CL Semi Final: Inter - Barca (3-3)

[Birdy]

His body is Infront of our defenders.

Maybe they should call the offside point from the chest like athletics. Would be hilarious seeing Flick training our boys to dive away from the goal on all passes.

BINGO
You have certified IQ more than most here my man
Congrats

 

[Horatio]

BINGO
You have certified IQ more than most here my man
Congrats

What kind of quiz answer was that?

 

[DonAK]

The last thing we need to do right now is to change the offside rule. It's fine as it is, or far from a big problem currently.

 

[ivanobua7z]

Hola a todos,
También soy fan del AC Milan y del Barcelona.
Dejaría de lado cualquier alusión al campo del San Siro, que ahora está en excelentes condiciones. El problema con el terreno de juego ya existía hace quizás 20 años, y todavía lo riegan antes de cada partido.
Por lo demás, el AC Milan en la 2023/2024, por culpa de un Pioli testarudo, perdió 6 derbis consecutivos contra el Inter, mientras que este año, tanto con un entrenador mediocre como Paulo Fonseca (pero no tonto), como con un buen entrenador como Conceição, ganó 3 derbis de 5, empatando los otros dos (uno de ellos con gol encajado en el minuto 91).
El Milan de Pioli jugó con una defensa alta sin adoptar contramedidas.
Gracias a dos nuevos entrenadores, la receta contra el Inter fue sencilla: jugar con un hombre más en defensa.
Las formaciones fueron 352 en el reciente derbi ganado 3-0 (que se convirtió en 532), mientras que en el otro derbi fue 433, pero uno de los centrocampistas se incorporó a la defensa (sobre todo por nuestra derecha, la banda más débil) convirtiéndose en 532 o 523. Jugamos casi en una imagen especular sin una defensa alta.
El problema del Barcelona en San Siro será si utiliza la misma actitud que en la ida.
El entrenador tiene que hacer un gran trabajo y adaptarse, no es un problema de individuos sino de táctica. El Inter tiene jugadores mediocres pero Inzaghi sabe ponerlos bien en el campo. Llevan años ganando jugando de la misma manera y al contraataque. Como se ha escrito más arriba, el técnico del Barcelona, al tener jugadores técnicamente más fuertes, debería simplemente sorprender al Inter con algunos cambios tácticos defensivos que dejarían desorientados a los jugadores del Inter. No sé si hay jugadores del Barcelona que puedan sumarse a la defensa, pero proteger los 2 flancos es fundamental. Luego será el Barcelona el que reanude el partido con la velocidad y técnica de Raphinha y Yamal.

 

[Birdy]

What kind of quiz answer was that?

You want a more elaborate one?

When two runners run, the point of reference to declare who is ahead is the torso, the chest point as Porque wrote.
Not the hand, not the elbow, not the toenail, nothing in the moving arms and legs.

Watch track and field, and you will see how runners on 100m, 200m, 400m, etc. they throw their chest ahead when they are about to cross the finish line.

That's what is missing from the offside law as it is applied today.
It seems absurd to many to determine positions by toenails.
But they can't articulate why. The reason is the rationale above.

It has always been like that to the human eye.
The VAR just made it evident, and is helping us recognize it

 

[FC B]

On tuesday Barca has the match of the season, they gotta give absolutely everything they have, including close to full/full rotations for the next LL game.

There are only two games left for winning CL, it's possible, let's do this!

 

[Horatio]

You want a more elaborate one?

When two runners run, the point of reference to declare who is ahead is the torso, the chest point as Porque wrote.
Not the hand, not the elbow, not the toenail, nothing in the moving arms and legs.

Watch track and field, and you will see how runners on 100m, 200m, 400m, etc. they throw their chest ahead when they are about to cross the finish line.

That's what is missing from the offside law as it is applied today.
It seems absurd to many to determine positions by toenails.
But they can't articulate why. The reason is the rationale above.

It has always been like that to the human eye.
The VAR just made it evident, and is helping us recognize it

I don’t get it. We don’t need to look at track and field. The rules for offside look at all the parts of the body one is allowed to score with.

The foot is one of them. The main one actually.

 

[DonAK]

The team had played a long, intense high pressure and emotional match vs Real Madrid a few days prior to the first leg so this somewhat inconsistent performance might not have been shocking.

Inter played on Sunday, but they didn't have to go through 120 minutes vs. their biggest rivals getting kicked the shit out of them.

Think we'll see a different and more composed side in Milano that will put Inter under immense pressure being well rested.

 

[JamDav1982]

Nor sure Barca will be any fresher than Inter.

Inter dont have to travel back from away game in early hours of Sunday then have to travel across Europe by the Tuesday.

Barca will barely get any rest time.

Inter will be in Milan since yesterday and most likely rotate heavily at weekend.

 

[Barcaman]

Nor sure Barca will be any fresher than Inter.

Inter dont have to travel back from away game in early hours of Sunday then have to travel across Europe by the Tuesday.

Barca will barely get any rest time.

Inter will be in Milan since yesterday and most likely rotate heavily at weekend.

Depends who plays and how much. That late match is an issue.
As for the trip, it's 2,5 hours flight tops. Milano is closer than Vigo. About close as Sevilla.
Edit: Flight is 1 hour 45 mins.

 

[MasQueCulé]

Normally Lautaro Martinez and Pavard will be out for the second legs.

Good news for us.

 

[raskolnikov]

Im thinking if Lewandowski doesnt play we should play christensen and araujo just to have spme height on these set pieces. Even if we go in front I cant imagine we wont concede once they start spamming corners and crosses with the whole team being almost 190+

 

[fanfbc]

Pavard dubt now but bad condition , important is that thuram play senc9nd match after injury and is slow at momenre and secondo forword decrease tge capacità levell because is a seconda vero choise possibile play frattesi like attack with thuram , if the match go over 2 gol barca have most possibility , from 2 gol for team in up inter not have capacità to offend in catalunya have an inusual lucky exploit at 20 min first time , the match ans passino final,was closed to favorevole inter but barca has ha great psico and tecnica possibilità and do it at 3 ÷ 3 , m9st time pass in the double match most possibilità have barca as major level, but no must repeat error of goolkepeer and off side line , il contro
Che game and control counter attack inter is not ever lucky on stop bal. Or corners , generally performance now in this moment is low because stopper fuel , lost scudetto , lost coppa Italia, thuram and dumfries are 2 reintegrated from medical so put full but level is empty at the moment evidente is injury and performance Lautaro , the match goes to move similar with many point of ask like a metropitan atletico Madrid but inter no have SURE capacità to get the rusukt if barca score for fist ..have only chance to put cross in the box and no have possibile of counyer attack in generale if blaugrana score for first , jnter tra to balance the match but say who i write is true

 

[Porque]

We will be looking to get Balde and Lewy into that eleven for 60-70, and take inspiration out of Inter doing the same with D'fries and Thuram in the first leg, which got them their three goals.

 

[FC B]

High likelihood we concede at least one so the whole point is to not just score but to outscore them somehow, preferably during 90 mins or even E.T.

Don't see Barca well if it goes to pks.