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Mcleo007:
Barcelona are not been favoured by anybody, organisation or committee. Why teams normally get red card against Barcelona is simply because of their pattern of play. For instance in La Liga; Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla are teams that presses high and play physical football which doesn't suit Barca. . When these teams or any other team that has those similar attributes play against Barcelona, there chances of getting red card are always high. Barcelona philosophy lies on possession. They are a team that enjoys having the ball always more than there opponents. That is why Barcelona will always have a ball possession of 55% to 75% in every match they play, not minding the team they are playing against. . So whenever Barcelona enjoys having the ball and passes it around, other teams are been fraustrated especially those who play physical football most especially Atletico Madrid. They are been put under unnecessary pressure and they mark or tackle anyhow in other to collect the ball thereby leading them to commiting fouls and been booked. . They way people talk about these issue is really really digusting. People thinks Barcelona are been favoured, but thats not the truth. Players like Busquets, Neymar and Suarez can commit you with any slightest foul you commit against them. Thats how they play their own football. Is not about the Referee or any type of favouritism. Barcelona phisolophy simply puts teams in danger of getting a red card and thats how it will continue to be. NO FAVOURITISM!!!

The same happened with the Guardiola era. Lol. When Barcelona became unstoppable (losing once or twice a year) Madridiots pulled the "Uefalona" card. Lol. You can keep on thinking up names and Barca will keep on thinking on how to fit their next few trophees in their cabinet.

Well said bro.
In addition, the clasico was always a match to look forward to until Mourinho came and took it to another level of hatred. The only way he could win Barca then was to play dirty and eventually blame the loss on red card. Anceloti brought sanity and clasico was again nice to watch. He won the clasico without playing dirty and getting his players sent off.
The same way Simeone has instructed his players to play dirty against Barca. The league match was a clear indication that they were ready to kill just to win. Many teams have won us without resorting to brutal tackles, I wonder why they couldn't tow same lane only for some dudes to cry foul when players are sent off for a deserved offence.

BarcaBlood:
U'll knw wen haters are talking. U can't actually expect him 2 like barca in any way. We denied his team 2 ucls. 2 oh not 1

I don't agree sir. There are so many like him who have been wounded over time by Barca who are still calling a spade a spade and not just a mere working tool. Even cable, our staunch enemy would never do that.

ollah1:
You dey mind the two faced biatch. They actually want players to be pardoned for their offences even if its grievous. Some people are just pathetic. The poster you quoted analysed the incident without bias but some nitwits will claim they don't hate Barca cos they commended some couple of their players.

When we lost to Madrid, so many epl fans rushed here to troll. Yes, it was accepted by me because they have been praying for such an opportunity for long. No one saw it coming, we were all carried away by the beautiful results the team has been getting. But, the loss brought us all back to reality and the trolls reminded us that nothing is won until all is won.
Many of them didn't come here to shout ojoro, because there's still some that would never allow sentiments to be cloud their sense of judgement. One of them is the poster I quoted.
You can always hate, but, when you allow hatred to dictate to you, to the point of claiming Ramos and Tores should have stayed on the pitch for 90 mins,then its something else.

When Chelsea lost to Barca in a match where a Chelsea player was sent off for a foul on Messi, Mourinho lamented that Barca could never defeat any complete Epl team in a bid to get sympathisers to himself. I can't count how many times Epl teams have been raped even with complete squad.
He went to Italy and won the UCL albeit defeating Chelsea in a controversial way, all his epl supporters kept mute and instead praised his heroics.
He was then hired by Madrid to continue his good work, after being totally destroyed in the league with his squad intact in numbers, he quickly deployed the dirtiest way of playing Barca. He invented 'operation break their legs'. His player was sent off and his team lost in the UCL game, he was quick to tag the loss on Uefa, Unicef, Fifa conspiracy and immediately won the sympathy of his Epl followers. Hence, 'Uefalona'
Barca have won several games in the UCL against a team that play football. There has been calm everywhere since Barca have not been playing against a Mourinho team. Arsenal, City, Man U, PSG, Juve, Madrid and co have all suffered in the hands of Barca even with their complete squads severally.
Diego Simeone has now decided to deploy Mou's approach by instructing his team to play dirty as that's the only way he thinks they could stop Barca. The players are sent off due to wreck less tackles and suddenly the name uefalona has resurfaced. We didn't play such teams in the UCL last season, and we won the UCL without any shout of ojoro.
The question now is: should the refs drop their cards when coming to officiate a Barca match? Should they always pardon all offences against Barca players no matter how brutal they are?
Two Athletico players got red card in the last league match when Barca were winning, haters never questioned their reckless play but were swift to ask why Barca couldn't score more than two goals against a 9 man team, all because they always expect us to win big.
They lost a man in the UCL when leading, and it's Barca that's doing ojoro because refs should always overlook any brutal foul against Barca because the players are super human and are immune to injury.
Some cules here were quick to point out the ref error that favoured Barca in a game against Villareal, some even asked questions why Bale's goal was disallowed in the clasico, that's objectivity.
But, when you are quick to label Barca uefalona because of an offence so glaring from Ramos and Tores(an offence they claimed responsibility for), you should not be angry when you are called whatever names, just because that's the highest degree of hypocrisy.

