Spanish Primera Liga : La Liga 2013/14 , Atletico Madrid are Champions

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Originally Posted by Boney

U didnt notice Albas postioning..offlately that was the spot which was troubling us n yesterday yet again..my fears of having attacking FB after we lost Abi was about the same..but cant complain ..vn alba was available for that pirce

Coming to the match..have to give it to madrid..though the were not better than milan..out of the few clear chances they got they scored 3..We played better than in Milan game..i didnt expect to go through either,,,but score line was more than what i expected..thought we played better even when score was 2-0...
there is chance for immediate revenge this weekend (dont think we will win that either )..but i sincerely hope Xavi..Iniesta..messi...Busi is rested until milan game..n sent Cesc to canary islands for 2months ..:thumright::thumright: as we all remember last time our team got two week rest how they played... Hope Tello..Villa..Alexis..thiago..Montoya..all start this weekend and next week...
Then only i see a chance to put up a gud show in CL 2nd leg.. atleast go down fighting !!

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Expected.
Anyway, we saw it coming, right? Infact, long back.
Playing without a full time Manager!! Suspect defence!
Playing without a striker!! Infact, since the advent of Fabregas, things are never the same.I have told this umpteen times.

We have to look into many questions. No need to panic. It's impossible to win everything.We'll come back, sooner rather than later.

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Originally Posted by Devarajan Master

Expected.
Anyway, we saw it coming, right? Infact, long back.
Playing without a full time Manager!! Suspect defence!
Playing without a striker!! Infact, since the advent of Fabregas, things are never the same.I have told this umpteen times.

We have to look into many questions. No need to panic. It's impossible to win everything.We'll come back, sooner rather than later.

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was better than against Milan..

innalathe prashnam Cesc allallo master... ellaam defenseinte kuzhappam aayirunille?? caught out by the pace of CR7 & Di maria.. Pique looked so average and alba is very suspect.. Puyol did try though...

problem is barca od not respect or rather do not counter the main strength of the opposition.. real's main threat was the counter attack using the pace of CR7 & Di maria...

one thing i am glad is that Madrid hardly produced anythingof substance when they had to start the play from the back.. devoid of any ideas from the midfiled when u think of the talent at disposal like Ozil and co..
Man utd for obvious reasons will not go on all out attack like Barca and the onus will be on Madrid to score goals from build up play. This wil gvie opportunities for Man united to pounce n the counter.. United are also good at counter and we have a good finisher in RVP... so still pinning hopes on united..

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Originally Posted by Perumthachan

I don't think Mourinho is worried about the La Liga title anymore. Copa del Rey will be just a consolation prize to him. But CL is something that can be a hefty compromise and will help end his season in style. Since Barca showed a dip against Milan, Mourinho must be confident that, if he peps up his team well, he could end up with the CL. So, I feel he might sport a good team today and fight till end, sport an okay team in the weekend league game and then bring out his best team to beat the shit out of ManU, which I think is the perfect move.

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First Leg il udheshicha pole nadannilla alle , don't worry there is always a second chance :smile:

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Originally Posted by moovybuf

was better than against Milan..

innalathe prashnam Cesc allallo master... ellaam defenseinte kuzhappam aayirunille?? caught out by the pace of CR7 & Di maria.. Pique looked so average and alba is very suspect.. Puyol did try though...

problem is barca od not respect or rather do not counter the main strength of the opposition.. real's main threat was the counter attack using the pace of CR7 & Di maria...

one thing i am glad is that Madrid hardly produced anythingof substance when they had to start the play from the back.. devoid of any ideas from the midfiled when u think of the talent at disposal like Ozil and co..
Man utd for obvious reasons will not go on all out attack like Barca and the onus will be on Madrid to score goals from build up play. This wil gvie opportunities for Man united to pounce n the counter.. United are also good at counter and we have a good finisher in RVP... so still pinning hopes on united..

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Ivan ithinte 1/10 aathmaarthatha ( mosham ennalla , still.... ) National Team nu vendi kaanichirunnel :sad:

Some of his crosses to CR7 were outstanding

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Originally Posted by Giggs

Ivan ithinte 1/10 aathmaarthatha ( mosham ennalla , still.... ) National Team nu vendi kaanichirunnel :sad:

Some of his crosses to CR7 were outstanding

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CR7, Di maria kokke team-ile ettavum "important player" annu thaanennu oru thonnal kodukkanam... paskeh Messi ullidatholam kaalam ivanmaar ennu randaam kida poranmaar aaye kanakaakpedukayulloo..

