Yeo. At home
La Liga 2016/17
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If you're Zidane, would you field our B-team again vs Sevilla?
Adams did a substitution in the minute 17! and it´s not the first time 
Yeah. No.James, Morata and Benz out - Mbappé, Lewandowski and Hazard in.
Btw. - how did barca manage to score more and concede fewer goals than Real, but not be clear leaders? Very uncommon standings, that.
I hope not
With the A team atleast there's hope till Ramos scores in the 93rd minute. With the B team, it's dead and buried in 20 mins.
No way. The CL final is a couple of weeks away and you need to secure the title.
Their first XI is better, but they were more inconsistent. We won a lot of tough games through sheer willpower
Also, this season, refs
About sevilla, i kinda agree with @wr8_utd B team would smash them. A team would smash them too, mind. I'm not worried about that game. It's the final two that worry me
They're probably the only team in the world where the B Team is as good, if not better than the A team. They can play the "reserves" and hammer Sevilla.
Holy cow, this Granada.
I thought he was coaching Grenada, the island.
Wow.
I thought he was coaching Grenada, the island.
Wow.
I think losing at home to Alaves makes you truly undeserving of the title
Agreed, plus we'll probably be able to rest some of the players depending on how the second tie against Atletico progresses.
Alaves are good, it was the beginning of the season, messi and suarez were missing. Also, s*it happensI think losing at home to Alaves makes you truly undeserving of the title
The differences were in games such as deportivo, las palmas, villarreal, celta...all games were we didn't play well and still won through the power of our gargantuan balls of tungsten, luck and refs
They drew or lost a bunch of those tough, ugly games instead
Yeah I've not been convinced enough by Barca this season. They've seemed super inconsistent from the start and it feels strange saying that since they have the best home and 2nd best away records and the best attack and defense (I think). Something has just seemed very inconsistent with them. They seem to be hitting decent form but a little too late now.
3rd best defence.
When they played well, they blew teams off the pitch. When they didn't, they struggled a lot and couldn't win too many of those tough, close, ugly games. They also got surprisingly shafted by the refs several times in those games(the betis phantom goal and villarreal penalty come to mind)
Basically they were the best at their best, but were too inconsistent and their level dropped too much when they weren't at their best
Conversely, we weren't as good at our best, but were more consistent and especially we still found ways to consistently win ugly
When they played well, they blew teams off the pitch. When they didn't, they struggled a lot and couldn't win too many of those tough, close, ugly games. They also got surprisingly shafted by the refs several times in those games(the betis phantom goal and villarreal penalty come to mind)
Basically they were the best at their best, but were too inconsistent and their level dropped too much when they weren't at their best
Conversely, we weren't as good at our best, but were more consistent and especially we still found ways to consistently win ugly
That would be overkill and so unfair on the rest of the teams lol
Can a single win more really qualify as better "consistency"?
Well, points over 38 games surely are the best thing we have to judge how consistent a team is over the season, and Madrid look like the more consistent. Even tho the title isn't decided around 100 point territory anymore, that makes Real Madrid and Barcelona look worse than when they were reaching those heights.
But, the only team that rivals Real in consistency this year in Spain is Barcelona, and yet I wouldn't rate a team that loses 4-0 to PSG and comes back with a 6-1 consistent in any way
I mean, end of the day we could reduce it to "how many situations would make a Real/Barça fan wet their pants".
Real Madrid: Danilo or Coentrao are starting.
Barcelona: Mathieu, Mascherano, Rafinha, Dennis, Arda, Gomes or Alcacer are starting.
It just seems logical that we are worse in the long run, change Mathieu for Nacho or Gomes for Isco/James (god I f***ng wish) and probably Barcelona would've been champions.
Leganes need 4 points from their last three matches to be safe. They're two up in 15 minutes against Betis.
Gabriel gets a third for Leganes, cracking goal from a few yards past the halfway line.
Leganes get a fourth goal. That sounds like a typo, but no, it's true
So Leganes are basically safe.
They still need a point. As do Deportivo.
La Liga with two games to play and one more relegation place to be decided:
Leganes 33 (Athletic and Alaves to play)
Deportivo 32 (Villarreal and Las Palmas)
Sporting 27 (Eibar and Betis)
Granada and Osasuna are already down
If Leganes/Sporting end up level on points, Sporting survive, due to head to head results. If Deportivo/Sporting end up level, Deportivo survive.
If all three teams end up on 33 points, they end up using their results against each other to create a kind of mini-league table. But I haven't done the maths for that.
Well, it's all but done
Gabriel's goal
@jojojo i have. All three tied at 6 points where does it go from there?
where does it go from there?That's what I mean@jojojo i have. All three tied at 6 points
That's proof enough, we should sign him, he's the next Xabi Alonso
Shame Eibar couldn't finish in the Europa League. Still their highest position ever in the league, right?
Is Leganes home or away to Alaves? I know the Athletic games is away. If at home they will be hoping Alaves rest players for the Copa del Rey final. That could give them a real chance.
Scoring a shit load against shitty teams and not let them score against them?
Marcelino finally gets confirmed as the new Valencia coach. Interesting to see what he can do with the team
Good appointment. I hope he's given some time. I think he can do an excellent job there given time and backing.
Spurs last season scored 1 more and conceded 1 less then Leicester and ended up 11 points behind
Great choice. He did very well with Villareal.
Tomorrow will probably be Pepe's last match at Bernabéu.I'll miss him
I hope so. My daughter's partner is half-Valencian and we spend a lot of time over there with his family when in Europe. I'd love to go to their matches when in the city .. it's an easy walk from anywhere !
Is he leaving?Tomorrow will probably be Pepe's last match at Bernabéu.I'll miss him
Is he fit to play?Tomorrow will probably be Pepe's last match at Bernabéu.I'll miss him
Anyways,
Hopefully he'll at least be fit for Cardiff and leave us with another CL trophy
Best center back in portuguese NT history along with Ricardo Carvalho imo. If it wasn't for the antics, he would get more recognition but it is what it is. I hope he stays in Europe for our NT sake.Tomorrow will probably be Pepe's last match at Bernabéu.I'll miss him
Is he fit for the CL game? Because Pepe is quite clearly smarter than Varane at the moment when dealing with guys like Mandzukic and Higuain.Tomorrow will probably be Pepe's last match at Bernabéu.I'll miss him
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