Official: Di Maria > RVP, Rooney, CR7, Oezil, Valencia

The Franchise wrote:But you already had no width...taking off the only player capable of going past a fullback and giving you some variety was Di Maria.

I agree with you. It wasn't the best substitution but Jose's choice was based on pecking order. I guess he had trust in Ozil to drift wide and try to create something. By then Rooney was already playing RB so not much was going to change imo even if Di Maria had stayed on.

Jose was probably happy with the 1-1. For him not losing the first game was paramount.

di maria is the opposite of width imo, he gets drawn into the middle far too easily.

as for his performance:

postives:
had a couple of good chances in the first, had a brilliant assist very reminiscent of his assist to ronaldo in the CDR final against barca in extra time.

negatives:
same negatives as always- gave the ball away too easily, dribbled into defenders with his head down. nearly gifted united at least one goal by clearing the ball into the middle where united easily picked it up and almost scored (what was he thinking).

motm for madrid? far from imo. ozil, ronaldo, diego lopez all had more positive influence on the match as a whole.

Zealous wrote:Jose was probably happy with the 1-1. For him not losing the first game was paramount.

all depends on whether you believe ManU can hold Madrid below two goals again..

If you don't think they can, then it was a good result for Madrid

ehhhh.... very biased Argentine fan.

Di Maria was very wasteful in his passing, as usual, and was at fault for our goal. He was aright. 4th or 5th best Madrid player

Di Maria had an excellent game. He wasn't wasteful as much as he usually is.
I do blame him for that poor clearance that led to the goal line clearance from Alonso.


And again I see people saying Ozil was beasting... Why?

Di Maria wasn't MOTM ok therefore doesn't get the credit you have given him BC. Still great performance

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Di Maria looked the most likely Madrid player to do something, why he was taken off is beyond me

Exactly

FalcaoPunch wrote:

Di Maria had an excellent game. He wasn't wasteful as much as he usually is.
I do blame him for that poor clearance that led to the goal line clearance from Alonso.


And again I see people saying Ozil was beasting... Why?

Sure, excellent by his abysmally low standards. Looked like he had the brain of a 13 year old rather than a 9 year old, good for him. That said, I can agree with mole that Di Maria subbing off was a really dumb move, he was easily the most troubling player at that moment.

Ozil was very influential in the first half, probably our best player. But as always, his legs gave out in 65th minute. Should have taken him off, not Alonso.

Jack Daniels wrote:

julias wrote:I wasn't too impressed with Oezil today he had 3 great shooting opportunities and every time he passed up the responsibility. He didn't seem that up for it to me...

That's normal though. Be surprised if he took the shot.

He has barca DNA

The unsung hero always pulls something out of his arse to push Real Madrid across the finish line.

he was brilliant today, both in defence and attack

carries arbeloa so hard in every way lol

Was fantastic Puyol is probably still doing a James Brown impersenation

Di Maria getting some love

Took you long enough

Again not motm, dat Argentine bias....VARANE

Puyol will forever have nightmares of Di Maria now

Ronaldo reaping the rewards of Di Maria's hard work

If he had a right leg he would have scored