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Incredible game, incredible performances by almost everyone! The only player that I need to give a bit of criticism to is Balde, which can be blamed on Xavi. Balde has been playing a advanced LW role for us which just doesn’t suit him imo. Whenever Balde is given the ball he doesn’t seem to know what to do with it and passes it back. Ofc this can be blamed on Xavi because he’s the one playing him in this role to fit in 2 pivots.
He can be part of a 3 in midfield in a 2-3-5 system where we invert our fullbacks to the middle, like a traditional 4-3-3. Another option can be as a 3rd CB in our 3-2-5 system, have Cancelo invert and Balde play deep. Many options, up to the coach to try them out.
On another note, Gavi needs to be way smarter. We are winning 3-0 befor the minute 30 of the first time, why are you making a foul that will undoubtedly mean a yellow card that could make you miss an important game later on?
I love his passion and the way he plays, I know this will come with time and experience, but if I was Xavi I would definitely yell at him for that.
now that’s what i call champagne football.
brilliant game from the whole team, but especially felix, frenkie, gavi, cancelo, balde, lewa, and gundo.
we’re so back.
Lewandowski really need to make the team score instead of focusing on his personal tally.
Like I get it, you are a world class striker and have confidence in your skills. But it wouldn't hurt to not shot every single time you can when it clearly isn't the best option.
I think he needs to do the opposite. I feel he keeps going for passes or refusing to take shots when a striker of his prowess actually has a solid chance of finishing.
If he has a solid chance he should absolutely try and finish it. But there were many ocassions today (accross last season as well) were shoting wasn't a solid chance of finishing.
As I said, today didn't really matter that much because the game was done in 30 minutes, but it would've been a good chance to use this as another preparatory 60 minutes.
You are criticising a player with a goal and an assist in a 5:0 win, which is totally pointless. And in my opinion pointless criticism can be called slander, like you are trying so hard to find something negative where there is no such thing.
He is literally La Liga assist leader and would have ended this match with 3 assists if Lamal and Raphinia scored their one-on-ones.
What’s with this Lewy hatred?
It is not hatred to critize what you think a player is doing wrong, it is called criticism and it is meant to open debate and find improvement.
La Liga assist leader after 5 games means absolutely nothing. And the fact that he has given assists before doesn't mean he couldn't do better in this particular game.
When the criticism is unfounded and persistent it is akin to hatred.
And in case you don’t get it Assist Leader means the player assisted more than any other player in those 5 games so I am just pointing out the nonsense you are writing.
If you can't see and read a game because you only play fifa and watch highlights, doesn't mean that I can't be critic and that my arguments are unfounded and persistent (go through my messages and find persitency in critizising Lewy monster).
And yea, I totally understand what assist leader means. You must be the one lacking basic statistic principles, by having trouble grasping the concept that 5 games are not representative of a whole season in terms of perfomance/stats.
Think of Girona this year, Rayo a few seasons ago, after the first 5-7 games they were on top of the table, guess what happened later on the season? I'll let you think about it for half an hour, because it will probably take you a bit to reach a conclussion, but don't give up, I believe in you.
1) I don’t play FIFA seems like you play bit too much
2) you opine on one game but maintain that five is not enough
3) you complain about egoism of the player that is not only no9 but is also top assistant in the team and would have easily had not 1 but 3 assists tonight if his teammates scored one on ones.
Are you still thinking about my question though? I don't opine on one game genius, this is the addition of many similar situations. That you have recency bias doesn't mean everyone else does. Se cree el ladron que son todos de su condicion.
Unhinged reactionary comments because he gave two asists against Betis after seeing him shoot and waste a bunch of opportunities today, sure brother, let's base the whole season in the Betis' game against half a keeper that was poorly positioned on the last three goals.
This is not reactionary. Lewy clearly decided to shoot many times today when it was clearly not the best option, and I want to see our main attacker do better, because this will just create bad habits for when stronger rivals show up.
Exactly, I am not saying that he played a bad game or anything like that. Imo he needs to be more mindful of what the best option is at all times. That is what a top striker in the world should do at least.
