MCFC4EVR said:
steveb15 said:
Tricky_Trev said:
Barca would win at least 8 of them. We are good, but they are one of the best teams ever to have graced Earth.
Arsenal pushed them hard last year, beat them at the Emirates.
And would've have gone through had Bendter finished his chance despite being down to 10 men. And the classico could've been different had Ronaldo finished those 2 chances he had. Worst thing you can do is to put an opponent on a pedestal.
And some second division nobodies would have denied us a chance at our first trophy in 35 years had they not let Dzeko sneak an equalizer, or had they scored their 2 chances earlier.
See, we can do this all day for any team. Woulda, coulda, shoulda are quite easy to do. Every team has them. But the best teams are still the best teams!
Barca in the last 3 years IS the best team to have ever played football, PERIOD! Over a ten game series, it is is only a guess what will happen.
Football unlike, hockey, Basketball or baseball in the States, is at best a 2legged game. The idea of best of 5, 7, or 9 is wholly foreign to the sport. And if it were adopted, will switch the basis of the game. In American basketball, there is an idea of the "Playoff team" or Post season team. i.e. teams that you know are likely to do well once playoffs time comes. Coz the game is different when you have to play the same folks 7-10 times in a row. You can take the first 2 to figure them out, beat them in the third, have them adjust to your adjustment, see their adjustment fail, and then readjust to that failure e.t.c. By that point, it becomes a chess game. With coaches actually mattering more prominently.
But back to the topic: If this was a simple guess based on how they have both performed over the last couple of years, the recent history of both clubs, the chemistry of the players, and the talents at each's disposal- It is not unthinkable or irrational to think Barca should definitely win 7-8, with CIty at best winning 1-3.