The 2007/08 Pavon of the Match Thread

I hope you don't have the same feelings for Raul Bravo, because deep inside, watching him get out maneuvered in Greece on Saturday, it brought a smile to my face, but that probably had more to do with him being promoted as a 'Real Madrid Ace' by the media close to Olympiakos, and less with Raul Bravo himself.

I could have had the chance to meet Raul Bravo as well, as i was located very close to a preseason game Olympiakos gave at that moment.I decided not to go after watching Olympiakos fans go to preseason games to insult a Greek International [Basinas, Mallorca - Olympiakos friendly] because he played for a rival before moving to Spain.

 

Totally agree. Marcelo played a great game. Like you said, he clearly won the battle to Pablo Hernandez, in my opinion one of the best Getafe players.

I invite to everyone that have voted Marcelo, to watch again the game and note down how many times Pablo Hernandez surpass Marcelo, and how many times Marcelo stopped him. Marcelo won very clearly.

Schuster said after the game: "The four defender (Marcelo, Ramos, Cannavaro, Torres) and Casillas played a great game. I really happy with their work. They saved us. But again, i'm not happy with the work of our midfielders (Robinho, Gago, Drenthe, Robben) in defense."

It is not the first game that Schuster clearly attack the defensive work of our midfielders. And i'm totally agree with him.

My votes:

2. Gago
1. Denthe

 

I repeat you, watch again the game and tell me how many times Pablo Hernandez surpass Marcelo, and how many times Marcelo stopped or steal the ball Pablo Hernandez. Then you can speak about Marcelo defensive work.


And for your information, in the Marcelo side played a player whose name is Robben who must help in defense and try to stop the attacks of Getafe Rightback. How many times did you watch Robben helping in defense? Did you watch when Raul told Robben that he had to help in defense?????

 

Probably you don't know me because i don't use to post in the board as much as i would like, but i have never written about what a Manager, player, president, ... has said a if i'm not 100% sure that is what he really said.

Maybe sometimes, i don't translate word by word what they said because my English isn't perfect. But i always try to be the most accurate possible.

I watched the game live, PPV. And i watched the Schuster press conference, RMTV. And Schuster said what i (and Maca) wrote in our posts.

And listening Schuster voice when he spoke in the press conference, you could feel that he was very happy with the work of our defenders and very upset with the work of our midfielders."

It is the second consecutive game that Schuster publicly praise the defenders and attack the defensive work of the midfielders. And in this second time, he was more upset than the first one. Probably because he tought that the players didn't pay enough attention to his first message.

 

Guti - 2p
Robben - 1p