FC Barcelona 1 - 1 Atletico Madrid

M99 wrote:

Tata is an idiot. Once Fabregas went off and Neymar and Iniesta played in their usual positions, that happened. Would have won this easily if he played 4-3-3 from the beginning instead of shoehorning Fabregas into the middle and moving Neymar to the right.

Oh, and Iniesta > Messi. Not even debateable. Best big game player of all time.

I was lurking on Bluemoon about 20 minutes ago or so and saw people complaining about Neymar diving in frequent sessions. What is you`re take on that Barca fans?

Atleti will easily go through next week providing Costa is fit.

Courtois MOTM.

Limpakulli wrote:I was lurking on Bluemoon about 20 minutes ago or so and saw people about Neymar diving in frequent sessions. What is you`re take on that Barca fans?

Dont care. Win the CL before the evil win la decima at any cost. Hope he gives us plenty of more penalties.

iniesta big game player , 0-1 down(cesc off) and then went off like a loose canon

Gil wrote:Atleti will easily go through next week providing Costa is fit.

Courtois MOTM.

My instincts tell me that the referee will crush their dreams.

Iniesta, Alba, Alexis and Messi all went full retard when cesc went off. 150% full speed, you could just smell the second goal and atletico had no time to breath whatsoever in those 15minutes. too bad the intensity then faded off

ahhh quality game, ashame it ended 1-1 . Courtois and Iniesta were gods among mortals tonight.

ATM in the driving seat now

Messi has now gone scoreless against Atleti in 5 successive games. Thibo

Great match in all honesty. Farbegas should continue to start in big matches, him in the team gives the opposition some sort of chance. As soon as he came off, Barcelona took the vice grip and started to squeeze Atleti's balls.

Fortunately, Simeone's team is really made out of sterner stuff. Advantage Atleti...

If Tata doesn't go full retard and starts Cesc in the second leg there is no way Atleti will hold on to a clean sheet for 90 minutes. We need 1 goal anyway so even if they score 1 it doesn't even matter.

Big shame Costa is injured and most probably will miss the return leg.

This is not going to be easy for Barca.This is the Champions League and a knockout fixture.Very different scenario to what they face in the league.

I dont know,i'm kinda 50-50 on this tie after this result.

S wrote:Big shame Costa is injured and most probably will miss the return leg.

This is not going to be easy for Barca.This is the Champions League and a knockout fixture.Very different scenario to what they face in the league.

I dont know,i'm kinda 50-50 on this tie after this result.

That's exactly what it is right now... Costa or no Costa.

Barca will score IMO, its a matter how many Atleti are capable of scoring.

Beat City (2x), Real Madrid (2x), knock out Atletico hopefully.. Great season so far!

Could actually see it ending 0-0 at the Calderon.

Good game. Came to life after Diego's stunner.
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Iniesta when you need someone call on him. He has proved it on many occasions in his career. And on the big stage, don't even have to mention any of it.

Hasnt Costa constantly flopped against Barca recently?I honestly think the match would end 1-0 with DC

Ganso wrote:Hasnt Costa constantly flopped against Barca recently?I honestly think the match would end 1-0 with DC

10 games against them. No goals.

The term flop is thrown around though. I wouldn't say he flopped.

atleti going out to defend for a 0-0 could be very difficult to break down, so still tipping atleti to go through, the feels

Dat pass from Iniesta though

The gap between Miranda and Juanfran was HUGE. poor defending at the end, athough they did it for 90 minutes quite well. Nerman on the left is a nightmare for defenses.

I think Iniesta has assisted or scored in every single big game this season.

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Even without the numbers he's just floating around the pitch. Ultimate big game player.

Yeah shocking defending by Miranda there. One costly moment of lapse.

Any news on Diego Costa?

Simone probably instructed the cbs to stay on messi's ass all night, and it worked until tata used some logic with nerman and iniesta pulled a rabbit out of his hat

it was basically the same thing that happened vs ramos and marcelo. Neymar is expert at making runs behind the fullbacks, he is so quick that you have almost no chance to recover if the pass is executed perfectly.

It's a difficult play to defend against because Neymar drags the defender far outside and then dives in to finish. I think its Juanfran making the mistake on the goal, you cant follow the player do far outside and create a hole in defense.

chad4401 wrote:atleti going out to defend for a 0-0 could be very difficult to break down, so still tipping atleti to go through, the feels

Really doubt it will be 0-0 tbh, its not like a 0-0 in the league where your ok with it.

0-0 takes Barca out, i think its more likely Atleti win than a 0-0 tbh.

I'll be shocked if Barca don't score, but i won't be shocked if Atleti win.