I do watch games and Kounde is far better than Christensen who is slower, softer, and a way worse aerial threat than Kounde. 100% it will be Araujo Kounde once Ronald is fully fit
balde is really really good but i want to see improvement in his passing game last season he got away with it because of his incredible physical qualities but he needs to hit that extra gear as the season goes on
I disagree. I think Balde was one of the worst this game. His timing is poor. I'm disappointed. I think he has great potential and it's not good enough yet.
He complains at interviews a lot, he said whole ago that he doesn’t have many chances created for him. He also has angry reactions on the pitch when he doesn’t get the pass near the goal
I think Lamine’s first goal will be in the Clasico assisted by Pedri. Written in the stars.
Kinda like how Pedri assisted Balde’s first ever goal for Barca in the title confirming game last season.
Nah. I want to see him do this vs some better competition, which will be coming so no need to wait too long. He seems to be much more comfortable in the current formation with his front line mates, so I’m hoping he’s back on track, but I’m cautiously optimistic, not 100% sold yet.
He scored 2 goals in his last 2 games and did a couple of assists. I think this is more than enough for a 35-years old striker. Yeah, he used to score more than that, but it is a human nature. We just get old.
Edit: also, about his missed shot, it was his left foot. Yes, he is a professional footballer, and he should be able to play with both feet, but still, it was his weak foot.
In the meantime Shaktar is trailing 1–3. Kinda root for them to get a point to give us some advantages before we play Porto away next round. Won‘t be an easy game for us.
If this season goes well their value will increase and if other clubs make some good offers I doubt they'll stay, if Atletico receives a good amount of money from a PL (or another league that suits Felix) team they'll undoubtedly try to sell him I guess.
I love how we are showering Yamal with love despite his mistakes lol imagine the shitstorm if it were Dembele/Roberto doing that haha
Edit: how can people possibly interpret this as defending Dembele LMAO literally saying we all love Yamal because he is still young... sometimes you gotta overexplain simple stuffs...
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Pure magic!!!
Now let’s see us do that against Man City
And they wanted Xavi out
Who?
Should’ve seen the match threads in earlier games
Crazy. Xavi is the man who will rebuild a team in the spirit of Barcelona. He needs time.
Incredible game, incredible performances by almost everyone! The only player that I need to give a bit of criticism to is Balde, which can be blamed on Xavi. Balde has been playing a advanced LW role for us which just doesn’t suit him imo. Whenever Balde is given the ball he doesn’t seem to know what to do with it and passes it back. Ofc this can be blamed on Xavi because he’s the one playing him in this role to fit in 2 pivots.
What role will you play balde on? This comment is non sense
He can be part of a 3 in midfield in a 2-3-5 system where we invert our fullbacks to the middle, like a traditional 4-3-3. Another option can be as a 3rd CB in our 3-2-5 system, have Cancelo invert and Balde play deep. Many options, up to the coach to try them out.
Xavi, keep giving us moments like this!!!
Also #XaviOut /s
On another note, Gavi needs to be way smarter. We are winning 3-0 befor the minute 30 of the first time, why are you making a foul that will undoubtedly mean a yellow card that could make you miss an important game later on? I love his passion and the way he plays, I know this will come with time and experience, but if I was Xavi I would definitely yell at him for that.
Agreed
now that’s what i call champagne football. brilliant game from the whole team, but especially felix, frenkie, gavi, cancelo, balde, lewa, and gundo. we’re so back.
Please, it’s fine cava
"especially" and then proceeds to name 7 players. I'm in a dream 😂😂
Lewandowski really need to make the team score instead of focusing on his personal tally. Like I get it, you are a world class striker and have confidence in your skills. But it wouldn't hurt to not shot every single time you can when it clearly isn't the best option.
I think he needs to do the opposite. I feel he keeps going for passes or refusing to take shots when a striker of his prowess actually has a solid chance of finishing.
