Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[Great Kompany]

I think every team is a reflection of their manager, and City is undoubtedly a Pep’s team

Measured, articulate, well drilled and highly technical. In a season of 38 games, these qualities bring titles.

Now their is CL. An agent of chaos. Nothing is perfect and every moment brings something new. We don’t deal with it. We can’t deal with it. As soon as chaos ensues, we lose our head.

Chaos made Ajax reach the semifinal, Spurs final and Chelsea winning CL with Matteo or Liverpool winning against AC Milan.
Or all Real Madrid wins.

all of these teams were less qualified then their opponents, but still managed to win a few. We end up being the AC Milan of 2005, Bayern of 2012. Highly talented team but lost at critical time. The good thing was that they already have won a few so they come back stronger next season.

fairer point being, if we would have learned our lesson at Lyon, Spurs or Monaco - Real Madrid 2022 would have not happened.
Or Maybe I am just ranting after last night defeat.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Still can’t understand how we managed the final few minutes against Atletico yet yesterday our game management was brutal. We were so naive and looked shell shocked once they scored their first. No one took control of the team. We had to slow it down and kill their momentum but instead we panicked.

 

[crystal_mais]

Absolutely gutted but we only have ourselves to blame, our defending was shocking at times over the 2 legs. I was gutted when I left the home game as we should of been out of site.

Just hope the players can pick themselves up for the last 4 games and win the league

 

[blue ranger]

Yes i'm mostly in agreement, just feels at times he never really rescues us with a great save. For me we need a settled back 4 next season where we know our best 4. That doesn't include laporte and does include an actual LB. We need to get away from making do at the back and hopefully get Diaz back to his best which i feel he has been a long way off.

Ederson doesn't make the saves that Courtois made last night but Courtois doesn't help with the build up like Ederson does. It's all down to Pep and what he wants from a GK.

 

[bobom]

His record since leaving Barcelona in the Champions League makes pretty bleak reading.whilst he was manager of Bayern i remember them getting a good pasting by Real Madrid in a semi-final at home. Bayern fans felt he didn't have what it takes to make them Kings of Europe.Many were happy he left.Clubs like Bayern demand the Trophy.

Bayern dominated possession in that Semi Final 64%

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He just seems to not be able to deal with high pressure one off later games in the Champions League very well.

He didn't do much wrong tonight other than substitute all our game changers thinking we had won the game. Meaning when we went behind, we literally didn't have a game changing player on the Pitch to change it for us.

I don't buy this narrative. Since 2008, when Pep started coaching, only Zidane has won th CL more times. It's not a title managers win often in their careers.

 

[Citizen Mike]

We conceded 6 goals, the team is built to attack and we were found wanting defensively in both legs. Let's not forget that we fell away defensively against Liverpool in those two games as well. Perhaps we need full time full backs instead of midfield players in some games. All about finding a winning balance which is not easy, what works in the EPL obviously does not work in the CL. We need to adapt.

Nothing wrong with the defence, we have the least goals conceded in the premier league. We were unlucky that is all. I wouldn't change the way we play football , we do need a striker

 

[Mid Wales blue]

The game was won.
All that was needed was concentration for a few more minutes. But at least 6 of our players out on the pitch, were already in Paris.
Instead of staying in the now on a pitch in Madrid.

When you work so hard to achieve your goal, why the fuck throw it away?
It’s like a child saving their pennies, to buy that special ice cream only to see it drop to the floor with that first lick!

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Yes i'm mostly in agreement, just feels at times he never really rescues us with a great save. For me we need a settled back 4 next season where we know our best 4. That doesn't include laporte and does include an actual LB. We need to get away from making do at the back and hopefully get Diaz back to his best which i feel he has been a long way off.

The problem with a settled back four that doesn’t include Laporte, is that Stones is too often injured, and Stones and Dias are the best pairing.

 

[percypawpaw]

Sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it doesn't, last night it didn't, that's football it can be so cruel, we now need to bounce back and quickly, come on City.

 

[vmsuhail]

Monaco Pool Spurs Lyon Chelsea and Now Real Madrid. We are finding ways to get fucked

What makes it worse is we were the better side on paper in all these games.