Di maria-kku oru kaalu maathram aayi poi.. allel pulli oru kalakku kalakkiyene... :-?

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Originally Posted by moovybuf

was better than against Milan..

innalathe prashnam Cesc allallo master... ellaam defenseinte kuzhappam aayirunille?? caught out by the pace of CR7 & Di maria.. Pique looked so average and alba is very suspect.. Puyol did try though...

problem is barca od not respect or rather do not counter the main strength of the opposition.. real's main threat was the counter attack using the pace of CR7 & Di maria...

one thing i am glad is that Madrid hardly produced anythingof substance when they had to start the play from the back.. devoid of any ideas from the midfiled when u think of the talent at disposal like Ozil and co..
Man utd for obvious reasons will not go on all out attack like Barca and the onus will be on Madrid to score goals from build up play. This wil gvie opportunities for Man united to pounce n the counter.. United are also good at counter and we have a good finisher in RVP... so still pinning hopes on united..

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Cesc um oru major problem aayrinnu enale..coz he was included iniesta played in wings..limited his ability..congested the MF so less wing play..n as there was no Villa/Alexis no reference point in front of messi...
n positioning of Alba made things worse..
Hopefully for milan match will gte to see either of Villa/Alexis starting n Tello as super sub

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Originally Posted by Boney

Cesc um oru major problem aayrinnu enale..coz he was included iniesta played in wings..limited his ability..congested the MF so less wing play..n as there was no Villa/Alexis no reference point in front of messi...
n positioning of Alba made things worse..
Hopefully for milan match will gte to see either of Villa/Alexis starting n Tello as super sub

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the link up play with cec did not ork out.. njaan utheshichathu RM-nte goal veenathu defense problems kondayirunnu...

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Originally Posted by Boney

Cesc um oru major problem aayrinnu enale..coz he was included iniesta played in wings..limited his ability..congested the MF so less wing play..n as there was no Villa/Alexis no reference point in front of messi...
n positioning of Alba made things worse..
Hopefully for milan match will gte to see either of Villa/Alexis starting n Tello as super sub

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cesc arsenal il aayirrunapo 5 year europe il top assist provider aayirunnu..barca yil poi nashichu ...

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Originally Posted by Santi

cesc arsenal il aayirrunapo 5 year europe il top assist provider aayirunnu..barca yil poi nashichu ...

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cesc barca type-inu patiyathaanenu thonhnilla.. even wen at arsenal he used to lose balls in the middle.. pakshe killer passes kodukkan kazhivulla aalaanu..
direct play aanu pulliku inangunnathu..
i think if he continues to saty at barca, waste aavum thaamasiyaathe

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Originally Posted by moovybuf

was better than against Milan..

innalathe prashnam Cesc allallo master... ellaam defenseinte kuzhappam aayirunille?? caught out by the pace of CR7 & Di maria.. Pique looked so average and alba is very suspect.. Puyol did try though...

problem is barca od not respect or rather do not counter the main strength of the opposition.. real's main threat was the counter attack using the pace of CR7 & Di maria...

one thing i am glad is that Madrid hardly produced anythingof substance when they had to start the play from the back.. devoid of any ideas from the midfiled when u think of the talent at disposal like Ozil and co..
Man utd for obvious reasons will not go on all out attack like Barca and the onus will be on Madrid to score goals from build up play. This wil gvie opportunities for Man united to pounce n the counter.. United are also good at counter and we have a good finisher in RVP... so still pinning hopes on united..

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Cesc ennum oru prashnamanu. Boney has described it beautifully. If the management feels that he is too good, then let him play in the place of Xavi or Iniesta(!!).No problem, if he proves himself in that role. But all the 3 should not be played just for the sake of playing. We are sacrificing a striker/goal scorer.

You are spot on regarding Barca not respecting the opponents strengths.
Barca is not altering their plans depending on the opposition and scenarios.

I have pretty high hopes for Old Trafford. There, as you said, United will invite Madrid to take initiative and score goals. Thus you can neutralize their biggest weopon -'Counter attack with pace'. All the Andalusian teams(Seville,Betis,Malaga,Granada) beat Madrid quite comfortably by giving the ball to Madrid. You ask Sir Alex to watch these matches. It has the blue print to defeat Madrid.