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honeric01:
Not Mascherano's fault per say, it's that of the coach for playing him in the heart of defence instead of playing him as a 4, we have seen him Excell as a 4 than a 5 or 6, best bet would have been alves, pique, Matthieu and Alba with xavi, Mascherano and rakitic in the midfield, this would have stabilized the game.

Iniesta would have been used as a sub for xavi.

Sucks!

Bro, it's just as if you saw my formation on paper. It would have worked for our good, but the coach decided to spoil the day by playing Mathieu and Masch out of position while putting Alba and Rakitic on the bench and played an unfit Busi. So painful!

dmcdad:
Suarez didn't have a bad game... How many times did ball get to him? They closed him down real tight. Besides, he gave an assist (to Neymar) and would have been 2 if Messi had converted his.

And would have been 3 had Neymar headed in.

dmcdad:
Can you please tell me Mascherano's fault?

I wonder ooooo.

ddippset:
face it, real madrid is a better and fitter team than barca now! iniesta, xavi and busi are tired. i mean their legs are tired, those legs have played too much tiki taka, have held on to too much possession. do we need fresh legs in midfield like rakitic, reus, etc etc. i dont know!

I was expecting a midfield of Masch, Xavi and Rakitic, while iniesta plays upfront. I had already lost hope when I saw busi as DM really. Even when fit, he's not been the player we used to know let alone when just coming back from injury. Since Bale was not playing, I see no reason why Alba should not play with Matheu in his position. I was seriously anxious to see pique taken off for Alba, he almost gave away another goal. I just think the coach decided to play name over fitness and he has paid for it.

mcdreeezy:
Well, the thing is we won't always play the way we played today. There are times when we will perform greatly, that's why I highlighted the above. There are games where we will put up a fine display, so let's not conclude that we can't win the league.

The team know they played poorly and will want to improve.

Well well! Only if the coach would learn.

honeric01:
Lost the midfield, lost the game, Iniesta was a minus one from the start, Mascherano in the heart of defence another error.

And what was Busquets doing as well in the mildfield?

mcdreeezy:
Hehe after all the noise about clasico and Suarez. I'm a Barca fan oh but I must say this, Barca fans should stop makin noise, I certainly didn't make noise about how we'll beat madrid today.

The team played poorly today, we've failed our two big tests. Hmm....

However, this doesn't decide who will the league tho, jux sayin

Bro, as for me, we can't win the league based on what I saw today. The coach decided to play name over fitness and he must be ready to bear the brunt. I wonder why Pique would play 90min and unfit Busi playing the whole match. Well, he has shown us what to expect in the season.

coded01:
Why pedro?


In is well...

And why Busquets?

Mcleo007:
This coach is not tactical at all, just noise. What could be his decision to play Mathieu at LB and Xavi in place of Rakitic? Xavi lacks the energy and pace to cope with a fast playing team like Madrid.. This is a game I expect us to win and control the ball better, but we've hardly linked up any decent play so far. Suarez has seen very little of the ball and that is coming from an opposition playing with 2 CMF.

We're likely to lose this game as Madrid are way better than us. They have the midfield.

And Pique3? I've always shown him sympathy and defended him, but from this moment, that clown should never done a barca jersey.

My sub-Pique out and Alba in for Matheu to go back to his position. Rakitic comes in for Xavi.

If I were the coach, Pique will not even get back to the bench let alone the pitch. He single handedly gave CR7 a cheap goal and ended Bravo's clean sheet.

bykebyke:
Pique sef eh

And finally pique did it.

I repeat, this ref!

It seems this ref wanna spoil this match.

homesteady:
'it can't be'! Rafina is just recovering from injury!

Better ooooo

bykebyke:
Is Enrique high on weed?

Bravo

Danialves mascherno Mathieu alba

Raktic sergio inestia

Rafinha messi neymar

Rafinha? He must be really high then.

scantee:
Omo I could not sleep oooo. the only time I manage sleep small I found myself taking pics with Messi and Iniesta, after which I was having a discussion about the match with messi, he told me he would love me to partner with him up front instead of Pedro.....

as the match is about to kick off my phone rang " Gush I woke up just to behold Aitel calling around 2:17am just to advertise their useless products.

any how with the excitement I saw in messi he is really ready for this match. so guyz shit back and relax we are winning today.

forza FCB

You too dreamt Rotf lmao.

ddippset:
lol, who is his brother?

