Got to page 44 and I'm throwing in the towel, a lot of posts to read and quite frankly tired.
Astonishing really.
The game was fairly level at the beginning with RM's advances being quashed by some brilliant tackles and generally stealing the ball back which gave confidence that we could prevent them pressing forward and being a threat.
Ronaldo is a dirty diving s.o.b, utter filth, gtfo!
The midfield battle, that was painfully obvious that passes could not be strung together. RM had that one chance in the first 2-4mins when Ronaldo hit the the bar which I thought was going in but thank fk it didn't. On the break we did get awarded a foul in a key position. Low & behold Mathieu put in an excellent header that had us all bouncing. Just what we needed.
What we didn't need was more of Neymar's bs, what an absolute sitter that would have killed the game but instead it was a sloppy hit that seemed to buckle off of his calf or shin straight to Casillas instead of directly to the near post with what should have been a simple side foot or tap in none the less.
That was a defining moment that would come to haunt us I felt and funnily enough it did almost straight away on the counter as that's when that Ronaldo goal went in. Someone should have been marking Ronaldo dead on and I think Mathieu was the one caught sleeping as Ronaldo stepped on the gas to run onto Benzema's pass. Something of which RM kept trying to do if you watched, attempting fancy flicks but that one pulled off unfortunately.
It knocked the confidence and made us look so shaky & nervous; it was then that RM looked absolutely lethal and should have punished us as our midfield & defence fell a part. Just went to pieces and looked disorganised. We were lucky to not be 3-1 down at HT and honestly I was nervous and thinking I would be happy with a draw.
The pressure kept up for about 10mins where RM looked like doing the same, but you could see them lagging. What a joke considering we had a game midweek. RM's fault for not taking the opportunity. Suàrez took a chance that in all honesty, wow, what a goal. The angle was insane and completely fooled Casillas sending him the wrong way. That was a defining moment as RM truly lost momentum and looked on the back foot. There were a couple of times when they pressed up and got the ball in our box but we were covered. Thankful Busi came on to calm the midfield and get their heads straight. Although I'm sickened and furious those chances by Neymar weren't put away, I was screaming when Messi passed to Ney instead. Messi's shot was so so close. Alba too, omg, unreal.
A win is a win and I hope that 4pt cushion can be sustained and I'll be rooting for every team to cause an upset to RM to increase the gap; granted we win ours.
Piqué was a beast and loved the moment when he denied being nutmegged, so difficult to pull that off. Marcelo's silky touchline tricks had me in awe (annoyingly).
The ref... unbelievable. RM are seriously lucky to not have had a red card, maybe the ref wanted to keep it 11v11 in such an important game but those vast amount of players on yellows deserved to be booked for a second time, not all of them, but at least 1 or 2 for some of the crap they pulled. No foul given but then a lighter challenge awarded a foul or heck a lighter foul on one of RM's players almost immediately after when we should have had one was ridiculous. I was cursing him as being a Madridista, so f'n obvious he was playing for them.
Great that we got the win but ffs Neymar, wake the hell up!
In essence because of the missed opportunities and the way we played was just not like Barça, it feels like we still have something to prove and almost, almost feels like a loss.
Also last time I checked, this is a Barça forum. So why the fk are some people acting like they should be treading on egg shells
Congrats on having a multi team forum but at the top it says barcaforum? Welcome all but remember who we are?
