Penguin Kaka is useful, I know he isn't a solution but he's a good sub. I would still prefer to start Ozil though but for some reason you think everyone wants Kaka to start

Probably huntsman effect lol!

To OP you've confused me, an arsenal fan who likes barca?!

Anyway CR is CR, I'll ignore this barca game for now and await the CL games ahead of us. Hope he shows his team player side this year against the tougher opponents.

H.A. wrote:Penguin Kaka is useful, I know he isn't a solution but he's a good sub. I would still prefer to start Ozil though but for some reason you think everyone wants Kaka to start

Probably huntsman effect lol!

To OP you've confused me, an arsenal fan who likes barca?!

Anyway CR is CR, I'll ignore this barca game for now and await the CL games ahead of us. Hope he shows his team player side this year against the tougher opponents.

I've certainly got the impression that people want Kaka to start over Ozil ...

But seriously, isn't Kaka past it? With Milan he was at least 2 times above the level he plays today. I have yet to see him even resemble his old self.

I would rather have seen Callejon out there instead of Kaka.

Kaka? I lost count how many times he got owned by Puyol/Pique and lost possession. Didn't the third goal started right after he gave the ball away?
He did made some good runs though.

Senor Penguin wrote:

H.A. wrote:Penguin Kaka is useful, I know he isn't a solution but he's a good sub. I would still prefer to start Ozil though but for some reason you think everyone wants Kaka to start

Probably huntsman effect lol!

To OP you've confused me, an arsenal fan who likes barca?!

Anyway CR is CR, I'll ignore this barca game for now and await the CL games ahead of us. Hope he shows his team player side this year against the tougher opponents.

I've certainly got the impression that people want Kaka to start over Ozil ...

But seriously, isn't Kaka past it? With Milan he was at least 2 times above the level he plays today. I have yet to see him even resemble his old self.

I would rather have seen Callejon out there instead of Kaka.

I actually completely agree with you. I would have loved to see Callejon come on. Doesn't mean Kaka didn't perform well though.

Kaka is definitely nowhere near his Milan days and I definitely don't think he should start big games. But he's still been very effective this season when he's been on the pitch for the most part. Super sub is the way to go because Ozil >>> Kaka.

You know you don't know anything about Real Madrid when you say Kaka is past it. Kaka had a decent game, he actually did more than Ozil, who had a decent game, but has been below-par this season. Kaka has proved this season that he still has it, anyone who differs clearly hasn't watched him in action. Take a look at the Ajax and Rayo games...

Kaka and Ozil are different type of players,kaka is much more offensive while ozil is more of a playmaker,i rarely see him being a dangerman upfront.

imo neither of them played well last night,ozil was basically just passing with no real objective,did little to threat barca.Kaka was trying to bring the ball to the final third and making a decisive pass or scoring,but his job got much harder since Ronaldo was playing like shet and he had pique+puyol all over him

Kaka is past it. Anyone who thinks he can reach top form again is delusional in my opinion.

He's still mighty talented and should play often because he can still be effective, but he's never going to be the player he was.

Senor Penguin wrote:

H.A. wrote:Penguin Kaka is useful, I know he isn't a solution but he's a good sub. I would still prefer to start Ozil though but for some reason you think everyone wants Kaka to start

Probably huntsman effect lol!

To OP you've confused me, an arsenal fan who likes barca?!

Anyway CR is CR, I'll ignore this barca game for now and await the CL games ahead of us. Hope he shows his team player side this year against the tougher opponents.

I've certainly got the impression that people want Kaka to start over Ozil ...

But seriously, isn't Kaka past it? With Milan he was at least 2 times above the level he plays today. I have yet to see him even resemble his old self.

I would rather have seen Callejon out there instead of Kaka.

Vanilla Ice would have raped yesterday

Alas I hope mou opens his eyes to the gem we have in our hands

Ozil wasn't just passing around with no real objective, lol. Attack isn't always about run with the ball & dribble past player to make penetration. His simple play actually led to most chances we made, on top of my head:
First half:
* The counter he started after winning 50:50 ball in defensive half involving Ronaldo & Benzema (missed by Di Maria)
* Link up play betwen him & Di Maria (missed by Benzema)
* The ball he played to Ronaldo (the one Ronaldo took a shot instead of passed to Di Maria)
* Link up play betweem him, Marcelo, & Benzema (missed by Ronaldo)
* Link up play betwen him & Benzema (missed by Di Maria)
Second half:
* Link up play between him & benzema (that one touch pass to assist benzema)

A few good runs while also at times gave up the ball didn't make Kaka did more.

