The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[Amblève. 4,995]

Of course Barcelona get a penalty gift. Anything else would have been a surprise.

[sdrcfc 461]

Could have easily been 4-0.

'Offside goal' should have stood, Barcelona could have had another penalty too.

[communicate 2,703]

On that (ghost) penalty incident, from another angle just before Messi went down...

I don't think it was a penalty but we are talking about photo n replay. In real time it was 50:50

[1chelsea 864]

Game over city. The shot have been called

[communicate 2,703]

100% agree with you, but can any team keep dominating them all the time? If Bayern plays against Barca again the way they played City, I don't think they will have a chance. But again, Barca are less threatening in their final third than they used to be

Bayern will absolutely kill barca. Bayern is very similar to barca but with much2 better defence, much more physical, much taller and very flexible.

[Thomas Williams 166]

Bayern will absolutely kill barca. Bayern is very similar to barca but with much2 better defence, much more physical, much taller and very flexible.

Bayern is simply the best team I can ever think of, they have no weakness. They have world class players at every position , and a bench so strong I'm pretty sure a Bayern B team could make it semis of the UCL. It's fun to watch the decimate the Spanish giants, but I hate how they have a monopoly on all german talent. I really like Dortmund for whatever reason.

[TrippingStep 336]

DAMN, we should not underestimate La Liga or Barca as we so gladly do. Nor the bundesliga.

Pure Hubrys if we do tbh.

The Bundesliga is not great.

You have Bayern, Dortmund but the rest of the teams are conceding so many goals in european competition.

The defensive players of many bundesliga teams are awful.

[Stingray 9,441]

The Bundesliga is not great.

You have Bayern, Dortmund but the rest of the teams are conceding so many goals in european competition.

The defensive players of many bundesliga teams are awful.

I did not say they were great. I said we should not underestimate. Huge difference.

[Stingray 9,441]

Regardless, watch the replay and you'll see Kompany was sitting way too deep behind his other defenders. He eventually kept Messi, who was coming back from offside position, onside.

I know, he still played like a boss though. So putting that pic up and then the reaction 'post it in the Luiz thread' is kinda off imo.

Anyway, carefree

[Jase 43,479]

We had those situations before, but we were a team that was used to that. So our stamina will be much better than a team that did that for the first time in their life.

Infact our tactics is purely counter attacking so it was something we are used to.

I know that the 10men situation helped to get them tired but barca style will always get any opponent tired in the 2nd half, as long as u have to chase the ball. That's why they score a lot of goals in the 2nd half, check their stats. The constant possession makes opponents mentally tired bcos of so much concentration needed to defend.

And another thing is that their style makes opponents get carded a lot. I saw a stat that in europe, barca hve gotten their opponents red carded 26 times which is the highest out of any team. These things: physical and mental tiredness, cards always happen. Curse you guardiola, the only way to beat this system is to press perfectly like bayern, keep the ball more than barca, or stay in the 18box like RDM.

Any other way is mostly hoping on pure luck.

Until City went down to 10 men, I don't even think they exerted lots of energy to begin with. They only started pressing Barcelona once they got about 25-30 yards of their goal. About their style always make their opponents get carded a lot especially the red ones, let's not even make as if all the red cards were warranted and not helped by the referee or players.

Pellegrini went too defensive, Kolarov on the wing? they play their best when they have two strikers, they beat Bayern with two not one. It may suit them going to the camp nou needing a win, it'll force them to attack. Aguero and Negredo need to play together, if they have any hope winning.

Not sure playing Kolarov on the wings equated to Pellegrini being defensive. He was used on the LW to track Alves while provide the width when going forward especially his final ball in the attacking third is usually pretty good though with Barca's FBs didn't bomb forward a lot, it meant he didn't get much space to wreak havoc. As for playing 2 STs, that is true what you said but they also got outplayed and lost when Pellegrini used 2 STs against us and Bayern.

[Jase 43,479]

I know, he still played like a boss though. So putting that pic up and then the reaction 'post it in the Luiz thread' is kinda off imo.

Anyway, carefree

A serious Tom? Me. Don't. Like.

[Jase 43,479]

:lol:

[Special Juan 27,103]

Jose was right, it wasn't the Barca we know, they should of had 4.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Lol shall I hold my breath for that?

... No wait I may die. He can't score against West Brom forget Barca

People are being to flippant about Galatasaray, it's going to be Very hard, they have Didier we have Etoo so unfair

yet he scored the winner against Liverpool and a hat trick against Man United!

[Jase 43,479]

Pellegrini has finally cracked...

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1720568/pellegrini-vents-fury-swedish-ref-defeat?cc=4716

“The referee did not have any control of the game," Pellegrini said. "He decided for Barcelona from the beginning to the end. I think it was not a good idea to put a referee from Sweden in such an important match and a referee who made a mistake against Barcelona in the group stages.”

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From the beginning I felt the referee was not impartial to both teams. The referee decided the game. Before the penalty, it was a foul on Navas when he was three metres from the play so he could see it. And it was not a penalty, it was outside the box."

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“A big game with two important teams, that kind of game needs a referee with more experience. This referee whistled the Barcelona-Milan game in the group and he made an important error against Barcelona. Today he remedied it.”

He elaborated on his belief that it should not have been a spot kick when Demichelis brought Messi down: “The contact was outside the box. You cannot continue the foul: the first foul was outside the box. Barcelona did not have chances before the goal. It was a pity because that important action decided the game.”

[Beirut_Blues 306]

spot on pellegrini

[The Skipper 20,593]

Pellers is an idiot for those comments. Yeah it wasn't a penalty but to say that Barcelona won because the referee was on their side is bogus. Barca created enough to score at least 3.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Simply put, beating Barca is our thing, not you soulless Citeh. Keep spending and keep trying lol.