Activate Another Lever and Still Lose to a Madrid Remontada - The Small Teams Thread

Agreed, but for the strength and competitiveness of La Liga, I wish Depor hadn’t faded so far away

 

Whenever I think of Depor, I only think of that no look back heel pass from Guti to Benzema.

 

Yeah, that Valencia game is immense and I truly hope the team approaches it just like they did with Girona. Attack from the start, pressure them, get a goal or two early on and take it from there. Just don't let them intimidate us, really important to keep focus!

 

Xavi is 10yrs older than Thiago and played his last tournament for Spain 10yrs ago

Any reason why teenage Pedri and Gavi are staring tournaments ahead of Thiago?

 

Lol that was all in your head man. Valencia weren't violent and they definitely never had anything against Madrid. They dealt with us fairly.

Same as Depor, Osasuna, etc.

 

YES!!! YES!!! THINGS ARE HAPPENING. BOOM! BOOM!

*nothing happens*

 

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Every time I'm reminded of this day I'm gutted. I think this is the most painful moment for anyone supporting this team.

But my theory is that all that pain (including 12 years of losing in Europe) is what made 92:48 so insanely great. https://t.co/Gt697xJjkS

— Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo) February 28, 2024

 

Remind me, what happened?

 

It was such a shame, because RM was incredible that season. When the players decided to push against Bayern, the score was 2-0 within 20 mins. And how about the three biggest sure bets missing a PK, in Ronaldo, Kaka and Ramos? What a squad that was, a shame. Should have been the 10th.

 

Literally the only successful team I support which is why I find all this conspiracy talk so crazy. I’ve supported small teams my whole life, I know what it is to be let down, disappointed, and to NEVER get the benefit of the doubt with calls. Even with them
I don’t call it conspiracy, just life. The big clubs and big stars will get the benefit of the doubt.

Madrid is the one team I never have to worry about lol. I know we are going to win a title every other year at worst, have the most prestige, have a ton of money, have the best players, great coach, best president, and is the most respected organization in the sport. It almost feels weird to me but I love it lol

 

Supporting Real Madrid during the Ronaldinho era was hell for a Brazilian. Everyone supported Barcelona and, obviously, hated Real Madrid.

Until CR and Mourinho came and kicked our asses in terms of self-confidence and self-esteem, I'd say it felt like supporting not a small but a secondary team.

Nowadays, it certainly feels like supporting a powerhouse. But despite all the money and prestige, RM was a supporting actor for many many years.

 

What a wasted career.

 

Damn, he was such a nice fella, dying his hair to "raise awareness" or whatever. Will be missed.

 

Actually I would argue that being a Madrid fan between 2003-2010 (with the exception of 07-08) was way worse than lower-mid table teams that were never expected to achieve greatness.

Having an expectation of always winning and then constantly falling short while your biggest rivals do sextuples was pretty traumatic not gonna lie. I remember almost every elimination clearly from the golden goal against Juve, Roberto Carlos screwing up right from kickoff against Bayern, Juninho destroying us year after year with Lyon (one year I was in the stands), Higuain missing sitters, Torres killing us with Liverpool, that toxic Clasico where Pepe played DM and got sent off, all culminating in that shootout against Bayern.

Thankfully in the next 10 years we exorcised every ghost - Barca, Dortmund, Bayern, Juve everyone and that’s also why those CL wins felt so incredibly sweet. Ramos and CR would not be the monsters that they were without that backstory I think. But to each their own of course

 

I spend my Saturday afternoons at a stadium of a now English 3rd tier club who are close to going down to the 4th tier, and potentially going out of existence due to poor ownership

Football is football and victories are victories. I think that's something that unites fans around the world. A desperately needed victory for a 4th tier club over a rival feels as good and as big as a Champions League QF win.