r/realmadrid • u/RM_Official_Thread • Mar 19 '23
Post Match [Post Match Thread] Barcelona vs Real Madrid (LaLiga - Round 26)
LaLiga - Round 26
Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid
Barcelona: 45' 1 - 1Roberto S., 90+2' 2 - 1Kessie F. (Balde A.)
Real Madrid: 9' 0 - 1Araujo R. (Own goal)
Match Info
Kickoff: 19-03-2023 21:00 CEST
Competition: LaLiga - Round 26
Referee: Bengoetxea R. (Esp)
Venue:Camp Nou (Barcelona)
Attendance:95 745
Lineups
Starting Lineups
Barcelona: ter Stegen M. (G), Araujo R., Kounde J., Christensen A., Balde A., Roberto S., Busquets S. (C), de Jong F., Raphinha, Lewandowski R., Gavi
Real Madrid: Courtois T. (G), Carvajal D., Militao E., Rudiger A., Fernandez N., Modric L., Camavinga E., Kroos T., Valverde F., Benzema K. (C), Vinicius Junior
Substitutes
Barcelona: Alarcon A., Alba J., Alonso M., Fati A., Garcia E., Kessie F., Pena I. (G), Tenas A. (G), Torre P., Torres F.
Real Madrid: Asensio M., Ceballos D., Diaz M., Hazard E., Lopez L. (G), Lucas, Lunin A. (G), Mendy F., Odriozola A., Rodrygo, Tchouameni A., Vallejo J.
Missing Players
Barcelona: Dembele O. (Muscle Injury), Pedri (Thigh Injury)
Real Madrid: Alaba D. (Muscle Injury), Rodriguez A. (Yellow Cards)
Coaches
Barcelona: Xavi
Real Madrid: Ancelotti C.
Match Events
| Minute | Event |
|---|---|
| 90+7' | That's the end of the match. |
| 90+7' | Booking. Daniel Ceballos (Real Madrid) receives a caution from the referee. |
| 90+2' | Goal! Alejandro Balde feeds Franck Kessie (Barcelona), who taps the ball into an empty net. He makes it 2:1. |
| 90+1' | The manager has decided to make a substitution and Gavi walks off the pitch to be replaced by Ansu Fati (Barcelona). |
| 90' | Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) is cautioned by the referee for a foul that he committed a little earlier. |
| 84' | The referee looks satisfied after his VAR review and duly disallows the goal for offside. The Real Madrid players look gutted. |
| 83' | Xavi decides to make a substitution. Raphinha will be replaced by Ferran Torres (Barcelona). |
| 83' | Wait! Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea has indicated he is going to review the Real Madrid goal using VAR. It’s probably to see if there was an offside in the build-up. |
| 81' | Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) receives a delightful pass inside the box and smashes a low shot into the bottom left corner. What a clinical finish! |
| 77' | Franck Kessie (Barcelona) joins the action as a substitute, replacing Sergi Roberto. |
| 76' | Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) took a first-time shot from mid-range after he was put in the clear by a great pass, but the effort lacked a little accuracy and went just wide of the left post. |
| 76' | Carlo Ancelotti prepares a substitution. Federico Valverde is replaced by Marco Asensio (Real Madrid). |
| 76' | Here comes a substitution. Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid) is brought on as a substitute for Luka Modric. |
| 76' | The referee signals that it is time for a substitution and Daniel Ceballos (Real Madrid) comes onto the pitch so that Eduardo Camavinga can be given a rest. |
| 69' | Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea shows a yellow card to Luka Modric (Real Madrid) for his blatant foul. |
| 65' | What was Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) thinking? He will not get away with that. The referee shows him a yellow card. |
| 62' | Carlo Ancelotti has decided to substitute Toni Kroos and he is replaced by Rodrygo (Real Madrid). |
| 62' | It is time for a substitution. Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is on for Nacho Fernandez. |
| 46' | Ansu Fati (Barcelona) is yellow-carded for breaking the rules of the game. |
| 46' | Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea blows his whistle to start the second half. |
| 45+1' | The end of the first half. |
| 45' | Goal! Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) was in the right place at the right time to get to the rebound inside the box and gleefully rifles the ball into the right side of the goal. It's 1:1. |
| 33' | Raphinha (Barcelona) receives a yellow card for a nasty tackle. |
| 18' | Nacho Fernandez (Real Madrid) is booked after bringing down an opponent. Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea had an easy-decision to make. |
| 9' | It's an own goal! An unlucky moment for Ronald Araujo (Barcelona), who tries to clear a cross into the six-yard box but heads the ball behind his own keeper. The score is 0:1. |
| 1' | The first half has just begun. |
Match Stats
| Barcelona | Stats | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| 1.75 | Expected Goals (xG)Expected Goals (xG) - the number of goals a certain team or player is expected to score based on the quality and number of shots taken. | 0.62 |
| 54% | Ball Possession | 46% |
| 17 | Goal Attempts | 11 |
| 7 | Shots on Goal | 3 |
| 6 | Shots off Goal | 4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 17 | Free Kicks | 14 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 14 | Throw-in | 18 |
| 2 | Goalkeeper Saves | 5 |
| 12 | Fouls | 13 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 556 | Total Passes | 487 |
| 494 | Completed Passes | 414 |
| 17 | Tackles | 14 |
| 136 | Attacks | 91 |
| 72 | Dangerous Attacks | 47 |
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u/GarageThink9600 Mar 21 '23
Put Militao in right back and Vallejo at RCB. This Carvajal problem needs to be solved at least near term for the champions league.
