Was Real Madrid robbed points at Nou Camp

After watching the match today, I would like to state that:-

Barcelona took four strikes at goal and scored twice. For your information, the other two were Neymar's volley which Diego Lopez saved and the other was the save off Dani Alves late in the second half.

On the other hand, Madrid claimed two penalties - the first a handball and the second the clear SHOVING of Cristiano Ronaldo off the ball in the penalty area. Atleast the SHOVE / PUSH should have been given.

Further Real Madrid did not have the luck of Champions. How many times they forced Valdes to pull off amazing saves - THREE.

And what about Karim Benzema's shot which rattled the cross bar?

The Footballing Gods were definitely not doing any favours to Madrid today.

But mortals witnessed that Real Madrid put up a great fight specially in the second half. They showed intensity and courage to come back at Barcelona.

Real Madrid could have won if they had taken their chances.

But Barcelona came away with the 3 points because they had luck going for them.

That's all that I am prepared to say.

In conclusion I will admire Alexis Sanchez's goal. The chip over Diego Lopez was brilliant, if not genius.

 

   

EL CLASSICO

My Dear Real Madrid Fans

On Saturday, 26th, October we have a great opportunity to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou and bring back to Santiago Bernabeu THREE valuable points.

Barcelona is NOT the team of Pep Guardiola and their attack is NOT as potent as it used to be.

Xavi and Iniesta do not have the penetrating insight that they used to.

And the great Messi needs time to fully recover.

Neymar is still settling in.

Valdes is on his way out

Pujol has just come out of a injury.

With all this going on, Real Madrid has a great opportunity of winning and bringing the 3 valuable points to Madrid.

You Madrid Fans stand together and have positive thoughts.

We can do this.

We need your positive energy to carry the TEAM forward.  

What happened to Barcelona?

What happened to Barcelona today?

They played good football but just couldn't convert.

Was this because of the absence of Messi?

But Messi played a for a brief period and Neymar was good.

The problem was no one stepped up to the plate and took responsibility.

Fabregas was awful for a footballer of his class.

Neymar played very well but why doesn't he finish and start scoring goals?

Iniesta and Xavi are not the players that were so dangerous last season.

I think Barcelona is vulnerable and if they fall behind, I believe they will have a mountain to scale.

And frankly I don't think they can make it. 

Real Madrid - cuesta mucho para ganar

This wasn't the script.
Sr. Florentino Lopez and his merry band were supposed to open their check books and VIOLA - there you have a winning team.
Its that simple.
Go buy footballers.
Yes Sr. Perez you did buy footballers.
But the problem is that most of them DO NOT :-
1. Inspire confidence
2. Not creative
3. Do not have the heart to die for the Club on the football pitch
4. Are not sure of their place in the team
They are mediocre in a GREAT CLUB.
Please understand Sr. Perez money isn't everything.
Why didn't Neymar want to come to Madrid?
Why can't you entice Lewandowski to forget about Bayern and come to Madrid.
You want to win the DECIMA?
CHANGE.

 

Rayo Vallecano did not test Barcelona

There is no justice in football.

This afternoon at Vallecas, Rayo Vallecano was fast, fighting for every ball, not giving the Barcelona forwards the luxury of time on the ball.

It was a beautiful fast paced game. Initially Barcelona was beginning to exert control, then Rayo reversed the tide and ended the 45 minutes spending more and more time in the Barcelona half.

In the first half, Rayo created one clear chance of goal of where Victor Valdes had to make a tremendous save and then Victor saved a penalty taken by the Rayo Captain - Treshorras.

Messi's skills were on display for a couple of dribbles and on one occasion he laid off a beautiful pass to the right to Pedro who made no mistake in scoring. Barcelona also tried to get Neymar, playing on the left wing, into the game, but today was not Neymar's afternoon. He did not take advantage of any balls passed to him nor did he pose much of a danger.

Barcelona went into the changing room at half time, thanking the Footballing Gods, for retaining their slender one goal lead.

The second half was totally different.

