[SPA] La Liga 2009/2010 (31 Viewers)

[Fred]

Almeria played a fantastic game against Barca today. They completely stopped Barca from playing their football. Hugo Sanchez implemented a cheeky tactic to stop Xavi. He had one of his midfielders (Chico) follow Xavi wherever he went, Chico did not have a position on the field, all he did was follow Xavi around, wherever Xavi was Chico was there right behind him, literally his shadow.

That forced Busquets and Marquez(later Pique) to be the ones that had to link the play. Naturally Barca couldn't play their game.

 

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[Red]

In what way is man-marking cheeky?

 

[The Curr]

Actually, Chico is usually a centre back.

 

[The Curr]

It was a great goal by Pedro by the way.

 

[Fred]

In what way is man-marking cheeky?

This wasn't just any man-marking. The guy didn't even try to attack the ball when it wasn't with Xavi. At one instance, the ball was with D.Alves, and he was the closest guy to Alves, he didn't even try to pressure Alves but instead let him go and went back to Xavi.

 

[Red]

This wasn't just any man-marking. The guy didn't even try to attack the ball when it wasn't with Xavi. At one instance, the ball was with D.Alves, and he was the closest guy to Alves, he didn't even try to pressure Alves but instead let him go and went back to Xavi.

That is real man-marking, not like the so-called man-marking you usually see in which players only mark within their own area of the pitch.

 

[only-juve]

Ibra sucked today.

Had to say it

 

[The Curr]

Ibra sucked today.

Not really.

 

[Fred]

He did suck Curr. Lost too many balls and misplaced too many passes. Poor showing.

 

[The Curr]

He wasn't at his best but I think he was ok. He held the ball up quite well. He almost scored too.

 

[ThePLaya]

he is sucked

he was looking to score the 6ht goal in 6 matchs instead to play teamwork !

 

[only-juve]

He wasn't at his best but I think he was ok. He held the ball up quite well. He almost scored too.

Other than one assist in the first half and a shot in the second half, he did absalutely nothing throughout the game.....

 

[Osman]

Whats the point singling out Ibra? Whole of Barca were piss poor.

And as Fred said, Almeria was rather tactically sound (pressured aggressively, unlike other teams in La Liga), and man marking may seem typical, but its seldom you see it used it to this degree, Chico was really sniffing out every single step of Xavi's.

 

[Yamen]

Madrid are being humiliated by Sevilla.

 

[The Curr]

Not as badly as we were by Palermo.

 

[Firestarter]

Madrid are being humiliated by Sevilla.

Not that we should be talking.

 

[Yamen]

well.. we aren't the so called dream team either!

 

[Fred]

Great game by Sevilla today. Real just could not keep up with Sevilla's fast tempo. Their wingers Navas and Perrotti are just fantastic.

Navas ripped Marcelo a new one today, and he was for me the MOM

 

[Dostoevsky]

 

[Dostoevsky]

C.Ronaldo out for 1 month.