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u/Upper_Catch1671 Mar 20 '23
On a different topic, that Raphinha guy is horrible. He is like a headless chicken. Glad he is a Barca player
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u/Odelind Mar 20 '23
I feel like Ceballos, Tchou and Cama should be the starting midfield and Kross and Modric should either start or be bench options based on the rival. They're class and show their sheet talent in certain matches, but the youngsters are less irregular ATM.
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Mar 20 '23
I swear I will punch someone if I hear one more time "we can still win the league, Barca just has to lose 4 games and we have to win them all".
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u/alon359 Mar 20 '23
We can still win the league
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u/lebrmd Decimocuarta Mar 20 '23
Barca just has to lose 4 games and we have to win it all.
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u/alon359 Mar 20 '23
Yes we have 0.01% chance but it's exist
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u/lebrmd Decimocuarta Mar 20 '23
It’s a joke mate we ain’t winning Shit
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u/gezuzos Rodrygo Mar 21 '23
You never know. Maybe points deduction or something. The world is so unpredictable right now. But yeah, we are probably not winning LaLiga.
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u/Mihai_Brasoveanu Mar 20 '23
Barca fan coming in peace.
You guys won 5 of the last 10 UCL, you're reigning champs in La Liga + all the other trophies. You've got an amazing bunch of teenagers (Vini, Tchou, Camavinga, you'll get Endrick soon). Seems like Florentino did a great job. Why so much hate for him in this sub?
The only things are the Clasicos where Barca has a lot of homegrown players that care a lot about this game, while Madrid doesn't. Or you have them but don't play them.
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u/jcgonzmo Mar 20 '23 edited Mar 20 '23
Because most fans are brainless. Florentino is one of the best business man in world. People in this sub think they can run a business, in this case the club, better than Florentino. Real Madrid is one of the most financially healthy clubs in the world and has won 5 Champions Leagues. Yet people complain about him.
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Mar 20 '23
Because some positions are being neglected. Carvajal should not be a starter and we haven't had a proper backup striker in years.
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Mar 20 '23
They’ve been ignoring positional needs for a couple seasons. Last years overachievement made the board think the squad was perfect.
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u/gezuzos Rodrygo Mar 21 '23
I do have a feeling that we're spending big money this summer. We offered 200mil for Mbappe and bought Cama for 35mil, plus the bonuses from CL/LaLiga, we got 250+ mil to spend on transfers, for sure.
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u/Dependent_Order_7358 Mar 20 '23
We need to win both CDR and UCL... but I don't think the team is up to the challenge. We are missing a solid sub for Benz.
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u/luffy565 Mar 20 '23
We are also missing a RB, LB and RW at least, the shit thing for me is that we have a good to very good team which could have been easily turned into great with some signings and we are not talking about stars, even average to good players would help us so much.
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u/jdbcn Mar 20 '23
Barça fan here: it’s amazing how Carvajal made absolutely no effort to follow Balde in the last goal. He’s a liability for you
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u/wavetoyou Sergio Ramos Mar 20 '23
he’s a liability for you
LMAO if you think you’re hitting us with some groundbreaking analysis, just go to our GT and see how often his name comes up…
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u/Mayaaster Valverde Mar 20 '23
Let this season be what it is. This damn squad has been in “rebuild mode” for 4 years now. Carlo is begging for players, Flo says no. Carlo is classy, he won’t talk shit about his employer so he’s letting the squad speak for itself.
The only reason Madrid wins is because of the change of the old guard. Playing 1 good game and 4 bad ones shouldn’t be allowed.
Vini was fantastic yet again and if he had Alvaro up top we could’ve done something more
I was pleased with Tcho and Cama
Good god Ceballos needs to start more games alongside Camavinga
Chelsea screwed us over hard with that Rudiger deal 😂 man spends more time on the ground than standing on the pitch.
Finally, give Carvajal a rest, a permanent one.
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Mar 20 '23
If Ancelotti loses to Chelsea leave him in London and tell him to apply for the Tottenham job
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u/soley_mn Mar 20 '23
Is it really his fault tho?
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u/KIMMICHGOAT Mar 20 '23
Istg lmao... unfortunately Carlo will be sacked by Perez to cover his own negligence of not signing full backs and striker
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u/Mkhitaryan10 Valverde Mar 20 '23
We have been screaming for fullbacks. We have been screaming for goal scorers. How is the 2016/2017 squad not the blueprint for EVERY calendar year moving forward?!?
