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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is white, the best golfer is black, the Germans refuse to go to war, the French accuse the US of arrogance, Ruud Van Nistelrooy scores a goal outside the area, and Real Madrid put 3 goals past Barca in the Camp Nou with Capello as coach!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm gutted that we didn't win last night. Messi's last minute goal was like a bullet through my chest. But any Madrid fan would have taken a 3-3 before the game started so I'm still satisfied with the result. I wanted to go over a few points that have been discussed so far in the forum and add some of my own:
-We finally get a decent ref for a clasico and people complain? The guy got nearly every decision right. A ref has to make decisions partly for the spectacle of the game. While Ramos should have gotten a red, remember that the ref forgave Marques for a clear yellow in the 3rd minute and forgave Deco for several crazy slides that would have given him a red as well. This balances out Diarra's and Ramos' potential red cards. Nobody can complain about the Oleguer red nor the penalty, which were clearcut. And Kas, you're dreaming if you think that was a Barca penalty in the end. Goofy tried a bad Deco dive by first backtracking to run into Diarra. The ref was wiser than to fall for that crap.
-I hope Capello gets raped by a wild bear and gets AIDS from it. That hijo de puta did it again with his defensive Italian bullshit. Instead of getting the team to keep attacking and keep the ball when we were leading, he plays catenaccio!!!! You can't do that with crap players like Salgado and Helguera. You are really inviting trouble if you let Barca bring the ball up all the way to our final third.
-Once again, San Iker saved us and although he conceided 3 goals, he was still MOM for me. Guti was great as well as Ruud, who I will never call Horseface again after his 3 goals against Barca this season. Last night he conviced me that he should stay next season, though I still hope we buy a flashier number 9.
-Our worst players were Salgado (as predicted), Helguera, and Raul, who pulled another of his "Hollow Man" performances. It's true that Robinho screwed up when he came on, but he at least he was a threat to the Barca defense. In an incredibly open game, I don't remember Raul doing anything. But it's OK, he "worked hard" so the Madrid press will blow him anyway.
However, I agree that the game was marked by the lack of quality, rather than class from either side. It reminded me of the ManU - Arsenal from 2 seasons ago that ended 4-2. Most of the goals were bad defensive mistakes. Ruud's first was a bad Thuram clearance + Valdes stood like a statue and our second was a stupid Oleguer penalty. Ramos' goal was class though. As for Barca's goals, the first Messi had 10 minutes to place his shot, in the second Salgado let Roanldinho walk past him and in the third Helguera did a horrible tackle where he didn't get near Messi (great goal though).
But the game brought me hope that we have a good nucleus for a team. Most of the players rose to the occasion last night and they just need a coach who has a pair of balls to take them forward.
I'm gutted that we didn't win last night. Messi's last minute goal was like a bullet through my chest. But any Madrid fan would have taken a 3-3 before the game started so I'm still satisfied with the result. I wanted to go over a few points that have been discussed so far in the forum and add some of my own:
-We finally get a decent ref for a clasico and people complain? The guy got nearly every decision right. A ref has to make decisions partly for the spectacle of the game. While Ramos should have gotten a red, remember that the ref forgave Marques for a clear yellow in the 3rd minute and forgave Deco for several crazy slides that would have given him a red as well. This balances out Diarra's and Ramos' potential red cards. Nobody can complain about the Oleguer red nor the penalty, which were clearcut. And Kas, you're dreaming if you think that was a Barca penalty in the end. Goofy tried a bad Deco dive by first backtracking to run into Diarra. The ref was wiser than to fall for that crap.
-I hope Capello gets raped by a wild bear and gets AIDS from it. That hijo de puta did it again with his defensive Italian bullshit. Instead of getting the team to keep attacking and keep the ball when we were leading, he plays catenaccio!!!! You can't do that with crap players like Salgado and Helguera. You are really inviting trouble if you let Barca bring the ball up all the way to our final third.
-Once again, San Iker saved us and although he conceided 3 goals, he was still MOM for me. Guti was great as well as Ruud, who I will never call Horseface again after his 3 goals against Barca this season. Last night he conviced me that he should stay next season, though I still hope we buy a flashier number 9.
-Our worst players were Salgado (as predicted), Helguera, and Raul, who pulled another of his "Hollow Man" performances. It's true that Robinho screwed up when he came on, but he at least he was a threat to the Barca defense. In an incredibly open game, I don't remember Raul doing anything. But it's OK, he "worked hard" so the Madrid press will blow him anyway.
However, I agree that the game was marked by the lack of quality, rather than class from either side. It reminded me of the ManU - Arsenal from 2 seasons ago that ended 4-2. Most of the goals were bad defensive mistakes. Ruud's first was a bad Thuram clearance + Valdes stood like a statue and our second was a stupid Oleguer penalty. Ramos' goal was class though. As for Barca's goals, the first Messi had 10 minutes to place his shot, in the second Salgado let Roanldinho walk past him and in the third Helguera did a horrible tackle where he didn't get near Messi (great goal though).
But the game brought me hope that we have a good nucleus for a team. Most of the players rose to the occasion last night and they just need a coach who has a pair of balls to take them forward.
