I was having discussion with friends about this matter so I wanna know how bluemoon think about this subject .
why if there is any team that can beat barca is city
1) We have got one of the tigtest defence in this world
2) We have got de jong- the players who I think can stop messi are pepe, macherano, busquets and de jong.machera no and busquets play for barca so no one can find thy will stop him or not(except in training),pepe has been stopping messi since he is moved in the middle of midfield(it’s the others xavi and iniesta, who have been making the difference when ever barca and madrid meet ).so I think de jong can pretty stop messi.additional we have got yaya which for me is the best at what he does-near to messis quality.
3) Theres barry for iniesta toure for xavi .barry might be shaky but I think he will do the job.
4) One important thing is we do not lose the ball that easyly in the midfield -One weakness that barca have been utilising from their opponents time and again is that their opponents loose the ball easily from midfield.this is the reason united got such a sagging in the champions league final last year . no matter how fast united attack their opponents but still they do not have midfield who can hold ball that good in pressure(remember carrick gave the ball to yaya in the fa cup semis) .once barca get the ball they can hold for a long time.so can we.this too is our strength.( I also think in the next derby we are going to exploit this weakness of our neighbours).
5) Physical city and tough tackles.apart from having technical abilities we have got physical strength that barca can not match .midfield trio of de jong barry and yaya are too physical for them.
6) Barca may have betters player.sanchez for aguero,nasri for fabregas .xavi and messi probably one of the best footballers of all times(ronaldo is one of the best footballer of his time).but still I think city are the real deal.
Mourinho is a very clever coach he knew with technical aspect of the game his team will never win barca.he instead choose next path .playing rough,playing physical.that in fact has been paying in one way or other.but not completely. This concludes barca are even better for the rough.i think even mourinho knows this ,playing rough gets him near to barca but not win them.
there is next way of beating barca,playing their style the barca style.the style needs time .needs patience.this is what city has been building.
we can play honest rough(this is what de jong has been playing,he has broke about ¾ legs in his career but non of them got him red cards.in fact while he broke ben arfas leg he didn’t get even a foul).i will be sad if he broke messis leg but he is de jong
why if there is any team that can beat barca is city
1) We have got one of the tigtest defence in this world
2) We have got de jong- the players who I think can stop messi are pepe, macherano, busquets and de jong.machera no and busquets play for barca so no one can find thy will stop him or not(except in training),pepe has been stopping messi since he is moved in the middle of midfield(it’s the others xavi and iniesta, who have been making the difference when ever barca and madrid meet ).so I think de jong can pretty stop messi.additional we have got yaya which for me is the best at what he does-near to messis quality.
3) Theres barry for iniesta toure for xavi .barry might be shaky but I think he will do the job.
4) One important thing is we do not lose the ball that easyly in the midfield -One weakness that barca have been utilising from their opponents time and again is that their opponents loose the ball easily from midfield.this is the reason united got such a sagging in the champions league final last year . no matter how fast united attack their opponents but still they do not have midfield who can hold ball that good in pressure(remember carrick gave the ball to yaya in the fa cup semis) .once barca get the ball they can hold for a long time.so can we.this too is our strength.( I also think in the next derby we are going to exploit this weakness of our neighbours).
5) Physical city and tough tackles.apart from having technical abilities we have got physical strength that barca can not match .midfield trio of de jong barry and yaya are too physical for them.
6) Barca may have betters player.sanchez for aguero,nasri for fabregas .xavi and messi probably one of the best footballers of all times(ronaldo is one of the best footballer of his time).but still I think city are the real deal.
Mourinho is a very clever coach he knew with technical aspect of the game his team will never win barca.he instead choose next path .playing rough,playing physical.that in fact has been paying in one way or other.but not completely. This concludes barca are even better for the rough.i think even mourinho knows this ,playing rough gets him near to barca but not win them.
there is next way of beating barca,playing their style the barca style.the style needs time .needs patience.this is what city has been building.
we can play honest rough(this is what de jong has been playing,he has broke about ¾ legs in his career but non of them got him red cards.in fact while he broke ben arfas leg he didn’t get even a foul).i will be sad if he broke messis leg but he is de jong