Poor_Sunyol
In Lucho we trust!
He was the transfer I really wanted this summer.
La liga is more about winning against clubs weaker than you.
Barca can lose against RM and AM, but be more consistent against Getafe and Levante due to a Messi factor and we will win it every year.
So, La liga is about: who will make less mistakes against Mickey Mouse opponents.
Champions league is about winning against teams of your strength when their is no room for a bad night.
Also, there is another: vacation mode factor/no need for urgency.
If you lose against Getafe, NOTHING will happen.
You will get 37 new chances until the end of a season.
So, to some extent: league competitions will show who is the best over 30-40 matches, but that competition to some extent doesn't have an element of danger, a sudden death and "this is a do or die night", where if you lose: you are KO'd for this season.
Since Barca's players are technically the best, of course that La liga suit them more than a sudden death dangerous CL matches.
And especially since our team is filled with 10s of mentally fragile schoolboys who crumble like teen girls under pressure.
La liga is a competition for technique and consistency.
Champions league is a competition for warriors, fighters, motivated teams, mentally strong players, clutch players, players who can deliver in the 90th minute when you are losing 0:1.
When you look at those mental factors, it is really a no surprise that our schoolboys team have 0:16 goals ratio in the last 5 big CL away matches.
Atletico 2:0
Psg 4:0
Juve 3:0
Roma 3:0
Liverpool 4:0
And that we are often losing to technically inferior, but more motivated and aggressive teams (like Atletico who sucks over 38 rounds, but are masters of KO natches where you need a fighting spirit).
Cl is not only about luck.
It is about luck, warriors, motivation and mental strength.
Our current team doesn't have any of those for years.
True! The Champions league has a bigger status than any national competition, obviously. Nobody would discuss that hopefully.
But the conversation was about the probability of the best team winning, and that probability is obviously higher in a league format than in a knock-out format.
Because teams like Juve, Bayern, Man City and Barca have been dominating their leagues by battering shitty minnows every week but failing to play well when it matters in CL there has been this BS argument gaining momentum that the CL is just a lottery and not a metric of how good a team you are which, in my eyes, is utter shit. Pep is some kind of genius and therefore if he cannot win it without Messi it means the competition is all about chance and fluke. Or maybe it's because in a two legged affair against a good team his tactics are shit?
I know it might be painful to accept as Barca fans but Real Madrid winning the CL 3 times in a row is very impressive indeed.
I know it might be painful to accept as Barca fans but Real Madrid winning the CL 3 times in a row is very impressive indeed.
Yes and no. If you sacrifice your league performance just to win the CL then it is kind of cheating. Teams that win their domestic league and the CL are the real deal.
Yes and no. If you sacrifice your league performance just to win the CL then it is kind of cheating. Teams that win their domestic league and the CL are the real deal.
Which is why this Liverpool side really impressed me. IIRC they have had the 3rd highest point total in de Premier League ever (and somehow still didn't win the league but that's besides my point) AND won the Champions League. However, it is was only because of our own incompetence that they had a chance to beat us in the CL in the first place...
I always wonder if Real Madrid give up on the league before the season even starts and put all their eggs in the CL basket right away, or only when it is january and they realise they will probably not be winning the league anyway.
I always wonder if Real Madrid give up on the league before the season even starts and put all their eggs in the CL basket right away, or only when it is january and they realise they will probably not be winning the league anyway.
Yes and no. If you sacrifice your league performance just to win the CL then it is kind of cheating. Teams that win their domestic league and the CL are the real deal.
Cant wait to see him flop and become irrelevant in the next few years lol
[MENTION=23569]VN10[/MENTION] are you still optimistic or have you accepted the fact he is going to Juve?While such a thing is very unlikely, he will probably become one of the best defenders in the world, it is also a sad way of living your live. I hope you are young, otherwise live ain't treating you well is it? Negative Nancy.
[MENTION=23569]VN10[/MENTION] are you still optimistic or have you accepted the fact he is going to Juve?