Liga | Round 1: FC Barcelona - Real Betis 2-0

[Dan1983]

Messi as f9 and Deulofeu with Denis on the wings could actually work well.

Why does Valverde continously leave Samper and Marlon out of the squad? Wasn't he supposed to give the younger players minutes ffs

Maybe our dumb ass board have a say on who he picks.

 

[Barcaman]

Aleix-Messi-Denis frontline is what I'd like to see as well.

MAD trio that.

 

[Icarium]

Aleix-Messi-Denis frontline is what I'd like to see as well.

MAD trio that.

Instead we will get Paco and Deulofeu. I am okay with Paco for now but Denis should really start ahead of Deulofeu. Last year he got the short end of it because of Gomes starting ahead of him even though he didn't earn it. Hope this year Denis gets his chance.

 

[God Serena]

Vidal will never start up top. He's a RB. A quite shit one but still a RB nonetheless.

 

[Hektor]

Almost two hours before the game, and I feel like singing Nessum Dorma from Puccini's Turandot. A bit dramatic? Oh, yes!!! Why not? It can't hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SZsxTBCzoA

ITALIAN TEXT

Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà!...
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincerò!
vincerò, vincerò!

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Nobody shall sleep!...
Nobody shall sleep!
Even you, oh Princess,
in your cold room,
watch the stars,
that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me,
my name no one shall know...
No!...No!...
On your mouth, I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...
(No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
We will win! We will win! We will win!

 

[ThwiX]

Never felt less excited before a Barca game. We will need a miracle to save this season.

 

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[formation=barca,6]
Ter Stegen
Alba-0-Pique-0-Umtiti-0-Semedo
0-Roberto-0-Busquets-0-Rakitic-0
0-0-0-Messi-0-0-0
0-Aleix Vidal-0-0-0-Denis Suarez-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
[/formation]

What an average looking team.

 

[blackrum]

Almost two hours before the game, and I feel like singing Nessum Dorma from Puccini's Turandot. A bit dramatic? Oh, yes!!! Why not? It can't hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SZsxTBCzoA

ITALIAN TEXT

Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà!...
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincerò!
vincerò, vincerò!

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Nobody shall sleep!...
Nobody shall sleep!
Even you, oh Princess,
in your cold room,
watch the stars,
that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me,
my name no one shall know...
No!...No!...
On your mouth, I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...
(No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
We will win! We will win! We will win!

If football internet always resorted to opera songs to express emotions and meltdowns, it would indeed be a much prettier realm.

 

[Cruyff-Total Football]

Reply with the line up you think will be the most effective

Mine is
Semedo Pique Umtiti Digne
Gomes Busquets Alena
Roberto Messi Denis

I prefer the Cruyffian 3-4-3. But even after Iniesta recovered from Injury, I will never opt for it. Because Mascherano is the third defender and he has been a disaster for atleast last two seasons.

 

[serghei]

Paco will play and will score at least a goal.

 

[Cruyff-Total Football]

Paco will play and will score at least a goal.

I like him to improve. But I wish Messi closer to the goal. And remember how effective Roberto was as Right winger (Kind of a hybrid of Right winger and Right Midfielder) in the 4-0 thrashing of Madrid.

Infact, I prefer Messi to stick to the Right wing where he can utilize his dribbling ability to full efficiency. Many of his magical moments came from him dribbling from the right wing (Against Bayern, Athletic Bilbao, Messidona).
But considering that we are depleted in midfield and him coming to compensate for it as an attacking midfielder, I would rather prefer him to be closer to the goal, like he was in the 2010 (the best ever individual seasonal performance in the football history with the Arsenal match as the epitome and itself the greatest individual performance ever), 2011 and 2012 seasons.

 

[hulinat]

Pique injured apparently

 

[xXKonan]

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[xXKonan]

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rac1 saying we will play a 4-2-3-1.

 

[Albo]

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Shame that Vidal isn't starting as RW. 4-2-3-1 with 2 turtles as midfielders is a suicide wish.