Copa del Rey SF 1st leg

tonight 21:00 H (local time)

Barcelona - Getafe

tomorrow 21:00 H

Deportivo - Sevilla

kicking off the first legs of this season's Copa del Rey semi-finals.

Favourites must be Barça and Sevilla to get into the final, but Getafe are a team that's hard to beat, they play the second leg at home and Barça have only won one single game in the league away from home since November (and one in the CL against Liverpool).

Sevilla have the upper hand in principle against Depor but is their hectic schedule going to catch up with them?

Getafe have returned to winning ways this weekend

We beat Zaragoza away in the Cup as well

Barça to play:

Jorquera

Zambrotta - Puyol - Thuram - Gio

Xavi - Iniesta - Deco

Messi - Eto'o - ?

only question is whether Saviola or Gudjohnsen will start. Or will there be a surprise call-up for Giuly?


Getafe:

Luis Garcia
Cortes - belenguer - Alexis - Paredes
Celestini - Alberto - Cotelo - Casquero - Nacho
Manu

a 4-5-1 to try and stifle the creativity in Barça's midfield with the 3 peques.

cule wrote:We beat Zaragoza away in the Cup as well

true, I forgot.

On the news they said it would probably be Saviola upfront with Eto'o and Messi.

last time we played Getafe in the cup we beat them 8-0 at home. They have come a long way since then...

cule wrote:On the news they said it would probably be Saviola upfront with Eto'o and Messi.

yes, possible. Giuly is not called up btw, so he is not an option.

Another option is to play Iniesta wide on the right and put a DM in the team (Marquez).

HALA GETAFE!

TM, you have two silver stars and I have all gold stars, but more posts than me!

did you rub Ballack up the wrong way? Or is it that you're not a mod?

I would stick with your line up, play Saviola upfront and Oleguer (yes Oleguer!) instead of Thuram who is rubbish. Marquez needs to be told that he's playing $h!t and that's why he's warming bench.

You rubbed ballack the right way, got Mod status and hence the stars!

cule wrote:I would stick with your line up, play Saviola upfront and Oleguer (yes Oleguer!) instead of Thuram who is rubbish. Marquez needs to be told that he's playing $h!t and that's why he's warming bench.

Oleguer isn't that bad.

I don't have a clear favourite over Ole and Thuram though. We do need some continuity though in the line-up.

maybe we can swap Marquez with someone at the end of the season.

I'll rephrase that:
maybe we can swap Marquez with anyone at the end of the season.

I still think he's a great player. This season he's been very poor which I think is due to chaging positions constantly (CB-DM). In his second season he did a brilliant job as a holding mid and last season as a centre back.

I will change my name back as soon as he is part of a team that really plays well or if he scores..

Even an assist will do it..

cule wrote:I still think he's a great player. This season he's been very poor which I think is due to chaging positions constantly (CB-DM). In his second season he did a brilliant job as a holding mid and last season as a centre back.

he doesn't show any aggressivity, looks wooden and makes the completely wrong decisions. He lacks confidence, has a really gay way of running/trotting along and really has to change his hairdresser. For the rest he is world class.

He also has a tendency to give assists to the opponents.

XAVI!!!!

Gol?!

but of course

I still fancy Getafe over two legs. . Or at least I am hoping so that the final is in the Camp Nou!

Is this like the FA Cup for Spain?

Yes

Yes. But with much less importance.

Like the FA Cup, is this for all leagues in Spain, not just La Liga?

jdbfs wrote:Like the FA Cup, is this for all leagues in Spain, not just La Liga?

Yes. All teams in the primera and segunda have a chance other than B teams. It works something like the top four of the segunda B and Tercera from the previous season enter. The format seems to chance yearly.

jdbfs wrote:Like the FA Cup, is this for all leagues in Spain, not just La Liga?

Copa > FA Cup.

MESSI!!!!!

Target Man wrote:

jdbfs wrote:Like the FA Cup, is this for all leagues in Spain, not just La Liga?

Copa > FA Cup.

It is beginning to get that way the way that the FA cup is going!

Oleguerisntthatgreat wrote:MESSI!!!!!

Mierda.