Pep's Great Escape? Bayern vs Barca. k/o 19:45, TV3, ITV

Harry Palmr

Turtwig wrote: »

Can someone explain to me why the fck Bayern are still chasing this game?
Shut the door.

and that would help how? The psychological position of just trying to shut up shop and be defeated by 5-1 rather than tying to score goals is untenable.

Turtwig

adox wrote: »

Bayern played right into Barcas hands there in the first half.

Utter madness going 3 on 3 at the back.

They had no choice but to do that if they wanted to get back in the tie.

I liked their attacking movement. Now, though it's all immaterial.

Mantis Toboggan

adox wrote: »

Bayern played right into Barcas hands there in the first half.

Utter madness going 3 on 3 at the back.

Sure the man's a genius, best manager in the world...

castletownman

Bayern had too be more adventurous going into tonight, but also needed some reassurance in defence.

Why the feck then did he opt for the "safe" option of Lahm at midfield when he's by a distance the best full-back he has to chose from tonight. Surely Thiago/Alonso/Schwein would suffice?

Pep over-thinks too much

Ulysses Gaze

Turtwig wrote: »

Can someone explain to me why the fck Bayern are still chasing this game?
Shut the door.

At home in front of 65000+. if you're going down, go down fighting.

Fudge You

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Juup Heynkes must be the unluckiest manager in football.

He won Real Madrid their first Champions League in 30 odd years and then gets sacked a few weeks later.

Wins Bayern their first Champions League in 13 and gets sacked.

Some managers have no luck at all....

He was more or less sacked 6months before he won the champions league with Bayern. He was told in December 2012, he would be gone the following summer and replaced by Pep.

After what happened in 2010, and 2012, Bayern wanted a champions league. And they thought Pep was the man to do it, as he won it twice in 3 years, he has experience. But they didnt expect to win it in 2013.

Fudge You

niallo27 wrote: »

Bayern have actually played ok. They have created enough to score 4 or maybe 5.

Agreed.
But unless the team scores. It means they are playing sh1t according to some.

Turtwig

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Juup Heynkes must be the unluckiest manager in football.

He won Real Madrid their first Champions League in 30 odd years and then gets sacked a few weeks later.

Wins Bayern their first Champions League in 13 and gets sacked.

Some managers have no luck at all....

It's even more ironic when you consider Barca play more like jupp's Bayern than Pep's Barca.

Rayne Wooney

People saying "but he had to do it to get back in the game" about the 3 v 3 shambles but he did it in the opening 20 minutes of the last game

It's Pep indulging himself

super_furry

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

People saying "but he had to do it to get back in the game" about the 3 v 3 shambles but he did it in the opening 20 minutes of the last game

It's Pep indulging himself

They could and most likely would be in front here if Guardiola had gone four at the back.

Bohrio

Buddy Holly wrote: »

The myth of pep guardiola slowly unraveling!

He should be ok, He has won 1 UEFA supercup, 1 Club World Cup and 2 german leagues in the last 2 years with Bayern plus other records such as the longest undefeated team etc, although I agree that they were expecting maybe at least 1 champion more from him but that's because people thought that Pep would be able to do with Bayern what he did with Barcelona (for instance win the sextuplet). Thats much more than other coaches in the premier league who are still considered walking Gods for some reason.

Also I think Jupp left voluntarily and wasnt sacked? I remember because Real tried to hired him and he said he just wanted some "quiet" time.

Turtwig wrote: »

It's even more ironic when you consider Barca play more like jupp's Bayern than Pep's Barca.

Wow you are so right... spot on

Fuhrer

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

People saying "but he had to do it to get back in the game" about the 3 v 3 shambles but he did it in the opening 20 minutes of the last game

It's Pep indulging himself

That weak defence is pretty inexcusable when you look and see one of the best left backs in the world in mid field

Turtwig

klose wrote: »

Any barca players on yellows for the game?

Neymar, pique, alves all in danger of missing final.

Wouldn't be surprised to see the latter subbed.

niallo27

Turtwig wrote: »

Neymar, pique, alves all in danger of missing final.

