Casillas belives Spain should have gotten a result as Spain were pushing England into their area, despite Spain's pitfull display upfront. Xabi Alonso belives Slide Tackles are not a skill and has degraded Sliding Tackles as a "recurso" or a last resort.

One would have to wonder, will Casillas and Alonso believe the same if Real Madrid manage to defeat Barca using Defensive Tactics?

end justifies the means for me

except that you should not cheat, fix the game, dive, etc

making me blush

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Watch Madrid's football this year.
Even look at the supercopa.
To call madrid's style defensive would be wrong.
Lots of pressure at all parts of the pitch.
Counter-attacking at it's best, but not defensive.
There will never be 10 men behind the ball

This belongs in the messi vs. Ronaldo section.

does the op even watch madrid play?? to call real defensive is like saying calling roberto carlos slow

Did anyone actually read the OP?

Anyway, of course Iker is being a hypocrite.

If Madrid won a game like that, he wouldnt see a problem with it.

Overall there is nothing wrong with what he said about the England game, he is correct.

Yea he is being a slight hypocrite but that's minor.............basically every footballer does it.

It's like

Player A after a attacking loss - "we played very well and probably should've won."

Player B after a defensive win - "we took our chances and that's what counts"

"It's a generic answer we've seen most players and managers give ie most players and managers give."

Also somewhat a correction on the OP - Iker said that he believed they should've won because they had more chances - but he also admitted that they were wasteful.

Not because Spain were "Pushing England into their area" a minor difference but important one if you feel the need to asses his statement from the point of view of Barca/Madrid matches.

:lol!: did Casillas make any comment about style of play after the barca game last year ? If he came out and said something you all will say he's disrespectful.

The Franchise wrote:Did anyone actually read the OP?

Anyway, of course Iker is being a hypocrite.

If Madrid won a game like that, he wouldnt see a problem with it.

Overall there is nothing wrong with what he said about the England game, he is correct.

Admin at 75 % warning ? May i ask why and is this joke or true ?

I broke the rules, Jack Daniels punished me accordingly. I thank him for it, I learned my lesson.

The Franchise wrote:I broke the rules, Jack Daniels punished me accordingly. I thank him for it, I learned my lesson.

If i remember correctly it was because you said you would give anyone a warning for de-railing a thread because of barca-madrid BS.......

You de-railed it urself through the exact same thing you would warn people for

And i told JD and he punished you

Yeah, thats it lol

You see, us admins are fair

The Franchise wrote:Yeah, thats it lol

You see, us admins are fair

:idea:

I just noticed I spell "believe" wrong.

ronaldo, marcelo, benzema, di maria, ozil, higuain

such a defensive team.

^^^ Seriously? Anti Defensive bro. Not Pro Defensive.

Not that I agree with the above statement though.

Casillas, Ramos, Albiol, Pepe, Carvalho, Arbeloa, Diarra, Khedira

Yeah, totally not Defensive.

ÖMARz wrote: making me blush

:lol!:

I want you to call Madrid Defensive. As much as some of you guys and even players seem to deny it.

What's wrong with Defense in the first place?