The Barcelona v Real Madrid thread

[PTP]

it is very worrying - Barca have this year played consistently the best football i have ever seen but they are flagging at the moment - i'm sure i heard tonight they have no abidal, iniesta, maxwell and a couple of others?

they look very jaded now and i worry that if they beat madrid, by time they get to the mancs in the final they'll be ****ed.


On form, fully fit, Barca team will destroy anyone and i want them to win the competition - but right now, i'd say Real Madrid look physically stronger, plus with the Ronaldo and Mourinho factors, probably better placed to beat United at Wembley.

[Fernandinho]

Surely they have time to recover now will all the injured players back by then. And they can coast in the league now...

[Shaggy]

TonyBarretTimes Tony Barrett
The Barca players have been hoping that Guardiola would return fire. Last night he did. Up to them to vindicate him now

[Baracus]

Did he really use Profanity to attack him. Some quarters are saying he's cracking up.

[Shaggy]

GuillemBalague Guillem Balague
@OliverKayTimes @DickinsonTimes barca players clapped their manager when he teturned to hotel after pressa

[Shaggy]

Did he really use Profanity to attack him. Some quarters are saying he's cracking up.

You've got to laugh. Just as Ollie Kay has said on Twitter this morning, Rafa/Guardiola have a go and they're "cracking up". Mourinho/Ferguson do it and they're geniuses.

[Baracus]

Press Always side with the 2 C**ts.

The thought of either equalling Bob Paisley's record of 3 European Cup wins as a manager is quite sicken. There not even fit to lace his boots, never mind being in his presence.

[elrichio86]

You've got to laugh. Just as Ollie Kay has said on Twitter this morning, Rafa/Guardiola have a go and they're "cracking up". Mourinho/Ferguson do it and they're geniuses.

Thats how the media work it though - they have these pre-defined narratives they like to use, and they'll twist the realities to fit.

Mourinho and Mister are both labelled as masters of the mind game, so anybody who challenges that HAS to be labelled as cracking up. Otherwise the media will have got things wrong, and that can never happen

I've given up with mass media - they're not trying to report news, they're just trying to sell papers and hysterical stories to numpties

[Shaggy]

Having said that I cannot ****ing wait for this tonight.

[Neil Young]

Thats how the media work it though - they have these pre-defined narratives they like to use, and they'll twist the realities to fit.

Mourinho and Mister are both labelled as masters of the mind game, so anybody who challenges that HAS to be labelled as cracking up. Otherwise the media will have got things wrong, and that can never happen

I've given up with mass media - they're not trying to report news, they're just trying to sell papers and hysterical stories to numpties

[RichC]

it is laughable and for what it's worth I think Pep did the right thing here - Mourinho does this all the time and gets away with it, hopefully a fired up Barca will tear his team a new one again.

Always enjoy the press conferences with Mourinho after his team have been beaten listening to the drivel he spouts (thinks of the The best team lost quote after we knocked them out of the CL 2005)

[ronanm]

I just wanna add my 2 cents on why these 2 clubs are the richest in the world. Ticket prices for this match ranges between 60 Euros to 325 Euros & that's face value! Hospitality starts @ 885 Euros all the way to 1,762 Euros!!
And we thought the likes of Chelski were charging a lot.
The reason I know this is because I'm going tomorrow night - it's DEFINITELY a one off for me!!

Make sure you get there early as someone else will take your seat if you're not. First come first served in Spain.

[Rudo]

Hope to god there's not a whole host of sendings off and **** meaning some of the Barca/Madrid players miss the final

[Gibbo]

I've got a feeling Madrid will win tonight.

[JohnDoe]

This game is going to be huge.