Real Madrid 3-1 Sporting Gijon.?

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Looking for opinions on anyone who actually watched the match..

Much improved second half. That first half was beyond ugly. Sluggish and sloppy with way too many misplaced passes. Good job by Pellegrini with the subs today. Moving VDV forward when Guti came in for Lass was necessary.

Good game by Xabi, goal included. Gago looked okay in his limited minutes, also.

Arbeloa is a good solid squad player, but as the sole source of width in a 4-2-2-2 formation for a team of RM's ambition he is not good enough. Not by a long shot. in the 1st half he had the majority of RMs touches. Not good

Ramos is a better option than Arbeloa because he has the natural drive and fitness to cover the right flank even though his delivery is just as poor as Arbeloa's.

The other reason I prefer Ramos at RB is that I don't trust him at CB. We all know about his impulsive challenges but he also gives forwards way too much time and space around our penatly area where he should be clsoing down. Watch him closely at CB - he stands-off!

We have a +4 advantage on Barcelona right now. But they play Zaragoza tomorrow and Barça scored 5 goals against them last time they played, although Zaragoza is playing much better on the 2nd half of the season.I doubt barca will score 5 without Messi on the pitch (who will supposedly not play due to teeth problem).

MOTM: Higuain, Xabi, Ronaldo (Missed many chances, but was also involved in every goal some how)

HM: VDV

Answer 1

I didn't start watching until the 2nd half cuz I was kinda busy, but hey atleast all the goals were in the 2nd half :P



I lost it when Sporting scored. I was like "WTF!! We are losing at HOME!!! :@@!!?!?!?@?" Then 2 mins later VdV saves me from throwing a fit. Then a few more mins later and Xabi scores!!! Higuain's goal was priceless, he taps the ball just past his last defenders' foot and drives a low lefty for the 3rd!!!!! I didn't watch the 1st half, but we did pretty good in the 2nd after Sporting Gijon scored. Ronaldo played a huge part in our attack as u said he helped in every goal somehow, and it's really too bad he didn't get a goal :(



@Dubya: Oh my god not the Franco B.S. again.....



FACT: Sunyol's death had nothing to do with being the president of Barca but all to do with being MP for the Esquerra Republicana, official reports say he was outside on the frontlines chanting "Viva la Republica" in front of nationalist forces -from FourFourTwo magazine Oct. '09 issue.



FACT: Yes, Franco started the Spanish FA, but someone was bound to start the FA and he just happened to be the one to do it. Either way he is dead and he has no influence on the calls being made today. Barcelona, on the other hand, have a fan who happens to be the president of Spain...



Just about all the talk of clubs getting the refs' help is complete B.S. whether it's about Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United or Chelsea (idk about Italian teams especially after the calcipoli scandal...) If it was proven right that Real had Franco's help with ref calls and such, then FIFA/UEFA could just easily at this moment strip Real of their rigged titles, but have they? No, and it's because they didn't have that help. That CL semi-final last year was very fishy, but then again FIFA/UEFA could have stripped Barca of that title IF it was true, but I guess that was just bad on the ref's part.



@Dubya: Are you seriously comparing the pres. of Spain to the pres. of the Spanish FA? One can easily cost the other his job if he abused his power. Ok, let's just pretend that Real Madrid did have Franco's help. How did Franco interfere with the European Champions League? Common sense shows the President/dictator of a nation can't control the European league or the refs there, and Real got Di Stefano because Barca screwed themselves over by dealing with the wrong club for him, so how did Franco help with those 5 CL titles? He didn't, so chances are Real Madrid was just that good enough on it's own to dominate La Liga too...

Yes, Franco was evil and Franco's forces killed Sunyol, but you've got to understand that those forces just killed anyone on-sight who opposed him. The troop(s) that killed him had killed him the way they probably would have killed anyone else, not because they knew who he was or any of that but because of what he had done: chanted out loud against Franco in the public right in front nationalist forces.



@Dubya: President, Prime Minister, whatever, the leader of Spain is still a Barcelona fan.....but LMAOOOOO! Maybe I misunderstood you, but do you actually believe Franco somehow rigged the Champions League for Real Madrid?!? Please, tell me! FIFA authorized a trade to a club who did NOT have the rights to Di Stefano, whereas the Spanish FA did notice this. Alfredo Di Stefano left Millionarios without their consent, but Barcelona sought out a deal with River Plate. FIFA also believed that River Plate held Di Stefano's rights, but they did NOT know that he'd left without permission from Millionarios who still had his rights. Los Millionarios reported this to FIFA so FIFA left it to the hands of the Spanish FA to sort it out. In order to get Di Stefano Barca or Madrid had to deal with BOTH River Plate and los Millionarios. In the end, Real Madrid got Di Stefano for 2 reasons:

1. Santiago Bernabeu convinced him (No, Di Stefano was not threatened by Bernabeu or else he wouldn't be Real Madrid's honorary president today...)

