CL Semi-Finals 13/14 - April 22,23,29,30

Pepe is a pathetic excuse of a man. How can a grown man be like that? Embarrassing.
 
I feel we need a slow motion replays of Webb throwing that bit of rubbish off the pitch.
 
FCBayern said:
Don't like the possession game that much myself. But to be fair Madrid is not even trying to attack Bayern players.

Very smart defending - minimizing the risk to conced a goal and focusing on the rare chances. That will be the future of football. For me the overall defensive tactics have evolved far more in the last years than any other aspect of the game.
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I have no stats to back this up, but I think if you look at the goals scored over the past two years in the major leagues, it's gone up a fair bit.
 
I dont care what their domestic record is this season, Bayern were a better side last year at least in Europe. They seem to have lost their edge and their ability to cut open teams at will. So much more faffing around with the ball now around the penalty area.
 
This looks like the Coentrão from our National team. Hope he hits form in the World Cup.
 
Plugsy said:
I dont care what their domestic record is this season, Bayern were a better side last year at least in Europe. They seem to have lost their edge and their ability to cut open teams at will. So much more faffing around with the ball now around the penalty area.
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Dortmund, you hope will be a bigger threat next season. If they can replace Lewandowski's goals and stay injury free.
 
What has happened to Isco? I remember him starting the season in very good form..
 
Sly said:
This looks like the Coentrão from our National team. Hope he hits form in the World Cup.
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He's been in form since he got back into the team thanks to Marcelo's injury. It would have been great for United to get a chance to sign him. Only things that have effected Coentrão are injuries. I think he's defensively more solid than Marcelo and I don't think you lose much going forward from starting him ahead of Marcelo either.
 
at this rate it looks like we are going to suffer through a Chelsea/Real final. 2 teams built to counter attack
 
FCBayern said:
Don't like the possession game that much myself. But to be fair Madrid is not even trying to attack Bayern players.

Very smart defending - minimizing the risk to conced a goal and focusing on the rare chances. That will be the future of football. For me the overall defensive tactics have evolved far more in the last years than any other aspect of the game.
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It's only because they are playing a Pep Guardiola team that has that kind of manpower. What else are you going to do? Only Barca plays the same way but put them up against Bayern without Pep and they are ineffective.

If the overall defensive tactics would have evolved far more then there definitely should be a clear difference in amounts of goals scored.
 
#07 said:
He's been in form since he got back into the team thanks to Marcelo's injury. It would have been great for United to get a chance to sign him. Only things that have effected Coentrão are injuries. I think he's defensively more solid than Marcelo and I don't think you lose much going forward from starting him ahead of Marcelo either.
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Thanks for the update. Haven´t really been following Real. It´s good news since he is an essencial part of our national team.
 
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