Barcelona vs Bayern Munich 2nd Leg (RTE2 and SS1) KO 7:45pm

Red Crow

Piqué is the only Barca player who can walk off that pitch who put in a shift.

Quandary

This is actually humiliating now. I know the Barca heads dropped completely after the first goal but still...

I wonder what the Barca record is like without Messi in the last 4 years?

Nuri Sahin

Oat23 wrote: »

Lovely

Should have done a correct score

I should be happy, but am ruing not putting more on this :P
Large stake in footy is equivalent of a small stake in basketball for me.

messinkiapina

Christ, this is an embarrassment. Amazing really, they looked like the best team to ever play the game a couple of years ago, they look like a bunch of mugs at the moment.

DenMan

How much did Arsenal get for Song again?

WallyGUFC

This is highly enjoyable.

castletownman

madcabbage wrote: »

God ya really have to feel for any team when they're getting beat by this much!

Yeah particularly when they are the best team of all-time, and when one of the top centre backs in the world scores an own goal.

Feel so sorry Barca.

iMuse

Xavi's passing accuracy was 98% compared to Schweinsteiger's 76%. Thats got to put Barca through on aggregate?

.jacksparrow.

DenMan wrote: »

How much did Arsenal get for Song again?

15 million

iMuse

DenMan wrote: »

How much did Arsenal get for Song again?

15 Million Pounds

cson

WallyGUFC wrote: »

This is highly enjoyable.

This.

I wonder will they turn the sprinklers on again?

Oat23

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I should be happy, but am ruing not putting more on this :P
Large stake in footy is equivalent of a small stake in basketball for me.

I only put a €30 single on, I had Müller anytime in the bet slip like last week but I took it out

grenache

the_monkey wrote: »

I'm absolutely LOVING this

As am I!!!!!

Delighted that the one dimensional, tedious Barca style has finally been exposed. Being thoroughly outplayed and still trying to walk the ball into the net. Laughable.

Bayern just scored from a ball crossed into the box. That's right Barca, we know you don't know what that is.

CSF

castletownman wrote: »

Yeah particularly when they are the best team of all-time

They clearly aren't though. Their dominance lasted all of 3 years. Those superlatives were very very premature.

ArielAtom

The Barca haters are loving it. Sad people....

DazMarz

Where's your MESSI-ah now???

Bodhisopha

Next goal wins.

ThunbergsAreGo

its ok they are winning the passing

munchkin_utd

madcabbage wrote: »

God ya really have to feel for any team when they're getting beat by this much!

No, not for Barcelona whose style of play is to piss off the opposition into submission with all their passes.
And not for a team who are proclaimed as being the best ever but when they miss just one player they manage a 7goal aggregate loss(so far) and have barely had a decent chance in 170+ minutes (so far)

No, no sympathy from my quarters.

LuckyLloyd

Well, hopefully this defeat makes people too ashamed to ever dare suggest this was the greatest club side of all time. One of the great club sides, but they were beatable like everyone else before them and probably everyone else to come after.

castletownman

CSF wrote: »

They clearly aren't though. Their dominance lasted all of 3 years. Those superlatives were very very premature.

Someone's sarcasm detector is broken

Bodhisopha

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Well, hopefully this defeat makes people too ashamed to ever dare suggest this was the greatest club side of all time. One of the great club sides, but they were beatable like everyone else before them and probably everyone else to come after.

This is not Guardiola's Barcelona, who were the best club side ever.

Corholio

grenache wrote: »

As am I!!!!!

Delighted that the one dimensional, tedious Barca style has finally been exposed. Being thoroughly outplayed and still trying to walk the ball into the net. Laughable.

Bayern just scored from a ball crossed into the box. That's right Barca, we know you don't know what that is.

Its only taken 4 years of almost absolute dominance to do it. At its best it certainly wasnt tedious.

Fuhrer

Corholio wrote: »

Its only taken 4 years of almost absolute dominance to do it. At its best it certainly wasnt tedious.

Absolute dominance?

messinkiapina

Barcelona could have done with Yaya Toure lately. Guardiola made a strange decision to let him go.

CSF

Bodhisopha wrote: »

This is not Guardiola's Barcelona, who were the best club side ever.

Can't have that. When he left they had won only a Copa Del Rey in his final season with them. 3 years of dominance does not deserve those kind of superlatives. Barca had the potential to be the best, but did not fulfill that potential. Bayern now have that same potential.

grenache

ArielAtom wrote: »

The Barca haters are loving it. Sad people....

