Great FK trick, should've been a PK. Nice job anyway. Keep it up!! Offside goal Messi. Smells like blood now.
Re: Confirmed starting lineup: whats the use of the fifth official if he cant see that challange 2 yards away from him and award a pk ... wth and whats with the stupid laser pointing every freakin time we try to take a fk ...
#2010misterchip (twitter) AC Milan never had a penalty given against them at home in the knock-out stage of the Champions League Only two clubs have not had a penalty awarded against them at home during the CL knockout stages (minimum 20 matches): Real Madrid y AC Milan.
I really don't know why Pep is so persistent in putting Iniesta on the wings, he has been ineffective in there. We need him on midfield to control the tempo and find open spaces to assist the forwards. I'd take off Keita for Pedro in the 2nd half.
Pretty even on chances so far, but we've had a few chances to expose the soft underbelly of their central defense. I think we need to vary the attacks because we get predictable. Visca el Barça!
Re: Confirmed starting lineup: So sad to see Iniesta on the wing/out wide.. He is a central midfielder ffs, he works magic wond best from there, we need Pedro on for Keita, and Don Andres back by Xavi's side, if we dont score early in 2nd half.
I'm watching at a packed nevada smith's, nyc's penya barcelonista in full force... But I missed out on why cesc isn't playing. Is keita a tactical choice by pep?
Yeah slipping and the ball bounce very much everywhere at the field. When they zoom in you can actually see how the grass is teared up everywhere.
Re: Confirmed starting lineup: I agree except the middle is already so clogged. Toward the end of the first half keita was giving us width on the left, but of course that puts more defensive burden on iniesta to stop any counters, which is what they are most dangerous at. This looks like a chess match between pep and allegri so far. Let's see what adjustments are made.