Re: Manchester City vs Real Madrid discussion

by Kamikaze692 Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:06 am

I would prefer CalleGOAT to start over Di Maria tonight. Hes been impressive in his limited appearances and adds a bit more directness to the attack.
He can certainly offer something different as compared to Angel

by guest7 Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:16 pm

we have no marcelo this time so that hurts

by Rebaño Sagrado Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:08 pm

Kamikaze692 wrote:I would prefer CalleGOAT to start over Di Maria tonight. Hes been impressive in his limited appearances and adds a bit more directness to the attack.
He can certainly offer something different as compared to Angel

Lol we already have Bronaldo for directness. RM needs as much creativity as possible. Keep Di Magia in.

by the xcx Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:28 pm

Last time Di maria faced Man City he was brilliant. Constantly giving them trouble and creating space for him and his mates to open up the defence. Why kill the momentum?

by Onyx Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:53 pm

Real Madrid:

Casillas, Arbeloa, Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao Xabi, Khedira, Di Maria, Modric, Ronaldo, and Benzema.

Manchester City:

Hart; Maicon, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Kolarov, Yaya Toure, Silva, Nasri, Dzeko, Aguero

by LeVersacci Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:58 pm

No 3 man midfield eh..

by Die Borussen Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:05 pm

no ozil

by Valkyrja Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:38 pm

Khedira

Benzema

by Onyx Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:39 pm

Boring half with us sitting back.

by LeSwagg James Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:47 pm

BS penalty, not enough contact to go down..

Cristiano should of laid it off for Benzema on that one play, selfish *bleep* piece of shit

by Cyborg Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:04 pm

khedira was looking good throughout the game, only if he could finish he would be the best box to box midfielder in the world.

i criticized him some times but he was great today.

by Mamad Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:25 pm

Why we have to sit back every time we score a goal i don't know.

it seems keeping the ball isn't an option for Mourinho at all.

by Nedved Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:49 pm

Cyborg wrote:khedira was looking good throughout the game, only if he could finish he would be the best box to box midfielder in the world.

i criticized him some times but he was great today.

I heard Modric really played well today. Good to see him start. Khedira played well too as a box to box mf. His only chink in the armor is if an odd ball pops to him/half chance, he loses head Wink

by LeSwagg James Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:15 pm

I thought Modric was poor in the first half.. Seemed a step slow, took too long on the ball

by Nedved Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:59 pm

Swagg wrote:I thought Modric was poor in the first half.. Seemed a step slow, took too long on the ball

I didn't see the match live, but heard that he played well. I just watched highlights on foxsoccer and damn Khedira missed a finish and ronaldo messed up the chip and the subsequent try instead of a simple pass to the right...

Finishing was aweful tonight, we could have scored atleast thrice.

by Cyborg Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:50 am

Nedved wrote:
Swagg wrote:I thought Modric was poor in the first half.. Seemed a step slow, took too long on the ball

I didn't see the match live, but heard that he played well. I just watched highlights on foxsoccer and damn Khedira missed a finish and ronaldo messed up the chip and the subsequent try instead of a simple pass to the right...

Finishing was aweful tonight, we could have scored atleast thrice.

yep, we could have scored about 5 in the first half.

modric was good, he helped in closing down players and played the ball through to players when he had the chance to. i thought he was good.

khedira and alonso were great though, city offered little in the midfield

i thought we played well, we were in control.

i could see us getting an english team in the knock out stage - arsenal

by guest7 Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:20 am

Modric largely invisible and lost the ball alot imo, not a good performance at all

Khedira was da man

by halamadrid2 Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:34 am

Great game by DiMaria, Iker and Cacktrao

Ronaldo and Khedira were trying too hard to score that they missed simple easy chances

by SuperMAG Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:23 am

Both kehdira is modric were useless like always.

Its been 3 years since khedira came, he still wastes easy chances, whats the point on being in the box all the time, receiving the ball but always fking up chances.

This is the same circle over and over again, he cant finish to save his life.

Same goes for modric, my reasons were correct, whats the point of having him in the team, 30m for nothing, he is neither a DM or AM, and we dont play natural CM's.

by the xcx Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:08 pm

Modric is an natural CM not an AM (acomplished however). I think Mou should have gone with 3 man midfield.

Khediras mediocrity and CR7s selfishness cost us the game tho.

by Cyborg Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:20 pm

Nameless wrote:Modric is an natural CM not an AM (acomplished however). I think Mou should have gone with 3 man midfield.

Khediras mediocrity and CR7s selfishness cost us the game tho.

we played with a three man midfield. modric, alonso and khedira

modric didnt play in as advanced as ozil does in our normal formation. he was covering city players so he was deeper.

khedira isnt a striker so i dont expect him to finish all his chances but yea he has to finish some. but he gets in the positions to score though

by Onyx Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:42 pm

Modric was kinda poor, however he did make the pass to Di Maria, who then crossed for Benzema to score.

Modric most likely would have been more effective if we had the ball more instead of sitting back.