Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid [Copa del Rey; Semi Final; 02/05/2014] 8:00 PM CET/2:00 PM EST

Coentrao > Marcelo

******** the game time 2pm?!? 2pm?!?

 

Biased towards who?
In the end it comes down to the referee, but I think the RFEF doesn't stand for the type of play the FA allows (lot's of contact, etc.). That's why injuries are more common in England than Spain.
To each his own, I guess.

 

The biggest challenge for a ref is to let the game flow. It often ends up with couple of hard challenges, couple of cards and someone feeling fuc'ked in the end. I agree it's generally better in EPL, but it's far from perfect..

 

+1,that was the first thing that struck me as well

 

Games threads only need basic info: date, time, competition, and location. Beyond that nothing else really matters. If having a poster with a player who doesn't play for the other team upsets to the point you need to nitpick it in a game thread then do us all a favor and do one of two things 1)get a life and/or 2)start the thread yourself next time.

 

I second that.

 

If I defined the "rules" for starting game threads "just to get a response" and you responded than am I really the stupid one?* Let that question sink in before you start punching out an angry, self-righteous response on your keyboard okay?

*I will concede I am stupid for thinking you'll understand any of this post though.

 

No bale again it seems, jdlmorena said he has been left behind as he hasn't fully recovered. Must admit I'm getting worried now he seems to miss a lot of games.

 

Lmao u r def trolling. lulz at you thinking u defined the "rules" hahahhahahahahhahahhahahhah YOU defined the rules hahahhahahahhahhah lmao

 

Wtf you srs? As the founder of the GOATareth Bale crew I'm starting to get worried myself.

 

What a waste of 100ME if Jese outperforms Bale

j/k j/k

But also I think it's time to stop blaming the lack of preseason on his inability to get fit, he has a history with these little niggling injuries iirc.

 

At one point, Clos Gomez had refereed 16 games, and had handed out 16 red cards. I believe he currently averages a red card every other game, so statistically he will probably give one out tonight.

He is the one who sent off Cristiano and Jose in the CdR final at the Bernabeu last season, he also sent off Kaka famously for those 2 absolutely innocuous fouls. Clos Gomez was also the famous referee whose 13 errors Mourinho took and went to the press with.

So you can hopefully see why I am not very optimistic about his performance tonight.

 

None of those sending-offs really affected the outcomes of those games though. I don't think anyone disputes the officiating and governing body of La Liga isn't up to par but this lack of quality is generally across the board. We've been dealing with it for years and generally overcoming it, even managing to benefit from it as well. I can't remember the last time we were "robbed" to the extent points or silverware were lost because of poor refereeing performances in La Liga. And as such we just need to soldier on and control the things we can control like coming out looking like we're ready to play and putting in a solid 90 minutes (among other things) and letting the other shit fall where it may.

 

I think he came here still getting over an injury and wasn't given enough time to get over it. So hit got injured again and has recurring problems ever since. Same thing happend to schweinsteiger who is nursing his injury ever since the last euros. Bale has a big summer brake in front of him though I expect him to be fully fit by the beginning of next season.

€: Refering to Bale of course.

 

Perez is a fcking idiot for paying 100 mio€ for Bale. Seriously what kind of retard does that?

 

News coming from the club is that they want players who are 100% for this tie and they want him to be ready for Villarreal fixture instead.

 

Maybe our management should stop rushing Bale back and give him a consecutive run of 15-20 minutes instead of 15 minutes and then a full blown 90 after it.

 

Bale needs to get on some better ped's maybe phone leo messi for a connect

 

According to Marca, Tonight, the Madridistas in the Bernabeu will be supporting Cristiano under the slogan: Todos Somos CR7 (We are all CR7).