Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[Blue_eyes]

A few thoughts tonight.

Expectation can be a truly seductive but untrustworthy mistress.

I love this club, but fcking hell its been a rollercoaster sometimes.

Conceding two goals in the last minute is our own fault after managing the game well for 89 minutes.

As soon as real equalised, we were not going through, their game management helped by the ref was just too much.

Its hard to enjoy this competition because of all the media bullshit.

The players must be fcked, hope they can lift themselves for the next four games.

Winning the league would be fantastic now but watch the media hype start against us for the run in, its tiresome.

Anyone seeking me out at work etc to gloat is gonna get told in no uncertain terms about their personality.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

It wasn't bad luck against Chelsea, Lyon, and the second leg at Monaco. For me those were tactical defeats. I do think we were unlucky tonight especially with the second goal. It was just a hopeful punt into the box, not even a good cross, but it deflected onto their player's head. I generally agree that you make your own luck but sometimes shit happens.

Shipping two goals in the 90th minute of a European semi final has got absolutely nothing to do with luck, and everything to do with a weak, bottle job mentality that cuts right through the club - in this competition anyway.

 

[rumone]

Need to learn to see a game out! Thought when walker went off the game changed! Not sure why he took jesus off! As many have said game should have been over and done with at our place!

 

[west didsblue]

At least I won’t be shitting myself for the next 24 days worrying about possibly losing to the dippers in the final. If we win our next 4 games it’s still been a great season.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

typical city anybody?

Said as much in the match thread... right after they got the first goal back.

Oh God, It's my fault!!!!

 

[chickaroon]

Don't forget Grealish nearly scored twice before they scored. Just needed a little luck there. They had their luck from the flick on for their second goal. We should have managed the game better of course. Wasted time, gad a few injuries, so on.

 

[Manx Blue]

you're not helping

Sorry man, I've just got a bad feeling, and had it for a few weeks.

I sincerely hope i'm wrong.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

It wasn't bad luck against Chelsea, Lyon, and the second leg at Monaco. For me those were tactical defeats. I do think we were unlucky tonight especially with the second goal. It was just a hopeful punt into the box, not even a good cross, but it deflected onto their player's head. I generally agree that you make your own luck but sometimes shit happens.

Tonight was all on the 11 on the porch. Don’t concede 2 in 4 minutes. They did. Lots of the others listed were tactical tho (bar maybe spurs, and Liverpool away where the reffing was disgusting)

 

[GaudinoMotors]

We're never winning Ol Big Ears are we?

 

[Tricky17]

Ederson needs to brave for the first goal, any of the top keepers dive into the thick of that, claim the ball or get a foul. He might be world class with his feet but average at every other part of the game.

 

[Bluefen]

No way should any city fan want Liverpool to win the chumps league unless it’s against u****d

My point is it would make winning yet another title against them an even greater achievement… (IF and only IF we win the title)

 

[Blue tiger]

Imagine if we had a CF who did the same?
On to next year as far as this trophy's concerned.

Exactly Benzema has dragged them through this competition, seen them gey outplayed by us, Chelsea and PSG at various times and he has scored just when it was needed. I have never seen a team create and MISS as many chances as we do.

 

[Luke The Blue]

Bernardo was absolutely world class tonight.

Walker was a monster.

Foden and Jesus were very good, and Mahrez stepped up again in the big moment.

not much went right for Kev tonight, but I think we can forgive him..

Sadly, Pep blinked too early and made the changes, and we just couldn’t get going again after that.

We need Haaland. Madrid never know when they’re beaten because they’re always confident that if they can get the ball to Benzema then there’s a chance of a goal. We’re the best footballing team in the world, but we’ve seen tonight that being a great team doesn’t necessarily win you trophies. You need a killer up top, especially in the biggest of games on the biggest of stages.

We go again on Saturday.

come on city

I'm sorry mate but Foden was poor tonight.

 

[footballmanager]

That’s exactly why Typical City is still mentioned.

We’re the Kings of England yet we’ve lost to English teams three times in the CL when we finished 25 points above Liverpool, 27 points above Spurs, and 19 points above Chelsea. We lost to a team who finished 7th in the French league. And we’ve gone out tonight after missing loads of chances in the first leg and acting like a naïve bunch of amateurs not understanding how to see a game out tonight.

Considering how good we actually are, yet we pull this shit in the CL every year, this is why Typical City lives on. It is literally typical of us to build us up to let us down, to do daft things, to look like we could score ten and then gift the opposition the game.

The worst thing about this was losing the tie with kdb, jesus and mahrez on the bench, you can lose a squad with this type of stuff (not that i think pep did much wrong with his subs, the logic was sound by and large)

 

[Shaffer92]

Champions League again, we shit the bed far too often in this competition for it to be a fluke or just bad luck.
I don't know what the answer is but Haaland won't fix it all by himself

People who say City doesn't have a mentality problem in CL are deluding themselves.

 

[smallsteve]

Grealish created more in his 20 mins that Kevin did for most of the game. Not sure what Sterling was meant to do vs. a back 11. There are many more issues tonight before sticking on them two

Kev was surprisingly ineffective tonight and kept giving the ball away. He looked like he was out on his feet. Maybe due to being one of the older members of the team.

 

[Rammy Blue]

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.

That’s what annoys the fuck out of me, we aren’t ruthless.

 

[SanPellegrini]

If I’m being honest, nothing in those two legs has made me feel any negativity towards Real.

They’re clearly a great side, maybe not as strong on paper, but they’ve pulled it off not once, not twice but three knockout ties in a row against three world class sides. That deserves some credit.

What we witnessed tonight was an extremely talented set of players with a weak mentality, against a very talented set of players with an extremely strong mentality - that we didn’t truly see until they were almost down and out.

Our players can learn from theirs.

 

[Cobwebcat]

The thing is this isn’t typical City. Typical City holds on to a 2 goal lead with seconds left.

 

[BufordUSABlue]

I agree 100%

Madrid are not that good. Can't believe we have been knocked out to them. The dippers will beat them comfortable.

Not if the corrupt cnuts at UEFA have anything to do with it and they will have plenty to do with it!!