Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[smallsteve]

Fuck off. I’d rather drink boiled piss that Liverpool win. Who gives a fuck about ‘English dominance’?

I’ll just fill my glass and raise a toast with you!

 

[coolcity]

Great post blue. Rio Ferdinand is an absolute ****.
Thought the lads played well tonight and if the game had gone 1-0 like it should have 999 out of 1000 times, we would have all said it was a good performance.Prp who was very dignified in his interview got it tight - they had no shots, no pressure and from nothing they got 2 goals.
Grealish extremely unlucky - he made those chances himself and the only criticism I can see is that Anderson was too slow for the first. Okay, Cancelo let his man go but Ederson should have done better. Very proud of the team and fans out there - we did not get what we deserved.

Exactly this. I don't put too much on Ederson, for me while everyone else is saying we bottled it, you summed it up perfectly - 999 times out of 1000 we win that. Just wish more people would appreciate that because there's no way RM deserved to win that match tonight, and I don't think it's because we did much wrong but it's a huge game and nobody can be 100% perfect for 100% of the time.

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

At least for once we can't really blame Pep for anything. He picked the right team and played the right tactics. The players let him down in the end.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Fine margins again, their flukey pen at the Etihad was crucial.
Also I’ve not yet seen their pen award tonight properly analysed?

Think he got the ball but with VAR it was never getting over turned

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Not even angry about tonight , but i am absolutely deflated , how many times do we have to go through shite like this to win this hyped up glamour cup , we played so well four 90 minutes and we still get kicked in the balls.

 

[ShedDweller]

Sterling during that extra time couldn’t decide what he wanted to do with the ball.

As usual unfortunately

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Eh? Then it’ll take us longer to win it. UEFA and the networks don’t want continual all English finals and serial English winners. That refereeing display tonight was odd.

I thought the refereeing was normal for us in Europe.
We should be used to it by now.
We had that game won without the ‘odd’ refereeing. We threw it away ourselves. I think we are mentally weak this season and have shown this in several games.
We cannot see out games like we used to.
Kev is only at about 70% levels we are used to. He constantly looks like he’s blowing and his radar has been off all season and last season when he was off, we had Gundogan to step into the breach. This season his legs look gone. We have no pace in midfield at all and Rodri good as he is, cannot do it on his own.
We lack the leadership to keep everyone focused like Vinnie used to do.
When we are good we are very good but when we step back down to 2nd or 3rd gear we cannot game manage and blow our advantage.

Add to that the fact we squander so many gilt edged chances and it makes it a long tough season with no let up. No breathers.

I think there are a few mentally weak players in the squad. I won’t single anyone out and kick them when we’re down but the squad is not as strong as it may have seemed.

Apart from that, we’re doing quite well.
Just win our next five games by hook or by crook and regroup.

Mustn’t grumble.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

In the time it took me to roll a cigarette and go outside to watch from the window and finish it, that match was turned on its head. I reckon my face should be the health warning on baccy pouches now.

 

[Corky]

Really? Come on fella. Being relegated was fucking horrific! Losing a CL semi final to one of the best teams ever? We’ll return keep the faith

It was generally coming all season most times, bar the goal v Luton which had a bit of drama, hardly horrific.

 

[come-on-barney]

10 years on and we've sadly paid the price for 93:20.

No that’s still to come :)