Nihilist:
Toress was infinitely foolish yesterday.

The Neymar foul was stuppidd, he then followed up by barging Rakitic which the ref ignored, then finally that daft tackle on Busquets wey no dey hesistate to go to ground if you even breathe on him, let alone assault him with such reckless abandon.

I felt like slapping the f00l. I still do.

I have tried to remain silent and just be reading some ridiculous comments here on how Barça are always helped by refs when they do their job of giving out cards to deserved offenders, but, this your post wouldn't just allow me.
I must confess you are a real football fan who sees games and analyse without sentiments.
To those boiling and raking on what's not, are we saying refs should not come to the field with cards in a game involving Barca? Are we saying any offender should be parted at the back because he's playing against Barca? Are we sayind Ramos, Tores should have been pardoned for obvious offence all because it was a game against Barca? Why would someone not be termed as 'hating' when he still opens his mouth to call Barca names for Tores getting a red card for an offence he himself has apologised for? SMH for some people really!

Luis Enrique 7-0 Simeone:

FCB 3-1 ATM
FCB 1-0 ATM
ATM 2-3 FCB
ATM 0-1 FCB
ATM 1-2 FCB
FCB 2-1 ATM
FCB 2-1 ATM

Suarez has now scored 45 goals in 45 matches. What a nice stat even though he could have score over 60.

Well done to the boys for a job well done.

chic2pimp:
UEFALONA AT IT AGAIN!.........Uefa might as well just do us all a favour hand the trophy over to Barca. Why prolong it really

And we will gladly collect it. After all, that's what we have been working hard for.

coded01:
One thing I noticed with comments flying around... No one is acknowledging Rakitic's impact in keeping Ronaldo quiet...

Immediately he was subbed off... Dani Alves was completely exposed for what he is...

I don't blame Turan...His inclusion was to booster our attack n as usual there was 1 or 2 times Dani Alves had clear opportunity of creating a fast counter attack pass to Turan but he chosed to pass sideways or backward...

After all they are humans... --- Treble loading...

You must have not seen this

sebod:
The foul on Messi was not a penalty as it happened very close to the edge.
I don't think our defenders relaxed in the last 20 mins too. The removal of Rakitic piled more pressure on them. Rakitic was responsible for shutting down Modric in the middle. He never allowed his fellow countryman have any impact on the game while still supporting Alves on the flank to silent CR7. That allowed Busi to do his work well and gave balance to the midfield. He was already on a yellow card and the coach removed him for Arda. Arda was probably carried away by the awe of playing his 1st clasico as he was no where to be found. That gave room for Modric to stamp his authority and took control of the midfield. Iniesta too was already worn out which left Busi to be exposed against Madrid mid fielders which in return increased the pressure on our defence. Marcelo and CR7 were let lose on the flank while Modric and Kroos had their time through the middle. Zidane introduced a sharp Jesse and our defence couldn't handle the pressure. Hence, the collapse.

Rakitic ensured both Modric and CR7 had a quiet game while he was on the pitch. Arda should have come in for Iniesta while Messi should have engaged Marcelo from the flank. E don happen sha, after all, they are human as you have rightly said.
Athletico will pay dearly for the loss.

Ikennablue:
hmm...bro this your analysis was very helpful, I hope we win our match against atletico Madrid, or do u see any reason why atletico will b a hard nut??

Athletico would approach the match hoping to get something positive to take back home. But, I am sure our team is already recharged enough to do the damage. We are likely gonna kill the game in the 1st leg.