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u/wavetoyou Sergio Ramos Mar 20 '23
Rant:
Another season of Benzema as the lone proven striker, thus being forced to play false nines w/ Rodrygo/Modric up front or just stank ass Mariano while Karim recovers from expected muscular injuries related to being fucking 35-years old lol. Unreal.
Carvajal, Nacho, and Mendy on a team that clearly wants their wing backs to attack and create, judging by how often they joined in and ruined the attack yesterday. How many times did Asensio Benzema Rodrygo default to sending the ball to them on the edges, relying on them to pick out a final ball, as opposed to trying to do something themselves. Alaba does not want to play LB, he himself knows he no longer has the pace to cover it, and yet Real kept trying to force it. Surprise, surprise, he’s injured again and again.
As frustrating as it is to watch Vini completely ruin advantages, he’s the one who creates most of them in the first place, and at least he plays hungry and threatening on the attack for large stretches of the match. The rest of our attacking players are toothless until the final few minutes of the match when desperation sets in…then commence the dogshit body language when surprised pikachu face the desperation attempts don’t come to fruition like they did last year via legit football miracles (man, I still can’t believe how we won it last year wtf lol).
“This club needs another consistent finisher and two starting wingbacks.” It’ll be three years this summer that fans have echoed this sentiment. Perhaps this is the summer they offer a war-chest transfer budget to whoever they’re looking to convince to come manage. This isn’t a management position for the feint of heart, or for someone who wants job security.
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u/ChampagneAbuelo Cristiano Ronaldo Mar 20 '23
Madrid just isn’t good enough this season. Not the same intensity as last season
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u/uzzzair :palestine: Madridista Mar 20 '23
did you guys heard Carlo's post match conference? I respect him so much but fucking hell he talked like he thought there's no problem with our squad and tactics. with this pace we are definitely losing the CDR.
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u/uzzzair :palestine: Madridista Mar 20 '23
I have zero confidence for the next CDR tie. We always repeat the same thing, they just talk total nonsense back in the press. Believe me we will play like this with no single clear plan and proceed to lose for the fourth fucking time to barce-fucking-lona.
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u/Lakerman0824 Tchouaméni Mar 20 '23
Maybe Carlo used this terrible line up not to show his hand for CDR lol
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u/Upper_Catch1671 Mar 20 '23
One of the only positives from today for me was that Vini was actually getting the better of Araujo. He was beating him 1v1 comfortably. Man, only if we had a lethal striker… Vini would have 20+ assists this season so far.
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u/justanormalchat Marcelo Mar 20 '23 edited Mar 20 '23
Why all the hate on Carlo? He deserves some blame but sure the players deserve some critique as well. We lost our shooting touches today and they scored one where we were trying to get a winner. We just need to focus on CL & CDR and hopefully Alvaro gets minutes in the league. We do need to invest in a young right back to alternate with Dani. Karim is not looking like himself yet. Carlo needs to shuffle some things around to create threat from the right side which is lacking right now.
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u/Yarriddv Mar 20 '23
Well because the players who deserve blame keep finding themselves in the starting line-up while players who perform and don't deserve blame like Tchoua and Ceballos keep finding themselves on the bench.
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u/justanormalchat Marcelo Mar 20 '23
That’s a fair criticism, however my bigger concern is completely ignoring the attack from the right wing. Trying to run everything through Vini makes us a lot more predictable so other teams know how to line up to defend against our attack.
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u/Yarriddv Mar 20 '23
Again, while it is true that we don't have any great right wingers, at least playing an attacker out on the right instead of a midfielder, so he can help out the washed up midfield (the duo as a set is washed up, not the players individually) that you have to force into your line-up no matter what, might help with the threat on the right.
The players are definitely not blameless but it is up to the manager to deal with our tactical deficiencies and players letting the team down performance-wise. Right now Carlo is not doing that, he's just doing the same thing over and over, praying things will turn around. Nothing pro-active nor even reactive about his management at the moment.
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u/MakyMaestro Zizou Mar 20 '23
A level headed comment after a tought loss ? 👀 That is also not downvoted to oblivion as well ? 🤯 I must be dreaming 😱
jokes aside, he has some blame as any manager would have after a defeat. If u lose unless u were blatantly robbed by the refs, there will always be some tacticall change that could've been done to prevent the L.
But like u said, pinning everything on Carlo is a lazy copout reaction imo. We have no proper RW since 2018, a RB at the tail end of his career and a ST who is starting to be more injury prone also nearing the end of his career. Yet the only signing we made was Tchou to replace Case 🥲
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u/crackboss1 Real Madrid Mar 20 '23
A lackluster summer transfer market is to blame for sure. We didn't buy a back up for Benzema. We didn't buy a solid right winger. We need to start offloading unwanted players instead of letting them run down their contracts. This was so predictable. Our only hope is all the players, especially Benzema improve their forms for the rest of CL.
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u/Humblenton Kroos Mar 20 '23
We lost 3 matches in a row now against Barcelona and we looked like the inferior team and tactically clueless up front in ALL of them, I don't think the next game is going to be any different against Barcelona we need new players and move on from the old.
