I second that. Maybe Barca was trying physically but at the same time they really weren't because psychologically they were not in the danger zone yet. Don't expect to see that too often people. And yes, I'm an Arsenal fan and let me tell you something it's not by downgrading Barca that we will beat them, well on the contrary. Respect your opponent always especially when they play like Barca
Do you guys even know the line up for this match? There was nobody there spare messi who is also the only one who scored ! I think barca should have brought in everyone at the break !
The line-up was no excuse.... The defence would have been more organized if puyol was there but other than that the team was certainly strong enough to have done better
It was strong but the team did not go to field with the mentality that they had to win! And only playing few starters disrupts the chemistry a little bit. On the sheet I guess we were better and mentality and chemistry really was not there. But we will get it back! Plus puyul was missing!
Betis showed so much desire and hunger. That's why I've always chosen to support this team. The fans are absolutely amazing and it's no easy feature playing in a stadium with 50, 000+ people. Real Betis is no Alcorcon, a reminder to you all we did make it to the UCL. Good luck to Barca and hopefully you will see this wonderful team known as REAL betis next season
Welcome to footy tube. I didn't mean any harm to you and your team through the Alcorcon comment. Betis is a team with some great history to be honest. We have already seen you guys play in Segunda against Barca be and knew that you were going to attack even before the first leg.
I found it pretty interesting how Adriano acted towards his ex-cross town rivals today. I'm not sure of the reception but hopefully Pinto got some rounds of applause for a return to his first professional side
No, those games just doesn't mean much! One was really early in the season, which I might add kinda scared me too but without defeat winning doesn't taste that good! And this one, we really didn't need it!
Even after the surprise of going down 2 goals early, barca realized betis were going to outplay them and just wanted it more for at least their prides sake. I don't think the barca players felt like it was worth the energy and extra effort unless betis scored a couple more
Jeez, so barcelona is human after all. Hercules proved it with a surprise win, but everyone still had their doubts. Good win for real betis, although it might seem unimportant because barca still gets through, at least they can use the confidence gained for their league matches
Betis played so well! We definitely could have been better. Is it just me or has Messi's passing been fairly off the last few games? It's strange for him to make mistakes....
Milito and Adriano had particularly poor games. I've never liked Milito much and Adriano made some pretty dumb challenges.
Affelay was lookin' good! Can't wait to see more of him.
And Barca fans say that Ronaldo's goals tally is only so impressive because he scores more penalties. As proven tonight, penalties aren't that easy to score, Messi's attempt was laughable yet Ronaldo scores them with aplomb on an almost 100% rate.
I haven't really kept up with the Pichichi race but there is more controversy around how the penalties are earned than the actual scoring of them, it is the reason why Angel Di Maria has become universally hated with the Cule crowd.
But yes you do bring a point which is often overlooked. Penalty kicks can be missed. Every great player has missed them, some of them on the big stage ie. Terry, Beckham, Ronaldo the list goes on.... Until you try to name some German players. Germans don't miss.
Fun fact: Messi has only missed 3 penalties: Recreativo 09, Panathanaikos earlier this season, and against Betis
I find this result great for betis, but barca played rubbish, milito played kinda rubbish, but whatever, it was only copa del ray, and we move on anyway
Real Betis played better than Barcelona and deserved to win, Barca looked like they're in a training session and relied on the first leg result, I wonder what would have happened if Real Betis got trough by winning 5 nil
Ahhh! It was a formality game and Barca should not even play their top players for an already won game. Wenger would have played his under 18 boys for such game