Mcleo007:
While I agree with you on the points listed, the formation by Lucho didn't help neither. He deployed god-Messi as the pin point man in a diamond 4-4-2 formation. He played Neymar Jnr and L. Suarez as a twin strike combo with no clear objectives as against having god-Messi play along them upfront. Marcelo had a field day, as there was nobody to keep him quiet on the right flank. He was Madrid's most dangerous player on the night.

Messi playing through the middle also did not help matters. I thought Marcelo would have his hands full combating Messi, but he was free to do his things while Messi was facing serious tackles from Casemiro, Ramos and Pepe. Arda could not offer anything close to what Rakitic did which left the defence badly exposed.

Ikennablue:
that match self, I've been wondering why that ref refused that obvious penalty, why Suarez missed that simple goal, and why our defenders suddenly relaxed during the last 20mins

The foul on Messi was not a penalty as it happened very close to the edge.
I don't think our defenders relaxed in the last 20 mins too. The removal of Rakitic piled more pressure on them. Rakitic was responsible for shutting down Modric in the middle. He never allowed his fellow countryman have any impact on the game while still supporting Alves on the flank to silent CR7. That allowed Busi to do his work well and gave balance to the midfield. He was already on a yellow card and the coach removed him for Arda. Arda was probably carried away by the awe of playing his 1st clasico as he was no where to be found. That gave room for Modric to stamp his authority and took control of the midfield. Iniesta too was already worn out which left Busi to be exposed against Madrid mid fielders which in return increased the pressure on our defence. Marcelo and CR7 were let lose on the flank while Modric and Kroos had their time through the middle. Zidane introduced a sharp Jesse and our defence couldn't handle the pressure. Hence, the collapse.

usbcable:
u don dey run ur mouth again.
i don warn you sha.

ATM win loading. ...

Forget that one jere. Na them go bear the brunt of our loss to you guys.

gustav25:
I no sabi say people sabi me wellaa ooo....yesterday my phone was a mini call center ....calls flying in from different angles ......the match pain me seriously .

you can come here and do all you want but I d wait make season end and Madrid wins nothing....I go destroy una thread .

for the EPL fans especially arsenal ,may no far

Threatening Arsenal fans is not fare bro, they are already used to going trophy-less.

bykebyke:
You deh mind them.

Thank God say your guy Mathieu no play, na the guy for bear all the blames from you.

nonsoroyalty:
you don't even need to say that twice, i might criticise them but i'll always get behind the team,



still wondering why suarez sometime miss easy tap ins, but scores overhead bicycle kicks for fun.
Inconsequential or not the match piss me off, we might still be seven points above but this is how a little fire turns into a large one. We might have won the league but i just hope we don't use this approach in the ucl or copa final AGAIN. NO TEAM IS TOO SMALL NOT EVEN BENE-F*CKING-FICA.

The emboldened is my utmost concern!

bykebyke:
Lailai..It wouldn't have been the same..all of a sudden,strange strange enemies started calling/sending me messages because we lost..na wa o.

Na same with me oooo. I come dey wonder if losing has been taken out of Barca dictionary ehn

SIRcumalot:
why do you think that saying would apply in this case .
also don't flatter yourself,
same would have happened if it was Bayern Munich,at least here on NL.

Barca's case is always different sir.
I have some friends on my contacts, they will only say hi when Barca lose a match. The last time I heard from them was the day we lost to Sevilla and guess what? Most of them are Arsenal fans

Success, they say always attracts many friends, but reverse is the case for Barcelona. Our successes over the years have earned us many enemies and haters all over. Where I saw the match, the whole place scattered immediately madrid equalised. I quickly made a mental note of the centre and discovered that all the guys hailing and Madrid were:
30% Chelsea fans, 47% Man U fans, 20% Arsenal fans, 1% Madrid fans and 2% follow follow. Funny enough, it's almost same on Nairaland.
And I concluded by imagining the havoc Barca have wrecked on these fans and their respective clubs over the years. It's not easy being the best club in the world with the best set of players they can always dream of.
We lost to Madrid and the rest of the world would pay dearly for it, because we are starting another unbeaten run that would run till next season. We are coming back stronger and better, we are Barca!

bykebyke:
Casemiro na player gan.

So true true we lose?..I think say na nightmare.

Sorry bro, we lost. It's even good we lost, that means we are starting another unbeaten run that will span till next season. And you know what that means?

stuff46:
I sha no like Wetin that man do yesterday. I expected S. Roberto for even Rakitic not Turan. I still dOnt trust that guy.

