Europa League 21/22

But now 3-2

Lol Garcia trying to get the ball from Gomes was comical there

Adama is a terrific 1v1 player but his delivery into the box has been embarrassing. 1 successful cross out of 9

wE aRe 1o0% bEtTeR wItHoUt pIEcE oF tRaSh.

The way Garcia got bodied by Gomis

Ferran Torres has looked a lot more daring on the ball these last few games

It feels really weird seeing Barça playing in the Europa League.

Bartomeu truly fucked them over.

Casciavit wrote:Ferran Torres has looked a lot more daring on the ball these last few games

If this is 'a lot more daring' I don't wanna know how he was before

While Madrid is firing through Cl, we are dominating the Europa- pathetic. playing these minnows week in week out is real torture for eye and heart

neuro11 wrote:While Madrid is firing through Cl, we are dominating the Europa- pathetic. playing these minnows week in week out is real torture for eye and heart

Spoke too soon. Losing against minnows. Gala are 12th in Turkish league

Man Auba has been awful today. Has he not got any sleep?

danyjr wrote:

neuro11 wrote:While Madrid is firing through Cl, we are dominating the Europa- pathetic. playing these minnows week in week out is real torture for eye and heart

Spoke too soon. Losing against minnows. Gala are 12th in Turkish league

nah...would be 1-0 up had Frankie not missed that open net sitter. predicting a 3-1 win here.

Amazing goal by Pedri+Ferran, like the old times

Torres losing the one guy he is supposed to mark on the goal. Awful player.

I cant put my finger on what it is, but its really hard to play against Galata. I havent seen the 1st leg though but they're well organized and disciplined in the back line

Need Dembele to come on for Adama

Myesyats wrote:I cant put my finger on what it is, but its really hard to play against Galata. I havent seen the 1st leg though but they're well organized and disciplined in the back line

Need Dembele to come on for Adama

Their coach was Pep's assistant for a decade. He was Pep's #2 after Tito. He left in 2019 and that’s when Arteta became the #2 assistant. I imagine it’s easier for him to know the weaknesses of Xavi’s style considering he worked with the guy who applied it best in the last 15 years.

Gala’s #7 is going to join a team in the top 5 leagues for sure

Casciavit wrote:Gala’s #7 is going to join a team in the top 5 leagues for sure

He reminds me of Konoplyanka.

Pedri is really class. I see a lot of Iniesta in him in his intelligence and technique, but actually more hardworking than Iniesta. More stamina too.

Pedri MOTM for sure

Some days Gavi is better though. They're both so good and technically flawless almost

Puig = most explosive one but dumbest tactically

Gavi = in between

Pedri = lacks explosion but most intelligent one

danyjr wrote:Pedri is really class. I see a lot of Iniesta in him in his intelligence and technique, but actually more hardworking than Iniesta. More stamina too.

I'd say their dribbling styles are different. Iniesta was the best player in the world after Messi when it came to dribbling past multiple players on one run. The difference is that Iniesta had a nice initial burst that helped get past one or two but he didn't have Messi's explosion to get past 3-4 consistently the way Messi did.

I haven't really seen Pedri go on those kind of runs where he breaks the oppositions midfield or defensive line with a strong dribbling run from a central position.

How did Alba not get a red card for kicking the ball into the crowd

Casciavit wrote:

danyjr wrote:Pedri is really class. I see a lot of Iniesta in him in his intelligence and technique, but actually more hardworking than Iniesta. More stamina too.

I'd say their dribbling styles are different. Iniesta was the best player in the world after Messi when it came to dribbling past multiple players on one run. The difference is that Iniesta had a nice initial burst that helped get past one or two but he didn't have Messi's explosion to get past 3-4 consistently the way Messi did.

I haven't really seen Pedri go on those kind of runs where he breaks the oppositions midfield or defensive line with a strong dribbling run from a central position.

Agreed Iniesta was better at dribbling, no doubt one of the great dribblers of modern football especially since he did it in slow speed. He dribbling style was not like Neymar or Mbappé. Instead very much a futsal style dribbler with body feints and close control rather than eye candy foot tricks and burst. My memory may be clouded by Iniesta's later years, but I'd argue Pedri had a higher top speed whereas Iniesta had more acceleration/burst.

But in terms of reading the game, at this age, he is as good as Iniesta. He just sees the next moves earlier than others. Gavi doesn't really have that, he doesn't have the same grasp of his surroundings as Pedri does. Not many players do tbh, it is a very special quality.

Moyes just kicked out Sevilla

Dominated the whole game from start to finish

ElNesseyri is poor mans Mariano. Good God

Want West Ham to draw Barca next. Want to see Antonio against Garcia