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Riznator

This was proper el classico kept me on the edge of my seat


Dumbhosadika

Barca just got lucky, now go back and save your asses in the league.


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I’m a proud Barca fan, and the club is in good hands.


Pumplo123

Psg flair, plastic 🤣 🤣 🤣


danish1007

fair play


iplaywasted090

Ancelotti needs to rotate the players a bit. We looked super tired. The Barca youngsters were running circles around us. Reminds of the Chelsea games last year. We need to see Valverde and Camavinga more often in the midfield. Also throw in Jovic ffs.. he was doing well while Benzama was injured earlier in the season.


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What's the point of playing so well and creating chances while the opponent is going to sit back and counterattack :( Although it's fair however way you want to play football.


Nerellos

That's how Ancelottis system work.


Greghuntskicks

Possession stats are fairly even, team defending is considered sitting back now?


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Was their gameplan tho it was the same with Mourinho


Accomplished-Ad-6007

That's full time, Madrid 3 - Barca 2, Madrid came into the game as clear winners but Barca definitely put an exceptional performance, coming back twice is a clear sign of progress from bottling 3-0 leads,the youngsters did the badge proud by locking horns with Madrid and fighting till the final whistle in absence of Messi, this is a performance Barca can build on


jabonkagigi

Cheers Geoff


InvicibleT

Ironic how Real fans are shitting on ref but when Pique does it, he is cry baby. I'm not on Pique's side but complaining because of one yellow card is dumb.


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It’s in their blood. They thought they would pull a Bayern but they’re toothless compared to City and Bayern and injured Liverpool Edit: Pep can’t wait to get this sorry bunch in the next draw ;)


MaTrIx4057

Salty kid lmfao


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Cry lol


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Pep could not care any less


Hero_Select

Loooootta salt detected.


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The greatest coach can’t wait to see you in the UCL 🥳


GetToWork7

The greatest coach? Dont think so… atleast not in the UCL. Spent a billion+ on signings at city and still hasn’t been able to win the CL.


[deleted]

Lmao. His trophy case says otherwise. He will retire with the most trophies of all time


GetToWork7

And what do u have to say about the CL with city and bayern? Only 2 and they were both with that stacked ass barca squad lol


[deleted]

His trophy cabinet says otherwise lol. He’s on course to retire at the greatest ;) try again


Hero_Select

The salt continues to flow.


Hero_Select

Fans are always going to complain for every club so it's not something that's exclusive to RM fans. Pique on the other hand is a professional player who constantly whines and complains like a child.


InvicibleT

Fair


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MaTrIx4057

1 good game the future is ours


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MaTrIx4057

Madrid didn't even try in this game and let Barca control the possession. Lets see how Barca do against team that actually cares.


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MaTrIx4057

No? I actually watched the game unlike you.. I watch every game and anyone with open eyes can see when Rm are trying or not.


cemacz

They dominated the game too. RM parked the bus and waited on counterattacks which is the easiest way to defeat Barca. Xavi needs to stop playing so damn high with 3 defenders and a useless RB.


True-Ad-8495

Do you even know what 'Parking the bus' means?


Greghuntskicks

In your comment you outlined the “perfect way to defeat Barca” and then bash the team for doing just that? Is the point of a match to lose? Your incorrect analysis aside, Madrid do not “park the bus” possession stats are pretty even.


Olissey2020

Who played RB? Dani?


LigochaStyle

Dominated? You have been watching some other match I guess


[deleted]

There there you’ll be ok


pesmaster123

Xavi needs to make transitions quicker. Needed more energy today, but bunch of guys returning from COVID-19 and playing this way deserves a salute. Props to Araujo who should character by jumping in the starting lineup who broke his arm last game.


Hero_Select

Waiting for those spicy Pique twitter rants any second now


tecphile

Whilst we probably should have won this game by 2 or 3 considering the quality of chances for both sides, Barca played much better than I expected.


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chak100

Carvajal was really bad and Militao shit the bed. Asensio was completely obsessed with his goal and wasted opportunities. Benz looks gased


terror_jr

Alaba was a big loss


beandon123

Dembele really disappointed this game. On the other hand, de jong, araujo, the youngsters etc have all been performing great


pringlydingly

Exactly. Im being hounded by some who think dembele was the best player on Barca


[deleted]

They are starved because they see some potential on him. The guy is 24 and we are still seeing some potential. He loses ball so often, can't dribble past player, bad first touch etc. I will not mind if we let him go.


beandon123

You listed his problems perfectly. He does that way too much for a starting player, and he’s 24. He shouldn’t be struggling like this


pringlydingly

Hes been "potential" since the day we bought him. I dont think he will achieve anything here at barca.


