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J
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Dec 17, 2007
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It's friggin' great, now we have several players capable of beating their man and creating numerical advantage in the final 3rd. Sandro, Dybala, Morata, Pogba...and they are calm under pressure, can keep the ball at their feet despite being pressed, don't look to panickly find their teammate. This will be important against Bayern. We're definitely looking like a more techical side compared to the last time we met them.
:agree:
 

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JuveJay

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Mar 6, 2007
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I like how we are fluid with and without the ball, especially when Morata plays. There aren't many stationary players in our formation. The back three mostly are, and Marchisio, but even he and Bonucci can alternate in attack. Pogba moves all over, Khedira breaks, Dybala comes short or left to right then he suddenly ends up in the area, and when Morata plays he can either fill in the pressuring #9 role or come out wider with Dybala being supported by Pogba and others. It's very hard to pick up, and Dybala is the biggest change here.
 

Kopanja

Senior Member
Jul 30, 2015
5,594
The hardest thing again Bayern would be bringing the ball to the center via passing. Even in yesterdays crappy game against dead Hoffe Bayern couple of times showed how they can press your defenders. In this situation Dybala, Pogs and Khedira are very valuable, all of them drop sometimes lower to receive a ball, and all of them are really good at keeping the ball.
 

pavluska

Senior Member
Apr 25, 2013
7,339
We had been notorious for dropping points and doing poorly in January. This picture is very different:

7 Games
7 Wins
18 Goals scored at 2.6 goals/game
6 Clean Sheets
.14 goal conceded per game

Three of the opponents were Roma, Inter, and Lazio.

 

Zacheryah

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
42,251
The EPL didnt build itself over their football.


They build themselves over the load of good players and results they got for most of 00's


Spectacle would be La Liga. And they only watch two teams there. The ones loaded with stars and titles
 

Raz

Senior Member
Nov 20, 2005
12,218
EPL build everyhing mostly on marketing. While even in their best days they didn't win CL finals, they had a lot of tems in the semis and quarters but they didn't win many finals. They marketed the hell out of that league around the world, specially in asia.

In fact epl teams won as many finals as did the italians.
 

napoleonic

Senior Member
Sep 7, 2010
4,129
The EPL didnt build itself over their football.


They build themselves over the load of good players and results they got for most of 00's


Spectacle would be La Liga. And they only watch two teams there. The ones loaded with stars and titles
EPL build everyhing mostly on marketing. While even in their best days they didn't win CL finals, they had a lot of tems in the semis and quarters but they didn't win many finals. They marketed the hell out of that league around the world, specially in asia.

In fact epl teams won as many finals as did the italians.
I'm talking about how for the general population, EPL style football does matter, as is barca's and real's... I mean if barca's start playing catenaccio and won only 1-0 every single matches while surrendering 80% of possession and only countered, what would the masses say? what would it do to their brand?

it's the same thing with calcio stigma, to non calcio fans, italian brand of football = boring shit...
 

Raz

Senior Member
Nov 20, 2005
12,218
The fuck, barca was playing the most defensive football when they won their treble and still was considered best attacking team ever. Just need good marketing and employ god cock sucking commentators for that general population and you have many fans that will buy anything no matter how you perform.

Damn I remember watching quite a few of those tikitaka passes. 90% of their time with guardiola they passed sideways and with no attacking intent just to keep the ball.

So out of 90 minutes you were stuck 80 mins of watching one team practice passing sideways. God damn that's beautiful and entertaining!
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
24,043
The fuck, barca was playing the most defensive football when they won their treble and still was considered best attacking team ever. Just need good marketing and employ god cock sucking commentators for that general population and you have many fans that will buy anything no matter how you perform.

Damn I remember watching quite a few of those tikitaka passes. 90% of their time with guardiola they passed sideways and with no attacking intent just to keep the ball.

So out of 90 minutes you were stuck 80 mins of watching one team practice passing sideways. God damn that's beautiful and entertaining!
Hating Barca is hating football in general. Barca = football
 

napoleonic

Senior Member
Sep 7, 2010
4,129
The $#@!, barca was playing the most defensive football when they won their treble and still was considered best attacking team ever. Just need good marketing and employ god $#@! sucking commentators for that general population and you have many fans that will buy anything no matter how you perform.

Damn I remember watching quite a few of those tikitaka passes. 90% of their time with guardiola they passed sideways and with no attacking intent just to keep the ball.

So out of 90 minutes you were stuck 80 mins of watching one team practice passing sideways. God damn that's beautiful and entertaining!
good luck trying to convince them...

I can list 1,000 reasons why apple products are total shit, but my reasoning won't stop people from thinking iphones = status symbol.
 

Vialli_92

Senior Member
Mar 7, 2013
6,500
The only reason it was boring to watch is because the other team always parked the bus against them.

When other teams opened up to attack them like Arsenal and Madrid they just got destroyed and completely outplayed but the games were fantastic to watch.

It was either park the bus and try to nick a result or go for the win and stand no chance.against them.

Guardiola made the most dominant team I have ever watched in my lifetime.
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
24,043
The only reason it was boring to watch is because the other team always parked the bus against them.

When other teams opened up to attack them like Arsenal and Madrid they just got destroyed and completely outplayed but the games were fantastic to watch.

It was either park the bus and try to nick a result or go for the win and stand no chance.against them.

Guardiola made the most dominant team I have ever watched in my lifetime.
That most dominant team never defended CL title. Never actually reached two consecutive finals.

Juve between '95-'99 was the most dominant team I've watched. 4 consecutive European finals (Uefa Cup + 3 x CL) and one semis of the CL.

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What's there left for us other than jealousy after Pogba and Dybala decide to join the righteous.
Follow them there, I guess. Do a Ian.
 

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