Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[Mattyc55]

Pep didn’t speak to anyone after the game - he’s fuming.

 

[WestGorton]

It was a great tackle if you are a competent/uncorrupted official. It is a penalty because it was us.

 

[blueabdi]

Stop the “reactive” defending we play.

We rely on the natural abilities of a small handful of players to save us. We play too high risk against the top, top teams, because Pep has one mindset.

Once we scored in the 73rd minute, Ancellotti went full on attack, replacing his entire first choice midfield with young kids who could fight and win midfield battles.

City???
GUT the midfield instead of ADDING TO IT!

Sterling?
Greslish?

REALLY??? Was THAT where we felt we need fresh legs???

And, when we brought them on, we put them both on the same side of the field, with Sterling ahead of Grealish, as our left midfielder!?!

We LITERALLY don’t know how to shutdown a game against quality opposition, because the “attack is the best form of defence” is Pep’s MO. The problem, of course, is that when our backs are to the wall, we look disorganized, at sixes and sevens, and no one is quite sure who is supposed to be doing what!

Thankfully, there are very few games where we have to defend, backs to the wall, but we ALL KNOW we are fragile under offensive pressure, and our keeper gives half of us the heeby geebies when the ball is at his feet under pressure OR in the air under pressure!

Pep needs a defensive coach that he will listen to! Attacking has never been our problem, but when we do attack in numbers, we leave the back door open 9 times out of 10, with good fortune and decent defenders saving our skin…or the fact that we score more than they do!

That luck ran out in the 90th minute at the Bernabéu.

Could nt agree more.

 

[Bluekiwi]

It was a great tackle if you are a competent/uncorrupted official. It is a penalty because it was us.

Just out of interest ---- did VAR review the incident?

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Ahh... Last night's non-existent high press, is that the one you mean?

Pep gambled and lost. Should have started with Gundogan rather than KDB.

I’m not interested in arguing the issue. I merely told you one reason KDB started…you know, other than he has been brilliant recently, of course!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Mundo Deportivo did the research and found out that only five minutes and 32 seconds were played out of the 15 minutes of second half extra time.

And the ref blew early on the MINIMUM 3 minutes he cherry-picked?!

Nothing to see here, move along…

 

[kanovic]

Where did I say that about Palmer?

I said he would have made more of an impact than Raheem last night. He's one for the future, possibly 2 years time.

Foden and Grealish are a distance from being top class, give them more time to develop their games and you'll see very good players. Neither should be a regular starter in big games imo (including for England) they're overrated at the moment, but will improve.

Glad you don’t pick the line ups or scout players

 

[inchy14]

Pep didn’t speak to anyone after the game - he’s fuming.

Neither did I!!

 

[Bluesiam]

Mundo Deportivo did the research and found out that only five minutes and 32 seconds were played out of the 15 minutes of second half extra time.

And the ref blew early on the MINIMUM 3 minutes he cherry-picked?!

Nothing to see here, move along…

That feels about right......except he blew on around 2mins 52 secs of the minimum 3 minutes!

 

[nijinsky]

Neither did I!!

Still not. Got to face the music today. In Madrid. FFS