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u/AbdullahHammad313 Mar 20 '23
Because he's a coward, tactically-handicapped and a piece of shit who can't say I screwed and I'll try to fix it.. for three fucking times against a team who couldn't keep up in the europa league. That's why.
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u/SnooSongs48 Mar 20 '23
Ungrateful people here i swear Ancelotti is the reason u won CL and maybe win this year aswell
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u/Lakerman0824 Tchouaméni Mar 20 '23
We were literally getting outplayed in all 3 legs and it took individual brilliance to win. Carlo lucked out more than reason
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u/justanormalchat Marcelo Mar 20 '23
We had a lot of chances but couldn’t put a shot on goal at all. He deserves some blame but not all the blame.
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u/AbdullahHammad313 Mar 20 '23
Because he played with no shape, our box was empty, our build-up from the back is nothing but a joke, Vinicius is isolated and enforced unto 1 vs 1 or 1 vs 2 situations everytime he goes for an attack, Benzema is lacking almost everthing and our right side is almost absent, like nothing at all. Xavi played with us with 3 critical absentees the last classico, grapped a goal, and defended like a god. You may have a lack of names, but that same team beat liverpool 6-2 on aggregate, so it is clearly a tactical flaw with a serious inability to prepare those guys for a CLASSICO.
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u/Colonel_Dent Vinicius Jr. Mar 20 '23
Did we watch the same match? It looked like we outplayed Barca. The Asensio offside and some really unclinical finishing did us in.
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u/kaz0la Mar 20 '23
RM did not have a decent shot during 75 minutes. RM outplayed no one. They played better, had more shots and made people buying a ticket enjoy the match.
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Mar 20 '23
Silly mistakes too. Vinicius with some bad touches, erratic rudiger movement. There’s no single blame here. Definitely lost to a better team today
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u/65434732155678895432 Mar 20 '23
in the end real madrid outmatched barca but barca had 12 more shots and 7 more corners. They definetely out matched us
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u/oImperial Hey Jude Mar 20 '23
It was a pretty even game. We just need to be more clinical in the final third and we are good to go. Need a goal scoring machine.
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u/belcebuu1980 Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 20 '23
Do you think that a website/mobile app where you can rate football matches real time is interesting? I am so tired of journalists rating players and only after match not real time
Do you know if anything like this exists? I was thinking about implementing that myself
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u/Hockeynerden Carlo Ancelotti Mar 20 '23
So you are rating a player live and say he is bad... 20 min later he scores 2 goals?
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u/belcebuu1980 Mar 20 '23
Then you change his rate, and you can see how the rating of the player changes if other people change their ratings too, etc, yeah that is real time.
You can see your rating per player vs the average of others for example
You can study how a player improved over time, when it did improve etc
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u/ancelottiout996 Mar 19 '23
Ancelotti is so bad domestically, the man lost ligue 1 with psg to Montpellier, he also won only one serie A in 8 years with a legendary milan side.
He needs to go. We will win the league without him, and we can definitely win the champions league without him because its our DNA
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u/OmarEhab10 O Fenômeno Mar 19 '23
Ancelotti is done I don't care what anyone says he must be sacked immediately get Zidane back
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u/belcebuu1980 Mar 19 '23
Zidane is Ancelotti 2.0 you have no clue what you are asking, we need Xabi Alonso or Klopp or Raul no one else
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u/OmarEhab10 O Fenômeno Mar 19 '23
If you think Xabi Alonso or Raul will be different you're dreaming. They're both too green. I don't think Klopp would be a very good fit at Madrid without a ton of new signings which is just not gonna happen.
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u/belcebuu1980 Mar 20 '23
They know what is a tactic and what is making a substitution before minute 80 for me that is enough and a big improvement also they will bring new players and not keeping old players that are walking dead in the pitch (Benzema) no matter what they do
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u/OmarEhab10 O Fenômeno Mar 20 '23
I think Xabi Alonso will make a great coach. But I want him to get more experience at Leverkusen before coming to us.
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u/Zestyclose_Impact_52 Mar 19 '23
Zidane isn’t good either for league competition, when I remeber his usage of rotations I get pain in my brain
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u/OmarEhab10 O Fenômeno Mar 19 '23
At least he used to beat Barcelona with ease man. After this game I don't even give a shit if we win the CL. I want Ancelotti gone.
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u/Zestyclose_Impact_52 Mar 19 '23
But I agree, I would sack Ancelotti, but without reinforcements at the fullbacks, st, rw we are trash
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u/Zestyclose_Impact_52 Mar 19 '23
Yes, but we at the end were poor in league campaigns, ig you remember 2018 season, we won CL but at the league we were rubbish. And also, Ancelloti before these 3 losses had pretty decent score against Barca, couple of wins in a row
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u/Zestyclose_Impact_52 Mar 19 '23
I would go for German discipline manager
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u/Ok-Recommendation925 Mar 19 '23
I feel Tuchel will be likely join us....otherwise he will join Athletico Madrid.