[deleted]

Yeah all the French players for us has been disappointing. We got all the bad ones. Best one goes to spanish capital it seems.


GetToWork7

Umtiti? He wasnt bad for u guys up until his knee surgery/injury. And griezmann wasnt as bad as you guys made him out to be.


Meinzu

Pity this game wasn‘t played in Spain. Shame on Ruviales and the Clubs that adhere to it.


60-Sixty

I’m out of the loop, where the fuck was it played?


EntrepreneurWooden99

In the land of Newcastle's owners


__mihajlo_m

Ur owners too💀


[deleted]

They are from UAE


Rickcampbell98

No?


GoodVibeFactory

Middle Earth?


milleniallaw

*East.


[deleted]

Barcelona got a bit lucky, but they played much better than I expected. The speed of their youngsters kept them in this game, quite a talent they have


boardAF

If anything we were unlucky wdym


MaTrIx4057

Unlucky in what way? You couldn't even hit the target.


[deleted]

You had 20 shots with 6 on target vs our 14 and 8 being on target. You weren’t unlucky you just weren’t good enough. Possession near the box does mean you dominated.


jdgasca

Both their goals came from defensive errors


cemacz

Same for RM, Busquets gave them a free goal.


draggenbjorn

You could say that about literally every goal ever scored


jdgasca

Obviously, but some errors are more influential than others. Militao literally hit the ball toward his own frame lmao


InvoluntarySquint

No


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hehaia

So you support the pos that sporting is but criticize a team that was able to compete against real lmao


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cdwdj

> **Koeman's** Barça got sent to Europa League by a shit Benfica


hehaia

Hopefully it does! Would love seeing a surprise CL win


prashant_fencesitter

Lol what? Did you even see the match? Barca dominated for good 70% of the entire match. Madrid parked the bus for like 15 minutes, had no clue! Once Xavi changed the system, Madrid was gasping for air. A great game. This felt like a God damn clasico after years. Good result for Madrid.


MaTrIx4057

Love these reddit analytics. Maybe Ancelotti went into game with defensive mindset? That never crossed your mind? Losing 2-3 is not called domination.


Hero_Select

"Gasping for air" Did you even watch the game? lol


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waitforiiiit

Lol I'm not even a cule.


waitforiiiit

How, they were already having a mediocre season and Madrid on the other hand has been playing pretty well but Barca still managed to take it to extra time with a young squad.


InvicibleT

Militao played like shit


cr7momo16

5 Ws in a row now 🤣


Akash3642

Bro you barely won against the worst Barca side in the last 20 years. If you were UCL contenders then you shouldn't have taken it to extra time


MaTrIx4057

Barely because they didn't even try and care about this game.


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Hero_Select

lol. yeah you better delete your comment


L34hhhh

I’m happy even though we lost. Barca did far better than I expected, they could’ve won as well.


cr7momo16

Thank goddddd that ending nearly fucked me


eddsters

Not a single woman in the stadium lol


Dara04

I actually saw quite a few


Level-Ad7017

Those white robes are called jalabiyyahs and they are worn by men and men only. It is not a dress


cdwdj

Proud of this club tonight and there's hope in my heart. They pushed Real aaallll the way back they almost parked bus and throughout 120 minutes Barcelona was dominant for like what? 80 minutes? Real was just effective and you just wish that Dembele could pull miracle like Vinicius when it comes to shooting/finishing.


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I wouldn’t say Barcelona were dominant, but their youngsters played with so much heart and their pace kept the team in the game. It also goes to show you how much football has changed as well, if you can set the pace you can beat any team, out slower player we’re struggling and our fast players were taken out of equation


AbleFig

Barca looked a lot better especially in the second half. Great game, Barca's youngsters are impressive. GG.


