La Liga 19/20

[Marty]

Ter Stegen got Umtiti's nads in the face as he turned round to see Mariano's shot had gone in. Double ouch.

 

[King of Otters]

Ter Stegen got Umtiti's nads in the face as he turned round to see Mariano's shot had gone in. Double ouch.

Or a welcome consolation depending on your inclination.

 

[rossdapep]

Shit how did Mariano squeeze that one in?

A very deserved win for Real, Barca have been awful tonight.

They are a shadow of the the force they were.

Just goes to show when you lose your most influential players (Xavi, Iniesta) it's a long way back and it takes years to figure out a new way forward. Granted De Jong is still very young.

 

[King of Otters]

They are a shadow of the the force they were.

Just goes to show when you lose your most influential players (Xavi, Iniesta) it's a long way back and it takes years to figure out a new way forward. Granted De Jong is still very young.

I don’t watch La Liga much at all anymore but what struck me tonight was how few academy grads they had in the team, aside from those who have been there for 10 years plus.

Seems like they’ve lost their identity a little bit in recent years.

 

[SugarRay]

Barca has that identity, but people forget its based on a freakish level of player coming through the academy all at the same time. They won’t see another crop like that for 60 years.

Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, supplemented by Puyol, Busquets, Pique etc

Madness

 

[Gassin's finest]

Barca has that identity, but people forget its based on a freakish level of player coming through the academy all at the same time. They won’t see another crop like that for 60 years.

Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, supplemented by Puyol, Busquets, Pique etc

Madness

As much as it pains me to say it, but Henry was what made that peak Barcelona team really pop.

 

[Trotter]

Spanish Players Association has requested for the suspension of their League, rather than current plan of playing all games behind closed doors.

 

[topper]

As much as it pains me to say it, but Henry was what made that peak Barcelona team really pop.

Decent back up but certainly not a major contributor imho

 

[Gassin's finest]

Decent back up but certainly not a major contributor imho

Backup? Henry and Messi either side of Eto'o was scintillating.

 

[tototoner]

 

[Danners9]

Restart date 20 June. Running until 26 July. Teams play 3 games a week. Says Javier Aguirre...

 

[C0YS]

Marcos Lorente, taking on Osasuna on his own. What a player he's becoming!

 

[tototoner]

 

[Marty]

Watching Sociedad - Madrid and wishing I wasn't. 30 minutes of football at walking pace without anything resembling a chance.

There's a lot of shit football going on round Europe these days.

 

[tototoner]

 

[Gassin's finest]

Messi scored his 700th career goal last night...

... just a cheeky panenka against Jan Oblak:

 

[tobi]

Villarreal are good.

 

[wirE]

Villarreal are good.

Remember the days when they had Riquelme, Forlan and Senna. Senna such an rare footballer. International debut at age 30 and the key to Villarreal success in the 2008 season

 

[Marty]

Watching Sociedad - Granada and Soldado pick up his 14th yellow card of the season.

He was never this dirty for us, was he?

 

[Marty]

Goldado.

I still like him, he was so unlucky with us and still never has a bad word to say about how he was treated despite having so much trouble scoring.