Neymar tries Isco Busquets: La Liga 13/14

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Yeah they're brutal to watch but looking v comfortable in this game so far.

Is Bale Russell Westbrook?

i dunno, what would the nba equivalent of the best kicknrush player in the world be?

also would have to be good at ~clutch~ three pointers

sometimes alexis just seems like a moron

god another one

neymar and messi starting vs valencia

messi scored three, two of them excellent, in about 20 minutes, then postiga scored two including one excellent scissorkick

still 40mins left

http://i.imgur.com/SRTWP1B.jpg

The Real Madrid coach driver was revving the engine out on Calle Blasco Ibáñez when, well after midnight on Saturday, the man formerly known as the most expensive footballer in the world strode through a heaving mixed zone in El Madrigal. "All right mate," offered Cristiano Ronaldo with a comically broad Oasis lilt as he spied a familiar face from the Manchester press pack amid the huddle at the end of the line. "Don't worry, he's just coming through." And, as the Portuguese departed stage left to put the finishing touches on a new contract back at the Bernabéu, Gareth Bale duly emerged from the changing rooms to walk, head bowed and eyes fixed on the floor, through the throng and away.

neymar tello and alexis must be just about the fastest front three assembled
not the most intelligent though, on account of the latter two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrhM8Dfbc1E

Spanish La Liga Primera Best In Comunidad Valenciana Betting Odds

Villarreal 4/6
Valencia 11/8

Bale is not expected to play much more than an hour but Ancelotti is considering a three-man attack of Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di María, with Karim Benzema beginning on the bench.

01 Valdés
22 Dani Alves
21 Adriano
16 Busquets
03 Piqué
14 Mascherano
06 Xavi
08 Iniesta
04 Fábregas
10 Messi
11 Neymar

25 López
15 Carvajal
12 Marcelo
03 Pepe
02 Varane
04 Ramos
06 Khedira
19 Modric
07 Ronaldo
22 Di María
11 Bale

that looks like pepe being played in the midfield destroyed role mourinho used him in during a couple of barcelona games?
unlike then they have modric to break / conjoin the lines between the goons and the attackers
slightly surprised carvajal is being played vs neymar
ronaldo supposedly hates being played as #9
di maria has been in good form

bulking the midfield with fabregas maybe more tolerable now they have a threatening wide player in neymar
valdes has been in good form but that defence has not adjusted well to the lower possession they have this season
messi has been out with an injury but after doing nothing in half an hour vs osasuna last week, he scored vs milan

midfield destroyer, though destroyed is probably correct too

neymar 1-0 with a neat finish through the legs

bale is playing centrally

messi chasing down fullbacks in classicos is going to cause tata some problems

that was an interesting but not brilliant first half

barcelona's frontline looks more fluid with messi reduced to closer to parity wrt cesc and neymar, mostly playing rightish almost in a sort of 442 without wingers, the magic diamond in midfield and messi and neymar breaking off left and right

madrid look like the team harry redknapp would buy if the sun gave him €2bn to make his dream xi, a lot of paaar and pace, a lot of lads who will run through a brick wall for you and just a little bit of subtlety

even so they look dangerous enough in transitions just because they are so athletic, bale is erratic but at some point he will run at piqué and will manage not to shoot into the bleachers

lovely finish

whoever's commentating my stream just described Cron7 as being "like Mussolini at the balcony"

that'll be Ray Hudson

Aye, that's the chap. Waddellish.

Good breakaway goal makes it 2-1. Barca wide open, dunno wtf they are doing committing so many forward at 89 minutes and 2-0.

whoever's commentating my stream just described Cron7 as being "like Mussolini at the balcony"

― grown-arsed man (onimo), Saturday, 26 October 2013 18:38 (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that'll be Ray Hudson

― Number None, Saturday, 26 October 2013 18:38 (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lawl

that second half was excellent

the alexis substitution was ambitious because if tata wanted to go to a more orthodox 433, pedro is the more disciplined and reliable player

then that beatiful finish....

altogether tata can be fairly pleased with that, even if he got lucky with the ronaldo (non)penalty incident, mascherano does something like that every game

ancelotti did alright, no glaring errors except maybe arbeloa would have been better than carvajal, or better play ramos there and then let illaramendi play from the beginning

bale wasn't great but it would be fair to expect much more with his mismanaged muscular injury and lack of pre-season, the madrid press will be shitting on him

it's incredible madrid spent all that money and still they're playing fat benzema. sanchez goal was sublime. better than sturridge even.

that shot that benzema hit against the crossbar was the best technique i have seen from him in months

he has been slow and shit for so long that playing bale vs a slowish barcelona central defence wasn't the worst idea, even if it was perez' rather than ancelotti's

c-ron seemed more pissy than usual when bale scored twice, one a very confident finish on the break and the other a fluke fk deflection

then he scores a penalty after isco is tripped outside the area and does the 'commandante' salute to blatter, looking pissier than ever

sebilla just sold theit two best players, this is how the primera works

3-2 and it's still the first half

Lol, Bale scores twice so CRon gets a hat-trick.

