Farewell La Liga on UK TV
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Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Anyone see Real Madrid v Barca last night?
Barca are a bit special - packed to the rafters with young players from La Masia, alongside a sprinkling of established stars like Lewandowski.
Cubarsi (CB, 17), Balde (LB, 21), Casado (DM, 21), Pedri (CM, 21), Gavi (CM, 20) and Yamal (RW, 17) are all established first team picks, and they dismantled Real Madrid 4-0 in their own back yard. Just incredible to watch, if you could get past the constant Real Madrid offside (Mbappe, looking in your general direction) and whining.
Barca are a bit special - packed to the rafters with young players from La Masia, alongside a sprinkling of established stars like Lewandowski.
Cubarsi (CB, 17), Balde (LB, 21), Casado (DM, 21), Pedri (CM, 21), Gavi (CM, 20) and Yamal (RW, 17) are all established first team picks, and they dismantled Real Madrid 4-0 in their own back yard. Just incredible to watch, if you could get past the constant Real Madrid offside (Mbappe, looking in your general direction) and whining.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
It was a good game , very sobering for Real Madrid who I thought pre match would win tbh
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Madrid looked hopelessly unbalanced - could argue that Mbappe, Vinicius, Bellingham and Camavinga were all well away from their best positions. It doesn't help that Mbappe and Vini are essentially the same player (both wanting to play from the left but coming into central positions) - they get into the same spaces and leave a massive hole where a CF should be.
Mbappe's not the player he was a couple of years ago. Too much extra weight even if it may be muscle.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
I thought that. He was such a whippet - unless he gave a defender a 5 yard start it wasn't even a contest in a sprint. He looks more powerful now, able to do the forward's hold up and link play, but just a tiny fraction of that searing pace and acceleration wasn't quite there. I think he knows it too, hence all the offside - 2018 Mbappe would have been on by a yards or 2, backing himself anyway.
Exactly, not the greatest of buys right now. Plenty of empanadas in Madrid to keep him happy though!
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Real Madrid shitshow part 2. Boycotting the Ballon D'Or ceremony because they learned earlier in the day that the big gong was going to Rodri, not Vinicius. They don't want to be where they "aren't respected", apparently.
It's a subjective award, and there are convincing arguments for either - a Premier League / European Championship club-international double, or a La Liga / Champions League club double, each being the most influential along the way.
Clowns
It's a subjective award, and there are convincing arguments for either - a Premier League / European Championship club-international double, or a La Liga / Champions League club double, each being the most influential along the way.
Clowns
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Pathetic, classless behaviour from Real tbh