Ozil was our second best offensive player after Benz.

Ozil had a great game I wish he played the whole 90 minutes : \

Higuain should have started with Benzema and Ozil imo. In the first 30 minutes when we had Barca on the run I'm sure Pipita would have buried a chance.

alexander mahone wrote:Ozil wasn't just passing around with no real objective, lol. Attack isn't always about run with the ball & dribble past player to make penetration. His simple play actually led to most chances we made, on top of my head:
First half:
* The counter he started after winning 50:50 ball in defensive half involving Ronaldo & Benzema (missed by Di Maria)
* Link up play betwen him & Di Maria (missed by Benzema)
* The ball he played to Ronaldo (the one Ronaldo took a shot instead of passed to Di Maria)
* Link up play betweem him, Marcelo, & Benzema (missed by Ronaldo)
* Link up play betwen him & Benzema (missed by Di Maria)
Second half:
* Link up play between him & benzema (that one touch pass to assist benzema)

A few good runs while also at times gave up the ball didn't make Kaka did more.

Mahone tearing sh*t up again

God bless you sir! Best new Madridista!

Had Ronaldo of scored from outside the box and that free header it could of been 3-3. Both teams had a lot of chances and at the end of the day it was all about who took them.

What went wrong

However we could of improved on the following:

Our defense should of played higher. There was a gap between the DM's and the back 4. This gap also allowed Messi to dribble and find Sanchez.

We kept trying to play passes in one area, instead we should of switched play to the other side of the field.

Casillas, Coentrao, Pepe especially, Ramos and Marcelo kept hoofing the ball back to them. Instead we should of passed our way out of defense.

Barca often had a lot of time in our half passing about. Our forwards should of pressed them more and made it uncomfortable.

At times our attacking was one dimensional and hurried. Instead we should of played calmly.

We should of pressed more.

A lot of the time our players made the wrong decision and gave the ball away.

Our fullbacks tried too many long balls.

Ronaldo kept giving the ball away.

Their 2nd goal Fabregas was offside.

We relied too much on counter-attacks.

Finally we weren't comfortable on the ball in their half.




How we should improve

• First we need to have comfortable possession against them. That means no hoofing and giving it right back to them once we retrieve it. We need comfortable possession within their half. So in order to do that we need a CM, so Sahin will need to play. Alonso is too slow, Khedira/Lass aren't playmakers and the front 4 are attackers.
  
  
• We need to stop relying on lucky long balls and counter-attacks. Our attacking style is too one dimensional. We need better possession play. We should stop rushing our attacks.
  
  
• When we press the defenders need to press too.

When the ball is played at 0:46 both Fabregas and Alves are offside.

Looking back at all 3 goals Coentrao is technically at fault for all of them.

yes and they say controa played good lol, even say dimagia played good, who letterally screwed most of our attacks.

so both the Xavi/Marcelo and Fabregas goals were offside?
you don't say...

Yes i agree with you, Di Maria sucked and screwed all of our attacks but our loss is more complex than blaming it all on him.

billy_gr wrote:so both the Xavi/Marcelo and Fabregas goals were offside?
you don't say...

We were just outplayed on our pitch. That's the fact, everything else is just excuses.

billy_gr wrote:so both the Xavi/Marcelo and Fabregas goals were offside?
you don't say...

Just the Xavi one. Not sure if the third one was.

you meant Cesc was offside in Xavi's goal?
Ok my bad... misunderstood

Yeh both Fabregas and Alves were offside.

indeed

Ronaldo should have buried down the 2-0. We would have won urgh....

But yeah, if Di Maria had been taken off when he first got injured it would have been very different...

Real Madrid were better the first half, and we almost had it there. Just second half very faulty.

I am not that worried about it tbh, the power difference is getting smaller and smaller. It could have gone either way yesterday.

if ronaldo scores that first sitter we would have seen a completely different game

who knows what the score line would have been but imo if ronaldo scores that sitter we would have won the match.

But u'll need Ronaldo to score easy goals against the cr4pier teams