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Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid - Champions League Final 2014 *Mod Warning Post #856

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  • #202
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    The Moyes tactic is the only one that will work now

    Fire the ball into the box and hope for the best, Atleti are just too organised


  • #203
    kingtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    Nope - he's been rubbish for the last year or so. In goalkeeping terms however, his decline has been spectacular.


    Thats a load of bollocks


  • #204
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    ....and when Real got out of debt by doing a sweetheart deal with the Madrid council to sell their training ground for over €400 million to the council only for the council to fund the building of an even better one.

    This is fiction and never happened.


  • #205
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,949 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Modric or Ronaldo for worst player of that half?


  • #206
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Great first half by Atletico. Hopefully they get a few more.


  • #207
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Benzema and Ronaldo very quiet.

    They need to change things. Atletico very comfortable


  • #208
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    keith16 wrote: »
    Did you find anyone to go to the boozer with?

    One of the lads was in clontarf so I cycled down thst far.


  • #209
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    As have a lot of Spanish clubs. It's endemic in Spain.

    None to the extent of Atletico though.


  • #210
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Gotta be happy with that so far.


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  • #211
    keeponhurling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    Modric or Ronaldo for worst player of that half?

    I thought Modric did ok?


  • #212
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    They are so hard to play against.


  • #213
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,797 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    Did I just see a Real Madrid player hugging an Atletico player at the HT whistle? If so - that is utterly pathetic.


  • #214
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Benzema been the worst player. Villa has been superb.


  • #215
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Unfortunately I'm having a hard time enjoying this game.


  • #216
    DM360
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭DM360


    I can see a red card coming, either for cynical foul by Atletico or retaliation by Real.


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  • #217
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Seaneh wrote: »
    This is fiction and never happened.

    Oh really?

    http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a050801RealSellTraining#a050801RealSellTraining


  • #218
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,012 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Pretty awful game so far.


  • #219
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    Unfortunately I'm having a hard time enjoying this game.

    It's been a bit **** in fairness.


  • #220
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    DM360 wrote: »
    I can see a red card coming, either for cynical foul by Atletico or retaliation by Real.

    Or Ramos being Ramos


  • #221
    LightningBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭LightningBlue


    Khedira's been way off the pace.
    Is Illaramendi that bad that Real needed to play a half-fit Khedira?


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  • #222
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,949 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    keeponhurling wrote: »
    I thought Modric did ok?

    He keeps giving the ball away


  • #223
    brianregan09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    The all german final last year was soo much better


  • #224
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Benzema been the worst player. Villa has been superb.

    No Modric takes that honour. Benzema was poor though. Suarez edges closer to Madrid ?


  • #225
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I don't think anyone would have anticipated anything other - Atletico are "anti football" in that Everton/Stoke way ;)


  • #226
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    He keeps giving the ball away

    so many over-hit passes


  • #227
    syngindub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭syngindub


    piss poor game to watch so far


  • #228
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    2nd half is perfectly poised. Game will open up.


  • #229
    eh i dunno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,064 ✭✭✭✭eh i dunno


    mike65 wrote: »
    I don't think anyone would have anticipated anything other - Atletico are "anti football" in that Everton/Stoke way ;)

    putting Everton in the boat as stoke? Really?


  • #230
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Has Dunphy forgotten how to speak!?


  • #231
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,797 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    Seaneh wrote: »
    It's been a bit **** in fairness.
    You're being too kind - it's been an appalling final.


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  • #232
    Andersonisgod
    Registered Users Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    The question tonight the same as the one that plagued Real Madrid since Jose Mourinho formed this team. Do they have the guile and patience to break down an organised side who are tenacious in defending their box. It's a question that has been asked since Mourinho's side first played Levante under his stewardship and has been a nuisance since. When you build for, and then primarily work on, counter attacking football and you neglect technical ability then this is always going to be the problem.

    Huge credit to Atletico. Is it always pretty? No, but the off the ball effort is a work of art.


  • #233
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Oh really?

    http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a050801RealSellTraining#a050801RealSellTraining

    EU investigation found nothing wrong with the sale.

    Real sold a massive plot of land within the city boundaries which was valued at exactly what the city pair for it. The land they sold was in a commercial and financial centre and was zoned as such. It would be like selling a plot of land beside the isfc in the middle of the boom and moving out to maynooth.


  • #234
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    eh i dunno wrote: »
    putting Everton in the boat as stoke? Really?

    Yeah if you're gonna talk anti-football then West Ham or Chelsea would be better examples.


  • #235
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    eh i dunno wrote: »
    putting Everton in the boat as stoke? Really?

    Moyes Everton obviously! :D


  • #236
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    mike65 wrote: »
    I don't think anyone would have anticipated anything other - Atletico are "anti football" in that Everton/Stoke way ;)
    Rubbish.

    The best acknowledged 'footballing' side in the world tried to go out and play against Real and got pummelled 4-0. Atheletico are far from anti-football, they're just not naiive as was mentioned by one of the commentators.


  • #237
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Yeah if you're gonna talk anti-football then West Ham or Chelsea would be better examples.

    The "anti-football" thing is a load of rubbish anyway. There's not just one way of playing football.


  • #238
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    A preview of how Chelsea will play next season this

    Khedira has been the worst Real player, not releasing the ball quick enough and too many passes going astray


  • #239
    keeponhurling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    He keeps giving the ball away

    Fair enough.
    I'd say Ronaldo, Khedira, Bale and of course Casillas have been worse.
    ( I could see Khedira getting himself sent off)

    I'd say they are regretting Alonso's moment of madness


  • #240
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    The "anti-football" thing is a load of rubbish anyway. There's not just one way of playing football.

    That's why I put the term in parenthesis. Its hard to love (unless you're the sort who enjoys root canal work) but its what they do.


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  • #241
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Rayne Wooney wrote: »
    A preview of how Chelsea will play next season this

    Khedira has been the worst Real player, not releasing the ball quick enough and too many passes going astray

    He's not fully fit. Risky to start him.


  • #242
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    10336780_10202546656440103_4084147841862619142_n.jpg

    Hope Atletico can score again and keep clean sheet .


  • #243
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Total concentration required watching RTE seeing as both teams are referred to as "Madrid".


  • #244
    Lightbulb Sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Lightbulb Sun


    mike65 wrote: »
    I don't think anyone would have anticipated anything other - Atletico are "anti football" in that Everton/Stoke way ;)

    Nonsense.


  • #245
    ctrl-alt-delete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,304 ✭✭✭✭ctrl-alt-delete


    Is it just me or do Gabi and Kolorov look very alike?


  • #246
    Smithwicks Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,377 ✭✭✭Smithwicks Man


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    Modric or Ronaldo for worst player of that half?
    Mars Bar wrote: »
    He keeps giving the ball away

    Modric completed 90% of his passes in the first half, 26 out of 29.


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  • #247
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,797 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    Di Maria cannot take a set-piece.


  • #248
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    How Filipe Luis is not in the Brazilian squad for the WC is baffling.


  • #249
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Atleti playing much better the last few minutes


  • #250
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    Hoping for a red card LoL

    Got it at 4/1 LoL have 5 euros on it :p


  • #251
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,375 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Someone streaming the final on the PS4 live games section of the console by pointing the PS4 camera at their TV. Creative.

    SlLIfuF.png


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