++ [ originally posted by denco ] ++Watching Barcelona and teams like that was just slightly painful and made me envious as to how we cannot play football with that kinda panache and style with every one so confident and trying things they would never normally do but it was all coming off and then seeing Davids protecting his defence like he was possessed and still taking players on
In those 95-98 years, the Juve which steamrolled Real into submission was the norm rather than the exception that exists today.
Davids' case was always gonna be a mistake but the salvaging grace is we aren't seeing him thrive in direct competition like Roma. We couldn't utilize his offensive potential but am glad he finally found somebody who could.
Barcelona was indeed quite exceptional against Espanyol (who helped things a bit by rolling over) and I can imagine what a one-touch specialist, top-notch finisher in Trez could do in place of Saviola. We're currently for Barcelona what Parma is for us ... way to go, Moggi!