Who's favourites for the 4th CL spot from La Liga? Betis?
La Liga - 2012/2013
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Sky comms going a bit over the top with that save, it was a camera save with a slight re-adjustment, calm down.
At the moment? Málaga... except that they'll be banned
Betis and Valencia are looking most likely, Sevilla and Athletic are far too inconsistent. Maybe an outside bet on any of Real Sociedad or Valladollid...
Di Maria is such a little pussy
Watching the replays, it was a brilliant one-handed save. As for Di Maria, worse than Busquets reaction there.
No offside on Saviola ... woulda been a good chance to test Adan
There is a good point, Del Bosque has been more successful than Mourinho, yet he's been sacked by the club. Altough he didn't have to compete with a Barcelona side as strong as the current one in fairness.
Ronaldo shaking his head at an offside decision, replay shows he is offside
so far joaquin has been real madrid's first line of defense
Del Bosque in spite of his achievements will never get the credit Mourinho deserves because he doesn't give the media wacky sound bites and controversy that they love
That's the unfortunate thing for Real. They are up against arguably the best footballing side of all time, with the best player in the world in Messi. As SAF said though, football runs in cycles. You'll just have to wait it out, as I can't see you eclipsing them anytime soon.
Is a shame we aren't playing against them now they don't have any defense.
Isco has been great so far.
That's my point. Mourinho may not be ideal (that's understating it to be honest), but the club isn't perfect in all this, as demonstrated by their history with the managers and players. Look at how Pellegrini was treated, disgraceful.
Sacking Mourinho may make Madrid more likeable and less cynical again, but does it matter if Real are reduced to mere bystanders, waiting for Messi and Iniesta to retire? Do the supporters really long for the days when they were eliminated from the Champions League in the 1st stage for years on end?
what a miss
i can't believe he missed that
Oh dear Cristiano - all the hard work done as well.
Second best player in the world misses a great chance. Should have buried that in all fairness.
Nearly for Di Maria
Messi is only 25. Xavi signed a deal until 2016. Iniesta is young too. How long will Real have to stay respectful and "know their place"?
"Would have been one of the goals of the season." As if we haven't seen enough already in La Liga...
Where's Benzema playing?
Great cross by Ronaldo, unlucky by Di Maria not an easy control to make
Xavi is vitally important to them, and he's 32. His decline might slow them down a bit. At least until Thiago comes into his own.
Agree with this.
That handball yellow card rule is ridiculous.
Well it was a blatant handball, so even without the rule a yellow would be given.
Dunno mate, I'm not sure what is good for the club at the moment anymore. I just want this season to end as quickly as possible, if that makes any sense. The only thing that can save our season is us winning the CL, but let's be honest I don't see us winning it either. First we'll have to beat you guys over two legs and sooner or later we'll have to face Barcelona if we want to win it, and that probably won't end well for us. Maybe it's a bit pessimistic but this season hasn't given us many things to be happy about.
Looked to me like he tried to get his arm out of the way by moving his arm closer to his body.
If the ball touches the outstretched arm, whether he was trying to make a movements warrants a yellow card. However, if the ball hits the arms whilst it is touching the body then, it is not a yellow card offence. Essien did the same, the arm was stretched out and should have been a yellow card there too.
Not Madrid's day in front of goal.
Casillas wearing Sara's legwarmers.
Same here, but for some reason, Vato doesn't likes me because of that.
I even had Zidane's and Raul's jersey.
Vato is an ok poster, even if he does support Real Madrid. Perhaps you predicted that this would happen and he thought the opposite. I guess he would agree with you now perhaps.
2nd wrongfully given offside going against Málaga
Complaining about the officials in the Premier League yet the officiating tonight has been dreadful to say the least. The two offsides were diabolical and Essien should have seen a yellow for handball too.
All of that is true.
More than a decade starting when healthy, Iker being benched - that will be the story of the match regardless of the outcome
Again, this is something that Mourinho is going to have to deal with, not just Perez, but the fans too. If the fans are not happy with Mourinho, they will make sure that Perez knows this. I could be wrong, but I think that most of the Real Madrid fans are behind Casillas on this one, since Mourinho loves to praise only certain players in public.
The post game press conference will probably be more entertaining than the game itself.