Who is to blame for this thrashing? Mourinho more than anybody else.
This is not a replication of his Inter tactic.
Inter defended deep, madrid did not.
Inter's cambiasso and Zanetti were instructed to protect the back four more than anything. Khedira, Lass and Alonso did not even try.
Sneijder was asked to go back to defend before he drove forward, and so was eto and pandev. Ozil, Ronaldo and Maria did not. Inter had only milito waiting upfront.
This was not a defensive game in any sense... Mou wanted to prove he can beat barca in open play, the way he beats other spanish mickey mouse teams. He really did not adapt his style for barca and that cost him a LOT.
You can see why he did not play a defensive game since his defenders are not like Inter's. This game reminds me of Barca's win against Manutd in the final, only this time Barca had a PERFECT game from each single player and messi is much better than 2 years ago, not to mention villa instead of Henry.
Mourinho fucked up big time. The game might have been different if he had defended deep and relied on counters. Offside trap..really?
I do not blame the madrid defense in anyway. their back 4 already includes a player that cannot defend and they always faced atleast 3 players (Villa,Messi & Pedro) running at them with no support from the midfield at all. If you had a nesta,cannavaro,maldini,cafu defense they would have conceded when they defend so high up the pitch against 3 world class players, not to mention the best midfield in the world.
Perez will probably retaliate with another 100 million of spending but that will not solve his problems. Mourinho had his day today... everyone has a day..he is not invincible.