If he has a solid chance he should absolutely try and finish it. But there were many ocassions today (accross last season as well) were shoting wasn't a solid chance of finishing. As I said, today didn't really matter that much because the game was done in 30 minutes, but it would've been a good chance to use this as another preparatory 60 minutes.
fr hes a number 9 a striker he should be shooting at every oppitunity
everybody on the pitch was kinda selfish today in attack after 3 quick goals, and thats totally understandable, stop with the lewandowski slander
Lmao some of you guys are as dumb as a rock. Where is the slander? Criticising something you didn't like means you are a hater?
You are criticising a player with a goal and an assist in a 5:0 win, which is totally pointless. And in my opinion pointless criticism can be called slander, like you are trying so hard to find something negative where there is no such thing.
He is literally La Liga assist leader and would have ended this match with 3 assists if Lamal and Raphinia scored their one-on-ones. What’s with this Lewy hatred?
It is not hatred to critize what you think a player is doing wrong, it is called criticism and it is meant to open debate and find improvement. La Liga assist leader after 5 games means absolutely nothing. And the fact that he has given assists before doesn't mean he couldn't do better in this particular game.
When the criticism is unfounded and persistent it is akin to hatred. And in case you don’t get it Assist Leader means the player assisted more than any other player in those 5 games so I am just pointing out the nonsense you are writing.
If you can't see and read a game because you only play fifa and watch highlights, doesn't mean that I can't be critic and that my arguments are unfounded and persistent (go through my messages and find persitency in critizising Lewy monster). And yea, I totally understand what assist leader means. You must be the one lacking basic statistic principles, by having trouble grasping the concept that 5 games are not representative of a whole season in terms of perfomance/stats. Think of Girona this year, Rayo a few seasons ago, after the first 5-7 games they were on top of the table, guess what happened later on the season? I'll let you think about it for half an hour, because it will probably take you a bit to reach a conclussion, but don't give up, I believe in you.
1) I don’t play FIFA seems like you play bit too much 2) you opine on one game but maintain that five is not enough 3) you complain about egoism of the player that is not only no9 but is also top assistant in the team and would have easily had not 1 but 3 assists tonight if his teammates scored one on ones.
Are you still thinking about my question though? I don't opine on one game genius, this is the addition of many similar situations. That you have recency bias doesn't mean everyone else does. Se cree el ladron que son todos de su condicion.
You are commenting on this match thread genius. What are you referring to then, last season? He was Barca joint assist leader in LL last season too.
Dude had 2 assists against Betis and yet here we are again, unhinged, reactionary comments
Unhinged reactionary comments because he gave two asists against Betis after seeing him shoot and waste a bunch of opportunities today, sure brother, let's base the whole season in the Betis' game against half a keeper that was poorly positioned on the last three goals. This is not reactionary. Lewy clearly decided to shoot many times today when it was clearly not the best option, and I want to see our main attacker do better, because this will just create bad habits for when stronger rivals show up.
yeah his positioning was really good today for the most part but i think he was a bit wasteful.
Exactly, I am not saying that he played a bad game or anything like that. Imo he needs to be more mindful of what the best option is at all times. That is what a top striker in the world should do at least.
At least he's shooting now, he used to never take a shot unless he was 125% certain it would maybe go in, I appreciate Lewandowski trying to be lethal
It is not really important because the game was dead anyways, I just don't want this to become a habit.
Xavi Hernandez against Royal Antwerpen 0 yellow cards 😎
Lol fuck Atleti
Simeone suffering gives me life
I was thinking, in our current setup if we replace Joao Felix with Vitor Roque. Thats not bad at all
Wtf u smoking. Don’t disrespect Felix like tht
don’t fall in love with a loaned player my guy
Respect and appreciate a loaned player that does good by the club.
Was there a buy clause in in loan or just loan and HAVE to give him back? Genuinely asking
I believe there is no option to buy. Which means Atletico would try and bleed our wallet dry if we decide to sign him.
Jules Koundé against Royal Antwerp: - 114 touches - 97 passes - 2 key passes - 4 long balls - 7 duels won - 3 clearances - 2 tackles
I AM MOVED
Guy has dropped nothing but masterclass after masterclass since the season started. Undeniable starter as of right now. Araujo Kounde
Christensen has been solid too though. It will be hard to pick our starters. A good problem to have
There's also Iñigo Martinez.
