re: 10/23/2013 Champion's League Fixtures

El Clásico is this weekend (in BCN).

Looks like it. Could have bit them in the arse, however (I guess that´s why Ancelotti´s blood pressure looked to be up multiples).

See you in Turin

That third goal by Ibrahimovic was something special. Truly special.

That said, it´s also true that it comes against nobody, in a rudimentary match. His speciality.

first touch

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Cr7 flop, straight red cheillini There goes this game

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Pretty typical when you play a spanish side and they aren't dominating. Same old, same old.

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Pretty typical when you play Juve and they aren't dominating. Same old, same old.

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That just doesn't even make sense.


Surely you aren't butthurt about celtic. Did you watch those games. They were playing like fricking children. I would burn my jerseys if a team i supported resorted to those tactics.

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Madrid up a man, even subbed on offensive players in Bale and Isco, yet Juve is in Madrids half with possession quite a bit. Not really getting good chances, but still have the ball near Madrids box a good amount. Kinda odd for Madrid.

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This is the first time I've watched Real Madrid this season and it looks like they have a whole lot of work to do if they want to challenge for the CL title this year.

Granted, it was a tough match for them even if Juve hasn't been playing all that well since Juve's midfield is stronger than what Real fielded but it kind of surprised me the quality of chances Juve continually created.

If Llorente would have picked out or executed better passes on numerous occasions this match would have been a scoring fest (but Juve's suffered from that problem with all their #9 options recently).

The weak red was too bad as a casual observer since the first half was pretty entertaining.

On a side note, I really wish Real would decide that with Isco and Bale etc they need to rid themselves of Di Maria and send him quickly to Roma.

They've been getting torn up in transition since Mourinho looked to have the team take a more proactive approach to the game. I think that's why Ancelotti is looking to play in a true 4-3-3. He played around with a 4-4-2 during preseason and at the outset of the season, but that didn't work so well. Modric was particularly poor trying to figure out his positioning defensively in a flat, two man midfield with Khedira, and Ronaldo was forced to start centrally. Even then, they looked much better with a dedicated holding player.

They're basically adjusting to a new formation after spending preseason trying to also adjust to a new, entirely different formation. Doesn't help that they had a number of injuries and weren't able to seal the Bale deal until late.