La Liga: Barca - Rayo Vallecano

that pass from alves to neymar   
5th goal knocking at door

Perfect game so far. Puyol and Neymar back. 5-0, everyone scoring and creating, Valdes with top saves, Iniesta god mode, Messi making scoring look easy, its just great day at the office WOOO HOOO!

Lol @ Sanchez humping and kissing the post

mashcherano in means tata will be playing him vs city...
Neymar clearly not ready for city away game....he is again falling down far too easy....

And this is a reminder, I keep saying we are not that bad as some knee jerk b4, everyone is working hard and this game really showing the fruits of it, we are hitting top form at the right time of the season!

Fabregas playing like prime Xavi. Stay safe Barca fans.

Neymar playing better in centre but overdoing there

did i just see cesc winning a ball first time

Does Pique's facial expression always look like hes sexed Shakira too much or what?

@neuro11 wrote:did i just see cesc winning a ball first time

U should watch more games, its a regular for him, he works very hard and wins many tackles, he doesnt get enough credit.

No wonder why Martino doesn't give Tello many chances. He's been crap every time he's played.

Neymar goal.   

So much quality in this game.

Neygoat.

Someone just lost starting spot   

F**K YEA! Neymar! This is such perfect day at the office :D:DWOOO OHOOOO!

If we stay at this level and our defense improves, we can win everything again But of cos Rayo were just too open today, Im sure Man C will try and shut up more vs us, otherwise we will rape them

@BarcaLearning wrote:

@neuro11 wrote:did i just see cesc winning a ball first time

U should watch more games, its a regular for him, he works very hard and wins many tackles, he doesnt get enough credit.

Edit : did i just see cesc winning a ball first time in this game

He does not get enough credit for what ????

Cesc is great with open play like this one. He can really do some amazing stuff.

@danyjr wrote:No wonder why Martino doesn't give Tello many chances. He's been crap every time he's played.

Umm... 4-0?

Anyways, I didn't watch the second half but we had it locked in the first 45 mins. Messi's and Cesc's hard work were commendable (the second goal was the result of cesc pressing and intercepting iirc, which is in itself a rare thing).

Dat Neymar goal

Defense is still a disgrace though. You always have this feeling that Rayo got into dangerous positions but lacked the individual quality for the final pass to make something happen. The backline needs to be calmer. They look like they are all panicking everytime someone comes near them.

If this team had proper defenders, Fabregas, Iniesta, Neymar, Messi upfront would be enough to walz every team. But imagine City scoring from a simple and extremely preventable cross in the 15th minute and all of a sudden it drags down the confidence of the entire team while the opponent gains confidence. That's how you lose games.

I agree with fussball, the defense looked rather shaky.

Iniesta, Messi, Cesc had very good games today, from best to worst in that order for me.

if Iniesta and Messi keep their form and continue to dribble and add dangerous passes along with them we will breeze though City.
Kinda mad though that we didn't sub out Iniesta as he could of used some rest before the big game but oh well.

good to see every single forward scored today..
Sanchez/Pedro/Neymar/2xMessi going to be hard to pick a lineup for Tata.

but lets not get ahead of ourselves this Rayo team isn't exactly all that good.
good match before an important one, confidant should be high and everyone fighting for spots.

Very good collective pressing for a change, some moments where Rayo got at us and both centerbacks were pretty shaky but at least from the front, to the midfield and fullbacks pressed and defended intensely.

If im Adriano I wonder what I have to do to be first choice tbh.

Iniesta was sublime, some magnificent stuff from him. Quite sure he didnt get an assist but he created the most chances for sure.

Only downside in attack for me was again the reluctance to shoot in front of goal from Pedro, Alexis and Cesc on one occasion..instead trying to give Messi a tap in. Just make the right play, wasting such chances against tougher opponents cant happen.

@BarrileteCosmico wrote:

@danyjr wrote:No wonder why Martino doesn't give Tello many chances. He's been crap every time he's played.

Umm... 4-0?

Watch every goal carefully and bear in mind they're against a crappy second goalkeeper who's played 3 matches for Levante this season. Even then he got a touch on all Tello's goals

Debunked

^On my mobile via Score Mobile it does have an assist recorded for him (Iniesta) in this game.