La Liga | Round 30: Real Madrid - FC Barcelona 2-1

[ThwiX]

We had two excellent crosses, but no specialized CF to exploit it

Sasa Kalajdzic would bang both those crosses in. 2M tall beast.

 

[ArtistCatalunya]

Really hope Laporta oversees the clearout that should have happened 4 years ago!
How can we have 3cb's and still not be able to cover for pace. It's always pace and individual mistakes that destroys this team.
Dreadful.

Our defenders have pace, but are lacking some much experience and intelligence. Their movement is so amateur, making lots of childish mistakes, and that's not surprising

 

[Sailor Mars]

This formation leaves space behind the wingbacks and a counterattacking team like Madrid is making the most of it.

Vinicius creates too much havoc for the defence.

 

[sikkboy]

Straight back down to earth. Madrid getting all 11 players back behind the ball in their final third is embarassig but it's working a treat as this Barca team has no ability to open them up. Really can't see a way back unless they get a break early on. Need a bit of the luck Madrid had first half. Casemiro playing a blinder, sneaky fuck! Bit disappointed ter Stegen didn't keep that Benzema one out.

 

[raskolnikov]

This formation leaves space behind the wingbacks and a counterattacking team like Madrid is making the most of it.

Vinicius creates too much havoc for the defence.

Its been the same for years now. The slow posession based style. Teams just sit back and counter so we suffer against top teams.
That style should have been let go since Iniesta left.

 

[SG-7]

Straight back down to earth. Madrid getting all 11 players back behind the ball in their final third is embarassig but it's working a treat as this Barca team has no ability to open them up. Really can't see a way back unless they get a break early on. Need a bit of the luck Madrid had first half. Casemiro playing a blinder, sneaky fuck! Bit disappointed ter Stegen didn't keep that Benzema one out.

We are creating enough chances to score man. Its just Dembele is an absolute shitee CF. ANy other cf and we would've at the very least had 1 back.

 

[pregra]

The only pace our defenders have is when running in a straight line. Agility wise and moving sideways they are just meh. Araujo in particular, his feet just don?t move fast enough vs guys like Vinicuis, Benzema etc

 

[LFCB]

5 of this XI should not be playing next season if we want to be the besr again!
Lenglet, Alba and Busquets are key there, as they get found out at the top level.

 

[ThwiX]

Vazquez (Odriozola), Nacho and freaking Militao. Come on!!! Only Mendy is decent in their backline tonight. MSN would skin them alive. What has this team been reduced to? A fucking joke.

 

[pregra]

Even Nacho is miles better as a defender than every one of ours

 

[Sorin]

Forget Haland or Mbappe. Use the money to buy some defenders and a goddamn CDM. Jesus Christ, it's like watching Sunday league defending.

 

[LFCB]

But this certainly isn't jsut Barca's fault, the standard of refereeing in football is dreadful!
I would much rather see a game without the ref and see how it goes (Casemiro would still find a way to get a FK)

 

[ArtistCatalunya]

So against a low compact block, we need a Fox-in-the-Box.
Let's use the wild card now: the Don Martin Braithwaite
Time for the suffering, Madrid!

 

[clemente]

idk we aren't even playing that bad, it's just that certain players are such fucking squares when it comes to that final moment either attacking or defending

 

[ArtistCatalunya]

I should recognize than Zidane is so good in preparing the big games. He read every detail of the games. Not by coincidence than he got 3 or 4 UCL as a manager