2. The idea of Barca and Real sharing Di Stefano for 2-3 seasons each basically started a riot on the inside of Barca, which was so bad that it caused Barca's pres. at the time to resign. (in other words, Barca fell apart.)

Even if Real Madrid didn't have Di Stefano, they were more than likely to win those 5 consecutive CL's and many La Liga titles because 1 player doesn't make an entire team AND Franc Puskas would have still dominated anyways. And Sunyol was NOT sought out to be executed, he was outside shouting "Viva la Republica!" in the country of a fascist government, who national forces killed on sight. Let me guess, you heard that on some biased pro-Barca or Anti-Madrid site, right? Even Before Franco came, Barca was crap. It wasn't until Franco ruled Spain that Barca started to win anything. Yeah, they won the 1st La Liga title, but that was the ONLY title they had before Franco, whereas Real Madrid won La Liga twice before Franco had ruled over Spain. IF Franco supported any team (he didn't even like football...) it was Atletico Madrid, which at the time was Atletico Aviacion, a club from Franco's supposedly "beloved" Madrid which was founded by the Spanish air force under FRANCO'S CONTROL. But even history shows that they weren't all that great. A dictator of Spain would have more important things to do anyways than to rig a football league.

Answer 2

Top: Cristiano Ronaldo Flop: Canella Best Goal: Cristiano Ronaldo

Answer 3

in my opinion it was a really boring game especially the 1st half, not too much excitement, then the 2nd half was better but i still think RM coulda done better



RM might be 2nd if Barca wins by a lot, wich sucks



FQ- Kaka - 2002 World Cup Winner

Answer 4

Where is the part when van der Vaart used BOTH hands to control the ball and then scored? Completely changed the game and took the wind out of Sporting sails...



For every ONE time Barça gets a bad call in favor, Real Madrid gets FIVE!!!



@ Diablito: Lets talk FACTS: Every BIG club gets favorable calls but Barcelona is not protected by anyone...

Real Madrid on the other hand had Franco and when he died the Spanish Crown along with the Spanish FA took over (BTW, Franco started the Spanish FA & groomed Juan Carlos I to take over when he died)...

I won't sit here and act like my club's never got a favorable call BUT f*ck the BS 'we got help' when Chelsea punk self refused to play football and then begged for bogus penalties...

Real Madrid since the 50s has a history of getting ALL the calls...

Franco and Bernabéu knew each other back during the Spanish Civil War. They already had a working relationship and when Bernabéu took over Madrid (who was a mid-table club), their 'luck' changed... BS

Franco intimidated everyone and even assassinated our President Josep Sunyol and gave the OK on other terrorist attacks on Barça supporters... So don't give me your 2 cents when you have no f*cking idea of what you talking about... Homie!



@ Xavier: Villar is the President of the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) and here's a pic of him w/a Barcelona jersey, wait do my eyes deceive me? Is that a Madrid jersey and ex-Real Madrid President Ramón Calderón: http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gif/20100208/villar6.jpg



As per Sunyol, it doesn't matter why he was killed but that he WAS killed... Franco's a piece of sh*t and so is Real Madrid...



He shoots, he scores... SWOOSH!!!



@ Xavier: The 'Villarato' is named after the President of the RFEF Ángel Villar not the President of Spain. Spain does not have a President, they have a Prime Minister named José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero...

The idea of the European Cup was conceived with the help of Bernabéu who then in turn solicited the help of Franco to assure his team won the league to be able to compete in the tournament...

As per di Stéfano, FIFA themselves authorized the deal with Barcelona, which the Spanish FA (newly created by Franco) declined... While it was been 'investigated', Bernabéu used the time to entice the player to play in Madrid... The solution was the whole shared idea where he would play three seasons in Madrid and then three in Barcelona... Of course that was declined by the blaugrana supporters who knew their president was forced to agree...

And your last point, Sunyol was sought out and arrested and then executed... Not a 'random' killing...



@ Laura: Real Madrid does not need luck when they have the suits in their corner...

Answer 5

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO@Xavier..... and then he wants that we take him serious... HAHAHHHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA.... it's like listening to Laura.... hahahhhahhahhaa.







This section never had so many kids that have absolutely no clue about football... I miss good old days when we had real football talk around here :(

Answer 6

Who knew Gago was alive?

Answer 7

^^^^^^^ lol and how many times does Barca get away with fouls they commit and penaltys that should be called in favor of other teams but yet, Barca gets away with it. please Barca is protected by UEFA.