We don't hate Barca. Just tedious one dimensional football. Every time I watch them I find myself nodding off. So incredibly boring.

cson

The organisation and effort of Ze Germans there for the last 5 mins has been incredible tbh.

Bodhisopha

CSF wrote: »

Can't have that. When he left they had won only a Copa Del Rey in his final season with them. 3 years of dominance does not deserve those kind of superlatives. Barca had the potential to be the best, but did not fulfill that potential. Bayern now have that same potential.

For me it's on a peak for peak basis. If you're talking about a period of dominance, is it fair to assume you consider Messi a better player than Maradona?

KevIRL

The warning signs were there when a rag tag motley crew like Celtic beat them

Corholio

CSF wrote: »

Can't have that. When he left they had won only a Copa Del Rey in his final season with them. 3 years of dominance does not deserve those kind of superlatives. Barca had the potential to be the best, but did not fulfill that potential. Bayern now have that same potential.

Have to do a fair bit more before they have the same anything, nevermind potential.

messinkiapina

How could anyone find Barca at their best were tedious. Amazing.

madcabbage

Would have preferred Barca to have pulled back a few and then Bayern to break their hearts but this will do. The right teams are going to the final anywho.

CSF

messinkiapina wrote: »

Barcelona could have done with Yaya Toure lately. Guardiola made a strange decision to let him go.

I'd agree with that. Guardiola's Barca in the 2 years Yaya was there was definitely a stronger unit then it was afterwards and Messi hadn't even reached his full potential in those 2 years.

LuckyLloyd

Corholio wrote: »

Its only taken 4 years of almost absolute dominance to do it. At its best it certainly wasnt tedious.

Absolute dominance?

Red Crow

Barca will be back again. Time for some good investment which is what Barca have lacked.

CSF

Bodhisopha wrote: »

For me it's on a peak for peak basis. If you're talking about a period of dominance, is it fair to assume you consider Messi a better player than Maradona?

If Messi lost it all tomorrow though, he wouldn't go on to be considered the greatest player of all time.

grenache

Corholio wrote: »

Its only taken 4 years of almost absolute dominance to do it. At its best it certainly wasnt tedious.

Barca 's approach play has always been tedious. They pass the ball to death, there's never any variation in their play.

Bodhisopha

messinkiapina wrote: »

How could anyone find Barca at their best were tedious. Amazing.

This is an Irish forum, so not that amazing. Hardly the most cultured nation of football fans.

Ryu Hayabusa

Would not see the Milan team of the 90s being outplayed like this

klose

I guess you could say munich are in kroos control



anyone?

Soldie

Andersonisgod should be along any moment now.

WallyGUFC

cson wrote: »

This.

I wonder will they turn the sprinklers on again?

"More than a club" eh? Tonight proves a lot. Barca are average at best without Messi, which is understandable given how good he is. Germany is the new powerhouse. And lastly, what a final it's going to be! Tis lovely to see Barca getting destroyed, I don't know how people enjoy their football so much. It's the scoreboard that counts, not the amount of possession you have.

CSF

Corholio wrote: »

Have to do a fair bit more before they have the same anything, nevermind potential.

I dunno, for me this Bayern season has been even more impressive than Guardiola's first with Barca. Absolutely immense.

Rezident

I hope barca buy a defence this summer instead of buying more superfluous attacking midfielders. The manager also has to take some blame for the "organisation" or lack thereof, of the barca "defence", it's been atrocious for a fair while now. bayern Munich have given them a top class lesson in defending, I hope they learn from it because it's really sad to see such a great attacking side so utterly humiliated at home.

ArielAtom

grenache wrote: »

We don't hate Barca. Just tedious one dimensional football. Every time I watch them I find myself nodding off. So incredibly boring.

Football is about retaking possession, passing and creating goal scoring opportunities. If it was stoke style football I would understand. Every team plays their own one dimensional style!!!!

ArielAtom

grenache wrote: »

We don't hate Barca. Just tedious one dimensional football. Every time I watch them I find myself nodding off. So incredibly boring.

Football is about retaining possession, passing and creating goal scoring opportunities. If it was stoke style football I would understand. Every team plays their own one dimensional style!!!!

.jacksparrow.

Hate that stupid song!,

Lovely Bloke

klose wrote: »

I guess you could say munich are in kroos control



anyone?

I'd say they are in Seventh Heaven

Quandary

grenache wrote: »

We don't hate Barca. Just tedious one dimensional football. Every time I watch them I find myself nodding off. So incredibly boring.

Long ball to a lone big striker is what I'd call one dimensional. Despite this utter humiliation, Barcelona play anything but one dimensional football. Anyone who claims otherwise is being silly IMO.