Champions League Quarter Final Games 12-15th August

[ancoats]

miss the game watched the snooker but wow 8.2 ?? sounds like barca folded and are they finished ? they will be big changes in Barcelona and even messi could leave ? or become player manager

 

[Roachy]

Once in a decade Barcelona was known the be good, then Bartomeu come and strike his force soured up to se his team lose 8-2 to Bayern.

Can someone translate this please.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Imo, stretched is like a Milan AC club. Barça is still investing 100 M+ every year on the market. Of course, they are taking loans because they have no cash but banks are giving them the money anyway because of their commercial turnover.

They really just need to reign in their wage bill.

And I am saying I have it on good authority that merely reigning in the wage bill is not sufficient.

They will be making significant financial moves in the coming months, including substantial cash injections (taking advantage of incredibly low cost financing available to them).

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

So predictable I knew Barca would get hammered.

Really was hoping they would somehow fluke it, because if we get past Lyon, Barca would not have given us a game, Bayern will be a very difficult game if we meet.

 

[Josh_D]

I love Foden but it would be a very big decision to play him against this Bayern side. Maybe as a winger but we just watched de jong get turned inside out trying to defeat that press. It’s be a big ask of such a young player on a big stage.

I would hope we’d setup better and be more energetic against Bayern but we need to respect what we just saw. That Barca side is remarkably similar to ours and Bayern have precisely the clinical edge we lack. Barca had a chance to take a lead there in the first half but squandered a few then watched Bayern pummel them. The small mistakes which have plagued us this season simply cannot happen if we make it to play them.

I’m not Pep but I trust the lad against Kimmich. Kimmich is no speedy Gonzales. Plus Foden, I believe will earn (has earned in my opinion) his right to play.

His off the ball movement, coupled with Raheem’s will give Kevin choices in the box. I believe the lads can do it. However, they need to beat Lyon first. I don’t even care if it’s a 1-0 or by 5 goals.

 

[Parisian]

It won’t completely save them. I have it on good authority that they have significant cash flow issues, even apart from Messi’s contract.

Some of that is due to the impact of COVID, but quite a lot of it is due to poor financial management and recruitment decisions over the past few years.

And they just exchanged Arthur for Pjanic (30+ y.o)

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

That performance was largely due the state of their opponents. If they played a team like us Liverpool or PSG they could have quite easily have been 4-1 down in the first 12 minutes. Barca should have been winning that game early doors albeit playing atrociously themselves.

the size of the victory may play into our hands.. yes riding the crest of a wave and confidence is one thing but hopefully the fact they won by such a great margin playing like that will lull them into a false sense of security.

play that high line against us and we or Should I say Eddie will murder them.

We have an absolute cheat code against that Bayern set up.. surely they won’t play like that against us though and will sacrifice high press / risk reward for a more measured approach. Would be suicide if not.. I want them to play exactly like they did tonight.

If they let that result go to their heads they'd be foolish. And I don't have them down as foolish.

 

[Saddleworth2]

You can rest easy knowing that no matter how many of you on here think your fight is hopeless, your team won't read any of it and will step on the pitch to fight it all the way. And no matter how many of you think you shouldn't be very concerned after all, your team won't read any of it and will never underestimate the match they're gonna face.

I like the cut of your jib. Btw I am concerned and impressed by what I saw tonight but am comforted by your wise words.

 

[Hercules]

The only advantave we have is we have faced a team like bayern for the past 3 years in the form of liverpool.

 

[Vienna_70]

We need to start on the front foot on full gas. If we do we're capable of giving BM an 8-2 drubbing.

We have to beat Lyon first.