wth is this, suddenly got so many people buat kaco in our thread over a title error.. this wat i mean bout bpl/epl fans, when they lose they never wan to admit n become sore loser, but if they win, they kept bragging around endlessly..

both teams played very well yesterday, just our side isnt very lucky.. we hav plenty of chances to score.. hope we'll the 2nd leg.

Arsenal played well. They deserved the lead.
Our side is not very lucky. Missed some chance.
But we still have away goal advantage . Last year we managed to get a draw 2-2 at Emirates. This time we lost 1 goal.
Hopefully we can come back in Nou Camp.

i like ur mentality, hopefully both team will keep their total footbal style in next leg, so we, da fans, could enjoy da match. may da best team win. n stop moaning,arsenal fans moan a lot as thy got unfair treatment from ref many times (i dono y da ref so bias towards gunners), result is result, we couldnt do anythg to change. ref is part of football. sumtime there is da 12th player for a team (we know who, yea, u r right, da 12th red devil) but we only can accept da fact.

barca is a great team, but sumtimes da fans make da team looked arrogance. da players arent act in tat way actually. da prob is barca fans (abroad or msia) like to look down at any other teams n psycho emselves tat thy r da PERFECT TEAM, WORLD CHAMPION (as 2/3 of spain WC team is made of BARCA). n definitely ignore da ability of other teams n put emselve top of da sky. now thy drop n hurt their axs. wat im saying here is, yea barca is gd n strong team, but u guys not da incredible team, rmb rubin n kobenhavn could hold draw wif barca b4? they r 3rd string team, nowhere close to any major league top10. wat i wana tell is, respect ur opponent. thou u know u r great but it is always gd to act like gentleman.

to be frank, if barca beats arsenal 3-0 in Nou Camp, i wont feel surprise at all. it is pretty normal. but respect ur opponent will make u looked like a better team, always.

somehow i'm afraid we might somehaw falter like we did in the 2nd leg against inter.. Our players are under so much pressure and less for arsenal because they are not the favs (although not by far) to win this tie.

haha.. i'm not big fan of barca, but i love to see barca play.
about last match.. i think in Nou Camp .. arsenal will lose. barca only need 1 goal.. last season arse lose 4-0 in Nou Camp. barca will did it again.

I dont think any team is invincible . it football yo. To score a goal u need skill,teamwork and a bit of LUCK.
Yeah we cannot change the previous result but we still can change the result at second leg.
To me its normal. When we beat real madrid many people come to our thread and say congratz,good performance,nice one.
But when we lost to arsenal people will start bashing barca. When u support a team, u dont just support them when they are winning but also when they lost. To be franks no team is perfect, were just mere human. Human do make mistake. So what barca fans can do now is wishing that they will make less mistake, and comeback in 2nd leg.

It was 4-1.
Bentder scored first and then Messi went on a rampage.
We can't settle for a 1-0. There is a high chance that Arsenal might score again.
Never take out that possibility.
And we won't have Pique and Puyol is still uncertain.
Even if he is back for the match, he won't be match fit.
I don't expect Arsenal to have as much possession and time as they did yesterday at the Camp.

Btw, it's Camp Nou.

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Added on February 18, 2011, 11:04 amYes. In CL, LUCK plays a big part.
In leagues, it's a marathon. You can make mistakes but not in CL.

That was nice of the other fans to come here and congratulate.

The reason people bash here is mainly because of the error I think.
But elsewhere, it's because it's a great achievement to beat the best team in the world.
And for English journalists, well, as usual they go crazy. They will hype up this win until the Arsenal players lose focus.
Just like how they always do with ENglish players and their National team.

This post has been edited by barca96: Feb 18 2011, 11:04 AM

when Puyol schedule to come back? Pique suspended for the return leg right? who's your back up?

Gabi Milito

juz imagine busquet and fontas as 2 CB

I think Pep did a mistake when he replaced Villa with Keita. At 1-0, it was hardly safe situation to start concentrating on containing Arsenal. When they score the equaliser, we had no way to gain back the lead, as we have already lost the shape. After they score 1 more goal, Pep desperately sent Adriano in. Of course that didn't work.

At 1-0, I think replacing Iniesta (instead of Villa) with Keita would be a better option.


Supposedly that will be Milito. But I doubt he will play, due to his lack of fitness. Busquets to fill in Pique's place instead, while Masch will play as DM. This depends on Milito and Puyol's fitness of course.

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I've done a small research, but gotta admit I could not find story regarding Iniesta's before he came to Barca. Not even in Iniesta's official website. His own history yes, but nothing worth of note in regards of Albacete-Barca relationship or contacts.

So yes one of Barca's youth coach knew his parents. But please keep in mind that his parents actually registered Iniesta with Real Madrid cantera. Not Barca. Only after that Barca officially signed him. His parent brought him out of Albacete, not Barca. I also don't know how long exactly Iniesta was with Albacete. He came to us when he was 12, I suspect he was with Albacete at most 2 years. At that time the highlight of his career was only impressive performance in a local tournament. Could hardly see he had potential of a future world beater no?

Cesc, meanwhile had been with us for about 6 years, with a very very impressive CV.

I think I've wrongly phrased my point. But nvm, that is a whole different topic together.

+1000

Now i felt EPL fans in Marehshia really a retarded.

I agree and disagree with Pep's decision to take Villa off.
Why I agree;
-Villa doesn't have the fitness to last full 90mins in the 1st half of the season. But perhaps Pep knew it is a different story playing 90mins in La Liga and in CL against an EPL team.
-By bringing Keita in, we wouldn't be too defensive nor too offensive. Keita is a box-to-box player. He is good at both. I

Disagree;
-But for the past few weeks, he had no problems playing full 90mins.
-Masch was more suitable for a match like this; against an EPL team. He knows Arsenal all too well and he would've been perfect in the midfield with Busi. BUsi had his hands full in the match. Bringing Masch
-If he brought Masch on, it would give us a bad image by defending the lead but we gotta do what we gotta do. A win is a win!
-If Pep wanted to attack more but with more control, Affelay would've been a safer bet. But that wouldn't be my choice. Masch is the only difference maker on the bench last night.

2nd leg will not be easy for arsenal
viva barca viva espana

+1

This post has been edited by fwhoam: Feb 18 2011, 06:21 PM

as mention before, i will be Inspector Police this March, i will offline during training so matyrze will take over Barca Thread