Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[ancoats]

We have been short in squad depth all season and tonight when walker has to come off you knew even after we scored they will get a chance ? Left back, both first team starter and cover ? Right back cover for walker ? 2 strikers to score the goals that kill the game off.

We have to give pep a starting eleven in the summer, get the players in and players outs and then go full on next season, enough messing about with cover players and the truth is that is what killed us tonight.

Am not hurting tonight, proud of the lads and pep the fans out there
yes, we could have done better ? yes, we got rolled over at the end that should have never happened.
But the dark arts in extra time is also missing from this city squad ? Kill the game off slow it down fake injuries just get the ball down in the corners,

PS

I will say one thing, if this pain does not make the city players want the Premier League title even more, then nothing else will,

 

[UncleBerbs]

My biggest concern is the psychological impact on the players and how that’s going to impact us in the final games in the league. So many on here need to wake the fuck up.

We lost it in the first leg? We fucking came into the second leg with an advantage. We got the first goal tonight. Sure we could’ve scored 7 in the first leg. But if we scored 7 then people would be crying that we could’ve scored 9. We had an advantage and we built on that tonight and we switched off with Madrid’s first goal. From there we shit ourselves. Champions see games like this out.

Sure, we were robbed and three minutes additional time is a joke. But IMHO, if it was 8 minutes added the outcome would’ve been the same. We created nothing in extra time because Madrid killed the game. No need for them to win pretty - they did what they had to do.

Pep got his tactics wrong? Fuck off. We win that game and nobody dares to say that. The unimaginable happened and there’s nothing more to it. I just don’t know how we bounce back mentally and win our remaining league games. Potential to be a catastrophe.

Oh, and I’m not going to say anything about Sterling because I don’t have much to say that’s very pleasant.

 

[OB1]

Terrible defeat and bottles did go at the end but as ever after a "bad" defeat we get the usual suspects, and others, being overly negative (I'm being polite).

 

[Bluesince1979]

Because we were 2-goals to the good with 90-mins on the clock. Game won - if we keep our heads, which we didn't. The other issues I refer to are well know and document, they form the backdrop but we know all of this and each year turn up and get booted out for the same essential reasons. That said, I do agree this playing without a recognized striker is wearing thin.

It doesnt wash . Going out tonight is no ones fault but ours. Losing that final was a pep fuck up . Losing to monaco and lyon was probs a pep fuck up

we need to grow the fuck up as a fan base and stop blaming others . Stop this anti city bias crap and take the step to the next level, which we keep bottling/failing to do

 

[argyle]

Thought we really missed Stones tonight.

He can't stay fit.

 

[coolcity]

Proud of the boys for what they have achieved. We cannot slag them for what happened, they tired everything. This is Real Madrid and not any team, they know how to win!

The nerves got to them and I cannot blame them. We will try again next year. We need more time to win the Champions League and we will eventually win it.

I just want to win the PL this year whatever happens cause that's more important for me. Winning more and more PLs will help us build the confidence to believe that we can win the CL.

We just need more time

Agree with all of that except that I just think they were very lucky tonight, not so much about them knowing how to win. No one will ever convince me they deserved to win either leg of that tie.

I thought Benzema bought the pen too.

 

[Groke]

He had 2 one on ones to seal the deal...we needed him to take one of them. But he can't finish.

Hard!y c!ear cut ffs

 

[BlueLou82]

After the restart at 1-1 tonight someone from City has to go down feigning injury. Stop the game for 2 minutes, kill their momentum, halts the crowd frenzy and allows us to clear our heads and refocus. But we're too nice to do anything so snidey and we paid the price.

Exactly. There is enough experience to know this. Should be doing it at 1-0 up, especially at 1-1. Do exactly what they done in the 2nd half of ET.

Suppose you learn. Oh and you need a striker desperately

 

[The Black Shed]

We don't do things in half measures. Up the blues, win, lose or draw.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

You can’t polish a turd so there is no point trying tonight. A hideous result given where we were at 90 mins. The Spurs and Dippers defeats were tough but this one just completely takes the biscuit. Nothing else to be said. We need to be the 12th man Sunday. The players will be absolutely gutted.