FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF | Copa del Rey final | El Clasico | 16.04.2014 | 21:30 CET

What are you talking about? Counter-attack man! That's how we beat them with Mourinho and that's how we beat them last night. If we played how you wanted us to play we would have conceded 4 goals like last time. Where was Messi? No space for space haha. It works against tiki taka. Any fool knows that. I am just happy Ancelotti has finally realised this also. Yes he gets credit too of course but it is clear Simeone showed him the way after the champions league matches.

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2014/04/17/real-madrid-2-1-barcelona-copa/

He actually used the same system and plan as Simeone. It's funny how he tried to play possession football with the 4-4-2 earlier on the season with Ronaldo haha. The 4-4-2 is a reactive counter attacking formation. It took him time but he got there in the end.

I would play this way against Bayern. Look at what Man Utd nearly achieved. I would possibly drop Benzema and just play Ronaldo and Bale up front. Counter-attack. We found a way to beat the big teams. Let's stick to it.

 

That's actually an interesting idea. But I do like having Benz up front to hold the ball up and relieve pressure.

 

I love seeing the players reaction to
Bale especially Xabi and Ramos who was tripping over himself to get some Bale.

Best part of the video is the look on all those clues face hahahaah loved that the celebrations happened there.

 

Madrid fans vote Pinto as man of the match..Spain’s national television station TVE suspended its social media survey for the award after Pinto raced ahead with 75 per cent of the tally...In order to save face, the station decided instead to disregard all the votes in favour of the 38-year-old and instead picked Gareth Bale, who took the award with 20 per cent of the remaining votes. LMAO

 

In Munchen yes, at home, no. Bayern have players who track back a lot faster than Barcelona, so the counter won't be as easy as it was here. IMO it would be better to try and surprise them, press them hard, to see if they'll make mistakes, which could enable us to make a quick, direct attack on their goal. If they don't falter, we can still sit back and use the same tactic we did against Barcelona.

But the thing I'm the most concerned about... We limited Barcelona to crosses, because they have no one to score the ball from these crosses. Bayern have Mario and as far as I've seen him, he's pretty good with his head. That could be a serious problem for us.

 

Right, but the thing I'd rather see is us keeping a clean sheet, though that's probably not going to happen. So we basically need to score (a lot), like you said, and then see how the second leg goes.

 

him or iniesta arguably should have one of messi's golden ball awards, no denying that.

 

Bale's other job:

 

Pepe comes in like, ******** with him and you'll ******** with me

Pepe is the guy everyone wants with them when they go out getting drunk in case it all kicks off

 

and who was the guy that called for 4-4-2 prior to the game???? @Lyra

 

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This reminds me of the coach in the 'Water Boy' when he's telling his players to go get Bobby

 

Lol. Carlo is in bed, ass out and sweating his back off from the night before

Training is off lads. ******** it.

 

Half the problem is that its the Soviet Union over there. Any word from a Madrid supporter and the mods will give you an infraction immediately. Any word from any opposing team and it's 50/50 you'll get an infraction. I think the mods on the Barca board have killed it beore it ever lived.

 

Ramos is busting moves again

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=620923251334524

 

Let me ask you a simple question, do you think Madrid played like Bayern did last year in their 7 goal THRASHING of Barca in the CL Semis? You can have a counter attacking strategy without parking the bus with 11 players less than 15 yards from goal, with your GK kicking the ball away time after time. This Barca team is horrible, parking the bus Mourihno style is not Madrid's best strategy. If they attempt this strategy against Bayern they will be ripped apart.

 

Jese on Skype / FaceTime....Really cool

 

You are too stupid to have a dialog with. I was referencing my first post in my 2nd post. I brought up deserve, the poster asked why i thought Barca deserved it, I then said deserve is not the point as to not get bogged down by an inconsequential part of my original post. I hate that I actually have to explain this to somebody.