Real Madrid v Barcelona-Copa Del Rey Quarter Final 1st leg

Originally Posted by forwardirektion

They've only conceeded 17 in 18 games in the league and 3 of them were against barca. They only conceeded 2 in the champions league group stages.

They're only problem is they can't beat barca.....they'll win the league and if someone else knocks out barca they'll win the champions league.

Barca will win the Champions League, which is what Real want as it would be their tenth.

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

I don't think anyone will give a shit, so long as they win the league.

Correct.

You can imagine Mourinho's title winning speech

Where's that young French defender we took a "good look" at before Madrid signed him, Raphael something or other?

Originally Posted by andyroo

Where's that young French defender we took a "good look" at before Madrid signed him, Raphael something or other?

Varane. Played a few early on, disappeared now. The lesser spotted Nuri Sahin is being wasted, not playing there as well.

Originally Posted by dunk

Varane. Played a few early on, disappeared now. The lesser spotted Nuri Sahin is being wasted, not playing there as well.

1 league appearance, what a £#%&!ing waste :shakehead:

Any young player that goes to Madrid is £#%&!ing nuts.

Originally Posted by JakeB

1 league appearance, what a £#%&!ing waste :shakehead:

Any young player that goes to Madrid is £#%&!ing nuts.

Yep, but they'll still keep going.

Originally Posted by JakeB

1 league appearance, what a £#%&!ing waste :shakehead:

Any young player that goes to Madrid is £#%&!ing nuts.

They broke their backs to sign Canales, kept him for a season, game here, game there, then £#%&!ed him off to Valencia on loan with an option to buy Loads of big clubs were sniffing around him as well.

Originally Posted by dunk

I can't get my head around Madrid's defensive shitness. Mourinho has been there a year and a half and arguably has superior players at his disposal than he did at Porto, Chelsea or Inter, yet he can't get that defensive solidity at Real at all. I don't mean his defensive set up for the big games, but just general organisation and players doing the simple things well.

Defensive shitness just seems ingrained at the club

Not a chance.

Carvalho is well past his best, Pepe completely average and two full backs who can't defend.

At Inter he had Lucio ffs, an absolute beast.

Originally Posted by Jerry the Berry

At Inter he had Lucio ffs, an absolute beast.

Lucio and Samuel... they were magnificent in that game at the Nou Camp that all the crybaby fanboiz whine over.

Originally Posted by andyroo

Lucio and Samuel... they were magnificent in that game at the Nou Camp that all the crybaby fanboiz whine over.

Mourinho had some very good players at Inter..Samuel, Cambiasso, Sneijder.

Don't know why Madrid don't have players of that quality tbh

Originally Posted by JakeB

Mourinho had some very good players at Inter..Samuel, Cambiasso, Sneijder.

Don't know why Madrid don't have players of that quality tbh

inter defended from the front, even eto'o was used as a winger at times.Madrid won't accept that. It took an unmovable object to stop them.

But if barca could have flown to that game instead of travelling by bus from spain to milan they would have 3 on the trot.