congrats - too bad we played so poorly... Oh BTW - now compare how we react to losing the title at home vs. how LPB have the last 2 years ....
We've had so many straight seasons of being deep in the league that it's a strange position not to have to focus on it anymore for once. Hopefully this can turn into a positive against Chelsea. The entire team looks so, so tired.
we still have the champions league and the Spanish cup , hopefully we can have our revenge in the final of the cl if things go well in the semi's
from what i read you guys bought cesc with all your remaining cash. Either buy him or buy 2 15 million players. I'm more surprised that messi isn't injured. He's played so many games at club and international level
No complaints about the result, congratulations to Real Madrid, at no point in the game did we look like we would win it. Lets concentrate on the Chelsea game now.
This taste of our own medicine doesn't taste too good. I saw a lot of runs from our players but others didn't follow. Our defenders are slow as hell. Congrats to them they played well, BUT we ARE STILL THE BETTER TEAM.
Starting Tello was a horrendous mistake if Guardiola did intend to actually win this game. Messi has been in poor form recently...he's becoming a lot more selfish and misplacing a lot of his passes.
Credit where it's due. Madrid pulled off what every team tries and most fail. They deserve La Liga to be honest. Many criticize Villa, but he would have scored today (and at the Bridge). Too much dependence on Messi, Madrid have three players that can score into the late 20's, Barca only had one this season due to injury. Pedro has not been as good when has played. Anyways, CL still to play for. Anims!
I dont' think that's true, and there were certainly some cheap role players to be had in the winter window. We didn't get anybody though.
Well that was a good run to cut the deficit down to 4 points to make this match mean something. Congrats to Madrid, they played well throughout the entire season. Yeah I don't like Mou, but they got it done. I don't think we'll ever accept a loss to them, but I can accept this result more than the Chelsea one (based on how the game played out). Pep had a reason (namely Champions League) for playing Tello, maybe it will pay off if we can overturn the tie on Tuesday. Not much more to be said.
Like the one he left for Xavi? But I agree, he's been off in the last couple of games. Has hit a wall at the wrong time.
IMO guys, if we wont today but still ost La Liga, I wouldn't be too mad as we would have showed R.M that they can' beat us we HAVE to win copa del rey and champions league
What a tough game against a very tough opponent. You had to lose sometime but you guys fought until the end. Props.
Well, he is getting locked down. It's kind of like watching him for the NT tbh(in the last couple of games). Teams basically are saying, we are going to let somebody else beat us besides Messi. It's that or that he is going to be a father, lol.
I agree with you on the first point, but we don't know what would have happened if Villa scored. I know a lot of people are saying oh we miss Eto'o, we miss Villa (and we could definitely use them now), but in the second halves of their last season with Barcelona (the treble winning year for Eto'o, and last season for Villa) they were struggling MIGHTILY to score goals for us in all competitions. They both scored in their respective Champions League Finals, but prior to that they were wasting so many chances. Both are of the highest ilk, but they went through rough patches. As fans we may forget those dry spells, but they did happen. Of course Messi can't shoulder the scoring on his own he's been doing it all year. Chelsea is not nearly as good as Madrid and they're a rung or two below Milan too. Fatigue may very well play into their hands judging by all the misplaced passes today. Pique, Fabregas and Sanchez to start on Tuesday.
Well tough loss but Guardiola has a big part in it...first of all by starting Tello & Tiago who proved theyre not players who can play Big games...instead should have started with Fabregas and Alexis who both came on too late in the game and why did he take Xavi out huge mistake as well probably alining Mascherano over Pique
I'm proud of the way that the Barca players didn't lose their heads. They fought till the end in a professional and honorable manner. I'd like to see how much time Madrid wasted though.
I cannot believe pep would start Tello (whoever that is) and then stubbornly stick with him for 80 minutes!! he was an absolute joke Dani Alves was harmless Xavi's had a terrible game and missed a sitter (did not even ask for a corner) Iniesta as usual doing too much turning around himself and he is becoming as predictable and stale as barcelona as a whole overall without Messi Barcelona would be battling for a 4th-3rd spot in la liga and the uefa cup... Madrid has a much stronger roster
"Son La Hostia. E03, no saben ganar". GTFO. Classless bastards. (To some trolls that I don't want to quote)
This loss hasn't affected me as much really considering La liga was already lost and that we are still the better team by far on the pitch, just failed to capitalize on the chances but oh well. I think Messi was completely anonimous compared to the other Clasicos, but can't blame him the physical effort is taking a toll on him. Good game overall , nice to see there was no fights or anything. Credits to Madrid where its due.