Stuttgart - Barcelona

most important for me tonight, why is "Caroline Quentin" top of the UK twitter trends?

Bordeaux are going through, Chamakh with a header at the far post.

Chamakh! 2 - 1

Chamakh

Trémoulinas

A big club(Madrid) should buy him in the summer.

There are not many good left backs around.

Bojan scores with his first touch.

Bojan has scored, I think with his 1st touch.

Stuttgart defence

The Professor wrote:Trémoulinas

A big club(Madrid) should buy him in the summer.

There are not many good left backs around.

Bordeaux are through

French football

thank you Lionel Messi

Ade wrote:Bordeaux are through

French football

Prof
Was he the guy that delivered the cross for Chamakh's goal? Don't know much about the guy.

That was really an easy win, i cant believe how shit they were.
They weren't even 10% of the team that played against us in the first game.

Super Pellegrini wrote:

Ade wrote:Bordeaux are through

French football

Prof
Was he the guy that delivered the cross for Chamakh's goal? Don't know much about the guy.

I orginally thought it was a Trémoulinas assist for Chamakh's goal, but according to FF it's not

Apperantly Mellberg was sent off after the final whistle as well.

Super Pellegrini wrote:

Ade wrote:Bordeaux are through

French football

Prof
Was he the guy that delivered the cross for Chamakh's goal? Don't know much about the guy.

Yes. Got a good cross on him.

He's always good whenever i watch Bordeaux play.

shazlx wrote:

Manuel Glennegrini wrote:

shazlx wrote:Yaya is awesome!! Easily the best DM in the world. His passing is so astute, its great to watch.

his positioning, defensively is awful if he's a DM, he doesn't seem to be doing much defending

he's an awesome player, his positivity is excellent even if his execution and decision making exasperates.

He's not doing much defending because he doesn't have to today. Consider that Barca are the most attacking team in the world. They have Alves a RB (super attacking) Puyol at CB (can be as bad as Vidic/Carragher) and Valdes in goal (only slightly better than Almunia) yet they still have a very decent defensive record.

He is the Yaya Monster. Its such a shame he had to play CB vs Chelsea at SB last year. He would have owned that midfield. Against big opposition IMO he's more important than Xavi or Iniesta for controlling the midfield.

I've been out celebrating my mates birthday, anyone got highlights?

Probably the bit where he downed his pint and tried it on with that fat bird who said "what? no thanks mate in 40 and married".

borocooper wrote:Probably the bit where he downed his pint and tried it on with that fat bird who said "what? no thanks mate in 40 and married".

Been out since 2 went huntingdon races-hit the pub nabbed a cheeky curry- and staggered home, Fresh air and a cuppa just sobers you up a treat.

Jaime wrote:

Manuel Glennegrini wrote:I suppose not taking a player's fee into account when picking the team is a bad thing for a Real Madrid fan?

He's probably resting him, it is only Stuttgart.

No I just like to remind the cules every now and again that they can't pretend to be paupers. It's just hilarious that the players they spend millions on are a) cursed and b) not eligible for CL.

a) Better to have just one player cursed rather than our entire club.

2004-2005: Round of 16: Real Madrid 1-2 Juventus
2005-2006: Round of 16: Real Madrid 0-1 Arsenal
2006-2007: Round of 16: Real Madrid 4-4* Bayern Munich
2007-2008: Round of 16: Real Madrid 2-4 AS Roma
2008-2009: Round of 16: Real Madrid 0-5 Liverpool
2009-2010: Round of 16: Real Madrid 1-2 Lyon




b) At least we knew in advance that he's ineligible

TITO wrote:That was really an easy win, i cant believe how shit they were.
They weren't even 10% of the team that played against us in the first game.

Barça were awesome too though. Amazing movement and work rate from every single outfield player last night. Even with just a few mins to go, Messi was charging Lehmann down. And his kicking was awful all game long as a result. I can't remember the last time this season that all 11 players showed so much effort in closing the opposition down. It was like having 11 Etoo's on the field.


For me Dani Alves also had a tremendous game. The guy could easily be a midfield playmaker, that's how much ability he has on the ball. But his ridiculous energy level means he'd be a tactical nightmare, just running around everywhere like crazy! Should be a brand ambassador for Red Bull or Duracell or something.


But definitely the best part of last night was seeing Yaya Toure's performance. He was playing CM, not DM, so he wasn't shackled and had a bit more freedom to make his charging runs forward, and complemented that with his usual array of passes. Pep's comments on him after the game:

"Yaya es un animal. Tiene unas condiciones sobrehumanas, pero es un poco despistado para jugar de mediocentro porque va a lo suyo. Pero, cuando se puede desenganchar, tiene está arrancada, este despliegue físico, que es impresionante"

Translation: Yaya is an animal. He has some superhuman conditions

But then he goes on to mention that Yaya doesn't always adhere to tactics and likes to have a free role...which is definitely spectacular but hints to me the reason why Busquets has been playing a lot more this season.

Kuzmanovic and his ugly stamp on Messi's ankle from behind when the game was more or less over

One of these days it'll happen to Kuzmanovic as well, and I'll be laughing when it does