[SP] La Liga 2005/06 (7 Viewers)
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Ronaldinho is best player in the world right now, no doubt about it.
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There's no time for Barca to sit back and enjoy Saturday's historic win before they're back in action on Tuesday when they face Werder Bremen in the UCL at the Nou Camp.
A point guarantees top spot in the group, with home advantage accruing into knock out stages, and Rijkaard is insisting that the players shift their focus from their Bernabeu heroics to the job in hand against the Germans. The boss will be looking to continue the great form a the Nou Camp over the last 4 games that's seen his team win all four, score 15 goals and not concede a single strike, against a Werder team who themselves come into the game on the back of a morale boosting 6-1 win at the weekend.
Rotations
Rijkaard seems likely to stick with his rotation policy which has served him so well so far this season, with Sylvinho, Giuly, Motta, Iniesta or Larsson, none of whom started on Saturday, looking set for a game. There'll be some clues in the pre-match training sessions, though the players will only train twice before Tuesday's game.
Leaders at home and in Europe
Barca lead their Champions League group and their domestic championship as well as being top scorers in the two competitions. In addition, Eto'o is the leading scorer in La Liga and Ronaldinho heads the scorers in the Champions League.
A point guarantees top spot in the group, with home advantage accruing into knock out stages, and Rijkaard is insisting that the players shift their focus from their Bernabeu heroics to the job in hand against the Germans. The boss will be looking to continue the great form a the Nou Camp over the last 4 games that's seen his team win all four, score 15 goals and not concede a single strike, against a Werder team who themselves come into the game on the back of a morale boosting 6-1 win at the weekend.
Rotations
Rijkaard seems likely to stick with his rotation policy which has served him so well so far this season, with Sylvinho, Giuly, Motta, Iniesta or Larsson, none of whom started on Saturday, looking set for a game. There'll be some clues in the pre-match training sessions, though the players will only train twice before Tuesday's game.
Leaders at home and in Europe
Barca lead their Champions League group and their domestic championship as well as being top scorers in the two competitions. In addition, Eto'o is the leading scorer in La Liga and Ronaldinho heads the scorers in the Champions League.
lol real madrid got ripped apart by the media:
http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0,15758,1647638,00.html
Madrid were flattered by the 3-0 defeat: but for Casillas, they might have lost by six or seven and as Sport gloated: "Watching Casillas is priceless. He lives on the edge of a nervous breakdown; all he can do is make great saves and remember the mothers of his defenders."
Sport was right in describing Roberto Carlos as: "pathetic - the next game he plays should be his testimonial". Ronaldo, back from injury but still unfit, was a waste of a quite considerable space. And as for Zidane: "there was a guy in a white shirt," one columnist wrote, "who looked like a fabulous French player who once played for Real Madrid."
Madrid's problems are deeper than that, though. As one television commentator put it: "Ladies and gentleman, you've been watching a great football team tonight. You've also seen Real Madrid." Madrid are not even a team; they're not even a decent collection of individuals any more. "The blue-and-purples are a football team, the whites are an accident," ABC said.
On Saturday, one player privately complained: "there's no soul here", while Guti added: "some players do not feel the colours".
http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0,15758,1647638,00.html
Madrid were flattered by the 3-0 defeat: but for Casillas, they might have lost by six or seven and as Sport gloated: "Watching Casillas is priceless. He lives on the edge of a nervous breakdown; all he can do is make great saves and remember the mothers of his defenders."
Sport was right in describing Roberto Carlos as: "pathetic - the next game he plays should be his testimonial". Ronaldo, back from injury but still unfit, was a waste of a quite considerable space. And as for Zidane: "there was a guy in a white shirt," one columnist wrote, "who looked like a fabulous French player who once played for Real Madrid."
Madrid's problems are deeper than that, though. As one television commentator put it: "Ladies and gentleman, you've been watching a great football team tonight. You've also seen Real Madrid." Madrid are not even a team; they're not even a decent collection of individuals any more. "The blue-and-purples are a football team, the whites are an accident," ABC said.
On Saturday, one player privately complained: "there's no soul here", while Guti added: "some players do not feel the colours".
