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I have watched that game from beginning to end myself and you are right, fouls were given easily back then as well. But in other games from the 80s, some refs were more forgiving to defenders, not so much by not whistling fouls but by not giving cards as easily as they do today.

I am not so sure he analyzes the situation, maybe he does, but I feel that he acts more by pure instinct rather than thinking things out in each and every case. He usually seems to just go for a certain course of action, something on which he acts upon with great speed and economical use of...

Having stumbled upon these clips on youtube, it got me wondering: "How good was Maradona?" I know that comparisons between him and Leo are inevitable, but I think that it is more of an exercise in futility. I am more intrigued by how much different football was back then in terms of everything...

The challenge of this thread is to only pick one precisely because he has scored a ton of memorable/magisterial/crucial goals. But that poker vs Arsenal: :w000t:

Excellent choices, but I would urge people to just mention/post only one so that everyone can have more or less their own Messigolazo.

I know there is a truckload of magisterial Messi goals, but I will go for his first against AC Milan in the Last 16 phase of the Champions League in 12/13. Very crucial goal, and one that never seizes to amaze me each and every time I watch it. Unbelievable how he could score that goal, from...

This post is 100% correct. Gundogan will not make our team better. Only Pogba, Kovacic and Verratti can do that. Unless I am missing someone else too. Koke?

The only final I remember us not wearing the blaugrana in was in 1992 vs Sampdoria.

And Valencia beat Almeria away on the weekend. Otherwise, Valencia will go to the EL and Sevilla will qualify for the CL from the league route as well. Sevilla also have to beat Malaga (who have nothing to play for) on the last day for all that to happen.

We are playing City next season in the CL group stage then.

I get what you are saying, and I partly agree, but you forget that football today is vastly different than football in the early '00s. Back then, clubs like those of the EPL Top 4, the Clasico pair, Bayern etc were not so much richer than the rest as they are now. BBZ has alluded to this many...

In fact, out of those names, Cazorla is the least bad option. Still very bad.

None of Cazorla, Firmino, Pjanic or Reus (for that position) are in contention.

I think that you are too "romantic" in your approach. I am more of a Realpolitik kind of person. In my mind, Pep thought that Barca were in decline after the relatively underwhelming 11/12 season, we just did not have any vintage performances that season and failed in both the league and the...

In 11/12 Barcelona were not at their best, far from it. We had trouble against AC Milan in the quarter-finals and then lost to an atrocious Chelsea in the semis. We also dropped lots of points vs teams like Osasuna etc... Of course he is allowed to praise the league he participates in, but he...

I second that.

We will be celebrating the league title in front of 100,000 supporters. But on the other hand, we have the Copa del Rey final with Bilbao at the Camp Nou again so we can use that game in order to put on a show with all our best players for the fans. Anyway I am fine with it. One game per week I...

You were obviously not watching Spanish football in 11/12. Just like another poster mentioned, Real Madrid's penaldos came in the first half of the season, while ours came only at the end when the gap was huge or when the title was already decided. But Mou is at it again: Messi has...

Voice of reason.

Is it certain that he will be gone next season?