Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[LesBleuMiserable]

I still can’t believe we are not in the final.

We throw away these opportunities time and time again.

Just imagine next year if it’s a better PSG or Bayern. Can’t explain why we keep wasting such great opportunities. It’s suicide every time.

 

[blueballs84]

just as frustrating is you can guarantee the scousers will roll these fuckers over easily.

 

[come-on-barney]

I hope we win the league, but that's two game this season where we've let in last minute goals when we really, really should have managed the game out. Dunno if it's a ten year curse for QPR, but if we don't win anything this year I think you can say this team bottled it. 7 points clear in the league and 2 goals clear on 90 minutes should be enough to win it. Let's pray we can cling on. They have a big job to get back up for it on Sunday, and get us over the line.

Pep will have them motivated for Sunday. If not then we have much bigger problems.

 

[paulchapo]

yup, i wrote after the first game vs madrid that it felt like a loss and got abused by a couple of morons in here. You go there two goals up and they either open up and are ripped to shreds or you get a game similar to this one. while going through

The thing is we WERE two goals up with minutes to go and still lost

 

[coolcity]

Perhaps a bit off-topic, but Liverpool have made good recent signings for modest sums and are the better for it, but we’ve made a big-money signing and at best we Are pretty much where we were. Perhaps that’s why they are in the final and we are not!

Or perhaps it's because they got Benfica and Villareal.

 

[Beanhead]

what’s that old saying…. it’s all on the manager……. them subs killed us no two ways about it cos it’s there in black and white and pep and City out againnn

I can’t even work out what you are trying to say there mate. Sorry.

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

yup, i wrote after the first game vs madrid that it felt like a loss and got abused by a couple of morons in here. You go there two goals up and they either open up and are ripped to shreds or you get a game similar to this one. while going through

Irony is we did have a two goal lead but pissed it away

May have been better at 0-0 so we were constantly on edge

 

[2infinity&beyond]

Not sure how popular an opinion this will be but I think Fernandinho is now too old and slow. It cost us in the first leg and I think bringing him on cost us tonight. Other than that, I think we played really well for 89mins tonight. We lost the tie at home when we only won by one goal when it should have been 2 or 3. We still have some learning to do in Europe. Now let's win the next four league matches and stop the Dippers winning all four or we'll never hear the end of it!.

Agree with all that you say. Dont think the players will need any motivation to win the PL as its that or nothing now.

 

[sutty66]

Pep has dropped some fucking clangers but not tonight mate. We played the perfect game, we've just been on the end of one of those classic sucker punch knockout ties. It's so hard to comprehend.

Think we all need to sleep on it and give it a few days to settle.

course pep fucked up tonight

Which stupid substitutions?

Walker had to go off so he brings on Zinchenko and switches Cancelo to the right.

Fernandinho comes on to shore things up and then Rodri makes way.

De Bruyne was shite so he brings on Gundogan and we instantly score.

grealish…. that game because they were chasing was made for sterling or even jesus staying on but pep went defensive..

 

[domalino]

As much as we cry out for a striker, people should be conscious of the reduction of chances we create, hopefully a clinical striker negates that, but make no mistake, less dominance is inevitable in terms of creative opportunities..

Counterpoint -

Our xG was significantly higher in the seasons we had Aguero upfront (17/18 and 18/19) than it has been in any season since we swapped to no strikers.

Shot Creating Actions - ie passes, dribbles, crosses that lead to a shot - were about 10% higher with no striker in 19/20, but have been lower than the seasons with a striker in 20/21 and 21/22.

So we were creating more and better chances to score goals with a striker than we are with an extra creator.