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

Wtf is possesssion football and why would a coach who implements counter attacking football ( ) want to force them to do something different if "possession football" is so lame against bunker?

Key point is, its the easiest shit to do and now appears "so effective" because Barcelona is such shit. Its like days of catenaccio in its full glory are slowly coming back - oh the joy.

And someone explain to me where is the logic you can defend proper only with basically a bunker + counter is phase of attack??

 

I don't think anyone can disagree with your assessment. Just a slight footnote: the idea that we should play 'our game', whatever it is, its a fallacy. Our game is pragmatic and adaptable to the circumstances. If we need to defend we will defend. People find it uneasy to accept that we should modify our game to counter someone elses game, and not the other way around, but IMO that doesn't imply inferiority, but cleverness and versatility.

 

@MadridForever I agree. I would just say that it is very clear when looking at both goals and all the other goal scoring chances we had in the match that the counter attacking style of play is what won us this game. You seem not to focus on that so much. It is the "blueprint" to destroy tiki taka. This is what some of the posters here were stating before the match. There is a lot of truth to this I feel. It caused a lot of shit because it did not form part of the consensus of the "big swinging dicks" in this forum. Same shit different day.

 

Do you remember the promise you made in August?

 

Valencia police issued Bale a fake ticket for reckless over-taking

 

I reminded him

 

I couldn't remember what the bet was, and then I came across this. LOL, you can't make this stuff up.

 

There needs to be a "super rep" button or something for posts like this. One "rep" doesn't do it justice.

 

I have no idea what this crazy fat baby is talking about...

You lack the intelligence to understand basic things don't you? That comment of mine was clearly tongue in cheek, hence the laughing face icon! In any case it is clear that Ozil does not fit in a 4-4-2 formation. Sorry.

Another guy trying to score some flaccid points. When did I say that Mr Moderator?

 

here is a write up in Zonal Marking discussing the 4/4/2 formation used by CA in the Copa:

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

 

Mymy replied with this:
"Messi is the only rooster in the hen house" - The Other Teams Thread
"PremEjac4Life" suggestion

So, Jeremy, what shall we talk about regarding honor and short memories again?

Chinky123 or PremEjac4life. Your call.

 

@jeremy123
Hint: PremEjac4life is not cool

@Chinky24
It's really nice of you to let him choose
Chinky123 is too cool to be used by that loser.

 

IMO, the best thing we can take home from this game is how confident we were after the goal. I mean, compared to the Dortmund game, where some Illarra brain farts and a missed PK still with 3-0 on aggregate caused us to go into total meltdown. Also compare to a bunch of games against the same opposition where we scored first and then gradually lost control.

Also, as MF said, whenever we needed a goal we were able to attack Barça very effectively, while switching back to conservative mode when having an advantage.
Sorta like what Atleti does (manage the timing of efforts), but obviously a lot better in the attacking phase.

Finally there's this thing I heard to a so-called pundit: Madrid has a squad that allows us to "play any way we want".

 

You say the word flaccid a lot, Jeremy. Would you like me to give you something a little harder?

 

Who are you?!

League is not finished yet but I choose Premature Ejaculation. I always do Arsenal would have finished top 2 had they not suffered horrible injuries all season. When most were fit they were unstoppable. Ramsey, Wilshere, Walcott. Ozil, Podolski, Arteta, Chamberlain all injured. Imagine us without Modric, Ronaldo, Xabi, Di Maria....

Does the FA Cup count?

 

Modric said the talk between the two was: "thank God for the goal, we don't know how we would have lasted through the extra time".

 

Even with those players, Arsenal would have never finished top 2. The thing you're forgeting that we were without Xabi for the first 2 months, without Ronaldo for a few weeks, without Varane for basically the whole year. Marcelo was in and out, so was Arbeloa, we lost Khedira for half the season, not to mention Jese and we started the season without Bale. Yet we still won a trohpy and are in the race to win two more.

And that Micky Mouse cup doesn't count!

 

One that had to stand the aftereffects of your constant premature ejaculations during last year.

LMAO

 

@Chinky24 superjob.


I vote for PremEjac4life.

 

I don't think you quite understand my humour. You take everything i say literally. I worry about those people.

Life is absurd and meaningless. Just keep ejaculating buddy.

 

atleast you're being a good sport about it, just change your avatar to a penile pump - you've talked about being flaccid enough that most would get it....

 

So all of it has been a joke? I mean really?
Makes perfect sense with the "4life" part mymy had suggested
I won't stop you then. Go on, keep ejaculating...

 

I thought they were thanking God that they ain't playing for the Spurs anymore.