Spanish Football thread

[Haarithan]

Time for the prediction guys , I ll be content with a 4-2 win for the Blaugranas

 

[AfridiRulez]

2-0 Barca.

 

[JBlues08]

Real Madrid to win 2-1 against Barcelona.

Pretty sure Mourinho won't want to lose this at all after that 5-0 drubbing at the Nou Camp. It might be a draw but I'll just go with a Madrid win.

 

[m_vaughan]

Least important of the four Clasicos, but still very important. I think the league is gone for us, but a win tonight will certainly give us a lot of confidence and momentum going into Wednesday's final.

For tonight, I am also going for a 2-1 victory for us. I want Puyol to play because he has been out for a while and is going to be rusty. Our attackers should put him under pressure.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

I'm going draw tonight. Should be fantastic though nonetheless.

 

[JBlues08]

First of all, if only the match would go on for a few more hours. It was extremely intriguing throughout the whole 90 minutes!

Anyway, a draw is the least Madrid deserved from the game. In fact, they should have probably won the match! They defended well, counterattack well especially in the first half and looked the more threatening of the two teams. They created more chances and the better ones but their finishing really let them down. And I thought Pepe was excellent in the midfield role in the entire game. Tackles cleanly and did put a couple of dangerous long balls forward.

As for Barcelona, they didn't really create too many opportunities despite their dominance. They only had 2-3 good chances as far as I remember. What is probably even more surprising is that David Villa has gone 10 games without a goal already. He wasted a couple of good opportunities and he is like pretty much in the same circumstances as Torres is right now although not as bad as his fellow striker.

Anyway, bring on the next Clasico!

 

[War]

Ye that tactical to play Pepe as a defensive mid-fielder was a master-stroke. Although i expected Mourinho to learn his lesson from the 5-0 drubbing a pick another DM - I thought he would have gone for Diarra.

 

[Haarithan]

Dani Alves was a very lucky boy to stay on the pitch after that foul on Marcelo . Good game of football throughout the 90 minutes . And yeah , Villa has been so misfiring in recent days .

 

[JBlues08]

BBC Sport - Barcelona captain Carles Puyol is a doubt for Cup final

Bad news for Barcelona but good news for Madrid. Their central defense is certainly exploitable with their lack of pace as Shakhtar have shown that in the Champions League.

 

[JD10]

Losing someone like Puyol is always a shock and really hard to replace

 

[War]

BBC - Jonathan Stevenson: Real v Barca: teams of the century

Cant really disagree with these teams.

 

[JBlues08]

The second El Clasico of the four is upon us later tonight with the Copa Del Rey trophy on the line in this game. So, what is your prediction?

I'm going for 2-1 Madrid win(again!) but I do feel it's probably gonna end up the other way.

 

[P Squared]

3-1 Barca

 

[JBlues08]

La Liga side set for Team Dubai rebrand - ESPN Soccernet

 

[Haarithan]

Ah man , this is really sick , they aren't telecasting the match LIVE in India .

I am going for a 2-1 win to Barcelona .