La Liga Superthread 2019/20

Mr.Nice Guy

New season kicks off shortly as Athletic Bilbao take on Barcelona. Game is on ITV4. Teams:

Athletic Bilbao: Simon; Capa, Alvarez, Nunez, Berchiche; Lopez, D. Garcia; de Marcos, R. Garcia, Muniaian; Williams.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Roberto, de Jong, Alena; Dembele, Suarez, Griezmann.

No Messi tonight due to injury.

Mr.Nice Guy

Decent chance for Inaki Williams.

Harry Palmr

In going to pretend to know about la liga by saying Williams would be a nice option next summer for Liverpool. Athletic have had some good chances.

ERG89

I wonder what Valverde does during the week at Barca. 30 minutes in & I've no clue what they are meant to be doing as everything looks off the cuff.

Wtf is the FPS camera for

Harry Palmr

Some interesting graphics!

Mr.Nice Guy

Athletic got away with one there. Love the commentary: "Oh noooooooo!"

Agent Coulson

ERG89 wrote: »

I wonder what Valverde does during the week at Barca. 30 minutes in & I've no clue what they are meant to be doing as everything looks off the cuff.

Wtf is the FPS camera for

Sits in his office with a tear in his eye looking out the window at Messi being the real manager the team.

Harry Palmr

No Coutinho, Suarez injured, Messi not in squad.

Athletic need some patience.

Mr.Nice Guy

Not happening for Barca, although Rafinha went close just before the break. Replay showed it was a nice save from Simon.

Rakitic looks a good option off the bench. Busquets also. Would be a good time for Dembele to step up as I thought he was anonymous.

Harry Palmr

Dembele another very expensive disappointment. Athletic weathered the Barca storm. Time is now thier friend.

Mr.Nice Guy

ADURIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Harry Palmr

What a goalio by the legend of athletic

Mars Bar

Outstanding goal! Contender for goal of the season already

ERG89

Great finish but what a shambles of a performance the last 89 minutes have been from Barca.

ollie1

Great goal that was

eagle eye

I have lots of love for Aritz Aduriz.

Great start to the campaign for Athletic Club. So delighted.

And it was such a great strike too.

AidoEirE

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

ADURIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Some goal, great take

-=al=-

What a legend! Great finish from the vet

Harry Palmr

Great game for the neutral! Barca look like a collection of parts from a football skip.

sabat

As bad a starting 11 and performance as I can remember from Barca.

Mr.Nice Guy

Was looking like an underwhelming start to the league but that Aduriz goal was special. Don't think Barca can have many complaints about the scoreline. They looked well off their best. Only 2 shots on target which is shocking for them.

ERG89

sabat wrote: »

As bad a starting 11 and performance as I can remember from Barca.

They've had worse starting XI's so your memory must only go back the last 10 years.

Barca like a few other big clubs could save a lot of money if they went out and hired a proper manager instead of buying Neymar as it would benefit them far more in the long run.

NIMAN

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Great game for the neutral! Barca look like a collection of parts from a football skip.

I know what they need to fix it

Neymar

dreamers75

NIMAN wrote: »

I know what they need to fix it

Neymar

hehheheheheheheh if he can run like Iniesta and pass like Xavi and maybe tackle like Busquets you are spot on. But you are not, you are a million miles from being spot on. Barcas issues where quite clear tonight, is Valverde gonna get his team or the one that the fans want.



His 1st touch, barca were not great trying to hit the front men early and obviously missing players but 1st touch......


https://twitter.com/sportsfan_pl/status/1162469037990907906

Goal of the season already!?

NIMAN

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Goal of the season already!?

It'll take some beating, that's for sure.

Headshot

Bale has to be the MOTM today

He still has that unbelievable pace

Mr.Nice Guy

That Toni Kroos goal was a cracker.

4-4 game between Villarreal and Granada.

This is it

Real Score late only for Real Valladolid to equalise with minutes to play

Mr.Nice Guy

James played for Madrid for the first time in 824 days apparently. He had one or two decent chances.

Lovely flick by Gabriel Fernandez for Celta's winner against Valencia. Cillesen looked to have a good game for Valencia and saved a pen.

This is it

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

James played for Madrid for the first time in 824 days apparently. He had one or two decent chances.

Lovely flick by Gabriel Fernandez for Celta's winner against Valencia. Cillesen looked to have a good game for Valencia and saved a pen.

How did Maxi Gomez play? Read a piece on a WHU site that he's struggling badly, but you'd take that with a pinch of salt all things considered

Mr.Nice Guy

This is it wrote: »

How did Maxi Gomez play? Read a piece on a WHU site that he's struggling badly, but you'd take that with a pinch of salt all things considered

Seems like he was anonymous. Didn't manage a shot and they took him off around the hour mark. I would have expected he'd be well up for it against his former side. Not sure how fit he is atm.

Mr.Nice Guy

Team news:

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Sergi Roberto, De Jong; Rafinha, Griezmann, Carles Perez.

Real Betis XI: Dani; Emerson, Bartra, Sidnei, Pedraza; Guardado, William, Canales; Fekir, Moron, Tello.

That's not a Barca line-up to be feared. Betis won here 4-3 last season. Wonder can they get a result once again...

This is it

Don't know what FDJ was at there...

This is it

If they scored that... Beautiful passing

Mr.Nice Guy

FEKIR!

ollie1

Lovely finish from Fekir

Harry Palmr

His knees looked grand there.

This is it

Lovely finish, pointed to exactly where he wanted it and slotted it past MATS

Mr.Nice Guy

Lovely ball from Sergi Roberto to Griezmann. Betis need to make sure they go in at least level.

And Rafinha just missed a great chance for 2-1.

irishguitarlad

Hanging on but if It ends like this It will be a good result for us. With Fekir anything is posible, a special player. I'd bring on Joaquín in the second half to calm people down and use his experience. You can see that Betis lack a destroyer, hopefully they can sign one before the transfer window closes.

dfx-

I don't get how Rafinha missed that. He has a very poor end product. Barcelona are mising the directness of Suarez, Messi obviously and Dembele's pace. Rafinha, Perez, De Jong, Griezmann all looking to build up play.

An ideal solution here would be Coutinho banging one in from 30 yards..

Mr.Nice Guy

Beautiful strike from Griezmann. That will do his confidence a lot of good.

Equium

Great 2nd goal from Griezmann.

So far, Carles Perez has looked like he won a competition to play in the Camp Nou.

Mr.Nice Guy

That was nicely done by Perez. Probably game over now.

Alba makes it 4-1. Certainly over now.

irishguitarlad

Said it all during the second half of last season that guardado has to be sold. He's been shít for ages.

dfx-

If you were to believe social media, 'ValverdeOut' reigns supreme since Roma. Nou Camp is clearly very different, clearly behind them.

Mr.Nice Guy

Vidal gets in on the act now. 5-1.

16 year-old Ansu Fati on as a sub for Barca.

JPA

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Vidal gets in on the act now. 5-1.

16 year-old Ansu Fati on as a sub for Barca.

Must be extremely highly rated, one to watch.

Mr.Nice Guy

:eek:

What a hit from Loren Moron! 5-2.

irishguitarlad

What a goal by the much maligned Morón haha