La Liga 2014/15 Discussion Thread

user2011

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Brilliant ?
It was a calamitous error by the keeper.

Valencia by far the better side in the first half.

To think of heading it back from where he ran from instead of heading it in the direction he is going in I thought it was and hitting the post and going in all adds to the excitement

Johner

What a huge win for Atletico. Beat Levante away and Malaga at home and they are champions. Juanfran got a straight red near the end though and will miss the last 3 games.

Turtwig

Massive win. Hope they win midweek too.

Ulysses Gaze

Great win for Atleti. Two more wins and it could be the title before visiting the Camp Nou.

I really, really hope they knock Mourinho's Anti-Football crowd out of the ECL now.

Dolph Starbeam

Athletic winning 2-0 in a huge game for 4th spot. Great season for them.

As much as I like Barca I really will be delighted to see Atleti win the league, nearly there now.

jaykay74

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

I really, really hope they knock Mourinho's Anti-Football crowd out of the ECL now.

pfft, football is football. arrogant nonsense to dictate that one style is anti football and another is what football is meant to be. I find possession for possessions sake quite dull but wouldn't castigate teams for it.

Andersonisgod

Big save on the line from Barcelona's young number 15, Marc Bartra is developing into the kind of centre back that could be the cornerstone of the side for the next decade.

Meanwhile on the other side of the defence, Mascherano and Adriano are all over the place, simple communication sorely missing.

Professional Griefer

Barca 1 down

Turtwig

That's a beauty teamgoal by Villareal:)

Ulysses Gaze

Great goal by Villarreal and what a time to score it.

Marcelino has set them up well here against Barcelona. Be interesting to see what Barca can come up with in the 2nd half.

football is football. arrogant nonsense to dictate that one style is anti football and another is what football is meant to be.

True. But when West Ham played that way against Chelsea and got a 0-0 draw you had Mourinho out complaining it was 19th Century football and Anti-Football.

Turtwig

What Real Madrid did against Bayern wasn't anti-football it was some excellent defending and wonderful counter attacking. What Chelsea did against Atletico was negative football. The players never once look to put any exertion into building an attack.

That said, there's no required way for a team to play but: winning is winning. But I'd Real Madrid anyday over Barca's sterile possession or Chelsea's overly negative bus parking.
Balance is best.

Ulysses Gaze

That was some header!

Villarreal cutting Barca apart on the counter.

ollie1

Unreal header

miralize

Scoreline is a pity, but our season ended about 2 weeks ago.

Andersonisgod

Whose up for some summer shopping?

Paully D

Barcelona likely emotionally drained after the weeks tragic events, understandable.

Turtwig

Class header!

As Sid Lowe pointed out in the Bilbao game Madridistas still want Barca playing for something against Atletico. Real Madrid fans cheering Barca who'd have thunk it?

Andersonisgod

Much better, the ball whizzes around the Villarreal box, Alves smashes the back of the ball, it drives low and hard across goal, Gabriel's attempted clearance finds its way into the net. Game back on.

Turtwig

That's one way of describing an extremely fortuitous own goal.

Andersonisgod

A banana thrown at Alves who proceeds to eat half of it, disgusting from the Villarreal fans. Difficult not to like Alves.

ollie1

Wow two own goals :eek:

Andersonisgod

Speaking of Alves, it's his whipped cross, it's Musacchio's head, Barcelona are back level, this side don't know when to quit.

Turtwig

Heartbreaking for Villareal. Two OGs.

ollie1

Great goal by Messi

SantryRed

What a goal that was. Great pass by Busquets.

Turtwig

Well that was a nice finish.

dreamers75

Andersonisgod wrote: »

A banana thrown at Alves who proceeds to eat half of it, disgusting from the Villarreal fans. Difficult not to like Alves.

https://vine.co/v/MvgqYJzeTVj


:pac:

Professional Griefer

Awful call

Turtwig

LOL!

Penalty!

Andersonisgod

Fight, spirit, courage, brilliance, everything that typifies the club. It means so much to them tonight of all nights. 3-2 it can only be Barcelona.

Turtwig

Ahh feck

Only a free kick. Harsh call anyway busquets got the ball but would have made for an epic finish.

Andersonisgod

Turtwig wrote: »

LOL!

Penalty!

I think not.

MisterAnarchy

dreamers75 wrote: »

https://vine.co/v/MvgqYJzeTVj


:pac:

I wonder what the linesman said

TheTownie

Fair play Alves

miralize

Welll.... I think i shuold keep talking shìte

intellectual dosser

Andersonisgod wrote: »

A banana thrown at Alves who proceeds to eat half of it, disgusting from the Villarreal fans. Difficult not to like Alves.

I despise him, but admire what he did with the banana.

MisterAnarchy

The force is strong in here tonight with ABB's

intellectual dosser

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

The force is strong in here tonight with ABB's

We've been waiting for the downfall for a long time now.

MisterAnarchy

intellectual dosser wrote: »

We've been waiting for the downfall for a long time now.

You could be waiting a bit longer

Turtwig

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

The force is strong in here tonight with ABB's

Let's be honest, Barcelona did not deserve the win tonight. They got really really lucky.

MisterAnarchy

Turtwig wrote: »

Let's be honest, Barcelona did not deserve the win tonight.

Neither did Atletico today .

brevity

@snap_kaka_pop: Daniel Alves: "My dad always told me: Son, eat bananas to avoid cramp. How did they know?"

partyguinness

Watched the entire Barca game. They played with real guts and determination. Yes, getting 2 own goals was lucky but you make your own luck and all that..

I know its been done to death but even with injuries, they really need to strengthen their squad.

1. A strong centre forward in the Eto or Zlatan mode;
2. At least 2 decent centre halfs;
3. Goalie- Pinto is mental;
4. Talks that Alves is leaving.
5. Busquets has not been as dominant notwithstanding the 3rd goal last night.

Neymer has yet to convince me. Maybe a good WC and a fresh start next season will help.

I have never seen Barac put so many crosses into the box...and to who exactly?? You wldnt mind if they were decent.

While I still hope Barca win the League, I wldnt begrudge Atletico in the least and it would be good to see it.

partyguinness

Turtwig wrote: »

Let's be honest, Barcelona did not deserve the win tonight. They got really really lucky.

Yes they did get lucky but to say they didnt deserve to win might be a little harsh. Personally at the end, I wasnt thinking "Jammy lucky bastards".

If they had lost, I would be thinking how the hell did that happen.

intellectual dosser

Can anyone clear up for me the suspension of Barcelona's transfer embargo? Will the appeal be concluded before this summer's window or will they definitely be able to sign and sell players as normal for the entire window?

Turtwig

They left the appeal late enough so that a conclusion can not be reached before the close of the Transfer Window. So they've got one transfer window to sort their sh*t out. They can buy and sell like any normal club.

Turtwig

If ever there was a time for brain farts this was it
"Gerry Armstrong arrested."
Gerry Adams pfft.

3 Spanish teams in the finals of UEFA major club competitions.

Turtwig

Barcelona are out of the title running!

Moneymaker

Didn't see it but that's a shocking result.

Guess it was a tough day with the tribute for Tito and all that.

Turtwig

Didn't see it either. Stupid U.K. law. They conceded in the 92 minute.