Real Madrid (H) | Post Match Thread

[Citizen Mike]

Exactly this! I questioned Laporte not engaging Viniscius, but after watching it again, in reality that should have been Fern & Dias' job. If Laporte had engaged, it would have left Zin on his own, as Rodri was trying to cover Dias too. If Walker was playing, I reckon he would've caught Viniscius in a foot race, especially without the ball.

Alas Fern got skinned, Viniscius set off like the Road Runner on fast forward & left everyone for dead. He still had to place the perfect ball past Ederson, so sometimes you've just gotta stand up & applaud a world class goal, from a very dangerous player... )(

Laporte should have gone across because Fern dived in and Dias was out of position

 

[Shaelumstash]

Only 2 were avoidable.
Benzema's first was a thing of beauty.

Brilliant finish, I don’t think there’s any blame on Zinchenko at all.

The biggest mistake was Mahrez doing ‘a Mahrez’ in the 50 / 50 in the build up

 

[Shaelumstash]

He has a habit of making stupid decisions when he's in the box - he absolutely gets a rush of blood to the head and is selfish.

I don’t think it’s a rush of blood to the head.

I think it’s a cold, empty, narcissistic compulsion to put himself above what’s best for the team

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Yeah, I think some of the criticism of Laporte for that has been harsh. He's one player tracking two, and he's decide that he's going to track the run and hope his keeper closes down the space.

And where the fuck was Dias in all this. Laporte tried to cover vinicius. Zinchenko had to come across to mark benzema, Dias nowhere to be seen

 

[Kunlover]

It's meh result. Madrid doesn't care that they were inferior. They were worse than PSG and Chelsea too but go through. Complacency and lapses of concentration resulted in only one goal victory. It should have been at least two goals victory. I think City will go through but they will need to score at least two goals at Bernabeu to progress.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Not to be too negative but Ederson’s record one on one is very poor isn’t it? Unless it’s straight at him it’s very often a goal. I don’t remember thinking much “wow, amazing saves from Ederson. He helped us win that with that great save”.

There are many better keepers than Ederson but not one of them would be better than him in our team. Its not worked out that badly over years I'd say

 

[Deleted member 87819]

They were worse than PSG and Chelsea too but go through

They weren’t worse than Chelsea in the away game

 

[Citizen Mike]

I'm going to watch it back. Mahrez made those two mistakes but I thought he did some really good stuff as well?

Some of Mahrez's skill last night was outstanding. He should have scored but so should have Foden.

 

[HelloCity]

There are many better keepers than Ederson but not one of them would be better than him in our team. Its not worked out that badly over years I'd say

Agreed. His distribution and the fact that we don’t actually have to face an overwhelming amount of shots means that he probably is the best keeper for us.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

And where the fuck was Dias in all this. Laporte tried to cover vinicius. Zinchenko had to come across to mark benzema, Dias nowhere to be seen

I'd have to re-watch it, but yes agreed. If you're the last defender against two of the best attackers in the world then you have to make a decision and look stupid. I think Van Dijk had something similar in a game where everyone was asking why he didn't intervene.