
Originally Posted by
Perumthachan
Compared to the Milan game, Barca were in their form y'day. Passes got completed, movements were tried out and it was a treat for Qatari airlines against the U.A.E one. Have to say, either RM played bad or Barca didn't allow them to play good. RM kept passing and passing with no specific destination in mind. It didn't seem like RM at all. Bale, like I said earlier, coupled with the shirt-tag and presence of superstars, the guy is going to find it tough in Spanish soil. The refereeing was a tad pathetic, but maybe, that is expected in such hi-profile games. Even then, he seemed to favor Barca a bit. Messi in wing, Martino man, I am going to kill you for that. If he was played central, Ramos would have done everything possible on Messi - elbow, lower-cut, round-house-kick. So, Messi was just to intimidate the opposition. but they guy really twisted, turned and scrambled for the team. Iniesta was another sensation yesterday. There were a couple of neat and beautiful out-of-this-world passes from him. Xavi was not in great from but the man definitely had a presence for 90 minutes. Pique was rock-solid y'day. Mascehrano was effective. Barca defense seemed poor but if you can hold RM not to score for 90 minutes, well then, that defense shouldn't be that bad. Or maybe Modric and company were not able to slice in. Don't know whether it was Barca giving space for RM to play or RM's talent, RM did have space the move the ball around. Valdes, that save from Ronaldo, couple of corner-saves were good. Going by his performance he should have blocked Jese's goal too. Poor Busquets, the guy had a really good game but the lime-lights will always be on Xavi-Iniesta. Benzema's scorcher on the woodwork was a stunner. Neymar played a good match. Not a fan of Aleixis but his split-second decision was needed to seal the match. Overall, maybe because of Camp Nou, maybe because of Classico, maybe because of the superstars involved, whatever, Barca played brilliant. I liked it, in fact loved it! Another game proving that victory is not in the money spent, it is in playing decent, calculated soccer. All RM supporters and anti-Barca supporters... bitch on!!!