UCL Semi Final First Leg: FC Barcelona vs FC Bayern München RTE 2, SS5,SS1 K/O 19.45

kfallon

Andersonisgod wrote: »

For what? Yes he goes down in the box, there's contact but not enough for a penalty. Not a penalty but also not a dive, there's an in between you know.

Anyway I don't care, Barcelona are back baby!

An absolutely blatant dive or for even getting in the refs face after he got the yellow!

Turtwig

Once again pep won the possession game.

53% 47%

Rte lads clearly haven't watch Barca all season. That's the way they play.

Hank Scorpio

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

I'd imagine most have him on ignore at this stage

Good idea

ERG89

A Henry Shefflin nod again by Eamon beat that in cringeyness AndersonIsGod!!!

Looper007

Turtwig wrote: »

Bayern only had one decent scoring chance all game. One!

Barcelona had quite a few. Deserved win and maybe 3 was one goal too many. But the win was utterly deserved Bayern had the ball and did little with it.

Bayern were missing what makes them special, Robben and Ribbery's pace. they did well with some of their first team players missing. Barca deserved it but they were playing a team missing their two first choice attackers and one of their top defenders too.

Andersonisgod

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Do the soccer regulars here ever get tired of this nonsense?

I'm far more excited in person than I'm showing here. I can hardly put into words what that game, what that performance means to every Barcelona fan around the world. Anything I say is simply insignificant in comparison.

Slicemeister

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Madonna is a highly overrated artist definitely.

Maradona did everything Zidane could do, and more, at supersonic speed.

You're thinking of Super Mario ;-)

Two different players, would definitely have Zizou up there.

Gowlasauras Rex

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

No. We accept it and love it.

Fairy nuff

The guys moaning about Andersonsisgod is much worse than his posts imo.

Ulysses Gaze

ERG89 wrote: »

A Henry Shefflin nod again by Eamon beat that in cringeyness AndersonIsGod!!!

Nods to the perennial favourites Ruby Walsh and BOD too.

fullstop

kfallon wrote: »

An absolutely blatant dive or for even getting in the refs face after he got the yellow!

There was as much contact as the one Alves got booked for on Lewandowski at the start of the 2nd half.

Caovyn Lineah

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I'm far more excited in person than I'm showing here. I can hardly put into words what that game, what that performance means to every Barcelona fan around the world. Anything I say is simply insignificant in comparison.

I thought you were a Chelsea fan??

ERG89

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Nods to the perennial favourites Ruby Walsh and BOD too.

Messi wouldn't cut it in Galway for Rag Week never mind the races.
I think Eamon is AndersonIsGod tbh

Ulysses Gaze

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Nods to the perennial favourites Ruby Walsh and BOD too.

Waiting for Giles with the 'moral courage' now

Looper007

Bohrio wrote: »

Although this might happen, they were beaten playing the football they like to practice. I wouldnt be disappointed if I was a bayern supporter. They did their best and they still have the 2nd leg... :S

I don't know, I don't think many would be happy and I say the board won't be happy either, they bought him in over a manager who won them the treble cause they expected European Football domination for years but he's made them worse rather then better on the European front, they are still winning domestic titles but they are way ahead of everyone else in that league. I think they give him another year and if he doesn't win the CL then I think they let him go.

GLaDOS

Deserved win for Barca, Bayern looked suspect at the back throughout the game, just took a while for Barca to finally take their chances. Still in awe of Messi's goals.

Peist2007

Looper007 wrote: »

But that's always been Peps way, go all out attack. He's not a Sir Alex, he's a good coach who had some of the best players to pick from at Barca. While at Bayern I doubt he get troubled in the German league but in Europe he's been outsmarted twice in the CL in the last two years. He's no Plan B.

Pep did tonight what no top manager would ever do and went man for man at the back. He had to change this inside 20 mins because his team were about to be annihilated. His players' experience saw them as far as they did. If Steve McClaren was manager of Bayern and started with those tactics tonight he'd be absolutely slaughtered.

Pep is overrated. He managed a great Barca team with all time greats all over the pitch. He took over a super Bayern team. He has tactically cost his team two years in a row. His hand was a little forced tonight by injury but his starting tactics were naive, if not downright arrogant tonight

RedemptionZ

Looper007 wrote: »

But that's always been Peps way, go all out attack. He's not a Sir Alex, he's a good coach who had some of the best players to pick from at Barca. While at Bayern I doubt he get troubled in the German league but in Europe he's been outsmarted twice in the CL in the last two years. He's no Plan B.

Yep, the naivety may go away with age, he's gotten done in twice in the semis with Bayern as you say, with the same tactics. He needs to learn to be more adaptable.

Cienciano

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Nods to the perennial favourites Ruby Walsh and BOD too.

I switched off. But did he mention Tony McCoy and Brian Cody?

Turtwig

Looper007 wrote: »

Bayern were missing what makes them special, Robben and Ribbery's pace. they did well with some of their first team players missing. Barca deserved it but they were playing a team missing their two first choice attackers and one of their top defenders too.

Agreed to an extent.
I don't think Bayern have been special since pep took over. I think pep is one of the greatest visionaries ever.

However once Messi scored Bayern needed to shut up shop.

Hold onto the one goal deficit. Stall the momentum.

Ulysses Gaze

Cienciano wrote: »

I switched off. But did he mention Tony McCoy and Brian Cody?

Not yet. No mention of Guile yet either

artanevilla

Messi is just an absolute pleasure to watch. But that aside, a very good Munich team were made look very ordinary tonight.

adox

Maradonna overrated.

The mind really boggles.

