Barcelona V Juventus - Berlin Champion League Finale

@The Franchise wrote:What an interesting game and what a fitting way that the last kick of the game, was the goal to kill the game.

The first 15 minutes I think Juve gave too much respect and watched us a little too much. This can be a problem when the tactics are to wait for the opponant, get men behind the ball and apply pressure when its already in the midfield/attack. And we took advantage with that fast start, what a great goal that was.

But all it took was a couple of Vidal fouls and Bonnuci old school knee in the back of the striker to wake them up and it was seriously game on.

But we never struggled to create, we always was a danger to score and there was many almost moments.

I will stop the analysis there, there is alot which could be mentioned but its not the right time for that. This is a historic event and what a time it is to be a Barcelona fan today.

@BarrileteCosmico wrote:

@alexjanosik wrote:Thought Allegri set up to defend Messi quite well.He had Evra hugging the touchline when Messi had the ball out wide.Evra cut off Messi going on the outside.Pogba and Vidal cut him off on the inside.
Basically they wanted to prevent him going out wide of the fullback and cutting into the box from there.Also wanted to prevent him dribbling from right to center along the box.They let him come to the center to pick up the ball when they had men in front of him.

Even though on the first half he was reduced to only being able to contribute through diagonal passes, I thought he was still able to exert influence on the game. The first goal, for instance, started off with his pass to Neymar. Later on the game he moved centrally and was able to see more of the game.

@alexjanosik wrote:Thought Allegri set up to defend Messi quite well.He had Evra hugging the touchline when Messi had the ball out wide.Evra cut off Messi going on the outside.Pogba and Vidal cut him off on the inside.
Basically they wanted him going out wide of the fullback and cutting into the box from there.Also wanted to prevent him dribbling from right to center along the box.They let him come to the center to pick up the ball when they had men in front of him.

Fußball wrote:I actually thought he had a knock or something. He was grimacing unusually a couple of times.

@BarrileteCosmico wrote:What? he had a crap first minute, but overall a solid game, he had a game-saving interception of a Pogba to Tevez cross that would've left Carlitos one on one with MATS.

Alba is the one that deserves our wrath.

@BarrileteCosmico wrote:

@alexjanosik wrote:Thought Allegri set up to defend Messi quite well.He had Evra hugging the touchline when Messi had the ball out wide.Evra cut off Messi going on the outside.Pogba and Vidal cut him off on the inside.
Basically they wanted to prevent him going out wide of the fullback and cutting into the box from there.Also wanted to prevent him dribbling from right to center along the box.They let him come to the center to pick up the ball when they had men in front of him.

Even though on the first half he was reduced to only being able to contribute through diagonal passes, I thought he was still able to exert influence on the game. The first goal, for instance, started off with his pass to Neymar. Later on the game he moved centrally and was able to see more of the game.

@À bout de souffle wrote:Guys, we've a situation. No CL for 4 of our players acc. to UEFA, as they didn't feature in the comp. source: sport.es
The chileans are outraged.

Daily Mail wrote:UEFA have fined Barcelona 30,000 euros (£21,000)  after fans displayed pro-Catalan independence flags at last month's Champions League final in Berlin.

UEFA announced the decision on Thursday following a meeting of its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body, saying the Spanish giants had breached regulations.

Barcelona defeated Juventus 3-1 in the showpiece final courtesy of goals from Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

The La Liga side breached article 16 of the regulations, which prohibits 'the use of gestures, words, objects or any other means to transmit any message that is not fit for a sports event, particularly messages that are of a political, ideological, religious, offensive or provocative nature'.
The football club, who clinched their fifth European Cup crown with victory in the German capital, have long been an outlet for fans who support Catalan independence from Spain to express their beliefs.

Supporters of the club were criticised by politicians from Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) after they whistled the national anthem at the King's Cup final at the end of May.