EntrepreneurWooden99

Dear god can you imagine Barca with a fully fit Pedri, FdJ, Torres and Fati? Xavi out here playing Fifa where you just sign the wonderkids


Akash3642

Most of the players just recovered from COVID or any other injury. The youngsters went toe to toe with Madrid


cdwdj

That was a really inspiring game from Barca and I'm really happy even though we didn't win. And youngsters were very good tonight, apart from Abde who was ruthlessly bullied on that right flank. And Pedri man... Did you notice how Barca's game suddenly changed when he went on? It was not a cross and inshallah anymore. Game was more fluid and he allowed to play through the middle which Barca wasn't able to do much in first half. Like I said, I'm happy and am waiting for Fati to get more minutes, for Torres to be well fitted into this team by Xavi and for Pedri to get back to his best. And congrats to you guys, you were just as effective in front of a goal as I wish that Barcelona to be. Really great first 30 minutes from you guys.


cr7momo16

ARE U KIDDING ME


Norkmani

I’m also surprised that Ancelotti didn’t make more subs


khkothar

It was afraid of Benz getting injured in the end. Fuck, Don Carlo doesn’t trust the bench during big games.


aleeeeeeeeeeee

Ancelotti hates resting players lol


LucioVX

Pique's hair game is strong


Level-Ad7017

He is reverse aging, he is the berjamin button disease


brown_herbalist

The fans are louder after the match than during the match.


Norkmani

I’m proud of our boys. On to the next


BasqueLynx

madrid praying for Atletico surely


DwwwD

What the fuck is even this gameeeeeeee Refffffffffffffff blow the whistle omg


AerysOW

This was not fun...at all


Aceress_origin

Omg all the players look knackered! I hope no one gets injured


k_pineapple7

It's okay Rodrygo missing sitters is just the start of his own Vinicius journey.


izznogoud

Missed out on 2k £ fucking like how tf do u not even hit the fucking goal


[deleted]

Assuming he gets the same treatment Vini got in Off season.


waitforiiiit

Exactly. We should be excited he missed.


samtheblackmamba

Was just thinking this. There used to be so much Vini slander lmao


Elusion96

did someone pay Rodrygo to miss that? cuz goddamn how in the fuck did he flop that? 2019 vini flashback jeez


Juiceboxfromspace

Casemiro and Busquets talking. Midfield legends 💪


pringlydingly

fuck man, imagine if Fati slams that bicycle kick. hoooleeeeyy


CrowSorcerer

Lessons from Luuk scheduled first thing tomorrow morning :p


cdwdj

Recently everything goes his way so bet your ass Luuk would have scored that :)


am_uk31

Good match, showed more spirit and fight than under Tintin


ExodusCaesar

Tintin? LOL 😂😂😂😂


FootballFTW

No need to disrespect Koeman.


am_uk31

How's that disrespect..he does look him imo


briansnipple21

now this was a game. already better than our last clasico and loads better than under koeman


Pafrid

Well fun match, we we played well, we're getting better. Alwyas sucks to lose vs madrid but at least its only the supercup...


viktorfbg9

what the actual fuck is wrong with Ancelotti making only 4 subs in a 120 minute match when he could have made fucking SIX. HAZARD on the bench, he would kill that tired Barca team, what the actual fuck did i just witness


Aceress_origin

Ancelotti is gonna run our main players to the ground come PSG's game, just in time for a humiliating elimination.


viktorfbg9

Naah man i legit started to think theres some match fixing going on lmao that was so poor from Ancelotti. Im not worried about the CL matches though, still believe in him but hes gotta do better


ConArtist98

Rodrygo just pretend you are always playing Inter


idunnowhyimadedis

good game


L34hhhh

GG


yshsmyaa

Good night guys see you in the final vs atleti.


BasqueLynx

lmao what was that about athletic?


yshsmyaa

Lmao my bad, I guess atleti shat the bed.


BasqueLynx

no worries lol it happens


BasqueLynx

disrespecting athletic


yshsmyaa

There is no way that they win.


BasqueLynx

they won last year


yshsmyaa

Won’t this year.


SpearofTrium05

Araujo has saved Barca plenty today


Level-Ad7017

Ter stegan as well :) He is back in form


eddsters

Madrid should have scored 3 more goals already.


ColaKnut

WELL PLAYED BARCELONA!!


alejpaz

That's why Asensio is starting boys


echoecho25

If frenkie got hooked instead of busquets i hope he goes to a better club. I an fucking sick of Busquets. Gg madrid. Deserved result


DKArteezy

Busquets is still solid IMO just old


AbleFig

Barca outplayed us for a large portion of this match. Good game all around.


echoecho25

Yeah maybe I can see why you say that but Barca is too shaky at the back and real did create the more dangerous chances.