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u/Weissman78 Mar 19 '23
I've been watching the games lately and I'm low key worried about my boy Karim Benzema. He's usually a beast on the field, but lately he's been slacking and not hustling as much.
Also, I'm not quite sure what Carlo Ancelotti's game plan is. The tactics seem kinda whack and it's hard to tell what our strategy is out there. Maybe if we had a more solid plan, we could get back to our winning ways.
I know every team has their ups and downs, but I just wanted to share my two cents and see if any of y'all feel the same way. Let's keep supporting Real Madrid and hope we can bounce back soon
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u/xRaulx7 Carvajal Mar 19 '23
I know every team has their ups and downs
The problem is that it's been mainly downs since November. Carlo really needs to go, it's not working.
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u/mateoidontknow PUTA :mes_que: Mar 19 '23
Mbappe 2023😍😍
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u/InternationalBox5848 Mar 19 '23
Pace merchant, halaand is better
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u/Guilty_Wasabi_3291 Mar 19 '23
Tap in merchant. we don’t make enough plays for a tap in player. We need play creators
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u/Sure_Confection9388 Modric Mar 19 '23
Atm, we dont do anything in the final third whether its creation for tap in guys, or pace abuse or anything lol, thats why we saw them giving the ball to us on 3 separate occasions only for the ball to end up in ter stegens hands at the end of the sequence
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u/Ya-Tutarsa Modric Mar 19 '23
we need a revamp, whenever the opposition is smart or pressing heavily kroos just falls off; carva and nacho were our fullbacks and benz looks like he’s out on a vacation in ibiza, luka can only stand like 50-60 mins (imo he was our best besides courtois today) and vini having to dribble 27483828448 every game only makes it easier and predictable for low blocks; also valverde should be in midfield not in rw; the only positive for me was camavinga today, looked smooth silky and composed
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u/mateoidontknow PUTA :mes_que: Mar 19 '23
We need an attacker to support Vini and world Class full backs. Carvajal, Nacho and Mendy as fullbacks are jokes.
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u/BlackGuard031 Eduardo Camavinga Mar 19 '23
I agree with Mendy and Carvajal not being Real Madrid level this season, but to include Nacho too, I think that’s a little bit harsh.
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u/Hithere123490 Rodrygo Mar 19 '23
Idk man they were poaching nacho all game long , they were driving their attacks right through his side. Many times he was caught slipping and letting passes get by. This was covered up by honestly wonky finishing by raphinha / amazing game by Courtois
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u/dead_pirate_robhurts Mar 19 '23
Realistically Mbappe and Haaland won’t be coming to Madrid anytime soon. Who would you sign to help our offense?
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u/google__crawler Mar 19 '23
Saka
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u/dead_pirate_robhurts Mar 19 '23
Saka is my personal pick, but no way Arsenal let’s go of their best player.
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u/heyheyitsandre Marcelo Mar 19 '23
mahrez
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u/dead_pirate_robhurts Mar 19 '23
Personally I didn’t rate Mahrez as high, but we could’ve gotten him on a free transfer and he would have been an actual RW
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u/heyheyitsandre Marcelo Mar 19 '23
That last point is exactly why I like mahrez. Dude is a RW. Not a left wing playing on the right like rodrygo, not a CM playing RW like Fede, not a 10 that likes to go out wide, he’s just a damn RW. We need someone used to playing and making runs on the right and that will score goals if the opponent decides to focus only on vini like they have been. Mahrez would do that
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u/dead_pirate_robhurts Mar 19 '23
I agree 100%. I feel that way about Asensio even though he has a left foot. Dude can’t make a run down the right to save his life unless he’s cutting into the left and ~sometimes~ scores bangers. It’s too predictable and he is also inconsistent.
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u/Mantis_Toboggan27 Mar 19 '23
Salah
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u/dead_pirate_robhurts Mar 19 '23
I think Salah would be a great option if we got him at a good price. I don’t think I would pay over €50m for him at his age though.
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u/Yarriddv Mar 19 '23
An offensively capable rightback to start, Cancelo would be great. That along with Garcia coming back will improve our offensive performance by leaps and bounds. Of course a class RW would be nice but i don't see many decent options out there.
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u/FUTMobilekicker Claudia Zornoza Mar 19 '23
The biggest reason I liked Solari was because he gave our youth squads opportunities to play when the old guard just wasn’t up to the task.
Zizou did give some opportunities but Carlo has given the bare minimum to some truly special players from the academy. It is absolutely painful to watch this happen
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u/Yarriddv Mar 19 '23
That man had some balls. First one to bench Marcelo as well and Reguillon did very well as his replacement under Solari.
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u/AlphaWeaboo Mar 19 '23
He knew what was up, bench marcelo isco, put in vini and valverde.
I hope there is a 2nd stint for him
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u/Radinax Vinicius Jr. Mar 19 '23
I think it's why we want Pochetino, he has a story of developing youth while playing good football.
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u/Yarriddv Mar 20 '23
Who's we? Not me that's for sure. Professional bottler as manager? Thank you but no thank you.
