Penal Madrid

[Capitan Puyol]

Oh, I'm so scared! They will trash us 5-0 maybe. Don Rafa rulezzz...

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

wut

Fluid positioning of players, speed of ball movement- Barça are static and slow motion by comparison. Sadly, only a few games where the teamplay has been as lively.

 

[Martindn]

Still cant believe the fat spanish waiter is managing Madrid, can just imagine him being ignored by the star studded dressing room.

 

[StarLord]

Still cant believe the fat spanish waiter is managing Madrid, can just imagine him being ignored by the star studded dressing room.

Same things were being said about Lucho for months on end.

 

[Sterlingfan2000]

Same things were being said about Lucho for months on end.

City is so shit. But we already know that long before

 

[serghei]

They played a mixed team tbh, Aguero, Demichelis, Fernandinho, Zabaleta. Almost half a team was missing for them, while Madrid has their best 11 available.

 

[te amo barca]

They played a mixed team tbh, Aguero, Demichelis, Fernandinho, Zabaleta. Almost half a team was missing for them, while Madrid has their best 11 available.

James was missing

 

[serghei]

James was missing

Right, James. Forgot about him.

 

[Behrox]

wut

he has Pedro vision. Poor guy is incapable of seeing anyone other than Pedro. Pray for him

 

[Catta]

wut

don't you get it, it's because Pedro is no more a first team player, our attack became shit and predictable without Pedro
that idiot Lucho he used the tool Neymar who was only the CL top scorer
maybe if he had used Pedro we would have won the treble and played entertainig football with a lot of goals

 

[Darko]

Fluid positioning of players, speed of ball movement- Barça are static and slow motion by comparison. Sadly, only a few games where the teamplay has been as lively.

Wait, what?
This year's Barca was right up there with the 2011/2012 team, I agree Tata's and Tito's Barca played some not so entertaining football but this year it was a joy to watch games.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Wait, what?
This year's Barca was right up there with the 2011/2012 team, I agree Tata's and Tito's Barca played some not so entertaining football but this year it was a joy to watch games.

Highly effective and high scoring, but rarely fluid (*I'm talking about build-up play, not counterattacks, which are, by nature, fluid). If I recall, for instance, there was a brilliant 1st half against ManCity in the first leg, where Barça player movement and passing was swift and constant. But that has been the exception. It may be in part due to more rigid defensive positioning (i.e. Iniesta's withdrawn role) that has made this Barça so effective defensively. And a Barça without Xavi (most of the time). Ironically, Messi, who was quite static the last few years (walking the first 15 minutes of each game hand in hand with the opposition centerbacks), is now far more positionally fluid.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Nice goal from Jese, hmmmm

 

[Luftstalag14]

Our Montoya has been very good, keeping Ronaldo in check.

Danilo is very impressive.

 

[AntiRealMadrid]

Open guarded match, attacks flash on both sides... loved the Hernandes FK the most!

I am impressed with Inter-it's a low ranking team at the moment and still could've scored several times...