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This I would disagree with. A few minutes into the game I thought "Brazil need to be careful here, they could get thrashed 5-0". They play with 4 forwards and both fullbacks were pushing foward leaving space in behind for counters. Gustavo was also dropping back to kind of make a back 3 but this...

It was a season of close margins this year. The defence improved a lot(48 conceded compared to 70 the season before). That despite the injury to Valdes at the business end of the season. We were competitive in every game unlike the 4-0 to Bayern and the 0-3 to RM last season. If Tata was a...

He doesn't perform in the big games and has been consistently misused in the front 3. Sell him and use the funds to strengthen the squad.

Some of the best players can step up in the big games. There's plenty of league games against weaker teams where Alexis doesn't score either. Alexis has quality but he has weaknesses in his mentality. Not being trusted makes it that much harder for him. The motivation of a big game can be...

A front three that contains Cesc who is one of the slowest players in the world combined with Messi walking around is a disaster against a counterattacking team. If that's how they are prepared to use him then they should get rid of him because it will cost us the Champions League again...

The reason he doesn't score in big CL games is because he doesn't play in big CL games. Martino was starting with Neymar-Cesc-Messi. Last year was similar with him on the bench against Milan. Against PSG he won a penalty away. Bayern was a disaster but that was the whole team and tactics. He's...

Tata should have just stuck to his tactics that were working. The board should have backed him on this but I guess they were just being their usual cowardly self. This gave Tata a dilemma and in compromising he now looks to have to resign as a failure whereas if he stuck to his guns he could...

Manager of the best league campaign in football history, and even that was with the distraction of cancer. Legend.

Di Maria does not have more ability than Alexis. It if seems that way, it's because he plays in a counterattacking team and has lots of space to work with. When he is on the wing, he also has a striker to aim for, in fact he'll often have multiple players to aim at and a lot of them aren't...

I do. Di Maria is a good player but he's not amazing. He also doesn't have a strong mentality. Alexis was player of the year in Italy, Di Maria would never be at that level. Now that Alexis is adapting and maturing expect him to continue grabbing headlines.

Tactically he's been excellent. Just a shame the players have been letting him down. However it was important to get the win against Madrid and hopefully this will get the players to really believe in themselves again.

1) The Don - Masterful performance from Iniesta, once again showing his best in the big game. If Messi finished the chance from the magnificent left footed through ball it would have been 2-0 in the first half with 2 assists for this guy. 2) Neymar - A real menace. Having Messi on the opposing...

I would say that's primarily down to a combination of Tata choosing a deeper defense and Madrid no longer having the services of Ozil.

If you want to bring in a striker the player to replace would be Tello.

My impression is that in previous seasons in a lot of games the opposition would get a player clean through on goal and score. This season that has hardly happened at all. Most shots have had defenders applying some pressure. Also last season wingers often had oceans of space and used to put...

This is just trolling.

Busi was awesome against Milan. The one player that didn't seem to shit his pants knowing he was playing in the San Siro.

There is no contradiction because Messi has a club career that stands on its own as proof of his quality. He's played as the key player in a dominant Barca in La Liga, he's won a couple of Champions League titles including scoring in both finals he played in, he's got the goalscoring world...

I'm not sure he dived. He just lost his balance and fell. He didn't appeal for a penalty, he was looking to see where the ball is. Terrible decision by the ref though, that was never a penalty.

Cristiano has been a great player, but he has had his shortcomings. For much of his career he's been a flat track bully. This was true at United and his first couple of seasons at Madrid where he would flop in most big games. Last couple of seasons he has improved in that aspect and found...