La Liga Round 2: Levante - Barca 2-3

[Kul_z]

I said it would be 93 minutes at half time so not far off

YOu said 93' winner? Drama second half?

 

[Maradona37]

They don't have a billion dollars squad to make up for it mate. This crying about some midgets doing everything to get a point against behemots has to stop.

Just beat them and move on.

The entitlement and whinging about other teams from some kids on here is embarrassing

 

[MonteCuler]

Great win, proves team still has the character from last season which is most important thing

 

[Kul_z]

Actually, same ref whistled that tchouameni handball wasnt a pen. This is hilarious

 

[Maradona37]

Great win, proves team still has the character from last season which is most important thing

Coming back from a goal or two down all the time is a terrible sign imo.

The best teams rarely concede first.

 

[MonteCuler]

Coming back from a goal or two down all the time is a terrible sign imo.

The best teams rarely concede first.

How is it a terrible sign if you win

Its helpful when team is used to coming back

Of course ideal would be to always score first and win. But in reality it doesnt always work like that and you need to be ready and capable of bouncing back

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Another shit performance.

 

[Porque]

Absolutely shocking pen call that. His arm was literally right next to him against a shot that came at him. These are never given against anyone. Especially now with the supposed change in instructions to the referees and VAR officials whereby they are supposed to only interfere if it's a cleer and obvious error.

Which makes it even more shocking if a decision given the pen wasn't called on field and var thought this needed to be overturned.

Great comeback win but I'm sorry that decision is as scandalous as they come.

El Clasico ref too.

The bias couldn't be more obvious.

 

[Maradona37]

How is it a terrible sign if you win

Its helpful when team is used to coming back

Of course ideal would be to always score first and win. But in reality it doesnt always work like that and you need to be ready and capable of bouncing back

Because it's something you wanna have in your locker but only need occasionally. Flicks Barca are regularly going 1 or 2 goals down and having to claw it back

Adds more physical and mental fatigue too as you can't casually play games out.

It's not sustainable. They got away with it tonight but could so easily be dropped points.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Levante would be mid table in MLS and we needed an OG to win smfh.

 

[MonteCuler]

Because it's something you wanna have in your locker but only need occasionally. Flicks Barca are regularly going 1 or 2 goals down and having to claw it back

Adds more physical and mental fatigue too as you can't casually play games out.

It's not sustainable. They got away with it tonight but could so easily be dropped points.

If you look at end of last season in La Liga we had numerous clean sheets and comfortable wins

Now I believe regarding game control and keeping result we have slightly improved. You could see in this game after we scored the 3rd they did exactly what should have done against Inter for example, instead of going for the 4th goal

I dont think there will be so many games like this. Levante is just a very tough away ground and this is not the first time Barca struggle and fight to death there

 

[FCBarca]

Actually, same ref whistled that tchouameni handball wasnt a pen. This is hilarious

Underscores the inherent bias in refereeing, blatant attempts to manipulate results. A victory with Hernandez Hernandez in charge is a double victory to also overcome his shameless handicapping of Barça

Corrupt to the core

But an important win that again showed the spirit of this team

 

[Masetro10]

YOu said 93' winner? Drama second half?

I said "this is going to be a classic Barca game I'm talking 93' winner"

 

[Maradona37]

If you look at end of last season in La Liga we had numerous clean sheets and comfortable wins

Now I believe regarding game control and keeping result we have slightly improved. You could see in this game after we scored the 3rd they did exactly what should have done against Inter for example, instead of going for the 4th goal

I dont think there will be so many games like this. Levante is just a very tough away ground and this is not the first time Barca struggle and fight to death there

Fair enough. You make good points as you always do..if it happens less then it's good.

Let's hope this stops happening for the most part. It's not ideal going 2 0 down in a decent amount of games.

 

[jormatar]

It's clear the pitch has been affecting us a lot in these past two games. Bad first touches and shots going all over the place when players lose their balance. Water polo field kills the game for skillful and fast paced teams like us meanwhile serving team really well that likes to park the bus.

Mentally it's good to have these kinds of close call games early in the season to make players understand points are not granted for free and they need to work hard and actually convert those scoring chances into goals. We create too many chances to score so few.