who normally ball watch a lot in defense, like Messi and Surez, realized, like against Bayern in 2015, that this time more effort was required for them too.
I'd say the energy level and the fight and workrate were very high, even if the tactics were maybe too Messi-centric and defensive. What surprised me was that Liverpool did not look superior physically at all. And once we matched them in this area, the gap in quality was evident imo. This game put the idea that Liverpool have comparable players to us to bed. They only come close on 3-4 positions.
Very Real Madrid like performance. This is how they win this often in CL. Professional attitude, right mentality and hard work, know how to suffer and make the difference in moments with their superior players.
This is not a great Barcelona team like the 2009, 2011, 2015 teams, and if we win the CL this season, a lot of credit would go to Valverde.
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