Currently 7-3. Wish I'd watched this instead of Hibs v Hearts then second half of Newcastle v City.

that was cool

bale looking quite at home, isco running things, ancelotti replaces his entire central midfield by the end, illara isco khedira > alonso modric and.....di maria

rakitic goal was the best and he will be going for > €20m by the summer, would be more if had a longer contract

real madrid vs real sociedad 3pm, modric ronaldo bale benzema vs vela and griezmann

possibly some others playing too

if their performances in the CL are any indication Real should absolutely pummel them

this is still one of the toughest third or so of home games for madrid

sevilla scored three at the bernabeu the other week

jesus fucking christ canal+ es has a grizzled looking bawbag exactly replicating raimondo in the bet365 adverts

4-0 already, real sociedad's best player of last season a £30m subsitutue for real madrid

they urgently need to collectivize the tv deals

that was ronaldo's 23rd hatrick for real!

https://twitter.com/MrAncelotti/status/378128101999259648

Barca lose to athletic, iker muniain with a late goal.

Very strong Barca side currently 1-0 down to Cartagena in the cup.

getafe 2 barcelona 0 before 15mins

pinto still one of my least favourite players

Reading an article about Conte and had no idea that Ancelotti has 'only' won 3 championships as a manager, one with Milan, one with Chelsea, one with PSG. Don't know why that surprised me but it did.

Real Madrid losing, Barca and Atleti both drawing matches they were 1/5 on to win with ten minutes to go.

"USELESS. " --Pierre Boulez, 1952

barca-atleti is apparently kicking off at 5pm next saturday now, not sunday. anyone know any pubs in manchester that will be showing this and not the cup final?

aaaaaahahahahaha amazing, just saw the scores

woah! bullet bitten. xavi on the bench.

Pinto Colorado
22 Dani Alves
21 Adriano
16 Busquets
03 Piqué
14 Mascherano
04 Fábregas
08 Iniesta
10 Messi
09 Sánchez
07 Pedro

13 Courtois
20 Juanfran
03 Filipe Luis
14 Gabi
23 Miranda
02 Godín
10 Turan
05 Tiago
19 Diego Costa
09 Villa
06 Koke

well give or take some injured defenders it's the team I wanted to see Barca try in CL match-up.

Cesc, your time is now.

Atleti v comfortable so far

Costa has pulled his hamstring

yeah, that's rough

Jesus, Arda Turan crocked now as well! Real must be loving this.

simeone says arda can't speak spanish so idk what koke was bothering with there

possibly a few word of turkish learnt in preparation for his 2023/4 valedictory season in fenerbahce

Looks like one goal would be enough for Atleti. Barca don't look like they're capable of scoring twice tonight.

All Barca's chances in the 2nd leg in CL were headers as well iirc

Barca ragged so far

pedro looks dangerous

if the atleti defence has a weakness is probably the channel inside juanfran

nice to messi making inept tackles

FUCK!!!!!!

What a goal!!!!

Barca's front screening of corners is abysmal

Pinto is such trash

Atleti bossing this

God help me I feel like Pulis should be unleashed on this Barca team to show them how to defend set plays.

Atleti champions

✓

genuinely heartwarming stuff

lol at filipe with a turkish flag

sort of weirdly anticlimactic, as soon as that ended it's onto the next game as ever with atleti, now the chance to outdo even this

must be p great being an atleti fan in there with 98,340 cunts to flick the v's at

maybe in some objective sense la liga is an even greater accomplishment given its length and the lesser significance of chance events but to win the european cup for the first time and prevent real madrid winning their tenth would be nonpareil

goodbye, osasuna

RIP

must be p great being an atleti fan in there with 98,340 cunts to flick the v's at

― r|t|c, Saturday, 17 May 2014 19:04 (3 hours ago)

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barca deserve to crumble to dust for pulling that shit

anyone see any of enrique's celta this season