Wouldn't be surprised to see the latter subbed.

All yellows were reset after the quarters.

Harry Palmr

Turtwig wrote: »

Neymar, pique, alves all in danger of missing final.

Wouldn't be surprised to see the latter subbed.

No one will miss the final unless they get a straight red I thought?

Rayne Wooney

Throw Fellaini in for Messi and Barca would be 6 or 7 up :pac:

ERG89

Turtwig wrote: »

It's even more ironic when you consider Barca play more like jupp's Bayern than Pep's Barca.

Can't help but feel if Barca were without Messi & Neymar the shoe would be on the other foot.
Those front 3 too are basically the worst frontline for any defence to go up against chasing a game

Maximus Alexander

That was a tidy goal tbf.

Guy:Incognito

Game on.
















:-)

GLaDOS

Great movement and finish

LuckyGent88

Lovely feet and finish.

Mantis Toboggan

Big brother has started folks!

GavRedKing

Come back is on.

eh i dunno

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Big brother has started folks!

Such crap for commentators to go on about during a match. Must be 4/5 times they mentioned it now

CR 7

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Big brother has started folks!

Had to check the tv listings there. With the picture quality and that announcement I wasn't sure if I'd gone back in time 10 years.

Rayne Wooney

Ah Lahm use your right foot

Mantis Toboggan

eh i dunno wrote: »

Such crap for commentators to go on about during a match. Must be 4/5 times they mentioned it now

Also I think someone mentioned they're showing the rugby world cup...

GavRedKing

Barca falling apart

GLaDOS

Lots of goals anyway

Nolars

even if they can get 1 more will make it interesting

Quandary

This makes for an interesting final 15 minutes

GavRedKing

Pep is back

RobertKK

Love Thomas Muller, he usually turns up in big games.

Fudge You

He might have two goals, but Neymar has been poor for a lot of the game.

klose

Only thing pedro has done since he came on

Headshot

I dont understand subbing Muller. He's your best player tonight

GavRedKing

If Muller or Gotze want out theyed be mlre than welcome in SW6. :pac:

klose

Headshot wrote: »

I dont understand subbing Muller. He's your best player tonight

Looked gassed to me

ERG89

Headshot wrote: »

I dont understand subbing Müller. He's your best player tonight

Looked well pissed off too.......

GavRedKing

Headshot wrote: »

I dont understand subbing Muller. He's your best player tonight

Ya, if you want more goals you surely leave him on. Hes been their best player over the 2 legs IMO.

Headshot

klose wrote: »

Looked gassed to me

idk.

He looked quite pissed off on the bench there

GavRedKing

Barcas 2nd half performance has shown they had a tough 90mins at the weekend.

Mayern made wide spread changes and dominated the 2nd half.

GLaDOS

Jaysis, how did they not score

Turtwig

GavRedKing wrote: »

Barcas 2nd half performance has shown they had a tough 90mins at the weekend.

This weekend or next weekend. Sociedad was tough. Moyes has done a decent job. They were definitely sparing themselves for the weekend against atleti.

It'd have been fun if Bayern nabbed one more.

titan18

Can't see Guardiola being there next season. Bayern have gone backwards since Heynckes

rob316

GavRedKing wrote: »

Barcas 2nd half performance has shown they had a tough 90mins at the weekend.

Mayern made wide spread changes and dominated the 2nd half.

To be fair its hard to motivate yourself when your oponnent needs to score 5 goals to win.

Winston Payne

Execution more than strategy is what did for Bayern. Barcelona's second tonight was comical. Bayern made loads of chances tonight and if they hadn't lost the head at two down last week I think tonight might have been a bit different.

MD1990

Suarez was a huge loss in the 2nd half.

ahnowbrowncow

They missed Robben big time, he was their top scorer (still is?) before getting injured. He would have given Alba a torrid time.

super_furry

Luis Enrique got away with that tonight. Taking Suarez off for Pedro was daft and gave Bayern the impetus and on another night they would have converted more of their chances. Barcelona simply aren't good enough defensively to sit back and try to kill a game.