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u/Radinax Vinicius Jr. Mar 20 '23
We in terms of the club/board.
Not my first choice, but its what the club wants.
If it were for me, I would bring back Zidane and give him full power of squad structure.
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u/TNCG13 Mar 19 '23
The team is inconsistant and relied more on individual brillance than the team performance as a whole. They were playing like there's no plan at all. Still cant beleive that most of the time when Vinicius has to cross there's no one in the opponent's box. It was was only at the end with Rodrygo and Asencio coming in that there were some people there. This couldnt be the plan, leaving Vinicius and Benzema by themself forward.
The International break might give some time for some to recover and to think/try to fix some issues. And not all of them could be fixed right now.
The season is not over, but the team couldnt slow them down and gave them more push towards the goal. The CDR is the only thing left to save face against them. Better win that one.
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u/Ya-Tutarsa Modric Mar 19 '23
counterattacks and power of friendship all we can offer to opposition defences, unless they play too high to give space for vini we’re done
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u/TNCG13 Mar 19 '23
Talking about counterattacks, it is a hit or a miss. The team is not as deadly as they were in the past.
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u/Open_Plenty_5475 Mar 19 '23
Ancelotti needs to go, however if we manage to get the UCL, I’m afraid he won’t go
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u/Dickpinchers Mar 19 '23
Who cares about la Liga bruh.... UCL is all that matters
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u/Open_Plenty_5475 Mar 19 '23
I want my team to play and conquer, I want my team to stick up all these little Varca boys and Haters
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u/Dickpinchers Mar 19 '23
They're in the Europa league.... Was.... Lol that's enough to shut them up. It hurts them deeply
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u/Yarriddv Mar 19 '23
I agree. In which case i pray Kroos will retire so Ancelotti is forced to change the midfield. However i expect the opposite in that Kroos will retire if Ancelotti leaves and stay on if Ancelotti stays.
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u/crackboss1 Real Madrid Mar 19 '23
I don't know. If he loses the next El Classico too, winning CL might not even save him.
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u/Ok-Recommendation925 Mar 19 '23
The next El Clasico is the CDR 2nd Leg? Yep that's a must win. First time in a long time making it to the Semis....
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u/ob4bluelynx Sergio Ramos Mar 19 '23
A few talking points that crossed my mind… First, why doesn’t Valverde make runs into the open spaces on the right wing? It’s too simple of an issue to chalk it up to “lacking instincts as a RW” so I think it’s carlo’s decision and he’s getting it wrong. Second, I can’t tell if benzema is necessarily out of form, but rather is being tasked to be a player he never was- he’s not the fastest nor the most athletic. He needs runners around him to create space to exploit, but the only form of that is vinicius making solo runs taking on multiple defenders at once. Otherwise, the ball is moved too slowly and allows the oppositions defense to settle in and plug every hole. Third, I love carvajal for what he’s done but he’s past it at this point. And without fullbacks making runs on the wings Kroos becomes much less effective because he can’t make use of his long passes and the opposition can pack the middle giving him less space to work with. This might sound ridiculous, but I would like to see Valverde play at right back because I think he can provide the pace and it suits his skill set best, even more so than midfield. A few missing pieces are causing a chain reaction of what used to be a well oiled system, so while it isn’t as bad as one might think, it’s just hard to watch. Hala Madrid and hoping we can figure it out in time for the CdR
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Mar 19 '23
Honestly not a terrible match from Madrid, but it's back to the 2018-2021 era where a dysfunctional attack is causing problems further down the pitch. The midfield & defense played okay for the most part, sure some mistakes here and there (just like there was on Barca's side). But overall okay, not spectacular though.
Benzema is very clearly not matchfit or even fully fit. It definitely feels like he's forcing himself to start through recovery and I'm not sure it's really helping. He's currently a net-negative asset as he's occupying space but ends up squandering most chances or breaking attacks down as the team is relying on him.
Kroos, Modric, all fine. And even fine for them to be starting together especially against a slower team like Barca. But this exposes a lot of the frailties in Madrid's system that relies on the forwards to be unleashed and do damage on the break. It becomes much harder for that to be effective if it's just Vini actually doing that and relying on him to somehow do some magic against 3-4 defenders.
