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Messi's second was majestic. But that stupid red card changed the game.
A mountain to climb for Real now!
Alves should act in a brazlian movie.
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El Messico.
Real are done now, they have only scored 2 goals in 4 games against Barca this season. I don't see them getting even one at Nou Camp.
Utd vs Barca in the final, should be Barca's to win but then again this is at Wembley. Utd playing on home soil, Barca's terrible record in England and Wembley's ****ty pitch, all may very well work in Utd's favour.
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Barcelona! 
Ah I reckon they’re winning the CL again! :hinna:
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Real were very negative frm the beginning.
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Real were very negative frm the beginning.
sore losers with a sore loser coach..his game plan was to disrupt barca flow and how do u do it? by kicking at their legs instead of the ball..and their defence line had done it very well..throughout the season..count the yellows and reds pepe and ramos have collected this season.
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^ I reckon you didnt watch the match. Just look at mascherano's tackle and it was way more dangerous than Pepe's.
Real were gonna bring on Kaka and other strikers when Barcelona players were gonna get tired. But then again Referee struck at the wrong time.
Maurinho has a point. Teams ALWAYS get robbed against Barca. Chelsea, Inter, Arsenal all suffered through bad decisions and never once Barcelona suffered. They have a greatest team but some of the players are even better actors.
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^^
agree about favours for barca.
especially if u look at last of 4-5 seasons they always draw against weaker teams(fixtures).
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was 3rd goal by Inter in last years semi’s onside?
but at least adebayor deserved a red..didnt he?
enjoyed reading this for the last night match
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,13320_6900928,00.html
hope u enjoy it too
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Real played a very good game in previous match and won it, dunno why they became so defensive this time, wasnt a good match to watch.
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As Maurinho said, plan was to bring fresh attacking talent in Kaka and Benzema at around 65 minute mark but could not do so once the stupid red card happened.
Now the issue is becoming so hot. Both Real and Barca have lodged complaints each other and Real displayed a video on their website which showed why the red call was so stupid. It also highlighted the play acting by basquets and pedro and its quite funny actually. Alves was barely touched and Pepe got the ball.. and then Alves was STRETCHED off and then was back on the field in a flash. I lost all respect for Barcelona btw. They are a fantastic team and such theatrics do not suit a team of their stature.
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nothing beats this 
current barca team is one of best in history.at the same time they are bad losers too 
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that really left a bad taste..but i wonder wasn't this the same team that beat the sh*** out of RM in first encounter (5-0) I still don't understand why they had to resort to these theatrics. (or Perhaps they were afraid of the parked bus :) )
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Knowing that Referees are gullible when it comes to Barca players, these players took full advantage. That 5 - 0 hammering was a tactical mistake by Maurinho and a freak result. In the following two encounters, Real always looked likely to be hungrier and created more clear cut chances (even when down to 10 men in league match! and in copa del ray final. This match would have resulted the same when impact subs like Kaka and Benzema could have made the difference.
However, it has added enough spice for next tuesday and how I want Barca to be humbled at their ground and see Maurinho going crazy with a march! :D
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yea.the indication that he is going to stay at RM realy shows his other side. he just can;t take a loss as loss.
let football b football ..why take it so personal like u have been hit on ur balls?
he didn't complain when porto won against manu..on their way to CL when scholes was adjudged offside for no reason..and same with Inter.
was reading his comments after chelsea vs tottenham waay back, when he was at chelsea, and he disliked the parked bus approach saying its a shame to ppl who paid 50 pounds to watch football match..and here he is doing the same with inter..with RM. and its a GENIUS..
BUT i CAN NOT defend BARCA for their shameless act also, but then every action has a reaction. may b it was the reaction to wat he told his team to do.
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^ we will see who comes out at top in final edition of classico tonight. Barca are firm favorites but Maurinho has nothing to lose.
Go Real go!
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Its an interesting beginning to the match with Real settling in good rythm.
Much open game than the last one.
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Barcelona are on top now and Casillas has made three great saves to keep scoreline even.
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from bbc sports page
"29 - Real Madrid made 29 fouls in this match, with Messi being on the end of 11 of them - both Champions League highs for 2010/11. Ouch."
:D
and finally the tie is put to an end..
any comments on carvalho's performance tonite? i heard he was let off with a second yellow tonite as well..
as said by many it was RM coach's own negative tactics that backfired in first leg otherwise rm were a good team over all.
may b they will put few hundered thousand euros more next season so they can WIN the title:) and may b let some more grass grow on their stadium may b that wil help also
better luck next time
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Carvalho had one of his worst games ever last night. I have never seen him this rash during his Chelsea and RM days.
Maurinho is an awesome coach but he got this one wrong in first leg and in second leg too. Higuain should have started the first leg and Benzema didnt play in the second leg. What was Adebayor doing the whole time was beyond me! Benzema could have been the key with his intelligent play.
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Go united Go 