La Liga Round 16: Malaga vs FC Barcelona

Date: Sunday, 01/13/2013 21:00

Competition: League

Stadium: La Rosaleda

City: Málaga

Capacity: 22.800

Television: C+1 HD

Referee: Delgado Ferreiro

--------------Valdes----------------
Adriano--Piqué--Mascherano--Alba
-----Xavi----Busquests---Iniesta---
----Alexis------Messi-----Pedro----

I think Iniesta will be on the wing again, with Xavi and Cesc in middle
Hopefully Tito feels like changing it up and starts Thiagoat.
Puyol is healthy also so he should start over Mascherano and Adriano just came back to training so he'd probably be sidelined.

if vill is fit i want him in. that's all.
other than that all our players seem to be in great shape so whoever plays would be good

Alves is injured again?

Man this is going to be tough. I just want Puyol and Villa to start since they probably deserve it.

Why would Cesc start again? 3 games in a row?

Bout time Villa or Tello starts in my opinion.

Villa is injured!

I'm 100 % sure this is the starting 11;


----iniesta----messi----pedro---

------cesc----------------xavi---------

--------------busquets--------------

alba----puyol---------pique----alves

Adriano, Cesc and Song were all declared fit at the same time... Adriano IMO deserves to start and since Alves starting in Copa, it could seem that Adriano will be at RB with Alba at LB... Cesc IMO will not start... Iniesta and Xavi will be there in the middle and either Alexis or Tello on the left wing...

If Barcelona win this match La Liga is going to be over.

We must win it. RM is already focusing in CDR and CL. This will mean they will be stronger and rested for those competitions. We need all the points we can have in case we need to rest our starters for those competitions.

eelir wrote:We must win it. RM is already focusing in CDR and CL. This will mean they will be stronger and rested for those competitions. We need all the points we can have in case we need to rest our starters for those competitions.

I think it's the opposite, we have more rested players and less pressure they are still fighting for second spot and may even lose third if they continue to play bad.
the only reason you may think they are resting stars is because they are suspended or injured, which adds more pressure and bad moral to their squad.
We are in fire can we lose all our remaining big games and still win so we should be more stronger and rested on CDR and CL

Villa out for the game. Hopefully just something minor.

Just to be safe. Should be back for the next game...

danyjr wrote:If Barcelona win this match La Liga is going to be over.

It's not already?

Should be a good match. Let's do ittt, Messi for a brace today.

My ma's birthday, my parents dragging me along to go out to eat with them. They timed it out perfectly to make me miss the game

Sorry guys. I'll have to catch it with the Rojadirecta upload

gondov wrote:Villa is injured!

I'm 100 % sure this is the starting 11;


----iniesta----messi----pedro---

------cesc----------------xavi---------

--------------busquets--------------

alba----Masch---------pique----alves

fixed

major screw up by Camacho for the first goal

Messi through ball Dat finish by Fab

tried watching it but my stream kept freaking out, going to have to download it :/

I'm a xavi fan, but I fear renewing him until 2016 with a key player wages is a mistake, not cause he is playing bad, but because thiago is knocking the door down.

What on earth was that from Alexis? Totally useless

What a game

bazinga wrote:What on earth was that from Alexis? Totally useless

What did he do?

Cracking game. We are playing at our best level ever. Kudos to Malaga to come out and play.

I have no doubt one of these overrated EPL teams are going to sign Isco for a lot of cash next season. The guy is a superb talent. Spain do not need to worry once Xavi and Iniesta retire. Busquets-Isco-Thiago will keep the rest of the world in envy.

Thiago is not knocking on the door to start.

He is breaking it down with a sledgehammer. The guy, I have lost words to talk about his ability.

Anyway a tough game despite the score, but im happy. I felt though we didnt stretch the pitch vertically enough and for the first time since we started it, the Cesc and Iniesta interchange on the flank didnt have much effect. We seemed easier to press in the midfield because we never made the ball go from one side untill the fullbacks came.

I have to say one thing though im worried by.

Yes Alexis missed a 1 v 1 in the end, he was a little unlucky for me, but he made the wrong deicison.

Anyway, what im worried by. Alexis is much less minutes gets more and clearer chances to score than Pedro.

If it just happened today when the game is stretched at the end and there is more space I could understand a bit. But its a consistent feature I think and I dont know why.

I would love to see a gif of that tiki-taka between Messi, Xavi and Bussi. That was amazing. Also Iniesta's and Bussi's tricks and flicks war mesmerizing, especially Iniesta's.