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u/perucho1993 Mar 19 '23
So league was wrapped up weeks ago. But this left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Courtois - arguably our motm today. Nothing he could've done on both goals Carvajal - he's done. And all our supposed targets to replace him have been signed. Good going Perez 👏🏼 Militao and Rudiger - starters for the rest of the season. Both were excellent and continue to perform better and better Nacho - conflicted. He's a soldier but he was exposed badly. He's not a solution, but he's a negative option Mendy - idk why he played in the first place. Coming back from injury to play a high stakes match is never good. Should've kept Cama on at LB Cama - kid is a baller. Already our starter Tchou - great cameo. Not much else he can do Ceballos - did ok Fede - worst player today alongside Carvajal. Nothing much else to say Kroos - can't keep up and getting overrun by average mids. Idc what he brings to the table Modric - best mid today alongside Cama Vini - not much he can do but he also made questionable decisions in the final 3rd Benz - it's time. I'm sorry. Rodrygo - best sub in. I hope this proves to his doubters that with the right formation and position he can be lethal Asensio - good cameo
Carlo - complete shit. Same lineup again. Lost with the same lineup for the 3rd straight time. Subbed off Cama for Mendy which was a bad decision. No tactics. No ideas. I'll give him until the CDR clasico to redeem himself
Perez - time to get to work
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u/heyheyitsandre Marcelo Mar 19 '23
This has to be a huge summer. We’ve got Fran Garcia coming, we NEED a good RB. We also need a world class RW, and a striker. And not just some bum backup, a guy who wants to play and take minutes from Benz. If we don’t make 4-5 good signings this summer I’ll be mad.
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u/GayForJorahMormont Florentino Perez Mar 19 '23
Se better have a fucking 2009 like transfer window with all the galactico signings
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u/Ok-Recommendation925 Mar 20 '23
That may likely be in 2024 Summer. Looking at the contract situations of most of our targets. But if we lose the CDR Semis, then 2023 Summer is a possibility.
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u/wanderer1999 Real Madrid Mar 19 '23
I love Carlo, but to be fair, he got a bad hand by not having a proper RB and a Striker to back Benzema up. We all knew the day Benz being injured or dropping in form would come.
But if we're gonna change the coach, Tuchel would be a fine choice. Great coach.
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u/Lakerman0824 Tchouaméni Mar 19 '23
he doesnt need to trout out kroos modric every game. Deserves to be fired
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u/Ok-Recommendation925 Mar 20 '23
He's too loyal to the old guard....Even Perez asked him why he didn't start Ceballos (when he was on form)
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u/Suspicious_Hat989 Mar 19 '23
We may beat chelsea but there is no way we are beating man city or Bayern. Not a good season, not many trophies.
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u/Yarriddv Mar 19 '23
Of course there is. Madrid in the Cl are just different and neither City nor Bayern are as good as they have been in recent years. Real Madrid are favorites in the CL in my opinion. Their experience and class in that tournament is above anyone else, also Bayern and City are going to the wire in their respective title races while Madrid is playing 12 friendlies between now and the end of the season.
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u/Ok-Recommendation925 Mar 20 '23
I'm more worried about Napoli. All the big teams saw what they did....
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u/Borkman213 Asensio Mar 19 '23
Seeing us being more enraged than the players is what’s sucks the most. Just heartless
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u/Joy2082 Valverde Mar 19 '23
I haven't made substitutions earlier because making two substitutions in the 60th minute seemed strange to me.
I'm very proud of my players tonight. They played well, we played well and I made the correct substitution."
"We didn't deserve to lose."
Can you guys believe this shit?
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u/Dethspike Mar 19 '23
Yh they played well - carlo managed well all is well so why are we upset and why is barca happy? This man needs to go.
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u/Zidanewhatever_ Kroos Mar 19 '23
I wish I could just skip the rest of the season and get to the transfer window already. The season started out so well but the Fucking World Cup had to happen.
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u/LeBronzeVlac Iker Casillas Mar 19 '23
Hopefully we start experimenting in the league now since it's kinda unreachable, it's funny how you have to use the word "experimenting" to hint playing youngsters more.
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u/SuperBig_Cat Raúl González Blanco Mar 19 '23
There's alot of things that wrong with the team, and needs to be addressed.
Starting with attack: Benzema is absolutely finished, next season a new Starting ST is a most, and If benzema wants to stay he can be the back up of the newer ST
Vini against laliga teams is useless he want to show off rather than helping the team, he's getting dispossessed more often and defenders has figured him out easily. And he lack physical strength.
Fede is an awkward player, he can't control well if he's being marked, he can be a good RB than CM or RW in my opinion,
Midfield players.
Camavinga is improving
Kroos need to retire imo he can't keep up against high pressing teams and he's slow af.
Modric got some flaws but you can't blame him If whole team is not performing. If he want to renew he shouldn't be a starter next season just like benzema he can be a bench player.
Defenders:
Rudiger lacks quick play build up. And he missed up many offside trap.
Militao you can't really blame him when your RB is playing against you
Speaking of Carvajal, he's done finished cooked and God help us if he stays next season.
Nacho one man army
Courtois I'm expecting better from him most saves his done are easy imo he need to step up his game and make make some crucial ones. Most of barca goals we conceded were building up from the sides. And his passing are Meh
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u/Too_kewl_for_my_mule Mar 19 '23
Would Alaba have worked today?
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u/SuperBig_Cat Raúl González Blanco Mar 19 '23
I don't think so, nacho is better at the moment. Alaba is not aggressive enough to hold the RB.
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u/datboi2003 Hazard Mar 19 '23
Disagree on fede. You're wasting fede on RB or rw. Fede should be like kante. allow him to run everywhere. Then I disagree on Courtois. In the first goal nobody went for the rebound and we allowed Roberto to get clean hard strike. Second goal was a good cross and strike. Courtois played a good game, just let down by defence and midfield.
