QUOTE(kevraul @ Apr 9 2014, 03:03 PM)
when you have a 3-0 advantage, you'd want to hang on to that as much as you can. absorb and hit on the counter is a proper game plan for this match. BvB had to come out all guns blazing, and what better than to hit them on counter attacks while sitting back and protecting the goal. yes, real madrid aspires to play possession football, but they are not well oiled like barcelona on this part of the game. real madrid cannot yet play the patient passing game and 1-2 their way into opposition area. remember that they came from a mourinho era, where transition was their main game. its hard to shirk that off. BvB is good in hitting fast, pressing high and create space for themselves in tight situations. you have to give dortmund some credit. they are a really impressive side. we havent even mentioned their injury crisis yet.
my point is, there is really only so much real madrid can do.
yup kinda agree with this . + its ancelotti 1st year in charge and most of the squad is inherited from mourinho system. though i kinda hate it when their counter attacking is not as good as mourinho times.
last nite Ancelotti got it wrong by placing illara . its game likes this that we need a solid DM like khedira who can steadily cover the back four. and he shouldve put casamero as 1st lineup , that kid is good real good.
last nite was not so bad , its just jitters and 3 stupid mistake by illara , pepe and di maria.
if the penalty was on it couldve been a different story.
+ dortmund played like it was their final full credit to them and madrid thought it was against a team a la real sociedad

. I have a funny feeling before the game and yup it happen again we falter again with games like this where you play by your heart . Though this could be a very good lesson before their real test on the semi`s and copa del rey final.
though i dont see Rm winning anything this year. hope im totally wrong.