CL Semifinal - Barcelona vs Real Madrid

El Clásico - euro style!

cant see REAL winning this over 2 legs

barcas style is simply superior, they will show that they at least a half league better

Over two legs, we will start 40-60 against Farca. But it really depends on how intelligent we can be.

Very concerned about our players trying to keep ball far too long & get dispossessed easily. Saw that far too many times against Spurs. Barca will press us 100 times harder..

Yes yes all of this but let's not forget they are c*nts!

Great game. 2 best clubs in the World by some distance. Should be the final.

Can't wait

1st leg: Real Madrid - Barcelona 27/4
2nd leg: Barcelona - Real Madrid 3/5

Any suspensions ?

Carvalho is out.

Barca are the better side (they're the best side in the world) So I'm going to go with them.

The Final is officially set to be played FFS!

Only doubt I had was Shakhtar, and Barcelona really saw them as a challenge (did you see how focused Barça were against them!)...PURE RESPECT towards Shakhtar.

I'd say that Barça were 100% focused against Shakhtar and only 75% against Arsenal. TRUE FUCKING STORY FFS!!!

Alberto wrote:The Final is officially set to be played FFS!

Only doubt I had was Shakhtar, and Barcelona really saw them as a challenge (did you see how focused Barça were against them!)...PURE RESPECT towards Shakhtar.

I'd say that Barça were 100% focused against Shakhtar and only 75% against Arsenal. TRUE FUCKING STORY FFS!!!

What does this MEAN? Can anyone answer? Because Barcelona thrashed Shakhtar by more goals than they did Arsenal, it's because they respected them more? Does this mean Madrid respected Spurs more than they did Lyon?

What would be better is if you admitted you got it wrong when you predicted Shakhtar and their team if Brazilians would give Barca a tough game. It didn't happen. No one will hold it against you

Yes because you'd respect Shakhtar more than a team who have made the CL quarter-finals in 4 of the last 5 seasons.

You're a fool, mon ami. True fucking story

Xavier wrote:Carvalho is out.

Pretty significant loss. I can't imagine Pepe + Albiol will be very convincing.

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Xavier wrote:Carvalho is out.

Pretty significant loss. I can't imagine Pepe + Albiol will be very convincing.

Although. Last year with Pepe-Albiol we lost 1-0 in the Camp Nou and 2-0 in the Beranbeu. With Carvalho-Pepe this year we already lost 5-0. Basically against the sillypricks we are going to concede some goals with or without Carvalho.

Our biggest problem is that our midfield still can't match theirs and historically our big name, high priced attackers (Benzema, Ronaldo, Kaka, Ozil) have absolutely sh!t it against Barcelona.

So we'll see.

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Xavier wrote:Carvalho is out.

Pretty significant loss. I can't imagine Pepe + Albiol will be very convincing.

Albiol looks shit at the moment even if Jaime has a point about last seasons games. I don't trust Pepe either at all. I would play Ramos in center with Arbeloa on the right but otherwise keep things as they are.

Super Laudrup wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Xavier wrote:Carvalho is out.

Pretty significant loss. I can't imagine Pepe + Albiol will be very convincing.

Albiol looks shit at the moment even if Jaime has a point about last seasons games. I don't trust Pepe either at all. I would play Ramos in center with Arbeloa on the right but otherwise keep things as they are.

Did you think Albiol was bad yesterday? I thought he was fine. Pepe is always a wild card isn't he? I remember in Schuster's first year he completed devoured Eto'o in the Camp Nou and as we all know from time to time he can look the best defender in the world. And then the next moment he is kicking the sh!t out of some poor fella lying on the ground and stamping on his back.

lets see what happens, with both teams playing at the best, their can only be one winner.

but this is not a perfect, so one team could be off or one coach would out smart the other

11 v 11 Real Madrid will win

TM wrote:11 v 11 Real Madrid will win

Mourinho: "Para jugar contra el Barça tengo que ensayar con 10."