His brother Pique! They both enjoy running forward with no ability to run back to cover their positions.

ddippset:
yeah i know. but seriously i dont know what it is with introducing a star player from the bench on his debut. it makes no sense. they claim they dont want to rush them in but for goodness sake the guy has waited for at least 12 games to make this debut, and you are going to waste 70 minutes of his impact just based on some stup1d ideology which makes little or no sense? if we were playing almeria or rayo, ok. play him from 85 minutes if you like, but real madrid? makes no sense not starting him.

Bro I feel your pain. I also would be glad to have him in the starting line up. But I also think he will be better introduced than substituted.

dmcdad:
And you think it won't backfire? Playing Mathieu from his weaker foot just to contain Ronaldo? I would say that would mean shooting ourselves on the foot.

Ohhh that's true! I just wish and hope Alves and his brother will compose themselves as I wouldn't want any cheap and avoidable goals at all.

ddippset:
the most anticipated and most unpredictable classico in recent times. the only thing predictable about tomorrow's bout is that ronaldo will fall down in the box.

Hehehehehehe. He will fall and cry to the ref. I just wish the ref will have a good day!

dmcdad:
I agree with this... Except that Mathieu plays 6 and not 5 and so cannot support Alves in marking CR7. That would be Pique's job to support Alves as they play side-by-side.

Yes you are right. But, since I don't trust Pique's ability to handle CR7, I would simply swap the role for Matheus.

ELYMAXiimus:
pls how did you quote what he put in "quote"?

I also tried it too ooo. The quote just said everything about the greatest match in the world!

ddippset:
2 options: 1.if busquets is not fit, mascherano comes in. 2.mascherano replaces pique at the back. obviously masch is in better form than the duo but iam putting pique and busquets over mascherano for tactical reasons.

If I could have my way bro, I would play Masch infront of Alves, Mathieu, Pique and Alba. Bale is out so I am ok with Alba on the left. Matheiu supports Alves to curtail CR7. I am yet to be pleased with Busi's performance this season as he loses possession at will, i'll play Masch in the DM role to accommodate no nonsense in the mildfield. I see the match as a battle of the midfield where Modric, Kross and James will want to show their skills, I will play their baba (Xavi) to keep them off and play Rakitic to pair him. Since Suarez is not a sure bet to start, I'll play Iniesta behind Messi and Neymar to pull the string while Messi and Ney do the damage. Suarez then comes in later to avenge himself of all the missed period on the pitch.

ddippset:
give me this line up-
alvez, pique, bartra, mathieus.
rakitic, busquets, iniesta.
suarez, messi, neymar.

we will prevail by 3-1.

Where is masherano?

bykebyke:
PlayStation what?

Lol... you needed to see how desperate he was to score. he would have gotten the second ha he not taken off.

logica:
Messi can give Ronaldo 30 goals ahead. By the time Ronaldo has hung his boots, Messi will still have at least 5 years to give. Ronaldo is 2 years older, but Messi will retire much later because he is not only an excellent striker; he is ALSO an excellent play maker. He could easily move into the midfield role where his pace is not much of a requirement (which he has actually been doing these days). Ronaldo can never be a play maker even in 10 lifetimes. Once he can no longer run as fast, it's curtains.

Spot on!

ELYMAXiimus:
messi will never hold a grudge against the coach.
He's too humble for that...

Nd how many goals does ronaldo have?

Ronaldo is now a goal away from the record and I can bet he'll still score.

ddippset:
the coach is trying hard to pull his weight, problem is, he's trying too hard. he must keep messi happy. subbing him in 65 minutes is inconsiderate, messi is chasing a record. messi needs rest though. minute 77 would have been ideal!

Messi might not forgive Lucho if the record is broken tonight by some else. Although he had enough chances last night but couldn't just take them well.

coded01:
Roma is a disgrace to modern day football...


5-0 @ home still 1st half...

As in en.

Pedro why

ddippset:
burying your head in the sands like the proverbial ostrich as usual! you conveniently forget the biggest ballon dor scandal in history! giving ronaldo the sympathy votes after a scandalous extention by 2 weeks and a 70, 000 masks for ronaldo at the bernabeau, when the whole world knew ronaldo was being spanked! coercing the coach of quartar to vote for ronaldo! iniesta and spain won it all in 2010 but usb and co. wanted sneider, why , because iniesta is barca! and then ribery and bayern won it all in 2013, and then again ronaldo deserved it! lol, hypos! even after 2 weeks extention, he beat messi by less than 5 % of votes cast. lol.

Only God knows what would have happened had reverse been the case. And all they could say to butress their point was that CR7 qualified his country for world cup as if the rest countries got there without playing a match.

bykebyke:
Lmao

This is wicked! Why would they just leave like that nau.