I hate Pepe!

Wonderfully done Madrid.

Few days after this...another win for Real madrid lmao

How are they embarrassed really? The diving in this fixture has now become what it is famous for. Alba you soft little s**t.

the feared nigerian team of 90,s, was using a 4.3.3 formation taught by a dutch clemens westerhof,nigerian coach stephen keshi a student and player of westerhof, reverted to the system and they have won the afcon, they completely dominated the catalunya team full of barca players before the cup of nations, if they dont fire keshi, they could win the coming world cup!

is it a coincidence that barca play like ajax formation when they were unbeatable in late 90,s,4.3.3 without pure strikers,louis van gaal was ajax coach, went to barca, guess who was his understudy while there jose mourinho!, 4.3.3 is the most fluid formation,it can turn to a 3.5.2 which brazil used to perfection or 4.5.1 of france world cup winning group.it can flip to all this within and more systems, within 90 minutes depending on the players you have, but most efficient when you have one above average attacking midfielder like messi,cr7 or zidane who is centre of distribution.

Do you remember what I said about the weak central defense?

lottttaaa diving..... on both sides.

good for varane though!

I have always argued about this and I will say it again. Barcelona can't keep playing their game every moment of every match regardless of what the score is. Barca tries to score even when they don't need to and know what the other team is trying to do.

Case in point: During last year's UCL group game vs Milan at San Siro, Barca went down by a goal from Pato in the first minute of the game. They fought back and scored 2 and were in control when in the 89th minute Valdes decides to launch the ball up for Pedro for a counter attack. No team who's winning does that. Pedro loses the ball, Milan kick in back into Barca's box and a goal is scored by Silva from the resulting corner.

Barca were up 1 away goal vs Madrid. They knew very well what Madrid would be trying to do - a strategy that has worked with many teams in the recent past. I told my buddies that Barca should try to bring Madrid out of their pocket instead of ramming against a wall of 9 men in the center of the field. But no, they played right into Madrid's plan because they have to continue proving that they are the best. Sometimes being the best doesn't mean you just play your style regardless of the strength of the opponent but rather play to their weaknesses.

I think Barca is missing their coach but lacking creativity. All great teams eventually get found out because opponents are more aware of their playing style and bring their A game whenever they face them. Barca is going through that phase. Its time they rethink their strategy and start playing games as they come.

And ya, this summer please buy a CB. Its been due for about 2 years now.

The barca players are exhausted, the answer is playing around somebody else probably villa, as they let messi,puyol and iniesta rest, but can they bite the bullet!

Barca had no confidence and no plan B. They should have learnt from the Bayern game. I think Barca's assistant coach needs some more support. RM are so dangerous every time they break because they conserve energy looking for a counter where as Barca waste all that energy passing and running then they just lose the ball and track back.

and the pedro penalty shout was ridiculous footballers should get a fine every time they dive

i think Barca are keeping too much faith in Puyol don't get me wrong he is a great player but they need somebody younger to join pique at cb look at verane hes 20 and an amazing prospect hes got pace and power and can trow in a great last ditch slide in the box and time it perfectly

Man oh man. In the battle between the two I have always been a barca fan, and I honestly dislike Real Madrid. But this game, wow, i'm glad barca lost. Barca was the better team, they had better control more chances and Madrid was basically playing the counter attack game, but wow, Barca just lost their heads. If they had played a little smarter and maybe not cry so much all game they might have had a better score. Every time someone got close they fell. The ref was right. I still hate Madrid though.