Rayo Vallecano had lost all its fight as soon as Pedro scored his second goal - which may have been offside. But it did not matter. Pedro completed his hattrick and Cesc Fabrigas scored the fourth goal.

Barcelona won 4-0.

Its a pity that Rayo does not have a couple of quality players. I believe that had Rayo Vallecano taken its chances and scored a couple of goals in the first half, the result of the match would had been quite different.

Barcelona is not the same Barcelona of old. They are not playing their attractive football nor are they being tested.

I would like to see how this Barcelona team reacts to a situation when they are behind say 1-0 or even 2-0. It will be a test of their character.

 

 

 

 

Barcelona outclasses Ajax and romps home 4-0

Barcelona outclassed Ajax and won by a wide margin 4-0.

The match was very similar to Real Madrid's match yesterday.

Messi scored a beauty from a free kick in the first half but the match didn't open up until the second half. Messi, Neymar, Alexis Sanchez ran riot and darted in and out of the Ajax area with total freedom.

However with all this possession in Ajax's area, Barcelona only managed to score 4 including a Messi hattrick. Pique chipped in with a header and was promptly rewarded by being substituted - maybe he got a niggling injury.

It was sad that Ajax could not convert a penalty. It would have been a little consolation.

This sums up the match. Ajax were not in the same League as Barcelona - not in same class. My opinion is that the Champions League should really be restricted to the top flight teams and not open to mediocre teams who fill in the 16 available slots.

The style of football that Barcelona played to night was not very attractive - so should I say was not the style that we have become used to. In my opinion if they carry on playing this way, it is very likely that good teams will force draws and maybe wins against Barcelona in the Liga this year.

Barcelona was not dominant.

 

 

 

 

Barcelona outclasses Malaga

Barcelona outclassed Malaga at the Rosalera tonight and won by the narrowest of margins 1-0.
The football of Barcelona has changed.
It is no longer the short, sharp passes with the lion's share of the possession of the football that we have become used to and love.
Now Barcelona seems content to play the contemporary style of football being played by most of the Clubs.
However there is a major difference between the football played by Barcelona and the rest.
Barcelona have very skilled and talented players who provide us with brilliant and entertaining football. The vision of their midfield players by creating openings for their forwards to dart in, is a delight to watch.
The way they play the beautiful game - fast flowing, attacking, linking up between themselves and the speed they can deliver the ball in an attacking move is exciting. And all this is played in a free spirit manner which entertain and thrill us.
Hope this style continues.
However there is a chink in their defence and I feel they are vulnerable on the counter. Malaga tonight managed to put together a couple of attacks in the dying minutes and could have come away with a draw if the Footballing Gods were a little bit more kind towards the Andalucians.
It was an Adriano goal which separated the two sides. Considering the distance of the shot, the Malaga Goalkeeper must have been unsighted.
Seeing Neymar play, I have one word of advice. He should try staying on his feet. As the word gets around that he goes down too easily, Referees may not be so lenient.

 

Real Madrid 2013 / 2014 - the need for quality

Whilst Sr. Perez is busy building his team for the next season, I would like to put forward the following points for consideration:-
1. The team needs another first class striker to work with Ronaldo.
2. Karim Benzema is not really of that calibre to be a Madrid forward. May be the time has come for his
    departure.
3. What was the reason for getting rid of Di Maria? He was one of those youngsters who gave it his all and
    was back defending and going forward as an attacking mid fielder.
4. We have to review Alonso's role in the team. He is not fulfilling his role as a play maker or the distributor
    of the ball. If you do not have any ideas - think of Kaka filling this role.
5. Abeloa's role should be reviewed. He is not effective. He is weak, does not have pace and definitely out
   of sorts when up against quality attackers. Further he is prone to get yellow cards.
6. I think, although this hurts me to say so, Casillas should be replaced by Diego.
Sr. Perez please get one or two quality players otherwise you are not going to win any silverware this year. And remember Barcelona is bolstering its forward line by incorporating Neymar.