Atletico at minus seven and we have a big match on 4th March and have to beat Girona next week too. I hope to have Dembele and Coutinho possibly playing against Atletico.
They are a formidable side now with Costa and others playing well. Barca must win that game and make a statement.
Formidable, sure. But their next 4 away matches are: Sevilla, Barca, Villareal and LPB. And playing every Thursday night in Europe too. I see lots of dropped points.
I don't see Sevilla and Villarreal in good shape now. Villarreal almost lost against Espanyol today trying to protect a one goal lead. Sevilla get totally hammered every other weak by big margins, they will be focused against Atletico but AM are in great form now and have a large squad with quality around, today their back up cbs played, Lucas and Gimenez and they played awesome. And yeah, I love to beat them.
Betis played amazing, with more quality they will be top six and Fabian Ruiz, we should buy that kid but Betis is a happening place, it was a cracker of a game and Betis did the same against Valencia too with the same scoreline. They are a solid offfenoff side who like to win the ball up the pitch and cause havoc.
Embarrassing VAR gaffe in the FA Cup match yesterday b/w Hudderfield Town and Man United. Goal was initially given. There was a major question of offside though. So they got a 3 year-old to hand-draw some lines to clarify the situation:
Too me they were far too loose in their passing. Not surprised they allowed five goals in one half against Barca and 4 in one half against LPB. The Seville derby was another disaster-class on how to hold on to a good result, even though they managed to outscore their opponent in that instance. But I guess they have Girona and Eibar just above them in the table so Betis should be favorite to get that last Europa League spot (along with Celta). Personally I hope Eibar get it. Would be a great story!
Of the five La Liga matches this season that have produced at least 8 goals, Betis were involved in FOUR of them (!) Real Sociedad 4-4 Betis Betis 3-6 Valencia Sevilla 3-5 Betis Real Madrid 7-1 Deportivo Betis 3-5 Real Madrid
Man City just pulled a Madrid and have been eliminated from the domestic cup by a club with ~1% of their budget!
explain this nonsense: @sun2jay @MoRosement @thisisDSpot @mattbolistic Make sure everyone sees this video! @ChampionsLeague #PSGREAL pic.twitter.com/pZA7F0NuuO— Iso (@Bluegrenades) February 16, 2018
Pep and the tiki frickin taka curse. They had 80% possession (yeah yeah 10 men what ever..) and couldn't even muster a equalizer against Wigan.. Why? Cause again last night there was no plan B, no aerial strength or aerial superiority in attack, just a bunch of tini tiny players trying to pass it into goal [emoji23] Nothing better to see a oil rich overhyped club and coach crashing out in this way [emoji41]
Must be nice to finish second in the group phase and still get a team like Besiktas in the Round of 16.