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Maradona37

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NKMaribor said:
Maybe the answer is much simpler. Madrid is just special. A level above Barca. Well more accurately, a few more levels above Barca.
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Madrid have won much more, but as someone who supports neither club, they have never had a team like Pep's 2009 or 2011 teams (not even the teams in the 50s). Furthermore, I have rarely been impressed by Real post 2009, despite winning a lot. They often win trophies without being the best team or playing the best football, which is a charge you cannot level at Barca. Barca destroyed their opposition in the 2009, 2011 and 2015 CL Finals. The only CL Final Real convinced in was 2017. 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, and 2024 they were arguably the inferior team, but they get over the line - there's zero romance or purity in that.

More accurate to say Madrid have a relentless but hollow ability to win. Barca win less, but they do it with romance and style and artistry, and it is more memorable when Barca win than when Real Madrid win.

The fact is no Real Madrid team in history can beat Barca 2011. Real Madrid can win all they like while being outplayed, but I am a big believer in the beauty of football. Netherlands lost the 1974 World Cup final to West Germany, Hungary lost the 1954 final to the West Germans - but I consider the losing team better and superior to watch.

This is a very long-winded way of saying Real Madrid win, but they don't often leave you thinking 'wow'. Barca do leave you thinking 'wow'.

You say Madrid are special? I think it's the other way around - Barca are special as they have a philosophy and way of playing in their heyday that is football from our dreams. Barca and Pep have totally revolutionised and influenced modern football. Real Madrid don't have that. They just win while rarely convincing, it's fucking cheap and shite to watch. Real are the biggest club in the world, but there's something very hollow about them that is hard to explain.
 
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Birdy

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Leny Yoro off to UTD! Madrid in the mud!

Cunt Flo resorted to his usual antics: talked the player into joining Madrid and then tried to scum Lille with a 20m offer and threat to get him on a free next season (typical Perez threat).
But Lille agreed with UTD a high fee, and CONVINCED Yoro to snub them, as Flo was about to offer him crap wages on the top!

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El Gato

El Gato

Villarato!
Birdy now firmly morphing into his The Sun journalist true form having paced the joint of Youtube tactics channels gig a bit too long

Yoro wasnt even some big target. Nowhere near the effort they put into signing Camavinga
Probably right choice for both parties if proves true
Could be that he's using them to force Perez hand

We move
 
Birdy

Birdy

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El Gato said:
Birdy now firmly morphing into his The Sun journalist true form having paced the joint of Youtube tactics channels gig a bit too long

Yoro wasnt even some big target. Nowhere near the effort they put into signing Camavinga
Probably right choice for both parties if proves true
Could be that he's using them to force Perez hand

We move
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LOOOL! What kind of COPIUM is that?

Camavinga was signed towards the end of the window when Perez realized Mbape was not coming and he still had some money on the side for some young prospect.
Aye, that the definition of 'strategic signing' :lol:

As for Yoro, try looking up all the leaks from your club the last two months
Supposedly the long-term target to gradually replace old guys like Rudiger, and the pillar of madrid's defence for the next 10 years

Enjoy your club's transfer L now
 
El Gato

El Gato

Villarato!
a 19 year old player with one good game vs PSG is all he is really
Pillar of defense lol - less Caps bud, it betrays the amoeba tendencies your brain skirts towards all too often

Luxury to have in the current competitive market
A luxury we dont even really need
Rudiger is going nowhere, Militao will get at least a year to get back to form, Alaba similarly stepping into vet position until proves is either perfectly servicable where could be reliable for at least 3 more seasons or he's done never to recover
Absolutely zero reason to break the bank on the guy with those already present - might even be better off going for him when he's 25, contract expires and he's proven he's worth the salt in the Prem

Not to mention athletic defensive old guys aren't really considered old until they're about 36 anymore or until their body starts to break down
Loads of time to give likes of Marin to see how they do at Napoli
Might even be more worth looking at Jacobo Ramon for that 4-5th spot considering he;s been outperforming successive age class by at least 2 years, if does well at Castilla full-time this year will probably get several callups to 1st team, as already has last year when injuries mounted
 
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Givenchy

Givenchy

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Birdy said:
@MadridXtra
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JUST IN: Real Madrid believe no CB on the market is on the same projection as Leny Yoro. There is NO Plan B.
@relevo

The L is so HUGE
Meanwhile, El CopeGato trying to convince us that Camavinga was more strategic :lol:
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tbf, United paid 70mil for an unproven 18 year old CB with 1 year left on his contract.. that is horrible business. The player also dreams of joining Madrid so no doubt 2-3 years if he becomes world class, Madrid will pick him up ready made.

Stepping stone move but actually smart from Yoro's team
 
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