Hopefully that isn't he case but to struggle so match against promoted clubs is a worry......they need now at least 4 points in their next both games (Celta Vigo and Gijon) before they'll travel to Barca.
Good post.
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I think they had no choice with Negredo.
They signed him on a year's loan with a mandatory but clause from City. He then had a stinker of a season yet they were still required to buy him for a ridiculous fee.
Valencia is just a poorly run club.
The Negredo deal is especially ridiculous because he hadn't scored for 5 months for City and suffered a serious injury before he signed. You could have predicted this transfer to go south a mile away. Now they have to sell their remaining good/talented players this summer in order to balance books.
Looks very much like the task Dortmund faced in Klopp's later years there. They finally moved on to a more possession-oriented style after a severe crisis, Klopp's resignation and the appointment of Thomas Tuchel, who was massively influenced by Guardiola's Barca. It will be interesting to see if Simeone can find answers himself or new blood will be needed at some point in the future.
It was a poor deal alround.
Maybe they thought his poor form was due to something other than football(Especially considering how good he was in the first part of it)
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Denis Suarez, Arda Turan, Messi, Luis Suarez
Subs: Masip, Rafinha, Mascherano, Munir, Digne, André Gomes, Aleix Vidal
Athletic Bilbao: Gorka; De Marcos, Bóveda, Laporte, Balenziaga; Beñat, Iturraspe, Eraso; Susaeta, Aduriz, Williams
Subs: Masip, Rafinha, Mascherano, Munir, Digne, André Gomes, Aleix Vidal
Athletic Bilbao: Gorka; De Marcos, Bóveda, Laporte, Balenziaga; Beñat, Iturraspe, Eraso; Susaeta, Aduriz, Williams
Great start to the season from Las Palmas, top of the league, the Spanish Leicester.
Las Palmas are awesome.
Still remember their performance against Barca last season where they were excellent.
Seem to have taken it upna notch this season.
Still remember their performance against Barca last season where they were excellent.
Seem to have taken it upna notch this season.
Anything in these Isco to Tottenham rumours?
Messi looks hideous. When you are that good, you can get away with that.
I've just put £1 on that
The question about that was was he interfering with play. The ball went straight to Asenjo but possibly the prescience of Morata there was in the defenders mind.Another day at the office
What a miss.
Huge mistake from Ter Stegen, makes up for it though
Woeful from Ter Stegen, got lucky. Really don't rate him much tbh.
Good start this by Athletic.
Williams is having a good game so far
Simple as you like.
Athletic easily the better team but Barca take the lead. Wonderful cross by Turan.
Nice goal
Arda is a brilliant player, a shame he will get less time when Neymar returns.
When will that be? I'm going to the Alaves game and really hoping for MSN to be all present.
He's due to return on the 8th after the International's with Brazil, be ready for the Alaves game on the 10th. Not sure if he will start though, same with Suarez/Messi.
Unreal dive.
Inaki Welbeck.
Laporte is sublime, deserves a bigger club than Bilbao, no offence as I really like Bilbao. Although he apparently knocked back City.
Can Rob Palmer stop his hard on for Ter Stegan?
His mistake nearly resulted in a goal. Yet Palmer keeps talking about him like he's the best thing since sliced bread.
His mistake nearly resulted in a goal. Yet Palmer keeps talking about him like he's the best thing since sliced bread.
Another obedient disciple, Lahoz
What a miss.
Lovely counter. Suarez going nuts with Turan.
Been a superb game of football so far.
City to get exposed again when they meet Barca.
Arda really should have scored at the end, super ball from Messi! Great match this.
Feels like the typical Athletic-Barça game: Athletic starts strong, applying huge pressure, until Barça scores due to higher quality and Bilbao deflates after the fact
The ref was funny, completely missed the dive, saw a player a falling and just decided to award a FK
How did he not see the blatant foul on Denis?!! Clear penalty.
One bad mistake, fair enough. But otherwise he has been instrumental in fending off Athletic's excellent pressing by acting as an additional build up player. 39 touches in the first half and he has played lots of rather difficult passes with calm and composure (except that one ball).
A lot of people either overlook this completely or dismiss it as showboating, when in truth it is absolutely essential to Barca's game. Without it, Athletic would have suffocated Barca's build up. There's a reason the club has shipped off Bravo to keep Ter Stegen.
The reason is solely age!
Wait, are Barca finally playing with two real CB's ?
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