the starting eleven doesn't come out before its like 15 minutes to kickoff ... who's going to be the 5th defender? ... drenthe? or Anton? assuming the 4 defenders would be: salgado, ramos, canna and metz ... well I m amused by juande's idea, as earlier I was saying:
I wonder if there is a correlation between being left-footed and left-handed... I don't think so, it would be one hell of a statistical anomaly... Hmmm... maybe I shouldn't think out loud... back to the game.
There isn't a bigger game of football on the planet in terms of viewers and coverage. It ill be being shown on a lot of channels, so if anyone doesn't manage to find a stream or channel covering the game, they are extremely talented for all the wrong reasons.
where is opare the young defender from ghana, i remember watching him at the youth champioship so why is he not given a chance. He is quick and very good going forward what you exactly need in this sort of games
Never lose hope, the day you lose hope is the day life is meaningless. Achilles. circa 12/12/2008 - 12/13/2008
So what happens if they also hope? Anyway, it's gonna be a hell of a match. Let's just hope that IKER is in good mood. Im hopefull for this match because i think that Barca's defense hasn't been challenged yet this season. It's the same as when they had Ronaldinho, the attack is very good but the defense isn't. Damn Robben for getting that card -.-
i hope the players have nightmares when they sleep 2nite so they man up tomorrow and come home with at least a draw
I can see a Madrid win or at least tie. Such a big game won't really 'inspire' Barca to steamroll Real and therefore they'll be more carefull and try to play the possession game. Also, i feel Real wants this more. I may not make sense but I'll just say this: the most barca can win by is a 1-0 but Ill bet on a Real win.
You have more faith in Real Madrid than some of our "fans" and you root for Bayern. Thx for the support.
Calderon didn't board the plane with the team because he had kidney pain. Also, AS and marca are saying that ramos will start LB with salgado at RB and cannavaro and metz in the middle.
Anyone know of any HQ pay-per-view streams for this game? I'm totally sick of low quality, romanian (or something) speaking commentators. It's not on ESPN360 where I usually watch la liga. I'd go and find a sportsbar to watch it but it start really early here on the west coast.
Opare has only just managed to get a few starts in the castilla team over recent games. The opinion from one of our posters , who actually goes to the games is this.... "Opare is veeeeeeery green. They did speak well of him but for now he is looking a disappointment. Until recently he was a substitute for Castilla, now he is beginning to get some starts, but that said he is very green and tactically he has to improve veeeeery much. In my opinion he needs at least this season to adapt to European football, we'll have to see how he develops." I'd guess that probably sums up why he is not getting a chance.