So what if we conceded 3 against Madrid at Bernabeu? They conceded 4 goals at their own turf and lost! Would it be better if we had won 1-0? Sure, we could have conceded less goals by going for a more defensive tactic, but that would have meant less goals scored as well, with forwards being isolated.
We are better in defense than in previous years. We concede few goals. Our bench is what it should be: a place where the youth players at least can see how close they are to make it big for their childhood club. Filling it up with star players who will whine because of lack of playing time after half a season is not good for the club. Any club would lose quality f they had Messi or Iniesta and they were out. Its natural. But we have players on the bench that performed great when given sustained playing time (I never judge players based on games where they lack match fitness which is the case for bench players). Look what happened when Messi was out. Or Alba was out for months. Did the sky fall? No, Alexis and Pedro performed admirably and have record goal scoring records for us. Adriano stepped up and showed he is a class player. Rafinha is coming back next season, and we have Iniesta, Cesc and Busi as our midfield if Xavi is out. Thats a fantastic midfield, only Bayern's Kroos-Schweinsteiger-Lahm can compete with it. And its not like Bayern have such a great defense either. Boateng and Rafinha are not better than Masche and Alves.
