Disco Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Be interesting to see if Real go very defensive again or actually play some strikers this time. I'd hoy Adebayor and Higuain up front and play direct ball although neither are the best at backs to goal stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Personally I think the only lifeline they have into the tie is going for it and getting at our necks the first 30 minutes. Higuaín, Benzema, Özil, Cronaldo, DI Maria, X. Alonso front six. Kaká super-sub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Personally I think the only lifeline they have into the tie is going for it and getting at our necks the first 30 minutes. Higuaín, Benzema, Özil, Cronaldo, DI Maria, X. Alonso front six. Kaká super-sub. I agree, but no chance of Jose doing that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Personally I think the only lifeline they have into the tie is going for it and getting at our necks the first 30 minutes. Higuaín, Benzema, Özil, Cronaldo, DI Maria, X. Alonso front six. Kaká super-sub. I agree, but no chance of Jose doing that. I think he will do something like that. Even if he wouldn't - a team with a front of Özil, Di Maria and Ronaldo (like it was in the first leg) would be a great attack if they were allowed to attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Personally I think the only lifeline they have into the tie is going for it and getting at our necks the first 30 minutes. Higuaín, Benzema, Özil, Cronaldo, DI Maria, X. Alonso front six. Kaká super-sub. I agree, but no chance of Jose doing that. I think he will do something like that. Even if he wouldn't - a team with a front of Özil, Di Maria and Ronaldo (like it was in the first leg) would be a great attack if they were allowed to attack. If he wanted to do that, then his best chance was to do it at home and not in Camp Nou. He's never won at Camp Nou as well, a 1-1 draw with Chelsea is his best result there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I'm sure after the first leg he said if Real score first in the Nou Camp then Barca would destroy them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Madrid's AssMan Karanka just railed against UEFA in their pre-match press conference for refusing to ban some of our players. They are on a roll. Will see if it pop ups on an English media to post a link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Real Madrid have released video footage appearing to show Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets calling Marcelo a "monkey". The club released footage on their in-house TV channel with Busquets captioned as shouting 'mono, mono' at Marcelo during Barca's 2-0 Champions League victory at the Bernabeu last week. Madrid, who had earlier released a video claiming to show Pepe made no contact with Dani Alves during the red-card incident, also provided video analysis of referee Frank De Bleeckere, who will take charge of Tuesday's semi-final second leg at Barcelona. The video highlights the fact that De Bleeckere sent off Inter's Thiago Motta in controversial circumstances when they took on Barcelona at the Camp Nou during last season's semi-final, and calls on the official to avoid "falling for Barcelona's theatre". Read more: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/914627/real-madrid-accuse-barcelona-midfielder-sergio-busquets-of-racism?cc=5739 They just won't stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 How was De Bleeckere supposed to favour us when he didn't give a goal that would have sent us through? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 But Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said "My players are an example of professionalism and honesty." That goes for Dani Alves I suppose too Busquets is a dispicable little c*** http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13265403.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 How was De Bleeckere supposed to favour us when he didn't give a goal that would have sent us through? Last season against Inter? That wasn't him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 But Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said "My players are an example of professionalism and honesty." That goes for Dani Alves I suppose too Busquets is a dispicable little c*** http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13265403.stm Hope Dani Alves will finally get sent off today. And early enough - first half would be decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 But Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said "My players are an example of professionalism and honesty." That goes for Dani Alves I suppose too Busquets is a dispicable little c*** http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13265403.stm Hope Dani Alves will finally get sent off today. And early enough - first half would be decent. As long as Busquets follows him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 But Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said "My players are an example of professionalism and honesty." That goes for Dani Alves I suppose too Busquets is a dispicable little c*** http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13265403.stm Hope Dani Alves will finally get sent off today. And early enough - first half would be decent. As long as Busquets follows him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Mourinho will watch tonights game in a hotel according to reports from Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I don't trust him for a second, he'll be hiding in amongst the water bottles or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Mourinho will watch tonights game in a hotel according to reports from Spain. Hm, sounds a bit strange. I've read that he'll be in a vip lounge during the game. Knowing him, it could very much be the case that he will watch it from a hotel and being on the phone - which he couldn't do in the vip lounge watched by cameras and by the UEFA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Mourinho will watch tonights game in a hotel according to reports from Spain. Hm, sounds a bit strange. I've read that he'll be in a vip lounge during the game. Knowing him, it could very much be the case that he will watch it from a hotel and being on the phone - which he couldn't do in the vip lounge watched by cameras and by the UEFA. Apparently your bang on the money from what I've just seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Been said on Twitter that it's easier to contact bench from privacy of hotel room, and that he's done it before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Iniesta starts for Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Puyol too... Barcelona line-up (official): Valdes - Alves Mascherano Pique Puyol - Xavi Busquets Iniesta - Pedro Messi Villa #fcblive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Puyol too... Barcelona line-up (official): Valdes - Alves Mascherano Pique Puyol - Xavi Busquets Iniesta - Pedro Messi Villa #fcblive As expected. Random pic I've just found: http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/robson3107_450x300.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Real: Casillas - Arbeloa, Carvalho, Albiol, Marcelo - Diarra, X. Alonso, Di Maria, Kaka, C. Ronaldo - Higuain. (official) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Kaka ahead of Ozil, interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Hope Kaka puts on a good show. Lovely player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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