As a Bayern fan. I feel some sympathy for Barcelona and see them as a friendly club. Madrid is the club I hate and wished they were the ones getting battered by us.
It's a good result means no one is running away. YB won't win against Atalanta or Villarreal at home
Just because no team appears to be ''running away'' after match day one that doesn't mean that the draw between Villareal and Atalanta will turn out to be good for us when the group games are completed, your logic is flawed. That point for those two sides could ultimately send them both through at our expense, whereas one of them losing the game could have allowed us to nick second. If you still don't get it I am not going to waste any more time explaining.
To be fair this Bartemeu screwed Barcelona team is a shadow of what it once was. Even PSG hammered them last year in the away leg. So your current team against this version of them was always going to be a cakewalk.
I mean, we are flogging a dead horse, but he couldn’t stay due to some interesting clauses in their FA statutes. Such as that all players have to be paid at least 50% of their former salary. Combined with the enforced salary cap Barca couldn’t sign Messi.
More than that, it made little sense to do it. They needed a fresh start, a full on rebuild, which they couldn't do while paying Messi's wages
This forum absolutely loves Ajax. You're the bad guys on here tonight!PS: I expect this whole forum to be rooting for Sporting tomorrow as our clubs are or should be friends
I agree and they should obviously have sold Messi last summer. I just wanted to point out that keeping Messi for this season wasn’t even a viable option.
also, somewhat related:
these posts ooze inferiority complex
Which threads are these? From what I have seen in "Best striker" thread, everyone named Lewa as #1. In Ballon d'or almost everyone had him as #1 or #2. Looks like too much sand for some odd reason.
Barcelona had 0 shots on target all game. Bottom Bundesliga teams put up more fight. Playing Barcelona is almost like playing those London clubs like Chelsea Spurs and Arsenal who just bend down to get destroyed
How dare you lump the European Champions in with Spurs and Arsenal.
Well you have to admit Lampard got schooled by Bayern the last time they met. Obviously Chelsea is a much different beast now.
There was literally no way he could’ve stayed. Even if he offered to play for free. Barca were way over the cap and in Spain you cant take more than a 50% salary reduction from your previous contract. There was literally nothing that could be done in regards to him staying, which he wanted to as well.
Is there a reason behind the 50% reduction limit ?
it's Spanish law to stop workers being exploited by employers
It’s Spanish law and in their words:
Yep. Barca were at 95% wage expenditure even without Messi, weren't they? A functioning team operates at 70-75% wage expenditure. The issue was contracts issued across the board of the entire squad. Messi's wages contributed, but to such minor effect that it's like the captain choosing to remain with the Titanic. Even if he did, the boat is still going to sink.
League is different from CL, and barcelona are already low on morale given their situation. They could have had a go, and gotten pummeled because Bayern would have taken them more seriously, which would have been pretty bad for their psyche
I believe going for goals and being battered 2-5 or something line that with a young team would be psychologically better than what we witnessed.League is different from CL, and barcelona are already low on morale given their situation. They could have had a go, and gotten pummeled because Bayern would have taken them more seriously, which would have been pretty bad for their psyche
Of course, the fact they still got pummeled anyways means ultimately they might have been better off having a go
Yes sir, back to training thank goodness. Luuk De Jong was such a disaster the other night
One of the symptoms of Barcelonas failure
Yeah, that deal was pretty clearly a balance sheet decision, but it doesn't reflect well on him that Juve were happy to use him as a makeweight for that in the first place, or that no club of a level higher than Besiktas were in for him when Barca wanted to get rid.
You could say it’s Pjanic Stations, for him..
The fear was of another 8-2 though. And given who they were starting up top, not that unlikely
When Barcelona at home acts more cowardly then Cologne away against Bayern, then Barcelona is in real trouble.
Shirt #8 being the lowest for an outfield player is disgusting.
Don't think they planned this tbf. I think they went cautious because they knew they couldn't try going face to face with them, they wanted to keep the game tight and close and give themselves a chance....and it took 15 minutes for both to realize they could play 3 weeks and barcelona would never come close to scoring. At which point, Bayern went on autopilot and barcelona switched to survival. They are not very good at it though