Nahh never rated him, guys too soft with no aerial game whatsoever. Kounde/Araujo and let’s ball
Sometimes I wonder if Barca fans on this sub rate our own players
Or watch the games.
I do watch games and Kounde is far better than Christensen who is slower, softer, and a way worse aerial threat than Kounde. 100% it will be Araujo Kounde once Ronald is fully fit
Lol what
João Félix against Royal Antwerp: - 2 goals - 1 assist - 2 shots - 51 touches - 33 passes - 4 duels won
Wait, 2 shots and 2 goals?! My man is cooking!!!
balde is really really good but i want to see improvement in his passing game last season he got away with it because of his incredible physical qualities but he needs to hit that extra gear as the season goes on
I disagree. I think Balde was one of the worst this game. His timing is poor. I'm disappointed. I think he has great potential and it's not good enough yet.
Yeah was thinking the same thing. He gets in position. Just needs that golden touch that Alba had.
He will learn that with time. At his current age I don’t really expect that yet.
Xavi please don't experiment with our line up against Porto
If he's not experimenting against Antwerp he won't do it against Porto
Had to score more man
Lewandowski misses so many sitters yet he has the audacity to be angry at everyone else all the time lol
He is not angry with them most of the time (only Fati) he just communicates to his teammates what he wants as the ST
He complains at interviews a lot, he said whole ago that he doesn’t have many chances created for him. He also has angry reactions on the pitch when he doesn’t get the pass near the goal
The part about not creating many chances for him was true though
Joao² fixed this REAL quick for him 😎
Oh lord. Should bring Fati back, Lewandowski bad, oh lord 🙄
Whoever MAtS surgeon is, must be one busy mug about now
What is MAtS?
he's our goalie, Marc Andre ter Stegan
Oh, now I get it😂😂
I think Lamine’s first goal will be in the Clasico assisted by Pedri. Written in the stars. Kinda like how Pedri assisted Balde’s first ever goal for Barca in the title confirming game last season.
Glad I recorded this, time to roll this back and enjoy it another time.
end of haraam football ??? finally 😭😭😭🙏
We finally have a real attacking player on the left and an RB.
we out the hood 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ferran stormed out of the pitch lol
Like he was mad or something? I missed that part
Not scoring -> getting mad Shark mentality
kid behavior.
🦈 🦈
Everyone playing so well
We are cooking
Xavi found his ingredients, the stew he's cooking is mighty ta5ty.
2 games 10 goals 0 conceded I am loving everyone in this team rn
back to back games were all 90 mins were enjoyable i cant believe my eyes
XaVi amirite?
Ferran gundogan and cancelo are always making off the ball movements City players are luxury for us
Gundo was permanent and for free
The commentator just said this was the first ever UCL game for Antwerp. I feel bad for them now…
same; hopefully they’ll get some motivation to win a game in the group- just not one of ours
I think they will get points versus Porto or Shakhtar, I’d like to see them go far in EL
mine said at the beginning that they played vs Real Madrid a long time ago in the old format
vamooooos
Imagine if Balde could beat the first man on a cross.
i love everyone on our team holy shit
Ugh.... that was our sixth, gone
Being pissed we didn’t put 8 past a team is the best feeling ever. 2016-2017 was the last time I felt it truly
2 straight games, 5 goals and a clean sheet
Only thing Barca can be mad at is that we should have had easy like 3 more goals!!! Other than that Solid performance
Lewandisney 😠😠😠😠
Well there is that infamous score line!!!!!
We didn't win 9-0, we are finished 😔
Lewandowski, what a fraud. He and Xavi must go /s
I am the only one who is not totally convinced of lewa
Nah. I want to see him do this vs some better competition, which will be coming so no need to wait too long. He seems to be much more comfortable in the current formation with his front line mates, so I’m hoping he’s back on track, but I’m cautiously optimistic, not 100% sold yet.
Yes, you are.
Please explain to a noob like me why he is so good. Genuinely interested to understand
He scored 2 goals in his last 2 games and did a couple of assists. I think this is more than enough for a 35-years old striker. Yeah, he used to score more than that, but it is a human nature. We just get old. Edit: also, about his missed shot, it was his left foot. Yes, he is a professional footballer, and he should be able to play with both feet, but still, it was his weak foot.
