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We can deal with Pedro's absence and even Alba's (though he may be back for the PSG game). We're not exactly in the best situation though.

Seems fairly minor. I'm guessing he'll be back for the 2nd leg, and he's suspended for the 1st anyway.

I believe he said that he wants to be the Ronaldo of Germany, but his Ballon d'or vote would go to Messi.

GOAT :worthy:

Anything can happen, I don't think we'll play that badly again, since Tito's back and we seem to be out of the dip in form. The makeshift defense and Ibra will be problems, but we should still be able to qualify if we play well IMO.

Ibra available in the first leg? :( Oh well, we should still be able to get through fairly comfortably if we play well. We should be able to get at least a draw in the away leg, and I wouldn't be too disappointed with one.

I'm thinking Brazil could really use Thiago...

You make a good point, but Messi had already proven himself in a top league when he was playing under Maradona. I'm not saying Neymar is shit because of this game, but you get my point.

I don't really watch Brazil, but they have some really good players: Thiago Silva Dante (not sure why Luiz is starting over him tbh) Alves Marcelo Oscar Neymar (he's got potential, at least) etc I can see them doing well in the world cup with the players they have, if they're able to play as a...

If he's able to replace Xavi, he'll be a Ballon d'or contender IMO. Calling him a future Ballon d'or contender is premature, but he has the potential.

2 attacking fullbacks worked pretty well against Milan. Still think we should go with 1 defensive fullback and 1 attacking fullback against certain teams (mainly counter-attacking teams) though, especially against Madrid. Our 2 best games against them were the 3-2 and the 2-2 (I'd say it was a...

Why doesn't he use Dante over David Luiz? I don't know much about Dante, but he's a starter for Bayern, who have a great defensive record, so he must be great. He should certainly be better than David Luiz.

Well, it does seem like Pepe's on the bench now... :rosell:

This. He should be given some games against the weaker La Liga sides too, but I don't think he should be promoted just yet.

And he'll have scored against every team in La Liga CONSECUTIVELY :worthy: :worthy: :worthy:

Puyol's out as well I can see a back 4 of Alves-Pique-Masch-Montoya working though.

Lahm would make it in both teams. When playing well and on form, I'd say Alves is nearly as good as him and even better when it comes to attacking (though Lahm's definitely significantly better defensively), but he's been inconsistent lately. Lahm's superior defensive ability and consistency...

We did pretty well against them in our first 2 home clasicos of the season without a complete change in tactics. Especially considering we had to play with Masch and Adriano at CB in the second one. And I can definitely see the lineup/tactics used against Milan in the 2nd leg, or something...

Yeah, Xavi had a great game in the 2nd leg against Milan, and, well... we all saw the result of that. Though a lot of that was also down to Iniesta and Messi having a great game, as well as Villa being Villa.

He's still young and has crazy potential. He should be a capable replacement when the time comes (which won't be too soon, I can definitely see Xavi playing for a good few seasons), though no one can truly replace the legend that is Xavi.