Nalz

Cienciano wrote: »

I switched off. But did he mention Tony McCoy and Brian Cody?

"Neuer aint gonna break Messi's heart, nobody is"
"Messi never dives" - fúck off!!
"He had the courage"
"He didn't score the fifth goal in a 5-0 win"
"These guys (Giles and Brady) were great players in stadiums were you needed to win games"
"One person with the balls that took responsibility, a sign of a man"

bla bla bla

klose

Still not convinced lahm in midfield makes bayern any better either considering it considerably weakens their right hand side.

Love the RTE lads. Eamonn is in poetry mode

tayto lover

Messi the boss yet again. Marvelous.

SlickRic

To those who wanted Enrique gone, thinking he was just a puppet and a fraud; those who thought he was alienating Messi, who thought Enrique should be sacked earlier in the season; those who questioned putting Messi on the right...

Honestly, what do you have to say now?

Some posters wrote absolute nonsense earlier this season. What do you say now?

Looper007

RedemptionZ wrote: »

Yep, the naivety may go away with age, he's gotten done in twice in the semis with Bayern as you say, with the same tactics. He needs to learn to be more adaptable.

The question is can he be. was he just a very lucky man to have a team with Messi, Xavi and Iniesta and other top players and he could get them to out pass any team in the world or will he eventually bring in a plan b. I don't see him ever changing and I think whoever he manages that's the style and he hope his players will get him over the line.

Nalz

SlickRic wrote: »

Some posters wrote absolute nonsense earlier this season. What do you say now?

They'll probably say that hindsight is 20-20.

Ulysses Gaze

All I hope is that it is not an El Clasico CL final.

That could be a nightmare to watch in terms of play acting.

GreNoLi

Turn your phone off Eamo.

RedemptionZ

klose wrote: »

Still not convinced lahm in midfield makes bayern any better either considering it considerably weakens their right hand side.

Have to agree. Lahm is a 'world class' RB and just a 'class' midfielder.

Juve Barca final lets have it.

Looper007

tayto lover wrote: »

Messi the boss yet again. Marvelous.

If they win the CL this year it be down to him, they wouldn't have won tonight if it wasn't for him. No word can describe him, plus he's a team player and that's why I always put him over Ronaldo.

But still I can't love Barcelona, their dealings off the field and other things just leave a soar taste in my mouth. But Messi is just out of this world.

kfallon

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

All I hope is that it is not an El Clasico CL final.

That could be a nightmare to watch in terms of play acting.

Women's WC starts the same night, prob watch that tbh, rather watch women than a bunch of sissies rolling around!

Brendan Filone

Boateng dropped like one of those fainting goats:

Looper007

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

All I hope is that it is not an El Clasico CL final.

That could be a nightmare to watch in terms of play acting.

I still think Madrid will do over Juventus at home. Madrid were off the boil last night.

I think it be a El Classico final and expect some of the most shady behaviour for sure.

Nalz

Did Dunphy just say Munich last won it (CL) in 2010?

Or Barca?

Cienciano

Looper007 wrote: »

If they win the CL this year it be down to him, they wouldn't have won tonight if it wasn't for him. No word can describe him, plus he's a team player and that's why I always put him over Ronaldo.

But still I can't love Barcelona, their dealings off the field and other things just leave a soar taste in my mouth. But Messi is just out of this world.

Even barca under Pep were the same. With all the talent they looked out of ideas when messi wasn't playing. But there's no shame in having to rely on the best player of all time

keith16

Deleted User wrote: »

Do the soccer regulars here ever get tired of this nonsense?

martyos121 wrote: »

Nah, his "ignored-by" list is longer than Messi's list of goals.

And yet, for all the people "ignoring" him, here you all are talking about him in glorious HD Internet.

adox

Trilla wrote: »

Did Dunphy just say Munich last won it (CL) in 2010?

Or Barca?

Barca.......I think.

Iused2likebusts

kfallon wrote: »

There's 2 of them in your lifetime.....

It's a bit late for me to go and see Maradona play. Him and Messi the two standout players in my lifetime.

Looper007

Cienciano wrote: »

Even barca under Pep were the same. With all the talent they looked out of ideas when messi wasn't playing. But there's no shame in having to rely on the best player of all time

Its worrying if he got injured what would they do without him, I doubt Suarez or Neymar would have broke down a Stubborn Bayern tonight. Everything was going through Messi. The reason Barca are on for a treble is down to the little man, even Jose and his Chelsea defence would find it hard to stop him.

martyos121

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

It's a bit late for me to go and see Maradona play. Him and Messi the two standout players in my lifetime.

Not too late to see Maradona in his prime. Go to one of his parties, you'll see him work his magic once again between a field of white lines. :pac:

bur

Henry just there...

Iused2likebusts

martyos121 wrote: »

Not too late to see Maradona in his prime. Go to one of his parties, you'll see him work his magic once again between a field of white lines. :pac:

He has lost none of his speed anyway

Nalz

Brendan Filone wrote: »

Boateng dropped like one of those fainting goats

How did Pep leave him in on, he was awful all night to be fair

Turtwig

Can someone explain how one set of possession stats is

53% 47% in favor of Bayern.

And the other is.

Barcelona 52% Bayern 48%

Which one is time based and which one is percentage of game total passes?

ERG89

Rinky Dink Boxing and Lichtenstein...Eamon is turning up the gears like Messi

gimmick

Trilla wrote: »

Did Dunphy just say Munich last won it (CL) in 2010?

Or Barca?

Whichever he said both are wrong.

Apparently Busquets had a poor game tonight according to Dunphy. I honestly think he watches different games to me. I thought Busquets was absolutely immense again.