La UEFA estudia sancionar a Iniesta por forzar la amarilla

La UEFA está estudiando la posibilidad de sancionar a Andrés Iniesta por forzar una tarjeta amarilla en la ida contra el Shakhtar para cumplir sanción en la vuelta y garantizar su presencia en las semis.

La reacción de la entidad azulgrana no se ha hecho esperar y esta misma noche ha emitido un comunicado en el que anunciaba que ha presentado alegaciones ante la UEFA para evitar una posible sanción al jugador manchego.

Según explica el Barça, su alegación se basa en la "buena fe" del jugador y la "desproporción" que supondría una sanción. "El FC Barcelona confía en la solidez de los argumentos expuestos en su plegue de alegaciones, basados en la buena fe de la acción protagonizada por Andrés Iniesta y en la desproporción de las medidas disciplinarias propuestas".

El propio Barça anuncia que el Comité disciplinario de la UEFA decidirá este miércoles si hay sanción para el jugador del Barça. Dicha sanción podría privarle de disputar el partido de ida de las semifinales de Champions en el Santiago Bernabéu.

Cabe recordar que el delegado de la UEFA para aquel partido era Reinhard Walser, presidente de la Federación de Liechtenstein y miembro de la Comisión de Disciplina de la FIFA, órgano superior a la UEFA.

También hay que recordar el cercano precedente de las dobles amarillas a Xabi Alonso y Sergio Ramos en el choque ante el Ajax. En aquel caso la sanción a ambos jugadores quedó en un partido (el habitual cuando se ve una roja) y una sanción económica. Peor le fue a Mourinho, al que le cayeron dos partidos (uno de ellos sujeto a observación durante tres años) y una sanción económica.

http://www.marca.com/2011/04/18/futbol/equipos/barcelona/1303160984.html

no iniesta, that makes REAL big favourite for this game

they are only the half worth if one of xavi-iniesta is not on the field

huge problem for spain and barca, rely on 2 players

on the other side without carvalho and khedira, makes it equal again^^

Carvalho is a HUGE loss for Real. Without him, its difficult to imagine Real playing their defensive counter attack strategy well.

Wonder if Kaka's return to form/fitness will make a difference in this tie.

Kroos wrote:no iniesta, that makes REAL big favourite for this game

they are only the half worth if one of xavi-iniesta is not on the field

huge problem for spain and barca, rely on 2 players

on the other side without carvalho and khedira, makes it equal again^^

Marca confirming the XI for Barcelona:


-------------------V. Valdes

D. Alves-----Mascherano-----Pique-----Puyol

--------Xavi------Busquets-----Keita

Pedrito-----------Messi--------------Villa

-------------------Casillas

Arbeloa-----R. Albiol-----S. Ramos-----Marcelo

----------Pepe-----Alonso-----Lass

Özil--------------Ronaldo------------Di María

OMG HOW WILL THEY COPE WITHOUT INIESTA?

There are only 7 world cup winners in that side

Substitutes available:

Real Madrid - Adán, Kaká, Benzema, Granero, Garay, Higuaín, Adebayor

Barcelona - Pinto, Milito, Afellay, Thiago, Sergio Roberto, Fontàs, Jeffren

Lass

That's a great under 21 bench for us. Milito as a coach and Pinto as his assistant.
Anyway, somehow i'm not so thrilled about this game, like im saving that for the return leg.
I do expect a draw for us, 1-1 would be great.

Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Di Maria, and Ronaldo all would miss the return leg if they pick up a yellow card.

No Barcelona players are in danger of suspension.

Jaime wrote:Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Di Maria, and Ronaldo all would miss the return leg if they pick up a yellow card.

No Barcelona players are in danger of suspension.

Ramos will definitely be booked, Albiol as well.
Di Maria as well for his acting, and Ronaldo will surely get one in purpose just so he doesn't show up in the Camp Nou.
to yellow cards!