Hey how come this thread has reached 4 pages without me being involved in it. Brother Zizou, glad to have a fellow Madridista here...
Dude how do Barca expect people to play against them? Just stay back and allow them to have the possession to play their Tiki-Taka? Football is a contact sport and you cannot do multiple backrolls lying on the ground holding your face if touched on the chest. I did a full thread on the first leg of the UCL semi final tie illustrated with images on how disgraceful barca players were during the match.
Yes we got beaten last year however in both legs of Supercopa this year we were at par with Barca. The first leg they drew curtesy a Villa fluke and a Messi lucky richochet while we wasted glorious opportunities to take the tie away from them. The 2nd leg would always have been nearly impossible to win with Barca playing with 14 on the pitch (Including 1 Referee and 2 linesmen) and yet if you take Messi out of the match Barca did nothing and it could so easily have been 3-3 had we taken our chaces. I expect much tighter classicos this time around and feel that Mourinho will come good on his promise of better results in the 2nd season.
we play many teams,we almost travel to Russia every year for champions league,we have played against Danish teams which are much more tough tackling and harder on the contact than any team in the world.
But why is it that the issues crop up only when we play Mourinho's teams?This issue didn't come up against Del Bosque/Juande Ramos/Capello/Schuster/Pellegrini?
why is there always a problem when it comes to teams coached by Mourinho?Because he delibrately asks his players to cross a line and try to injure Barcelona's players and that is why there is a problem.
There are people like Busquets and Alves who go down a little more than they should be but there are divers in Real Madrid too.
And the kind of tackles,i have seen from Alonso,Khedira,Pepe,Ramos and Marcelo,they deserve to be sent off in every game.
I play CB too myself and i know what is a tough tackle and what is a injury intentioned tackle and there is a clear line and every football players knows not to cross it.
This freedom that Mourinho gave your team is an old tactic of his which he tried to injure Messi with Del Horno.
I dont like the dives but if it means we can save our player's career,i am all for it.
Being a Real Madrid fan,it is funny you complain about refreeing having been the nephew of the establishment for all the time and is still a much favoured club of the capital region.
Villa Fluke?How come Cristiano/Higuain/Di Maria never have flukes?Perhaps they should shoot more.I wish i can fluke that easily,perhaps that Zidane's volley in 2002 was also a fluke?Many of Raul's winners in tight situations were also flukes?Roberto Carlos' FKs definitely shud be flukes.
Messi didn't have a richochet,he has scored too many goals against you and too many great goals against everyone and this time he got half a chance and he beat both Khedira and Pepe and also Casillas who had all the time to make a judgement and save it.
The thing is this time you played well but Barca is still not fit enough and in pre season whereas you guys are much better off having had a full preseason.Let us see what happens this season.
But one thing,this Supercopa has fired up the tempo of our team and even if they had been lazy before,they are going to be crazy motivated now.
what decisions in the 2nd leg did u find against you?I dont remember any?