Mashe was so anonymous that I thought his jersey number de heavy am on a night that de celebrate hiatus number.

Which Masch are you referring to here? Abi u don forget hin jersey number ni?

Johnpaul88:
Give these guyz a break. They travelled thousands of kilometers to arrive in Barcelona on Thursday evening for this match. They only participated in only one training session. It's obvious they weren't properly rested and also the inevitable jet lag. I'm sure that against another opposition, Enrique would've benched at least two of them. We hope they physical conditions would've improved by tuesday against Atletico.

I have already blamed the lacklustre performance on fatigue bro. And, as a matter of fact, Suarez should improve on his goal scoring ability. It's increasingly disturbing how he misses the simplest of chances only to score a cracker to appease us. He messed up for missing a clear seater honestly.

SIRcumalot:
I know this is a Barca thread but marcelo and Bale should be the name out of all non Barca fans,those two guys played very well.
add casemiro to that list as well.

Marcelo and Casemiero were the main deal. Pepe too was solid with all his antics.

usbcable:
I pray MSN fails woefully on both legs.
RCCG camp loading
prayer point thingz
lulz

MSN don't fail twice bro! I am sorry, you would be disappointed this time

Awesome01:
Win or Lose - Treble still on course

Treble still on course, yes. But, we have to be careful. It's obvious fatigue is setting in and how we manage and respond to it really matters. Our boys seem to loose focus in the second half these days and it must be addressed. A shabby performance like this could be costly in the UCL where little details really matter.
The boys must come back stronger to keep the dream alive.

nonsoroyalty:
Don't even know what to say neymar played total poo, tbh our attackers cost us this game, fair play to CR7 doesn't matter if he was silent at least he got the winning goal thats all that matters.

We were disappointed by the trusted MSN for probably the 1st time. They really failed to deliver. Let's just hope they show up against Athletico on Tuesday.

sinizia:
This is what you don't get - a player can be tightly marked and yet have a game-changing moment and make the headlines. I never said Messi didn't do all those things you listed but the fact remains on EVERY site CR7 will be rated above Messi and rightly so coz Suarez and Neymar couldn't make use of the balls he gave them. Which El Clàsico match is CR7 not marked tightly? He's marked tightly, yet he made intelligent runs, defended well too, hit the crossbar and even scored a goal. All these surpasses what Messi did coz Suarez and Neymar lay to waste all his efforts. Ronaldo came out tops over Messi in this match. If you wanna prove me wrong show me 2 CREDIBLE SITES that rated Messi over CR7. I'm waiting.

No site would rate Messi over CR7 in that match. I wouldn't even do either. Ronaldo grasped the headline for that beautiful goal. MSN flopped big time.

Kudos to Madrid for a well deserved win. Zidane and his boys approached the match with more determination, passion and idea than our team.
BBC won them the game while our MSN failed to impress. Suarez never did anything right all night save the sending off of Ramos, Neymar had a game to forget and Messi was silenced by the combined efforts of Madrid midfield and defence.
- Messi was denied a clear foul at the edge of the box.
- Ramos should have been sent off even before he was finally shown red.
- I still don't understand why Bale's goal was disallowed.
All in all, the loss should serve as a wake up call to the team, nothing is won yet and care must be taken to avoid any upset.
Busquest was my best player till Rakitic was removed. Alba, Masch and Pique also had a decent game
Zidane got his tactics right and must be praised for a job well done.

It's nice seeing Rafinha back on the bench. Let's go guys!

homesteady:
Lmaoooooooooooo
It is not April-fool, I saw it on one site that was predicting the lineups for the game!
I've been quite very busy, so maybe I thought I missed the news!
Shey na lie?

If na play, make una stop am oooo. The last time I checked, the don was hale and hearty.

homesteady:
So Iniesta is injured? how come no one mentioned it here?

You wan April-fool us abi? That one no go work oooooo. Iniesta is finalising with the MSN how to finally lay Madrid to rest come tomorrow.

Happy new month to all Barca fans here. May the month of April bring good tidings to us all and our good club.
May we start the month joyfully by annihilation Madrid tomorrow and kill off their neighbour come next week on our way to winning another treble.

Debroslink:
I laugh anytime cules say Alba has speed. Bellerin that was faster than him could not catch Neymar on the build up to our 1st goal @ Emirates. The gap Neymar gave Bellerin was getting wider till he passed the ball to Messi.

We are talking of speed off ball. Neymar na person? E get any player Ney no fit run pass with the ball?