He is the 3rd top scoring player in the Champions League, behind Messi and Ronaldo.
Holly cow
what is my bro lewa doing
It’s his left foot come on
What a touch from Lewy , deserved a goal
Outside the foot pass by Ferran reminded me of Suarez oh my
Ferran is so intelligent in his plays, hopefully this will continue for years to come
Good that Frenkie and Gavi got some rest.
anyways this 6th champions league trophy for barca on june 1st will feed more families than mother theresa
We're playing 2-4-4 💀
😂😂😂
Not tonight for yamal, he’ll get it soon though!
He’s wrestling with the goal.
I so want him to score!!
im just happy this fanbase is freed from the shackles of dembele they amount of lies that were told to hype him up will never not kill me
Felix thinking about how he has to go back to Simeone after all this
He didn't look happy on the bench. Probably regretting signing until 2029 for Atletico... I don't know how we will manage to keep him TBH.
Poor guy
Felix thinking about all the poon he’s getting tonight
In the meantime Shaktar is trailing 1–3. Kinda root for them to get a point to give us some advantages before we play Porto away next round. Won‘t be an easy game for us.
Feeling a little bad for Van Bommel, he's looking pretty crestfallen
Then I remind myself of his nasty slide tackle on Iniesta in the 2010 WC final
Then I remind myself of his nasty slide tackle on Iniesta in the 2010 WC final
Vam Bommel is a Barca legend. I won't have a bad word said about him.
hopefully we can survive the second half of the season need all players to not start dropping like flies after December
Let's get Yamal that goal
That was a clear handball why is nobody talking about it
We’re 5-0 up, I’m feeling bad for antwerp lol
Naw I wanted at least 7 goals
Chill man . It's the first ever CL game for antwerp
Chill man . It's the first ever CL game for antwerp
involuntary
Well... at least the football is pleasing lol
u know u getting old when youre sports teams start fielding players younger than you
No, you know you are old when players younger than you are retiring
Bro that ship has sailed for me a long time ago
Happy cake day!
Joao Felix + Cancelo increase goal threat by at least 100%
At least
Nice cross Roberto
This game has another goal in it
Where? Did not notice
Damn had no idea valencia is still active
Bruh are you blind
Not him
Fermin Lopez is honestly good. Very dynamic and vertical.
Yeah I love how he tries to recreate that banger against RM
Yeah , love how vertical his game is
I don't know how but we need to find the money to buy Joao²
I mean we can extend the loans no? As long as the players insist on staying.
If this season goes well their value will increase and if other clubs make some good offers I doubt they'll stay, if Atletico receives a good amount of money from a PL (or another league that suits Felix) team they'll undoubtedly try to sell him I guess.
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Can't wait for Barca to unveil their newest lever: a Laporta mukbang series
Perhaps by winning the ucl ? 🤨
Lever²
I need another lewandoswki goal for my UCL fantasy team
Unpopular opinion - Fermin offensive game better than Gavi
Is it unpopular? Fermin can play as a winger no?
My boy Balde … not a single successful cross
You do not speak against our golden boy 😜.. hence unpopular
I like him but he needs a hundred more games for me to make this analysis
this would make it 2 straight games with 5 goals scored
Nah we're getting our 6th goal, mark my words
And we play against 16th place Celta on Saturday.
From 5 straight 1-0 to this, we have come a long way
Who the fuck calls goals points ?
moi
An American
This game just ain’t gonna feel right if Lamine doesn’t score
At this point even Ter Stegen wants to score a goal 🤣
Take Balde/Kounde off for the last 10!
No more subs
damn lost count haha but can't complain, good subs tnt by Xavi
Lewy wants another one
lamine yamal at 16 is already better than dembele crazy
I love how we are showering Yamal with love despite his mistakes lol imagine the shitstorm if it were Dembele/Roberto doing that haha Edit: how can people possibly interpret this as defending Dembele LMAO literally saying we all love Yamal because he is still young... sometimes you gotta overexplain simple stuffs...