Arsenals tactics are like shit on a stick. We may rely on individual brilliance but they dont even have that. They are incredibly lackluster.
Dunno. I watch Arsenal and think how is this top of the league and then I see how many points they’ve won on set pieces compared to others.
Barca can still overturn this at Camp Nou. Simeone will sit deep from minute 1. Juve and Ronaldo punished those tactics when they won 3-0 in return leg and Barca have way more firepower.
They are hard to break down. Could score from set piece so nothing much different from what we endured against Arsenal last season. They might be a bit more better than last season.
Simeone has an embarassing record against them in La Liga. Worse than many minnows. In CL, there are couple of impressive wins like 2014 and 2016 KOs.
But despite the terrible H2H they have only been beaten by more than 1 goal 4 times and only once by more than 2. Winning 4-0 was very important today. Barca will likely have Raphina back.
Classic Pathetico that the one time they do drub Barcelona it's in a match that doesn't benefit us at all. And will likely get stuffed in the return leg as well.
Haha. Thought he doesn’t talk about referees and respects them? Fraud. 🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Hansi Flick: "The referee INVITED Atletico to play like this... He was NOT giving them yellow cards for kicking them around." "We start since the very first action of the game. ZERO consequences for them. ZERO!" "This is so bad here, the refereeing is SO BAD… pic.twitter.com/uyMW9xM3As— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) February 12, 2026
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lamine Yamal in the big games this season:• 0 G/A vs Atlético Madrid. (CDR)• 0 G/A vs Real Madrid. (Supercup)• 0 G/A vs Atlético Madrid.• 0 G/A vs Chelsea.• 0 G/A vs Espanyol• 0 G/A vs Real Madrid.• 0 G/A vs PSG. pic.twitter.com/nqwonv49IO— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) February 12, 2026 Never seen him produce in a big game.
It's hilarious how neither Madrid or Barca can lose. Totally allergic. It's the weather, the referee, the rest between games, the kit color match up. It's always somebody else to blame.
What has he done in the big games where Barca needed a result? If he's top of everyone's list he needs to start showing it because he's not even the third best player on his own team. Insult to Mbappe that he's even got a rivalry to this guy
I think Atletico will destroy them at Camp Nou aswell. Simeone has their number - Barca cannot be playing Elche every week
You know what i notice? Through all that time with Flick, Barca sporadically lose by blowout. It's not a bad result here and there, it's a banger sandwiched between great games domestically and in europe. Quite fascinating.
Blowouts only this season right? Honestly I expected Barca defense to get exposed in way more games since they lost Inigo and Eric Garcia isn't close to that level. Even with FFP restrictions, they could have made Flick's task a lot easier with a competent CB on loan instead of Rashford on high wages. Rashford has been good as a rotation player, but starting CB spot is way more vulnerable. Barca management hasn't been so stubborn regarding signings unlike RM despite their FFP situation. Yet them not replacing Inigo is my main hope of RM having a shot at La Liga title come May.
Why they'll be nowhere near winning the CL. They are not good enough, as funny as that sounds because of how they setup and cannot adjust.