Liga | Round 24: Atlético de Madrid vs. FC Barcelona 1-2

[FinBarcelonafan]

If Real drops point I predict Barca is going to play better and take it up a notch because of players believing in La Liga again.

Now it's only 4 point difference. We can make it 1 point differeence with a win vs Real.Why wouldn't they believe?

 

[FlaFCB]

The ball seemed to be very heavy/slow. Don't expect this Barca to play legendary football under these conditions

It was the pitch. Grass was long. That's still not a valid excuse, given how we've been playing all season.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Horrible first half. Second half even though we played poorly we played much better than Atleti. There's some merit to that.

True. Second half we were better team.

 

[Horatio]

Now it's only 4 point difference. We can make it 1 point differeence with a win vs Real.Why wouldn't they believe?

Because some players might consider that with the current teams morale us not dropping points along the way is not happening.

 

[Barcaman]

True. Second half we were better team.

We were. And maybe players became more comfortable with formstion.
But also, Atlético played mid-week in Germany and pressed us in 1st half. It was expected that our chances will be rising in 2nd.

 

[Altomonte]

being rested makes a difference! This time we were the well rested team.

 

[MagIX]

Good win, vs a very difficult opponent.
Considering our recent matches vs atm and psg, we were better. Good for the morale and confidence.

 

[vlad]

Now it's only 4 point difference. We can make it 1 point differeence with a win vs Real.Why wouldn't they believe?

i see what you did there

 

[Neymessi]

i see what you did there

What did he do there?

 

[vlad]

What did he do there?

its jinx thing right? you counted like real won matches against villareal and celta away

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

its jinx thing right? you counted like real won matches against villareal and celta away

Haha.. Yeah, I was hoping to jinx it.

 

[JerseyAddict]

Second half was realy not that bad. We controlled a lot. They did not press us,high so we had a breather and some things looked oooook... I watched on my mobile so maybe it was about the ,"big picture"

 

[serghei]

Yea, the first half was good. But I think Atletico won the first half and we were lucky not the be down at least a goal at HT. Maybe they got tired.

 

[Galning]

Have you not noticed how heavy the ball seemed to be ?! This pitch seemed to be thick and/or dry ! It was very very hard to play some proper possession football.

Considering these circumstances I take my hats off to Lucho and the team. I hope we'll stay with a similar line-up against Gijon

Commentators said the grass was really long and Atlético didn't water it.

 

[eaman]

Great result poor performance. I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it but I think we were lucky atleticos champions league hangover kicked in in the last half hour. It happens every team especially when they play away from home. Still our midfield was dominated in the first and rafinha is definitely not the answer to the xavi problem. Neymar looked very good and Messi created a few chances and scored a very important winner but the team need an overhaul in the summer. Good result in a tough place to get one though