Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[meltonblue]

Thought we really missed Stones tonight.

 

[elbearos]

fuck this for a laugh

 

[Sirlaughalot]

Typical City on a global stage ..... how the fuck did that happen?

two I think, crucial differences. We tried to see out the game by knocking short balls to each other on the edge of our own box, Real M. saw out the game by , what's commonly know as "anywhere will do"

 

[paulchapo]

I mean Di Matteo won the damn thing, Tuchel did it too, why the FUCK can't we get this damn title!

Are you still here??? Have our mods gone to sleep like our defence did??

 

[OL2Blue]

We are jinxed in this competition.....we just don't get any luck whatsoever....how on earth did we lose that? Super performance for 90 minutes...should have been out of sight yet the football gods deemed otherwise.....Typical City til we die

 

[Dax777]

Forget tonight, we lost it in the first leg

I said as much

 

[paulsimpson]

Yeah it is. Sounds ridiculous. But how many of these games can we fuck up
Monaco
Lyon
Chelsea
And tonight. Eventually fingers have to be pointed.

i think the barca boys have run their
Course

No they have not. We can still win the league and Pep will make sure of that now

 

[lazerblue]

never a penalty

 

[madloaf]

I’ve blamed him for the losing in the last 3 Seasons but don’t think he did much wrong tonight. He picked exactly the right team and his subs seemed sensible when he made them

Did nothing wrong except Gundogan is a busted flush at this point.

 

[kanovic]

When he should change he does nothing when we are organized he decides to disrupt the team organization, look we were playing fine and organized , for example when he took Mahrez out, then was all over Madrid players with Cancelo all by himself, and Dinho seemed not to understand or know he should help him.. Madrid started to take advantaged of that, this is an example. We should make subs when we are needing them. Also, Madrid players know how to break the rhythm, be clever, spending time.. A coach can teach or pass that to the players. We all know "angels" in football doesn't succeed that well. We need to have much more better game management. I love Pep, i think he gets to much pressure on his head special to UCL and sometimes it takes out his focus and rational thinking in this competition.

that has nothing to do with mahrez when walker got injured we got destroyed. Same as first leg. Cancelo let us down not pep. We know how to finish games off and keep the ball idk what the players did tonight. Again that was in Pep that was in the players.

 

[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.