UEFA super cup

GreNoLi

Jesus wept.

Harry Palmr

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

eternal

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Tension there was unreal.

JohnDaniels

Shouldn't have tried to park the bus in extra time if they had just went at Barcelona they would have won it.

That_Guy

Ah man, that's another glorious chance wasted. Shame.

SantryRed

Game of the season wrapped up early.

GreNoLi

Super cup indeed.

elefant

Hilarious how much the mics are picking up off the players in this game.

Luis Suarez's full throated, prosaic 'FCUK OFF!!' to the linesman near the end was a personal favourite.

That_Guy

It'll be hard to beat that for game of the season.

Andersonisgod

That_Guy wrote: »

Pfft. It's only a glorified friendly.

Look at Iniesta, at Mascherano during that game, Messi's celebrations, the back room staff and coach charging down the line go and tell them it's a friendly. It's a friendly in England where apparently only the PL and Champions League matter, in Europe that mattered.

eternal

Spanish Super Cup now next.

Talib Fiasco

Pedro doesn't look like a man who wants to leave anyway. Always a man for a goal in a final. Won them the Super Cup in extra time a few years back too

That_Guy

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Look at Iniesta, at Mascherano during that game, Messi's celebrations, the back room staff and coach charging down the line go and tell them it's a friendly. It's a friendly in England where apparently only the PL and Champions League matter, in Europe that mattered.

Jaysus, I'm joking.

eternal

elefant wrote: »

Hilarious how much the mics are picking up off the players in this game.

Luis Suarez's full throated, prosaic 'FCUK OFF!!' to the linesman near the end was a personal favourite.

Never seen Pique so angry either.

Andersonisgod

Fantastic game, incredible journey, for 60 minutes this was a procession of beautiful Barcelona football, a master class delivered by the grand masters. Then the grand masters fell asleep, Sevilla, an excellent team in their own right, punished them and then we got that finish to the game of all finishes. If you wrote that you'd say it's too corny, Pedro delivers at the end of the game, at the end of his Barcelona career.
The greatest team in the world, the worlds premier club in the last decade, if any team can retain the Champions League it is this Barcelona team, it's a special group of players, a special team, a special club.

Andersonisgod

That_Guy wrote: »

Jaysus, I'm joking.

My bad, I have seen that friendly insinuation before.

Quality to see players put so much into such a game.

Great entertainment

That_Guy

Michael Owen: "Barcelona are just different class when they're on form"

They conceded 4 goals!!

eternal

That_Guy wrote: »

Michael Owen: "Barcelona are just different class when they're on form"

They conceded 4 goals!!

They still won and when you go and see the trophies, you won't see that etched on them.

That_Guy

eternal wrote: »

They still won and when you go and see the trophies, you won't see that etched on them.

I understand that but you can't say they were on form when they nearly threw away the game completely.

eternal

That_Guy wrote: »

I understand that but you can't say they were on form when they nearly threw away the game completely.

Commentating is filler half the time, they talk sh*t.

That_Guy

eternal wrote: »

Commentating is filler half the time, they talk sh*t.

The cricket was far better than Hargreaves and Fletcher. :pac:

Corholio

eternal wrote: »

Commentating is filler half the time, they talk sh*t.

Because they dare to not say something good about Barcelona. In fairness like.

Great game and Barca done well to win it, but if they had lost that it would have gone down as a disastrous collapse.

eternal

Corholio wrote: »

Because they dare to not say something good about Barcelona. In fairness like.

Great game and Barca done well to win it, but if they had lost that it would have gone down as a disastrous collapse.

They fell apart in the second half and were lucky to get the messy finisher but they started off superbly.

Talib Fiasco

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Pedro doesn't look like a man who wants to leave anyway. Always a man for a goal in a final. Won them the Super Cup in extra time a few years back too

https://twitter.com/CheGiaevara/status/631217148547989504

Talib Fiasco

M!Ck^ wrote: »

https://twitter.com/CheGiaevara/status/631217148547989504

Are you forgetting his goal celebration?

Talib Fiasco

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Are you forgetting his goal celebration?

I think his reaction to the celebrations after the game are a much clearer indication if he's staying or not, but hey its all speculation

Omackeral

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's a fairy tale, it's fantasy stuff, a quite unbelievable game is set to end in a quite unbelievable way. Pedro Rodriguez, a club legend, in probably his last game, has gotten what is surely the winner. His parting gift is the European Supercup, he leaves a hero.

I would wager that you were not wearing pants as you typed that.

Andersonisgod

Omackeral wrote: »

I would wager that you were not wearing pants as you typed that.

I'm a romantic at heart and that was truly heartwarming stuff, just a remarkable match with the most incredible ending.

Speaking of Pedro I know a big sub-plot of the game tonight is the Pedro situation so for anyone who hasn't see them yet here's a few quotes coming out of the game tonight. Credit Barcastuff for these

Pedro: "This is a difficult situation for me, of course I wanted to start. I don't know what will happen, but I will always be a Barça fan. Do I want to leave? The answer is 'No', but my situation is difficult. It's not about money, but about more playing time."

Luis Enrique: "Rafinha replaced Neymar? Pedro didn't finish training due to calf muscle problem two days ago, and we all know his situation. Pedro not starting? I just do my job, I know there's always criticism, but I don't have anything more to say about this."

Messi: "Pedro deserves this for everything he gave and still gives to the club. Whatever he decides, we wish him the best."

Omackeral

It was a great game to be fair, very very enjoyable. Almost like an uber competitive exhibition match. It's a cool concept for a curtain raiser in my opinion.

Omackeral

Just to touch on Anderson's point about the Spanish taking the UEFA Super Cup seriously.

2009 : Spain
2010 : Spain
2011 : Spain
2012 : Spain
2013 : Germany
2014 : Spain
2015 : Spain

Some record.

ArmaniJeanss

Omackeral wrote: »

Just to touch on Anderson's point about the Spanish taking the UEFA Super Cup seriously.

2009 : Spain
2010 : Spain
2011 : Spain
2012 : Spain
2013 : Germany
2014 : Spain
2015 : Spain

Some record.

In fairness many of those would still be marked 'Spain' even if the clubs treated it as a joke and dressed up in clown costumes - it doesn't necessarily prove they took it seriously merely that they are good at winning both the CL and EL the previous year.

dfx-

Alex Meier wrote: »

Perhaps it justifies UEFAs decision to give the EL winners a place in the CL

If the winners are as good as Sevilla, perhaps. They were also the only side to match Barcelona in the league run-in last season, coming from 0-2 down.

Reflects the depth in La Liga quite well, considering they had players out.