La Liga 24/25 thread

[luiginb]

Betis 1-0 over Atletico Madrid. Should have won by 4 or 5.

Betis are surprisingly good this year, led by a resurrected lo Celso (that Spurs could desperately use right now)

 

[Corto]

I said before El Clasico to a friend, I think the match up is very binary - who scores first, could pile on goals by the end of the game.

On paper, Ancelotti was right to go for the american football tactic, QB deep passes and "wide receivers" Vini and Mbappe running in behind the Barca high line.
That works if:
- they score their chances (they had them, they just didn't capitalize)
- they go offside maybe 50-60& of the time, not almost every time lol

However, he gave up the middle of the park to play that way, didn't even try to play.
By the time Modric came on, game was gone.
Mendy messed up the offside trap, Vasquez just isn't a RB in these type of games, and that was that.

I wouldn't blame Mbappe, s**t happens, he missed some chances, Vini missed a sitter at 0-0, etc.
Madrid scores first and it could have been 4-0 the other way.

But they didn't and Barca did.
Lewa keeps scoring, Raphinha continues his excellent form, Yamal is basically as good at 17 was Mbappe was IMO, and their youngsters keep delivering.

All of that though, is made possible by Flick. Their style of play, as long as they don't fall behind early, is going to grind teams down and the inferior teams in La Liga are more likely to go home with 4 or 5 in the back of the net, than a 0-0 draw.
They may (or may not) get blown up by City or someone in the CL if they fall behind.. But maybe they just do a Bayern 2020 and keep winning.
Whatever happens, they're fun to watch and they score a stupid amount of goals.

Deserved win for Barca, and they've been much more convincing in the league than Madrid this season anyway.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850901468045262966

What the f***

Not that he was a shoe-in, but it is weird. Oh well, who cares.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Lmfaooooooooo I love this week.

Give it to Messi I may die of laughter

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Lmfaooooooooo I love this week.

Give it to Messi I may die of laughter

They would be dumb enough to do so because he and his pre-retired buddies had the best MLS season ever.

 

[luiginb]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850901468045262966

What the f***

Not that he was a shoe-in, but it is weird. Oh well, who cares.

Why would the second best Brazilian get the Ballon d'Or anyway?

Rodri should and probably will get it, he's been the best player in the world in the last 12 months.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

They would be dumb enough to do so because he and his pre-retired buddies had the best MLS season ever.

Copa as well

 

[les Habs]

Not the biggest Coldplay fan, but I also don’t dislike them. Either way I thought the shirt for the Clasico was nice and yet another one that was done well.



Have to post this one as well.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Delete

 

[John Price]

Athletico 1 - 0 "LPA"

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Lamine is gonna make me cry what a ball.

Raphina the captain beautiful finish. But Casado what will we do with this kid. He’s too too good to drop

Olmo selfish twice today could’ve rolled it to an open Yamal.

 

[luiginb]

Barca's first half against Espanyol has been a walk in the park, 3-0 with two goals from Dani Olmo.

This is Frenkie "celebrating" Olmo's second goal:

 

[luiginb]

Weak second half, Espanyol actually winning this half 1-0, and a better team might have scored even more.

 

[gary69]

Socieded beat Sevilla 2-0 away, In the first goal Kubo cut in and drifted patiently couple of opponents before unleashing a curled shot into net.

Oyarzabal scored the 2nd from the spot after Marcao raised his extended arm into throat of an opponent who had just entered the box and was about to burst through.