El Clásico - Saturday, 10 Apr 2010 - 9pm

Gonzovision

Hope Barca win. And I hope Messi has a cracker.

Johner

Come on Barca! Got quite a bit on PP special double of Chelsea/Barcelona at 10/3.

Vanbis

Looking forward to this, had a nice win today with Dont push it and Khyber kim so i've backed Real half-time/full-time and Roaldo first goal scorer with Real winning 3-1

C'mon Real

redout

Real Madrid CF lineup:
Casillas, Ramos, Albiol, Garay, Arbeloa; Xabi, Gago, Marcelo, Van der Vaart; Ronaldo, Higuaín



FC Barcelona lineup:
Valdés; Puyol, Milito, Piqué, Maxwell; Alves, Busquets, Keita, Xavi; Pedrito, Messi

redout

Alves is in midfield seemingly and Keita up front! :eek:

UnitedIrishman

Strange lineup from Barca. Hard to know how the hell they're gonna line out.

Alves as one of the three top attackers with Messi and Pedro; with the three midfielders Keita, Xavi and Busquets?

Headshot

Spanish La Liga Matches Real Madrid v Barcelona
10-04-2010 21:00
Insurebet First Goalscorer
S Keita @ 10/1

and

Spanish La Liga Matches Real Madrid v Barcelona
10-04-2010 21:00
First Goalscorer
D Alves @ 20/1

redout

Sky's graphic is incorrect.

What I said above is the proper lineup and were Alves, Keita play.

Alves on the right of midfield and Keita up front so says both Catalan and Madrid press.

adrian522

No iniesta, henry, bojan, ibra... oh dear

redout

Pep has put a spanner in the works because now both Catalan and Madrid press have backtracked and stated that it all depends on Puyol. If he plays RB then Alves will be in attack but if he plays LB then Maxwell goes up front! Suffice to say Pep has managed to confuse everyone!

redout

Early impressions are that Madrid are getting right up close to Barca players and not leaving much space.

chopperbyrne

Anyone got a working sopcast channel for this?

peabutler

Fancy Ron to get sent off myself, I'd love a classy football match mixed with some fiery passion.

monkey9

Should the ref not be taking back that yellow??

GLaDOS

monkey9 wrote: »

Should the ref not be taking back that yellow??

Can a yellow be taken back? Never seen it happen myself. Should be though.

Edit: Apparently it was.

redout

That was a soft yellow for Messi

Ref is a bit dense

This chap has done 22 Real Madrid games and they have never lost!

Mitch Connor

Messi should have released Pedro on that break. was running free down the left

redout

Goal.........

1 - 0

Messi

Booyah

Duff

Messi!!

yahoo_moe

That is brilliant.

Incidentally, you just know Ronaldo would still have been rolling around on the ground while Messi was already back up and scoring...

monkey9

Gooolllllllllllllllllll!! What a goal from Messi. All about the pass from Xavi!!!!!


Ronaldo will be fuming:)

chopperbyrne

He's unreal.

Duff

40th this season! Faaack!

x in the city

Messi is a robot...

unstoppable

An Citeog

Anyone else notice Ramos trying to get Messi sent off when he tried to take a quick free and kick the ball against him? Missed though!:pac:

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Why did I have to be greedy and make it a Bent+Messi 1st goalscorer double rather than just Messi.:(

yahoo_moe

An Citeog wrote: »

Anyone else notice Ramos trying to get Messi sent off when he tried to take a quick free and kick the ball against him? Missed though!:pac:

In fairness, the Barca players were at it too with Alonso.

Lot of backchat out there too, seems to be a bit of needle.

redout

Real putting alot of pressure and Barca cannot build from the back in their normal way. A lot of long balls forward which is very unbarca like. I have to say Real are doing a good job of stopping barca getting into their rhythm. That said they still find themselves behind!

karma_

Ronaldo just saw his team lose possession there on the left and he literally just stood and looked at the ball, why would anyone rate him over Messi is completely beyond me.

yahoo_moe

redout wrote: »

I have to say Real are doing a good job of stopping barca getting into their rhythm. That said they still find themselves behind!

Yup, only caught out by Barca taking the quick free kick before Real had gotten their shape again.

I think Barca's lineup is throwing them off as well - some of the only ball Alves has gotten has been with his back to the Real goal which isn't really his game.

Davaeo09

Has any body got a working web sight to watch this on, I don't have sky sports any more and each link i've used keeps crashing (probably because of the number of people watching? ) Mail it to me please

Also, Pedro has to come off, he has been very in effective :cool:
The ref is absolutely diabolical, how the f does he have ANY of the required qualities

CR 7

karma_ wrote: »

Ronaldo just saw his team lose possession there on the left and he literally just stood and looked at the ball, why would anyone rate him over Messi is completely beyond me.

That's true actually, an attacking player who isn't required to do any defensive duties must be useless.

An Citeog

yahoo_moe wrote: »

In fairness, the Barca players were at it too with Alonso.

Lot of backchat out there too, seems to be a bit of needle.

I didn't see the replay, so may be wrong but I thought the Barça players were complaining that Alonso deliberately handled the ball on the ground to stop a Barça attack which is an automatic yellow card. Ramos grabbed the ball, placed it down beside Messi and tried to kick it against him before he even had a chance to move.

I'm glad nothing came of either situation anyway. Hopefully we'll see both teams get their attacking game flowing in the 2nd half.

redout

Davaeo09 wrote: »

Has any body got a working web sight to watch this on, I don't have sky sports any more and each link i've used keeps crashing (probably because of the number of people watching? ) Mail it to me please

http://www.p2p4u.net/

yahoo_moe

An Citeog wrote: »

I thought the Barça players were complaining that Alonso deliberately handled the ball on the ground to stop a Barça attack which is an automatic yellow card.

Oh I wasn't saying they were equivalent - just that the Barca players were very catty (even if they did have a more legitimate case).

The ref hasn't been great (he's played some good advantages too, mind) but the players aren't helping him.

On that actually, just saw Ronaldo's dive again - really was a shocker.

Holsten

How did Alonso not put that chance away... shocking.

Davaeo09

cheers redout
not just for this but for all your commitment to Barca and boards
*lick*

Paul MCM

Anyone else notice the guy in the mask who ran out just as the teams came out.

Shanotheslayer

Expecting Madrid to come back strong now. Will expect a goal within 20mins. From either side. Hopefully Barca.

redout

2 - 0

Boom

Pedrito

monkey9

Brilliant finish from Pedro!!

Paul MCM

Great finish. Barca are some team.

Shanotheslayer

Yesssssssssssssssssss

Headshot

cheers me up seeing over 220m down the drain

warms my heart

karma_

lovely goal, great finish.

redout

Xavi yet again - this guy is a genius

the real unsung hero of Barca

Paul MCM

I wonder will Ronaldo lose the head and get sent off.

Then again he might just knock in a hat trick

Shanotheslayer

Headshot wrote: »

cheers me up seeing over 220m down the drain

warms my heart

Agreed, guess money can't buy victory:)

chopperbyrne

That commentator on the sopcast channel is hilarious, "Beautiful football like this should be.. outlawed! It's just too heavenly!"

redout

VDV made a bollox of it!