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| Phil | May 2 2009, 09:22 PM Post #46 |
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YNWA
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Words cannot desrcibe how sorry i feel for Casillas |
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| elcule | May 2 2009, 09:22 PM Post #47 |
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Missed 3 absolute sitters, forced Eto'o to play on the right, was incredibly selfish, tried running too much when the pass was the better option. Good-ish performance, but for Messi, it was average. |
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| Homer | May 2 2009, 09:25 PM Post #48 |
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I am the King
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Revenge As Barcelona Become The Kings Of Spain Again Doubters defied, records rewritten and Madrid humiliated - Pep exacted the best form of revenge as Barca exorcised recent Clasico demons, Real Madrid were written off as contenders for the title as soon as Juande Ramos took charge, but as the wins began racking up, the most optimistic in the Spanish capital began counting down the points deficit minus three. That is to say that, the Clasico would be a guaranteed victory. Madrid would have to win, and so they would. That was the feeling in the capital, and best of all for the Blanco faithful, Barcelona had just been held - and outplayed, to a degree - by Valencia, before that demoralising draw with defensive Chelsea, while Madrid managed a stunning trademark comeback against Sevilla. This predetermined Clasico win would have put them to within just a point of Barcelona. And then, considering Barca's Champions League and Copa del Rey distractions, the reigning champions would, despite still being behind in the league table, have all the momentum and be in a 'best position', of sorts, to go on and win their third successive league title. Everybody was ready to consider the possibility of Barcelona losing the Clasico and consequently losing La Liga to Madrid. In fact, for the first time all year, Barcelona were seen by many as underdogs. But this game - like so many other blockbusters in Spain and all of Europe this season - completely caught the masses by surprise. Madrid opened up the game to Barcelona, and were the better side for the first 15 minutes. Barcelona certainly weren't expecting it, and the champions were decent enough value for their lead when Higuain headed home a Sergio Ramos cross. But that was all the time Barca needed to gauge the situation and proceed to play Madrid off the park. Many will criticise Juande Ramos and his side for continuing to be so open after taking the lead, despite the fact these same people will often have been the ones who whistled Madrid during their unattractive yet quite amazing undefeated streak. The Madrid coach has been in something of a no-win situation ever since taking the job, best illustrated by his offensive substitutions in the second half that only proceeded to pile on the misery and humiliation for his side when Barcelona continued to cut through them and bag goal after goal. Madrid had never before shipped six at the Bernabeu in a Clasico, and this winning margin was greater than the unforgettable, Ronaldinho-inspired 3-0 of 2006, not to mention Madrid's revenge, the 4-1, last season. This was in another realm entirely. It can be said that Madrid folded - and they did - but what rings just as true and remains far more important is that this is a Barcelona side better than the 3-0 Rijkaard side that went on to win the 2006 Champions League and La Liga double. It's no coincidence that this season, then, they remain in a strong position to surpass that and obtain a treble. It's not that they can't be beaten, or even that they can't be outplayed, but there is simply no greater attacking force in world football - none even close - and that no neutral would ever begrudge them their forthcoming success. That is as good a measure of a great team as you can ask for; whether Spanish or Catalan, defensive or attacking, Madrid or Barcelona, everyone knows that Barcelona play great football. For so long, on the points table, they have been matching each other - Madrid even faring slightly better - but head-to-head, where it mattered, the difference was so obvious, so undeniable. Madrid played with all behind the ball and Barca broke through twice at the death. Then Madrid came out to play and Barca walked six into the net. The fact Pep Guardiola came under fire after successive draws tells you everything you need to know about the standards he has set for himself in his first ever season coaching a first team. To add to his Hiddink eye for tactics, Mourinho sense of style and Capello love for discipline, he has today shown he has the motivational skills of Sir Alex Ferguson in there somewhere as well. The players and their quality, we know about already. But this is a game they could have drawn and still strolled to La Liga. There's Chelsea midweek. They didn't need to go all out, but they did. All the stars played, all the stars shone - an injured Henry and Clasico debutant Pique in particular - but while Juande Ramos essentially just lost his job in one corner, in the other stood the one and only undisputed man of this match, a man whose legacy just officially begun, and that is Pep Guardiola. Edited by Homer, May 2 2009, 09:26 PM.
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| Scholes | May 2 2009, 09:33 PM Post #49 |
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Nothing's as it seems
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Xavi and Iniesta were better than Messi tonight. |
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| Phil | May 2 2009, 09:34 PM Post #50 |
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Ramos was the best player on the pitch for much of the game imo
Edited by Phil, May 2 2009, 09:34 PM.
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