La Liga 2017/18 Superthread

MisterAnarchy

Well the Spanish football season curtain raiser starts in a few hours at the Nou Camp with the first leg of the Super Cup so it's time for a new Spanish Football thread.

The Super Cup features the Classico pairing of Barcelona and Real Madrid and when these two play its always competitive .

The season proper starts next Friday ,August 18th.

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including newly promoted,Levante,Girona and Getafe.

Atletico Madrid will be playing at their new 68000 seater stadium, Wanda Metropolitano and Deportivo La Coruna have signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca for renaming their stadium as Abanca-Riazor.

Its set to be another exciting season in the best league in the world .

Andersonisgod

Umtiti is about as good as it gets.

klose

Deulofeu looks waaay short of whats needed, then again replacing neymar is a thankless task.

Amirani

Why aren't Madrid wearing white?

ERG89

Already Barca look to be leaning on Messi too much. They need a lot of work, Iniesta is walking around like it's an exhibition match

arch_stanton

Amirani wrote: »

Why aren't Madrid wearing white?

Showing off the third kit I'd imagine. It's all about the shirt sales

irishman86

Amirani wrote: »

Why aren't Madrid wearing white?

Because they want to piss everyone off
The jerseys are so similar :mad:

Andersonisgod

ERG89 wrote: »

Already Barca look to be leaning on Messi too much. They need a lot of work, Iniesta is walking around like it's an exhibition match

Not sure about that at all. He's pressed well with the team, gotten back into shape quickly off the ball and played a couple of great killer passes.

Andersonisgod

klose wrote: »

Deulofeu looks waaay short of whats needed, then again replacing neymar is a thankless task.

He's a very useful impact player but he clearly is not Neymar's replacement. That's Dembele.

ArmaniJeanss

Difficult enough to tell the teams apart when they are in a line across the pitch?
All I see is a merging of blue.

Turtwig

klose wrote: »

Deulofeu looks waaay short of whats needed, then again replacing neymar is a thankless task.

Whenever he got to play on the wing Arda Duran looked quality for Barca. Deulofeu looks far less imo. He played very well for Spain though in the world cup with very good link up play so it might just be jitters.

Isco is just sumptuous. Madrid had the better chances imo.

Barca actually look very structured. Early days but it looks like they're able to phase their play out out from the back. Big contrast to last season there already.

Vidal looks weak link at right back. He's been beaten 3 times iirc. Cannot understand why they're chasing paulinho or Coutinho and not addressing that gaping hole back there.

Andersonisgod

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Difficult enough to tell the teams apart when they are in a line across the pitch?
All I see is a merging of blue.

Agreed. Stupid and greedy decision on the choice of kits tonight.

Andersonisgod

Turtwig wrote: »

Whenever he got to play on the wing Arda Duran looked quality for Barca. Deulofeu looks far less imo. He played very well for Spain though in the world cup with very good link up play so it might just be jitters.

Isco is just sumptuous. Madrid had the better chances imo.

Barca actually look very structured. Early days but it looks like they're able to phase their play out out from the back. Big contrast to last season there already.

Vidal looks weak link at right back. He's been beaten 3 times iirc. Cannot understand why they're chasing paulinho or Coutinho and not addressing that gaping hole back there.

Semedo is the player for that position, he's just getting into the swing of it.

martyos121

Beautiful from El Presidente. :pac:

irishman86

Oh Pique :pac:

castletownman

El Presidente Pique!!

Amirani

Poor El Presidente has had a bad week...

Turtwig

PIQUEEEE!:):)

LiamoSail

Maybe he should stick to being the president

irishman86

Brilliant defence

dfx-

pretty decent performance at a walking pace mostly from Barcelona.

irishman86

Good call, very close

ollie1

Thats a shocking miss should have been 1-1

klose

Oh what a miss busquets

Rossi IRL

Dive ?

Certainly looked like it

Mars Bar

Suarez cheating again I see.

irishman86

Hmmmm thats dodgy like proper dodgy

MisterAnarchy

Stone wall penalty

klose

A dive so it was.

Andersonisgod

Certain penalty. Messi, reliable, Barca's man for all seasons.

Trigger

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Stone wall penalty

Nah

Mars Bar

Mars Bar wrote: »

Suarez cheating again I see.

He's always at it

CL against PSG last season was another one that sticks with me

Jelle1880

That was a pathetic dive.

Rossi IRL

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Certain penalty. Messi, reliable, Barca's man for all seasons.

Take the blinkers off man. It was a pure dive.

MisterAnarchy

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Stone wall penalty

Go way out of that lad

Turtwig

Stupid by Navas but Suarez exaggerated the bejaysus out of it.

ollie1

What a goal that is by Ronaldo :eek:

Rossi IRL

Best player in the world scores.

Jelle1880

Ooft. Pick that one out.

Headshot

Some day Barca will actually buy good defenders

The best does it again

irishman86

Pique is so slow

MisterAnarchy

Some counter attack that was.

Trigger

What a counter attack and finish. Unreal

MisterAnarchy

irishman86 wrote: »

Pique is so slow

He is always backing off players.
Ronaldo off!
Could have been a penalty, certainly not a dive

ollie1

Ronaldo off :eek: this match is mental

Mars Bar

Ronaldo going to be in a lot of bother for that push on the ref.

Amazing how the ref spotted Ronaldo diving and cheating but gave Suarez a penalty.

Mushy

Never a dive or yellow, to push the ref is stupid

Amirani

Oh Ronaldo what are you at haha

Headshot

Awful by the ref

BorneTobyWilde

Stuppid ref