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On May 04 2014 05:38 Micro_Jackson wrote:Show nested quote +On May 04 2014 04:22 Rebs wrote:On May 03 2014 06:50 Micro_Jackson wrote:
That looks weird.
You could add that to the discussion if its the right thing that Guardiola defends corners in a zone coverage. I think playing pure zone the way he does is a terrible idea in general, unless you play a split zone with marking dangermen I couldn´t find numbers on this but from just watching it defending corners is a thing that improved under Guardiola. Honestly the only goal that i can remember was the 1:0 against real, which was so perfectly executed that the defensive system didn´t matter. I think the reason Pep plays it is that you can do it consistantly with every lineup. If he plays with Mandzukic, Dante, Boateng and Martinez you could defend men to men but with "small ball" with only one or two of them you couldn´t. So a zone coverage needs less time to practice.
Yeah well the rest of his lineup are no mugs, with the exception of long there are no "small" players in Madrid.
Not like the average height of his team is 5'6. And still, you have to mark danger men regardless. 11 a side games dont need pure zonal play. It makes no sense there are to many variables.
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Netherlands13554 Posts
Dutch referee Björn Kuipers is appointed for the CL final! Good stuff 
Great referee.
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And Felix Brych will be the Referee of the Europa League Final...
Benfica must have pissed Uefa when we won vs Juventus.
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What's wrong with Felix Brych? He refereed Barca-Chelsea where UEFA's beloved Barca (in conspiracy theorist's heads) was knocked out.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
I like Felix as a referee but he isn't the best for me. Howard Webb still the best referee in Europe for me.
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Brych has quite a lot of international experience and is rather young. There are no major mistakes of his that come to my mind and I don't remember reading anything about him. That's usually a very good sign for a ref 
Agreed tho, Webb is awesome.
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I'll wait to see I hope he doesn't have any impact in the game
And for me Howard Webb is also the best referee in Europe.
After Howard i would rate Pedro Proença as the 2nd best. Although i hate him with all my heart, he's a great referee when he's not refereeing Benfica.
And my phrase about Uefa was more about the fact that Uefa didn't depenalise Markovic (that got a red card for doing next to nothing), than about the ref. I don't know felix that well. I hope he's good
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Netherlands13554 Posts
I like Proença and Kuipers more than Webb (last one is bias though).
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Since it's only one week away..
Poll: Who is the favourite to win the Europa League 2014?Benfica (10) 56% Sevilla? (8) 44% 18 total votes Your vote: Who is the favourite to win the Europa League 2014? (Vote): Benfica
(Vote): Sevilla?
Go benfica.. brake that curse! :D
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Obviously I think that Benfica will win. Although we don't have 4 of our usual starters. (Fejsa, Salvio, Markovic and Enzo) Sulejmani is with physical problems also, I hope he's already fine by next week.
Benfica will probably start with the following starting XI:
Oblak, Siqueira, Luisão, Garay, Maxi Pereira, Ruben Amorim, André Gomes, Gaitan, Sulejmani (or Ivan Cavaleiro in case Sulejmani can't start), Lima and Rodrigo.
Sevilla XI will probably look like this:
Beto, Coke, Pareja, Fazio, Navarro; Carriço, M'bia; Reyes, Rakitic, Vitolo; Bacca.
They also have Kevin Gameiro and Marin that can fit in the starting eleven.
With that said, i Think that Benfica will win 2-0, because Oblak just don't let goals in. That's not his thing.
it's the 10th European final for Benfica and we only won 2 (the first 2).
So now that we have the Bella Gutman statue with us, I think we will break the curse and we'll finally win!
Carrega Benfica!!!
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Netherlands13554 Posts
Benfica should be favorites but no-one can expect what Rakitic will pull out of his hat.
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On May 07 2014 19:47 Mandalor wrote:Brych has quite a lot of international experience and is rather young. There are no major mistakes of his that come to my mind and I don't remember reading anything about him. That's usually a very good sign for a ref Agreed tho, Webb is awesome.
Did you hear about the phantom goal in Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim? : )
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On May 07 2014 23:15 smr wrote:Show nested quote +On May 07 2014 19:47 Mandalor wrote:Brych has quite a lot of international experience and is rather young. There are no major mistakes of his that come to my mind and I don't remember reading anything about him. That's usually a very good sign for a ref Agreed tho, Webb is awesome. Did you hear about the phantom goal in Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim? : )
To be fair that's the linesman's mistake and not the ref's, but yeah I totally forgot about that :D
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Benfica calmly won the League Cup. Championship and League cup down, 2 more finals to go.
A lot of talk about the Guttmann curse, but this might actually be the only finals where Benfica is the favourite to win.
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Hoping for a quadruble double!
para a frente Jorge!
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Portugal1676 Posts
On May 07 2014 22:38 bObaZ wrote:
Obviously I think that Benfica will win. Although we don't have 4 of our usual starters. (Fejsa, Salvio, Markovic and Enzo) Sulejmani is with physical problems also, I hope he's already fine by next week.
Benfica will probably start with the following starting XI:
Oblak, Siqueira, Luisão, Garay, Maxi Pereira, Ruben Amorim, André Gomes, Gaitan, Sulejmani (or Ivan Cavaleiro in case Sulejmani can't start), Lima and Rodrigo.
Sevilla XI will probably look like this:
Beto, Coke, Pareja, Fazio, Navarro; Carriço, M'bia; Reyes, Rakitic, Vitolo; Bacca.
They also have Kevin Gameiro and Marin that can fit in the starting eleven.
With that said, i Think that Benfica will win 2-0, because Oblak just don't let goals in. That's not his thing.
it's the 10th European final for Benfica and we only won 2 (the first 2).
So now that we have the Bella Gutman statue with us, I think we will break the curse and we'll finally win!
Carrega Benfica!!!
I'm scared as hell of a Ruben Amorim/André Gomes midfield on a Europa League final.
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Hmmm, I'm kinda rooting for benfica but I want Rocketic to win as well, Q_Q.
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i don't care who wins, just hope it's a nice game
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