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Post by The Quito Diet on May 10, 2023 19:49:42 GMT
Yep. Said it here a while back but their entire attack relies on the Leao/Theo dynamic and they don't have a midfield at all. And that's exactly what they need in this game to build a foothold.
Messias, Saelemakkers, de Ketelaere, Krunic. Honestly wouldn't make it in the PL at all.
It's a sign of just how good Leao is imo. Carried their attack to a scudetto and a CL semi.
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Post by #FreeBTS on May 10, 2023 19:55:26 GMT
And I know they're rated highly but the Tomori-Theo-Tonali triumvirate were absolutely awful that half too.
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Post by #FreeBTS on May 10, 2023 20:02:15 GMT
Yep. Said it here a while back but their entire attack relies on the Leao/Theo dynamic and they don't have a midfield at all. And that's exactly what they need in this game to build a foothold. Messias, Saelemakkers, de Ketelaere, Krunic. Honestly wouldn't make it in the PL at all. It's a sign of just how good Leao is imo. Carried their attack to a scudetto and a CL semi. Do they never play a back 3 with Theo LWB and Saelemackers RWB? Seems a simple way to accentuate their positives and negate their weaknesses, I think they're both decent players but this formation isn't helping them at all.
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Post by The Quito Diet on May 10, 2023 21:07:45 GMT
Only time I can recall them playing with three CB's and two FB's was when Theo was out injured.
Agree they need to look at it though, if you shut down that side they're honestly so poor. I mean, they won the league with Giroud and Ibrahimovic as their strikers with Rebic as a back-up so that tells you a lot about how they tend to play.
Thinking about it, I've forgotten just how big of a miss Kessie is in the midfield for them. I've moaned a few times about how they just don't have a midfield as such, just a bunch of players dotted around who can do the odd flick but don't have enough to play at the top level and they haven't replaced what Kessie gave them in terms of stability.
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Post by Paul on May 17, 2023 19:23:15 GMT
That is genuinely sickening from Courtois. Big horrible praying mantis bastard
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Post by Paul on May 17, 2023 19:26:22 GMT
Modric has been embarrassing here as well. Nobody from Real other than Courtois could claim to be doing well here but Modric is on another level of shite here
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on May 17, 2023 19:27:26 GMT
If it carries on this way Real are getting absolutely pumped.
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Post by Paul on May 17, 2023 19:35:17 GMT
More like Kyle Sprinter
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Post by g7vikings on May 17, 2023 19:39:03 GMT
If we are to take positives, at least Real Madrid are getting beat?
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Post by Paul on May 17, 2023 19:40:40 GMT
Steve McManaman is amazed Madrid haven’t gone long
They completed 13 passes in the first 15 minutes
What do you think they were doing Steve
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Post by The Quito Diet on May 17, 2023 19:41:12 GMT
Yeah that's the game. Naff.
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Post by Paul on May 17, 2023 19:48:44 GMT
But isn’t it funnier that they’re not gonna win the quadruple because of a team that got relegated with less than 30 points
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Post by ange postecoslamp on May 17, 2023 19:49:20 GMT
said he was leaving us to win trophies and fair play, he's been one of the best full backs in the world for the best part of a decade and won pretty much everything you can. I know he's out of position but Camavinga looks lost out there. City are unplayable like this
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Post by g7vikings on May 17, 2023 19:57:34 GMT
said he was leaving us to win trophies and fair play, he's been one of the best full backs in the world for the best part of a decade and won pretty much everything you can. I know he's out of position but Camavinga looks lost out there. City are unplayable like this And alaba. He’s never a CB at the top level. Him getting injured saved Madrid against us. He was getting torn apart. Then Nacho came on and just knew exactly where to stand. Was night and day between the two. I just don’t understand how Alaba is playing CB, when they have Rudiger who played well in the first leg. Added to that how wildly Camavinga is playing the LB position. He thinks he’s got a free role. Put Alaba there, heard he used to be pretty good at LB.
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Post by Olivier on May 17, 2023 19:59:54 GMT
One of the best 45 min performances I can remember. Just dominated.
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