the team were really poor in corner defense and aerial challenges.
in the past game against madrid they would almost scored 3-4 goals
from the corner. WTH !!!!

and now thiago silva proves that point.

Iinm it will b on 11 dec 5a.m our tym

5am kickoff. Astro Supersport will start the preview at 4am

yup, 2nd round copa de ray el classico. hope we can secure the win tonite. goodluck for barca.  4.55am ch811 astro

no problem.. it is tough match after all, wont miss it 

i wish all the best for us, tonite definitely be a very tough match for us, protecting the lead.. real surely wil go all out, we cant afford to to make any error, the first goal in the first leg can be save by pinto..

well congrat to madrid.. they r a better team this season..we hav a lot of problems this season, with injuries n away off forms.. this season wil b d best for madrid n mou, he n his team 99% wining the liga, might also win the champs league.. hope wateva it is we at least win the copadelrey. forza barca.,

agreed!! tello should be sub out for sanchez in 2nd half.

we should play pique against chelsea.
at least he can be the target men for corner.

quite dissapointed,

busquet looks quite careless in the midfield, messi looks tired, hell the squad all looks quite tired, maybe because real got one extra days to prepare, but that ain't reason. well, they deserved the win, not to say better, but they utilize their chances, they look more dangerous in the final third. we may as well congratulate them.

i have no idea why pep decided to start tello in such a big match, he wasted so many chances, sigh maybe it just me missing david villa too much.

xavi looks furious to be subbed there.

judging from the performance, i'm expecting tello to be subbed right away for the 2nd half, who knows he's playing up to 80 minutes.

or maybe pep decide to rest xavi for the game against Chelsea.

I think tello is ok to play. just that he quite selfish and quite poor with his finishing.

Tello is too young and inexperienced. Can't blame him 100%. I think Barca still can do well but they need another goal scoring player similar to David Villa.

Looks like La Liga title is heading to Madrid cause I can't see them losing all their games. One win is enough to secure the title.

It was kinda the same story like Wednesday. Had sooooo much of the ball but not penetrative enough in the final third. Also alot of sloppy passes. The first goal could have been prevented if Puyol had chosen to kick it instead of blocking Khedira for Valdes to come.

Pep shouldn't have made Busquets and Mascherano centre backs. I mean, the back four was like a puzzle .. one minute it was Adriano-Mascherano-Busquets-Puyol, then suddenly Adriano-Mascherano-Puyol-Alves or suddenly just Adriano-Mascherano-Puyol or Mascherano-Busquets-Puyol.

Mascherano has played there before, fair enough but why play him when there's a 6 foot + tall Gerard Pique. Or at least play Pique beside Masch or just stick with Masch-Puyol.

The defense was okay but it was the set pieces which posed a threat because the tallest player on the pitch for us was Busquets.

People need to give Christian Tello a break. He's only 20 years old. I felt he shouldn't have started and either Cesc  or (but preferably) Alexis should have started instead. It's not that Tello is a bad player .. he's good and he has a lot of potential but this was too big of an occasion for him. He played like a real rookie, trying to use his pace against a very good Alvaro Arbeloa but Arby read it time and time again. There was one chance Tello could have taken a touch and chose his spot but made the decision to take it first time and the chance had gone. It is not his fault but he's just young and inexperience, especially when playing an el classico.

It seems as though teams have found the way to stopped Barca in their goal box. Could hardly muster a shot, just like against Chelsea. David Villa is sorely missed. Him, Messi and Sanchez are probably the best attacking trio because Messi isn't an out and out striker.

probably rotating sancchez so that he'll be 100% fit to face chelsea later?