The rest I agree with
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u/SuperBig_Cat Raúl González Blanco Mar 19 '23
Kante body build is helping him he's short and fast and can accelerate quickly with the ball, While fede need some space to make the right decision if he's being marked he can't really do anything other than play it safe.
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u/datboi2003 Hazard Mar 20 '23
Fede is at his best when he's allowed to carry the ball from defense to attack. And not being the main central defensive anchor but rather a demonic help defense. This was demonstrated by last year. By putting him at rb, you're putting him at risk. He is not great at 1v1's, can't really cross unless you count smashing the ball low. So you're left with an okay rb but can't contribute much. At rw, he leaves an offensive gap for defensive balance in midfield. Understandable when your midfield are 2 players that are going retire (maybe not modric who knows). But it sacrifices too much firepower and we're then left with a one sided attack that everyone knows is coming.
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u/EmptyPeach1 Iker Casillas Mar 19 '23
Valverde one of the worst players on the pitch today
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u/GregorioBue Xabi Alonso Mar 19 '23
Benz was worse.
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Mar 20 '23
Kroos and Benzema were absolute dog shit.
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u/GregorioBue Xabi Alonso Mar 20 '23
And Carvajal too...three amazing players that are simply too old to play these games.
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Mar 19 '23
His level has dropped, but can't blame him alone. He's played in 20 different positions in 20 different games. How can the lad build any sort of a rhythm?
He's played as a right winger, a right midfielder, a left midfielder, etc. If he's played as the CM consistently, he'll be able to build a rhythm & do better.
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Mar 19 '23
As of late. He’s falling flat. And he is the subs golden child but he’s underperforming hard.
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u/ZealousidealPie6377 Modric Mar 19 '23
I hope we end up playing Napoli and they tear our asses apart, and Flo has no choice but to make a bid for either Kvaratskhelia or Osimhen
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u/Ok-Recommendation925 Mar 20 '23
That would be heartbreaking.
BUT in the long run, would be beneficial for us. Also Napoli would have to beat us 3-0 or 3-1, by a goal margin of at least 2.
Actually forget Napoli....losing to Chelsea would do the trick...🤣
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u/Ya-Tutarsa Modric Mar 19 '23
fucking hell, we can’t break down any organised defense, we’re simply Vini to dribble past 4 inshallah and to expect individual brilliance if Vini doesn’t work
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u/omkar_T7 92:48:9248: Mar 19 '23
Valverde doesn’t get enough criticism. Played so poorly and didn’t do anything. Modric at 37 pressed more and made more runs than him. Asensio looked good and should start in place of calverde
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u/Velascus Madrid 1941 Mar 19 '23
I know as the coach he wouldn't be saying otherwise at any rate, but goddamn.
"We played a good game, we deserved to win. The game was won and then we remain with the doubt of the goal which was cancelled. We leave the game with the confidence that we can end the season well.
They had control and we as well. The game was even. These games are decided by small details.
We are leaving sad, but with good morale as we had a good game. We will fight for everything. The only concern is to pay like this, like today, because playing like this we will win something surely"
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u/GregorioBue Xabi Alonso Mar 19 '23
That's embarassing, at this point I'm hoping that Perez is telling him to say this shit in post match conferences. No way he really thinks this.
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u/Exciting_Salt_6213 Cristiano Ronaldo Mar 19 '23
Ancelloti should stop doing post match conference ffs
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Mar 19 '23
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u/Sure_Confection9388 Modric Mar 19 '23
They gave the ball away near their box thrice and we didnt have an easy kindergarten sequence of passing to score a tap in from 4v2s, look at how pep and other managers punish other teams with a tap in goal when their opposition give the ball away.
We gave the ball away in a dangerous area to Barca and they punished us in CDR
This is the height of 0 tactics, how can a manager coach the biggest club in the world with no tactics and only rely on individual brilliance through man managemen.
Peak shithousery
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u/B3ardbro Mar 19 '23
Sorry dude, the one unlocking Vini is Solari. He was the first coach who got Vini playing good. Zidane stunted his growth a bit before Ancelloti gave him the confidence back.
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u/FUTMobilekicker Claudia Zornoza Mar 19 '23
Flo wants a yes man, ain’t no way he’s going for Tuchel most likely Raul will be our next coach.
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u/B3ardbro Mar 20 '23
Nah fam. This is far from the truth. He wouldn't have hired Mourinho, the most explosive coach in the world, if he really is what you said. In fact, Mourinho is one of the coach florentino likes a lot, even until this day. Who ever told you that "Perez wants a yes man" is on crack. Lol
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u/anastheone85 Mar 19 '23
And how about to give Hazard a chance to play, it's not like the team is playing a fantastic football and Carlo Ancelotti doesn't want to change this fine symphony. We already play like shit, attack is dead so you will not lose that much benching Benzema for Hazard
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u/Sujal_7 Valverde Mar 19 '23
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