EPT2016 - 2017 Football Thread - Page 100
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WillyWanker
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Pakistan10726 Posts
Neymar and Messi needed to put one of theirs away. 1 nil never safe. | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
Anyway, not like Barça really deserved to win that one. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
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Faruko
Chile34173 Posts
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Deleted User 26513
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Dante08
Singapore4179 Posts
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mAKiTO
Colombia4177 Posts
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Faruko
Chile34173 Posts
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
Aguero's challenge was so bad it was hilarious rather than shocking. But man, fernadinho looked like a real idiot. | ||
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BeaTeR
Kazakhstan4130 Posts
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
Btw what Aguero did wasn't a surprise at all, I was waiting the whole match for him to blow up like in 2013: ![[image loading]](http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/aguero-luiz.gif) | ||
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Sermokala
United States14162 Posts
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
One thing I'm sure is that Barça is the team that decides the outcome of these games against Real. First half, they play without their head (same as against City in the 2nd half or the game vs Real Sociedad) and try to be too vertical, missing tons of passes in areas they shouldn't. In the second half, the goal and Iniesta changed everything and you could see Real had no solution to score and could have received a few more goals easily. I think Luis Enrique's first year's team was much better because they still had Xavi for big games. Iniesta has since been the only one in the midfield with enough experience to slow things down when needed. I wonder what's going to happen when he retires because none of the other midfielders have this type of intelligence coupled with "weight" in the locker room. Maybe they could play with another more defensive midfielder and have Busquets play similarly to Xavi. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
On December 04 2016 10:27 WillyWanker wrote: Before this Clasico, I was somewhat "scared" that Real finally figured out how to play good football but it seems like it's not yet the case. Zidane is doing a good job imo, but he's not a pure "tactician". It looks a lot like Ancelotti's Real (he was his assistant so I guess it's not a coincidence). First half, I can't say for sure if Madrid was really playing that much better than Barça or if Modric wasn't just making it look like it by himself. One thing I'm sure is that Barça is the team that decides the outcome of these games against Real. First half, they play without their head (same as against City in the 2nd half or the game vs Real Sociedad) and try to be too vertical, missing tons of passes in areas they shouldn't. In the second half, the goal and Iniesta changed everything and you could see Real had no solution to score and could have received a few more goals easily. I think Luis Enrique's first year's team was much better because they still had Xavi for big games. Iniesta has since been the only one in the midfield with enough experience to slow things down when needed. I wonder what's going to happen when he retires because none of the other midfielders have this type of intelligence coupled with "weight" in the locker room. Maybe they could play with another more defensive midfielder and have Busquets play similarly to Xavi. You can hardly say that when Real was missing one of the top2 players (Kroos). 2nd half Barca obviously looked better because Real had to give them more space. Imo both Barca and Real are far away from their peaks currently. Real's average is just on a higher level atm. | ||
GTR
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
On December 04 2016 10:36 sharkie wrote: You can hardly say that when Real was missing one of the top2 players (Kroos). 2nd half Barca obviously looked better because Real had to give them more space. Imo both Barca and Real are far away from their peaks currently. Real's average is just on a higher level atm. Maybe. But Iniesta's presence in the first half would have changed a lot I think. I guess you're right about the average level comparison, but I think it's because Real's gameplan is easier to execute. They're the ones waiting behind. Then in the second half when they had to score, they didn't look good at all going forward. | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On December 04 2016 10:36 sharkie wrote: You can hardly say that when Real was missing one of the top2 players (Kroos). 2nd half Barca obviously looked better because Real had to give them more space. Imo both Barca and Real are far away from their peaks currently. Real's average is just on a higher level atm. Well they have been doing fine without him for some time now. I rather think Real was totally content with getting a draw against Barca in the away game. Especially with the lead in points they already have all they needed was that Barca does not win. There was no reason to risk more. | ||
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Dante08
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