Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Match Thread

TheCitizen

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Correct but Barca players surrounding the ref and pulling up the card hand shouldn't be tolerated either

Real players would do the same in that situation. He should've been off.

Gbear

Jesus Christ I ****ing hate Ray Hudson.

lassykk wrote: »

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Unlike some unsportsmanlike behaviour, it'd be a piece of piss to stamp that out by only allowing captains to approach the ref.

It's astonishing that that hasn't been implemented.

Unlike Rugby where there's a degree of game management going on between the captains and the ref, there's never anything players need to say to the refs in football. Ever.

GavRedKing

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

He is a hatchet man ,should have had 3 yellow cards against Bayern ,could have had 3 again tonight .

Ya, he should be off but Real dont have any replacememt to do a similar job.

So he'll probably stay on, surely the ref told him one more and you go and when yourr man marking Messi, thats a dangerous game to play for 45mins when youve had 2 questionable fouls already.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Really enjoyable game so far.

Benzema and Suarez have been poor enough and Bale was diabolical and I'd say would have been subbed if he hadn't went off injured.

Messi looks in top form tonight.

Should have been a penalty awarded to Real in the first couple of minutes but of course the ref obviously forgot which team he was supposed to be biased in favour of.

TheCitizen

TheCitizen wrote: »

Real players would do the same in that situation. He should've been off.

I don't care If they would
I'm making the point that it's not right regardless of who does it
Stop trying to find an issue

Headshot

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Pure joke. You can't tell me this isn't corrupt. When the one team is held to a completely different standard by officials to the rest of the teams in the league then the league is corrupt. Marcelo not even getting a yellow is jaw-dropping, but Casemiro not being sent off is sickening in it's sheer contempt for the sport and the intelligence of football fans watching it.

Hey you forgot to include the peno Ronaldo should of had

MD1990

Both teams are dropped a level since 5-6 years ago.

Messi has been the best player on the pitch. Ronaldo playing well too. But Suarez,Benzema,Alcacer & Bale before going off have been very poor.

MisterAnarchy

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Pure joke. You can't tell me this isn't corrupt.

Real have been getting away with this all season long.
They've been out played in alot of games and had to rely on referees to pull them through .

Barcelona are by far the better team tonight ,Real have been very poor .

Andersonisgod

It's horrible to talk about a referee when the greatest footballer ever is out there being the greatest footballer ever. It's a Messi masterclass.

Dirty Dingus McGee

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Real have been getting away with this all season long.
They've been out played in alot of games and had to rely on referees to pull them through .

Barcelona are by far the better team tonight ,Real have been very poor .

There isn't that much of a difference between them in fairness.

Also you and AIG seem to have forgotten that Real should have been awarded a penalty in the first couple of minutes.

MisterAnarchy

GavRedKing wrote: »

Ya, he should be off but Real dont have any replacememt to do a similar job.

So he'll probably stay on, surely the ref told him one more and you go and when yourr man marking Messi, thats a dangerous game to play for 45mins when youve had 2 questionable fouls already.

If he stays on ,he will definitely be sent off ,as Messi is playing well and is too slippery for a hatchet man like Casemiro to handle.

martyos121

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's horrible to talk about a referee when the greatest footballer ever is out there being the greatest footballer ever. It's a Messi masterclass.

Did he miss that chance for dramatic effect then?

Andersonisgod

martyos121 wrote: »

Did he miss that chance for dramatic effect then?

Stealing this blatantly from Twitter but anyone saying that was a sitter at the end of the half has never played football in their life. It was a chance, but far from a sitter.

mickmackey1

Bale abject, Benzema, Suarez poor, Ronaldo average, Neymar missing so that leaves Messi as the only headline.

MisterAnarchy

Some people are very hard to please ,its a very open game and far better than the last few Classicos ,which were very poor spectacles.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Stealing this blatantly from Twitter but anyone saying that was a sitter at the end of the half has never played football in their life. It was a chance, but far from a sitter.

Maybe it have been easier if he had a few defenders in front of him and was 25 yards out.

It was a great chance.If he used his right foot he probably would have scored.

TheCitizen

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I don't care If they would
I'm making the point that it's not right regardless of who does it
Stop trying to find an issue

Casimero should be off is the major point in that incident

Andersonisgod

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Maybe it have been easier if he had a goalie in front of him and was 25 yards out.

It was a great chance.If he used his right foot he probably would have scored.

Could have but ball arrives so quickly, so unexpectedly and at such an awkward angle his body movement is instinctive. For me, wasn't even the best chance of the half outside of the goals.

Headshot

He's still on

wow that's really poor managing

LuckyGent88

Big block from Pique.

The Talking Bread

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Stealing this blatantly from Twitter but anyone saying that was a sitter at the end of the half has never played football in their life. It was a chance, but far from a sitter.

When people say sitter, they kind of mean it in a semi sensationalist meaning!

But what would you know about sensationalist dialogue

irishman86

No recovering from that Sergio. Its one thing I hate about El Classico is the sheer amount of simulation from both sides

irishman86

And again

Esse85

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Pure joke. You can't tell me this isn't corrupt. When the one team is held to a completely different standard by officials to the rest of the teams in the league then the league is corrupt. Marcelo not even getting a yellow is jaw-dropping, but Casemiro not being sent off is sickening in it's sheer contempt for the sport and the intelligence of football fans watching it.

Is that you Eamon?

TheCitizen

TheCitizen wrote: »

Casimero should be off is the major point in that incident

And I said that
Are you blatantly ignoring again to find an issue

hots

Crazy save!

GavRedKing

Some woeful finishing here

irishman86

Great saves from both keepers

Bridge93

Real should've had a penalty
They should also have a red card
Messi is the best ever
Ter Stegen playing well

1-1 about right for me

LuckyGent88

Big miss from Alcacer.

God that's an awful call from the ref. How did he think that was a foul

Bridge93

That's no free kick either

TheCitizen

M!Ck^ wrote: »

And I said that
Are you blatantly ignoring again to find an issue

What's this "find an issue" about?

Great save tbf

irishman86

Horrible call

hots

Ref having a nightmare again, this is still the best classico in a while though

irishman86

irishman86 wrote: »

Horrible call

But but but the ref
Madrid corruption

GavRedKing

Suarez with a horrendous first touch he was in otherwise

LuckyGent88

Suarez Should have had a better touch

GavRedKing

What a great save

Rezident

Great save.

LuckyGent88

Solid save

MisterAnarchy

Suarez has been off the boil the last few months

Esse85

Gerry Armstrong should not be commentating on an u8's match let along El Classico.

Rezident

Wtf is luis enrique wearing? Is he going to a 1980's fancy dress after?

Save!!

irishman86

Alcacer is no where near good enough for Barcelona. How they thought he would be is mental

irishman86

Neither of the big two done anything this half

The Talking Bread

Mbappe scores again. Guess he will be playing this fixture soon enough

lassykk

Ha, they've both done it now. Ronaldo's was easier though in fairness

monkey9

Ronaldo misses a sitter. Messi would have scored that.