On February 19 2014 06:31 Pantagruel wrote:
City playing surprisingly well with 10 though, I have to say. If it stays 1-0 I still give City a shot to win this tie... As I was saying that lol...

lol. If only they had played this well with 11 I wouldn't have wasted 1,5 hour of my life xD But that's sport I guess, you get the good with the bad.

Congratulations Barca fans! Was only 1 team that deserved to win tonight and that was Barcelona.

On February 19 2014 06:37 Steveling wrote:
This barca is awesome.
And to think messi didn't even produce one highlight move, xD.

I keep telling you guys, Tata's barca is not even close to the fiasco Tito's was.

You can't really blame Tito for how the team fell apart last year. They looked sublime when he was actually coaching/managing.

clusen

Germany8702 Posts

February 18 2014 21:35 GMT

#1934

On February 19 2014 06:34 Akka wrote:
Yeah funny how both teams playing away won the game.

Only one had an opponent tho :p

City did well until the red card imo, sadly Barca scored a second goal so the second leg will be boring

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

February 18 2014 21:37 GMT

#1935

This barca is awesome.
And to think messi didn't even produce one highlight move, xD.

I keep telling you guys, Tata's barca is not even close to the fiasco Tito's was.

sharkie

Austria18635 Posts

February 18 2014 21:38 GMT

#1936

thats not hard, Tito Barca was horrible
But last year barca fans tried to tell me how good tito is =)

RvB

Netherlands6273 Posts

February 18 2014 21:39 GMT

#1937

Winning the league and reaching the semi finals of the CL is called a fiasco. Goes to show what incredible expectations we have from them.

mavignon

France369 Posts

February 18 2014 21:39 GMT

#1938

Bayer "0-4" Leverkusen

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

February 18 2014 21:40 GMT

#1939

Did we see the same game?
Man. City respected Barça too much, it was City's game to win tonight... You don't go to the Nou Camp with a 0-0...
Barça passed the ball a lot better than recently, but they still didn't create any chance. After the red card, they tried 5 minutes and then conceded attempts that they shouldn't 11v10. Thank god Alves scored, which is funny because he should have been sent off with all the fouls he commited :p

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

February 18 2014 21:42 GMT

#1940

I thought it was a pretty good match. I'm not sure either if the foul was committed in the box, but it was hard to see anyway for the ref. I do think they should change the rule though. I like the idea of no red card because yeah the player gets denied a goal scoring opportunity, but it's given back with the penalty. Anyway, I think if Demichelis didn't foul Messi, it would've been 0-1 anyway. 1 on 1 he doesn't miss those chances, or at least, he scores them as often as he would score a penalty, so like 90% goal anyway.

Other than that, City played well I think but they should've just played with their normal gameplan from the start. They're playing at home, you're used to attacking, so I have no idea why Pellegrini chose to play with a more conservative gameplan. You should always stick to what you're used to imo.

The red card mattered for sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if the end result would've been the same. 0-1 down with a match coming up in Camp Nou, they'd be attacking with the same ferocity to get at least a draw, so the space would've been about the same. Given that it should be 0-3 now (with the wrongly disallowed goal, that was definitely not offside) I think Barça could've scored one more anyway. They even had some more 100% chances than just the ones they scored. City looked good in the last 5 minutes because they were playing all or nothing, and it cost them a second goal (granted that it was a good goal by Alves). Valdez also made some killer saves at the end.

Anyway, back to the tele to watch highlights from the other matches