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udatso:
These Sevilla guys are too rough and physical and they haven't gotten any red

udatso:
I am a little bit worried the VAR officials showed the referee just the angle needed to give him a red card. After the red card was given, we are now seeing footage of him actually getting the ball before getting his leg. I feel it's unfair

abduleez1:
Exactly.... This is what I was telling a colleague. The VAR purposely showed the angle that puts Fermin in bad light. They didn't show him the angle from the back where it was very clear where Fermin's leg was. They just showed it for a sec and quickly swapped back to the one that the ref used for the call. Dubious people.

Colson:
Oga, there was no significant positional mistake by either defender. Sevilla has set up perfectly to beat the offside trap, they used their forward as a decoy (he stays offside ) and then a player runs into the space left by the 2 centre backs. Sometimes an offside trap can be beaten by good execution of the attacking team.

abduleez1:
Now you need a Casado more than ever.

udatso:
I knew it. I thought I was the only one that saw it

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Not true.

Inigo Martinez saw the move, moved higher up the pitch immediately but Araujo hesitated..he moved but it was late. Check the guilt in Araujo face after Sevilla equalise, baba know say he Bleep up.

Compare that to Curbasi and Martinez offside trap in the beginning of second half.

Taguchi:
Walahi, I want Madrid to drop points now I don't care as much about ATM..cus once Madrid gets in sync, e go hard

Madrid is one of the few club I don't like but I have a lot of respect for. Na why I dey laugh when some fans said they preferred to play Madrid in Copa del ray semifinal.. dem think say Madrid na Malaga

I hope manc city Knocks them out of the UCL early .

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
I'm surprised Flick didn't put Casado.
Garcia in midfield e get as e be. I'm happy everything worked out

AirBere:
So in an actual game, my Madrid 11.

Casilas, Carvayal, Ramos, Varane, Carlos, Zidane, Hiero, Modric, CR7, Benzema, Raul. Marcelo and Carlos is a toss up (very similar in quality but I'm going with Carlos in this match simply because of nostalgia. But I feel Marcelo is the better player overall. Sorry Marcelo.

For Barca I'll go for.
Valdez, Pique, Puyol, Abidal, Xavi, Sergio B. iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Dinho.

Both teams are so much balanced both on paper and on the pitch. I think it's a toss up but I see a 3:2 victory for Barca.

The reason is that there's so much quality on both sides. Like there's no weakness at all in terms of quality. Although some will consider Valdez an inferior quality. As such, the victory will come down to a GK error or work rate. Suarez, Messi and Iniesta are better at tracking back and winning the ball back than Zidane, Ronaldo and Raul.

This game will never happen lol but this is what I think.

Fair enough.

That said, R.carloz was a beast with his shots and set piece i think he is the overall better player compared to Marcelo.

Bimmarlykay:
That's class....they can turn on anytime,Barca fans are just carried away over our two wins over them this season.

I hope so too cuz this city is horse shit.

Colson:
Sometimes, I just feel Gavi is overrated.

Colson:
We need a left winger

Swears at times Raph makes that left wing missed. Today Yamal was targeted and the LW was non-existent as always.

abduleez1:
The annoying thing about his injuries is that he invites it himself. There was a chance to quickly pass that ball out but he held on to it.

abduleez1:
You get it!!!

I don't even understand this Flick setup. Gavi is very wrong for that kind of setup if Jong and Pedri both are the anchors.

I'm seeing Gavi in front and still in defensive midfield way too many times I begin to question which position he's actually playing. It's as if he's the DM, defending our team when Pedri moves upfront.

So what is the work of De Jong??

Colson:
Oga, there was no significant positional mistake by either defender. Sevilla has set up perfectly to beat the offside trap, they used their forward as a decoy (he stays offside ) and then a player runs into the space left by the 2 centre backs. Sometimes an offside trap can be beaten by good execution of the attacking team.

Bimmarlykay:
Between Olmo and Pedri who is more technical on their day?

abduleez1:
Bro, you're thinking same way like me.
I watched that Madrid derby and I'm wondering how people tag this Atletico side as title contenders. Because of them just get simple winning form.
All good teams have that patch where they win games nonstop for a stretch.

Where I really want to see Atletico praise is when the injuries starts piling up and key players lost, then I can rate their resilience.
They have all their players available and good depth too, so I no dey rate team wey fire and brimstones never test.

Reason why Barca and Madrid are still higher up the pecking order for me.
Atletico Madrid like someone said can be trusted at the top just like Arsenal.
The only time Atletico really turned up is when both Barca & Madrid give them the league on a platter of gold and they were bolstered by a player in red hot form — a la Suarez.

Asides that, they always flatter to deceive. Na so Sevilla do some years back and Girona last season.

Who remembers Cadiz wey beat Barca and Madrid few seasons ago and was atop the league for several weeks.

You really no rate ATM oo.

Atleast they're making laliga race tough.😁

jpmoriarti:
Olmo, I think. Dani Olmo is the most technically gifted player in the team, even ahead of Lamine Yamal.

Dani Olmo is a chance creation machine. Once he's carrying the ball going up, he's most likely to create a good goalscoring chance. He can also tuck them away if he gets a chance.

Bimmarlykay:
Thank God am not alone....i said "Olmo is Barca's most technical after yamal" and fans wanted to eat me raw saying Pedri,even using Fifa's card rating et al.

But i have been watching Pedri and Olmo i know what they can do(Flair,first touch,closs control, drilling, vision, receiving, passing).

Olmo is never shy to show you something new ,Pedri has it but at times will prefer playing it safe.

Bimmarlykay:
You really no rate ATM oo.

Atleast they're making laliga race tough.😁

jpmoriarti:
You have to understand that Pedri and Dani Olmo does different things for the team.

While one is a CM, who controlls, distribute and starts plays from the deep. A deep lying playmaker.

The other is an attacking midfielder, whose first instinct is to look for the final pass and find good goalscoring positions.

I love both of them for the different things they bring to the team. Not need to put them head to head

Colson:
Oga, there was no significant positional mistake by either defender. Sevilla has set up perfectly to beat the offside trap, they used their forward as a decoy (he stays offside ) and then a player runs into the space left by the 2 centre backs. Sometimes an offside trap can be beaten by good execution of the attacking team.

Bimmarlykay:
Between Olmo and Pedri who is more technical on their day?