Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich | UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals - 1st Leg|4.23.14[R]

Pepe has been imperious much of this season, its amazing how Ramos gets a comparatively free pass while every mistake Pepe makes is seen as proof that he sucks. Probably the thing I appreciate the most about Pepe is his drive and effort, he fights and never gives up.

Edit:

speaking of Pepe do we know how serious his injury is?

 

It's been a few years since Ive posted anything here. But really wanted to share how I felt last night...

 

Proud of my favorite team.

 

I am not trying to bash Benzema as he was good last night. I do think that he was the player that hurt our counterattacks the most. Every time he got the ball, he would stop and go for a pass that usually failed. Why doesn't he just take on a player and try to get past him?!?

Thank God he scored that tap in anyway. Coentrao was like a beast in that action. I think that was his only contribution to offense in his time here.

Carlo is winning me over slowly. He showed that he isn't a stubborn coach who won't adapt. I guess the good thing about the 3-4 loss to Barca is that he saw that the way to beat tiki-kaka you have to defend instead of attacking carelessly. Well done.

 

Maestro Modric:



The video doesn't do justice to his performance.

 

Not saying that I am the most intelligent poster on here but I should get some credit for my analysis before and during the game.

I have said it since the game against Barca that we are the only team that can successfully play an open style, possession style and defensive style. We play these styles and can do it successfully. A team like Chelsea can park the bus but can't score.

We can have an open game, like the one against Barca, and score. We can play a possession game and score. We can also play a defensive game and be great at it.

Anyways, what I was saying is the don't be surprised when we play a defensive game against Bayern. We can win this way. Many fans might not like it because it is not aesthetically pleasing but it gets results. We are the only team left that is built like a champion.

I am proud to witness what's going on in the last couple of weeks after that La Liga debacle.

I am the front runner for rookie poster of the year.

 

That's not an analysis. It's an observation.

 

Few more praying baby pictures and it's all yours.

 

Had a good time yesterday,

I take that back about the shitty hotel. It is a nice hotel in a damn nice area. Like I said nothing bad about Europe just used to big rooms like in USA.

Anyways the hotel bar got packed pretty good which made the experience better. Not too many girls though. I saw enter, i put my sagres beer down to wipe off the beer of my lips and do an expression i always do with my lips when i see a damn pretty girl.

Then getting ready thinking in portuguse already

Hello, (I ond't know how to say hello in portuguese, feck me right)
qual e seu nome? (this one worked as soon as i got to the airport, with one pretty lady name adrianni, pretty girl too. got her number.)

then when i am getting up, fecking boyfrined walks in. then in my mind when this happened, i always say this "feck you bitch i didn't even want to feck you"

so i watched the match with some dude from madrid. in his spanish accent.

Not a bad time. today my hunt begins. I am not as confident with portuguese or brazilians though. They are my weakness so we will see how it goes.

Ready for next week, staying here until the 3rd of May then back home to Miami! Finally.

Note: sorry to those who thought i called Portugal shitty. Not even that though in my mind. Just the hotel and the tv. That is all. The tv is damn japanese not portuguese. The city is damn nice (men don't say beautiful unless it is to a girl) but in this case it deserves it.

I think i might just go exploring the city and forget about girls that's how nice it is.

 

Great victory, and what a truly spectacular performance from all our players, but the tie is far from over. I'm expecting a massacre from Bayern on Tuesday. But I believe if we play like yesterday, we're on the road to Lisbon.

HALA MADRID!!

 

This is a ridiculous at statement, just as ridiculous as the criticisms and bashing leveled at the two of them for the most part this season. Ramos has no free pass here in any sense of the word. Both of them were excellent last night though and they have been for the entire season. As is our trend here though we never seem to appreciate what we have and feel the only way to give props to one player is to detract from another. Le sigh...

 

A few post-game musings...

A Real Madrid counter-attack is, to put it simply, a thing of beauty and joy. Thank you, Mou.

Last season FC Bayern, playing an all-out physical and direct game, won every important competition and pulverized the myth of the Tiki-Taka, only to replicate that same system this season but without Messi and Iniesta. How do you say "if it ain't broke don't fix it" in Deutsch?

If CR7 and GB11 are fit for the next match and Bayern does not score until the 30th minute... Lisboa, here we come...!

Hala Madrid.

 

So that's now only 2 clean sheets in the last 15 games for Bayern.

 

To single out anyone would be unfair. It was 100% team effort.

 

I thought he did good. He maintained possession which was IMO opinion crucial and he, most of the chose, the safest pass there was, albeit it sometimes killed our counter. In this particular game, he did as good as anyone could have and deserved to stay on the pitch for the whole 90 minutes.

 

Crucial win and great collective display from the lads! Bravo!

We haven’t been this close in many years, going into the away game with a lead and most importantly a clean sheet!

Shit am already pumped for Tuesday! Gonna be a long week.

 

I actually felt the opposite was true. That we screwed up our counter-attacks by rushing too much, not by taking too much time.

 

I think Marcelo on balance is the superior player, but in the second leg, Fabio is the right choice.

In the past, Fabio has done 2 things that essentially forced us to pick Marcelo, even a tie where we needed defense:

1) He would offer absolutely nothing going forward. This is actually necessary offensively and defensively to relieve pressure.

2) While better overall than Marcelo defensively, he would have 2-3 absolute shocking screw ups that would leave us exposed to goals.

On net, we would sacrifice offense, and still be susceptible at the back. He has obviously turned into a much better player as of late. He has been awesome and clean defensively, and offering options going forward, which makes him selectable. We are going to have to sit and defend, so Fabio should play the 2nd leg, and we can sub Marcelo on if we need to chase a goal (this is only if Marcelo plays this weekend. You don't want to sub a rusty Marcelo on).

But if we get through to the final, Marcelo should start. Much better matchup for him, regardless of whether it is Chelsea or Atleti.

 

THANK YOU PEPE

 

Coentrao best player in the last week. Where are the haters? All he needed was a chance