lol wat are you talking about!?
Yep prior to the game he said that on TV interview , If Barca reached the final i would like them to win it in the Santiago Bernabeu
pellegrini looked like a walking dead man in his press conference.
why on earth did he start gago and sub out marcelo?
Gago played well in recent games however it's not just Gago , the preparation for the game and motivation was zero .
He just failed in every big test this season in truth he is like a more better styled Juande Ramos (judging by results )
Honestly, i was not surprised by the excessive tackling Madrid resorted to. i guess its the only way they know how to stop us....especially Messi. if another referee was in charge, ramos could have been sent off for hacking down messi in the 2nd half.
Ramos certainly deserved a red there , excessive fouls mean desperation
Lucky mate ? When everything`s lost & Grapes are started looking as sour , should the buck stops at Luck now ? FC BARCELONA is a system , we don`t take things for granted , nothing is enough and we continue pushing for it, we had a vision ! What we are doing is just the result of what we strategically thought of doing & executing it perfectly !
Faith & humbleness !
Don't be blind by the success Ryan and not analyze the situation , Pep has tempered with the system , he dropped the 4-3-3 , he resolved to Direct style of play on many occasions .
you had the old system until last season , Pep now is adding and changing to the old Barca style . it's a plus
but above all you have to understand what i wrote before answering Luck was that Pep was born in Catalaonia and played for Barca not you won because you were lucky ..
and please humbleness and Catalans is like oil and water , just because Pep is a humble gentleman doesn't mean the majority of the nation are far from humble
Remember after 2-6 they just crumbled and lost like 4 games in a row?
Now im not saying they will lose there games but they are going to be low in confidence and the crowd will be demanding a lot from them so pressure will be immense.
We are full of confidence and i think we will be up for every match now because we are so close to the prize at the end.
That's the scenario i'm expecting tbh , similar to last year as there is so much resemblance to last year under Juande
who?
Higuain proves again he chokes under pressure, but still he's got age on his side so no worries for the Madridistas yet... And Gio no page dedicated for your highest goal scorer?
edit : got it... bloody search engine
That's rubbish post Estel , if anything Higuain is the last person to be a choker , he scored twice in the super classico at the age of 18 , he scored before in Barca , he scored in 93rd minute in several games including the Madrid derby , he led Real to win in several games in the dying moments or did u forget all the bloody Higuain ..
stick to your rumors amigo
he didn't score before in the CL and started this season by scoring in the group stage , Higuain big plus is that he always improve each year if you look to the last 3 years of his time in Real
I am totally against you on this one man. I thought he was the only champion we had on the field.
Tell me what's the difference between Drenthe in last year Camp Nou classico and this year CR ?
85 Million Euro nothing more nothing less , if it's about running Drenthe is actually faster and a little better in dribbling (if he is not falling ) .
Ronaldo tried. He lost his confidence after Pique put him in his pocket early in the game. However, had he not lost his confidence he would have converted his chance. I have no doubts about this.
Higuain chickened out.
I think he was really bad BG , he may have lost confidence but he shouldn't for someone with his experience it's not an excuse
he had the best chances and did nothing with them , at least Higuain gave Ramos several passes (and CR ) to go through on goal .
Higuain was cut out of service in the first half which witnessed almost nothing except Xabi shot , second half he played better when the rest started to attack a bit .
you can't blame a striker for being cut out of service but you have to look at those who should be creating and starting attacks (CR-VDV ) and what's the output
for CR
2 crap FK one in the wall (pique hand) , one in VV hands .
the one on one
several others
crossing to the other side of nowhere
fell on the ground several times
getting outpaced by Pique .
I'm sorry but for 90 Million i expect more at least to overcome his goal drought in Barca
I don't know about you guys, but I felt the guy RM were missing was Granero. He's been a consistent starter and has been consistently the main man in the midfield until his stamina runs out, which is usually around the 60th minute. He's RM's Xavi (even if they play somewhat different positions) and his quality has shown/will show next season. Then again, it depends on the board on who RM plays.
Look you are doing to Granero what you kept doing to Negredo early this season
It's not about Granero,Guti..etc it wouldn't matter
the game preparation and tactics were wrong , it made us miss Kaka greatly cause he made a difference in the center of the pitch in the first classico
anyhow Manu time is up and they will be following Jose closely in the CL SF