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Arsenal -v- Barca, Champions league Q/Final 1st leg
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Pepe LeFrits wrote: »Dunno cson, we had a stonewall penalty that stonewall wasn't... er...
Tonight was just one of those games where I was glad I had a selection of tasty beers so that I could just sit back, relax and enjoy the spectacle. Once the euphoria of the comeback dies down people will realise that our season is probably over now.
Our season ended where it usually ends; in that ****ing pixie hole that is St Andrews :P
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Our season ended where it usually ends; in that ****ing pixie hole that is St Andrews :P
where i predicted it would!
and got slated on here for it too!
(sorry, i know its petty, but i really did get slated for saying it)
id agree with pep, the season looks lost now for ye, so many injuries in terms of the league, and then Barca have a big advantage for the second leg in europe
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Rofl, you've been consistently talking absolute sh*t for the past few months Headshot.so do people still think barca have a good defence and goal keeper ?jebus frisbee you have a serious crush on barca, defending ibra and now this, for shame man
I think their defence is well dodgy and the crap about best defence in league and europe is because they keep the ball, once you actually drive at their defence its a different story altogether
Valdes seems to always have a **** up once in a while.
I hate the crap about pique being a WC defender too, good defender but not WC at all
You sound like a hater. You wait for mistakes to be made and then pounce by pointing them out. Barcelona have the best defense in La Liga and the Champions League. The way they achieve this stat is completely irrelevant. If a team has 70% possession a game, it would be utterly retarded to not incorporate that into their defensive strategy.
They minimise their chances of conceding a goal by holding onto the ball, and pressing from the front. That means they can afford to push their fullbacks up, or course sometimes they'll get caught out once in a while by an attack. Arsenal have an attack capable of beating any team in world football.
Valdes is also one of the best keepers in the world, he seems to have this reputation because of his earlier career, but he has made no more mistakes than VDS, Reina, or Casillas in the past 3 seasons.
They have lost one game domestically and one game in the CL, that stat wouldn't exist if Barca didn't possess a good goalkeeper or defence - and thats a FHACT.bound to score after all the misses
give me eto'o any day of the week
I watch ibra but im sorry he just doesnt do it for me, like flah said you either hate or love the guy
I dont understand the love but I dont understand alot of things :pac:
ROFL! Bound to score after all the misses? He fcuking lobbed the keeper, and his 2nd was one of the most emphatic finishes I've seen all year. He has 20 goals and 8 assists in 34 appearances this year (the amount of absolutely vital goals he's scored is crazy too). Yet people constantly berate and belittle him. Zlatan isn't a finisher, he never was, he also isn't used to front man, in his career he played behind a frontman, and started his moves in midfield. He has completely changed his game at Barca. I wonder will people who love to point out his flaws ever give him credit. Instead of coming out with absolute horsh*t like 'bound to score after all those misses'. It's actually pathetic.
Eto'o has been much worse at Inter than Zlatan at Barca. Ask an Inter fan. Eto'o is prone to missing sitters too, watch the Chelsea games for proof. Also, Eto'o was leaving Barca on a free if they didn't offload him last year, and everyone needs to blaming Ibrahimovic for his transfer fee, he didn't decide to be sold for 40 million. He's was disappointing for the first 2 or 3 months of 2010, but you'd swear he was clubbing baby seals the way some haters on here go on about him. He's won 6 league titles in a row, at Ajax, Juventus, and Inter. He was also the key player in I'd say 5 of those titles, he's a winner.
Slowly he's shutting up all his doubters, last year people said he was a big game bottler, he's scored more big game goals for Barca this season than any other player, and was our best player for the first half of the season. If you're expecting him to be as good as Villa/ Torres at finishing then you'll be disappointed, but he's proving himself every game, he constantly occupies 3 defenders which leaves space for his team mates.
Anyway, that's enough off topic discussion. On the game, I thought the first 20 minutes of the game was some of the most breathtaking football I've ever seen, there was a telepathic understanding between players, and a tenacity that the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea have prided themselves on in the past. Great stuff, I think overall we were the far far far superior side, but Walcott really exposed Maxwell when he came on. It was almost as if Maxwell was on cruise control, and didn't expect Theo to run at him.
The team was punished for it's lack of urgency in the last thirty minutes. It seems the team was happy to play for a 2-0, a 2-1, and even the 2-2 draw. Was discouraging to see, because if they played with the desire of the first half, they could easily have scored a third or fourth.
Messi was particularly lethargic in the 2nd half, he didn't even bother to try taking on defenders, it seemed like he was saving himself for the league/ 2nd leg. It was discouraging to see such complacency tbh. Abidal being back for the 2nd leg will be excellent news, he was fantastic before his injury, and if he can get some match sharpness over the weekend then his presence will give the backline a big boost without Puyol/ Pique. I expect Chygrynsky and Milito to play as the two CBs for the return leg. I hope Iniesta can make a recovery for the game, because him and Xavi in midfield will really put Arsenal to the sword at the Camp Nou.
Zlatan should not have been substituted, Henry was very bad when he came on, and Pedro faded in the last 30 minutes.
Btw, just wanted to say, Xavi was absolutely f*cking sublime the entire game, his intelligence is 2nd to none, it's like he knows how moves are going to pan out 3 or 4 passes before they happen. I think the gulf in class between him and Fabregas was there for all to see (I know Cesc was injured).
Still though, in the end, Arsenal were taught a lesson tonight imo. 2-2 seems to be a good result for both teams though, Barca would have bitten your hand off for that result before the game, and Arsenal would have bitten your hand off for it at 1/2 time. This way everybody wins, but it just means I don't get to relax for the 2nd leg, because Arsenal are well capable of beating Barca at the Camp Nou. Hopefully Barca play more like the first 60 minutes though. I'm very proud of F.C Barcelona tonight, at times they put on a masterclass for all to see, excellent game of football between two teams that respected each other. (It was great to see how friendly Pep and Arsene were at the start, and how all of Cesc's youth team teammates embraced him during the handshakes)
I think Barca will go through, but it won't be easy. Still all to play for.0 -
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wow i have never seen a better performance in my life by and team:eek: 2-2 what the hell 5-0 it should of been
fair play to arsenal getting themselves back into the tie but even then i think at the nou camp it will be even more of a 90min raping of arsenal:eek:..at times barca taunted arsenal like playing with them...im in awe!!
(my post is excluding the last 20 minutes:pac:)0 -
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