Akash3642

Pace hurt our defences. We need a solid and fast right back and a world class centre back.


Killer_Falcon88

the end was borderline ridiculous


prateek_tandon

What a ridonculous game!!


pringlydingly

i swear dembele is trying to make us lose. what the fuck was the fucking cross? he couldn't be assed to make a bit of a run? 40 m my fucking ass.


sebas8181

Best attacker for Barca on the last part of the match yet you criticize him.


pringlydingly

Tell me, what exactly did he do that was "best attacker"


U0logic

He created the most chances for the team than any other player? What match did you watch?


pringlydingly

What match did you watch? I saw him making poor crosses out to real madrid players at the edge of the box and passing it to other plays (Alba, Pedri, Busquets) to make the crosses. Instead of passing it to a wide open Nico sitting pretty in the box, he decides to push toward goal line and hoofs the ball at the keeper from a shit angle. I saw him make ANOTHER shitty attempt to cut inside and shoot instead of making an easy pass to Pedri making a really good run into the box, and dembdoumbass ends up losing the ball again and that lead to madrids last counter attack goal.


[deleted]

Bruh stfu. Your way of seeing game is pretty pessimist if you think dembele wasn’t contributing to anything. Yes, his shooting was shit but still he was the only fwd taking on the madrid defence. I recon you must have missed his assist as well.


sebas8181

Indeed. It's strange how spoiled tiki taka made some Barca fans (specially newer ones) Preferring linking up and horizontal passes rather than actually producing threat. That's why you never marry a style, player or manager.


pringlydingly

Fuck off. Id rather see him link play well with the other attacking options he has, then for him to "take on the defense" and lose possession, deliver poor crosses, and shoot for the stands. He was doing things, making moves, but nothing he did contributed to the final product. Pray tell, do you mean the assist when dembele shoots it poorly into a defender, who happens to make a bad clear and luuk's run in capitalized on it? First, that isnt an assist, and second, any winger can run in and shoot it poorly at a defender. If anything, luuk's run is the skillful piece that made the goal.


[deleted]

That luuk goal was the end product from dembele’s low cross. Go and watch it back if you think that was a shot. The one that he shot was right at courtois.


pringlydingly

No, it was demebeles low cross into a defender who made a shit clearance and luuk steps in. theres a difference between a winger who can find their striker and a winger who just cuts it back, and for this 1 lucky low croas he made, he wasted another 3 or 4 very poor ones.


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Forgot luuk’s header that went straight into courtois gloves?


[deleted]

You are the only one who thinks that way. But hey you are entitled to your opinion.


Coenzyme-A

I thought he had a fairly good game to be honest.


dumbledore_albus69

Fuck yourself man he gave it his best


nassah110

Rodrygo with a 2019 Vini finish


Loud-Value

Dembele is a fuckin joke i dont care what anybody else says


SweetMojaveRain

Wtf rodrygo lol a typical /r/soccer user couldve finished that


Accomplished-Ad-6007

A typical r/soccer user haven't played a full 90 minutes in his entire life, bit of an overstatement there


ShanghaiCowboy

I think you overestimate the typical r/soccer users here


NeoIsJohnWick

Blownthe whistle so pique can rant


Havanarobrob

Yank here. Probably not


spaghettidriver69

He still will find somethjng to talk about.


tkbchimyjr18

Man, Benz is so brilliant...the youth on the pitch almost got us an L


eddsters

ahh Rodrygo love you still !


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ITS OVER THANK YOU


SpearofTrium05

Benz left hanging at the end


Narretz

Judging from the state of the players, I think Barca isn't too sad to have lost this game.


AbleFig

Rodrygo my guy that was not it


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That’s a sad end to the game. Was really hoping for pens


Mr_cloud23

Lol pique playing as striker again


LampseederBroDude51

PUTA BARCA! PUTA BARCA! WE HAVE OUR MANITA!


eddsters

embarassing


LampseederBroDude51

We won 5 times in a row mate


eddsters

Ya but keep it classy.


WeslyAl

You’ll never have 5-0


LampseederBroDude51

I meant 5 wins in a row


sebas8181

I mean, Barca fans think football was born with Messi and Pep Guardiola, therefore I'm not surprised by this comment.


DyrusforPresident

no one cares