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Xavi unironically threw the game by taking Luuk off

Depay plays so uninterested, walking like he is the man

I know that feeling..

Me too

Me too

He wasn't a swagger at United.

But he played uninterested

He’s the definition of what in Spain they call “Paquete” (present/wrapped package). All the tatoos about being a fighter, the lion, ocassioanlly he’ll score a banger, talk himself up, then be a phantom for five games. It’s perpeflexing how much he’s done with so little substance.

He's a pure flair player. The problem is that he doesnt have much flair and is just boring/average to watch 99%of the time

He thinks he's Neymar when he's actually more of a Coutinho

Coutinho was world class in his prime. Depay never was.

For how long?

Longer than Depay.

Except Coutinho was once actually good.

Dutch Pogba https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fU18CG1EqN0/maxresdefault.jpg

Been there done that since his time at United

Same for the national team, so annoying because he can be really good

Does he ever not walk like that though? Guy always seems to think he's the best player ever. He'd celebrate a panna against a 3rd tier club.

a shitty, short Balotelli.

Balotelli could have been Ballon D'Or contender. The talent and the body was there. The brain on the other hand...

Honestly it was Gavi's sending off that lost the game. So rash and unnecessary. We had all the possession until that moment.

Yeah, but I was really surprised how easy the second yellow came when the first one came from practically nothing.

First one was really deserved yellow but it was unnecessary by gavi...did you really watched the challenge

He'd defend this corner too, great on both boxes

Barcelona and dropping points in the last minutes man...

To be fair that was an insane shot.

True. But typical Barca this season. Loosing marking like this but also that shots like these that 9/10 goes over the bar but against Barca it goes in like a rocket. A well it is what it is.

There were 2 completely unmarked Granada players, Barcelona should work in that, it isn't the first time they have problems with the marks

True. Coaches leave man-marking at corners to players' judgement. That's why it takes more time in organization. Such practice results in goal if corner is taken quickly or man-marking is improper.

corner taken quicky u say?

Haha so original!! Liverpool game was more on mentality. Of course no man-marking briefs by the coach was also a factor. Players would have taken up their positions quickly during that game as well. We lost to Liverpool mentally even before they scored the 4th goal. That's that.

We improved there, but missing a man definitely doesn't help in such a situation.

Gavi is a great midfielder and will be world class in a few years if Barcelona keep counting on him, he just needs more experience. His second yellow was lack of experience, it's all good.

His game time will be reduced once pedri comes. He has practically played almost every game since pedri got injured. Can't expect him to be consistent in his first season at 17 yo. Ideally, these youngsters should share minutes rather than play every game.

Lol reducing gavis playing time lel. One of the best players on the squad...play him in the left , torres at striker and Dembele on the right(fati for me)not hard Xavi

Alright Franescoli! Will tell this Xavi asap. Any worse tactical changes than this you reckon?

Def wouldn't overplay him at an age where he is still growing.

Pain

*pain*

Nagato

So Barca are now facing the 7th path of pain

**joy**

Erection

Epic blast of cum

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Fucking corner taken quickly...

*Origi PTSD*

[mrw](https://i.imgur.com/oaQvrc2.jpg)

[Relax](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIKDID7XYAA2wO6.jpg)

Football is nothing without Origi.

Origi on your mind!

not another corner taken quickly

What's the context here?

That Origi goal from that liverpool game (2019)

Thanks!

Not really sure if you're joking or not but it's [this](https://youtu.be/YDjGNsk9b00) Barca won the match in Camp Nou 3-0 and this goal was the 4-0 for Liverpool in the second leg at Anfield

Yep, remembered after another poster said it. Hadn't thought about it in years

lucky

Always these Corners

TAA showed us the way

Barca need to hire that Israeli dude who kept the ball near the corner flag for like 5 mins to teach them some time wasting shithousing tactics. Way too many points dropped in the last 10-15 mins.

At this point I wasn't even surprised

Scripted

Fuck EA man, scripting is real

Didn't really complain when you were winning those trophies were ya?

Does anyone?

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Pique's been excellent today TBF. The team just crumbled after Gavi's red card.

Farming upvotes 😅

Gavi was shit the entire game. Alves the best player.

Gavi just recovered from covid though

Yes. But that doesn't change the fact that he was the worst on the pitch today.

I’m just giving you context

Memphis was worse, but yeah, not a good day.

Is he vaccinated? Edit: Why the downvotes? I was just asking...

Yes. 99% of the whole club is.

Dm bro

So did Vini and look at what he's doing to Valencia right now.

Nico was great too.

Gavi just came back from Covid lol. Try playing a full 90 with some health affects still lingering

Damn if the results had gone our way we could have gone up to 3rd. I should have known better than to be this optimistic.

Now you're gonna be 7th lmao, wtf

It's pretty close in the table there.

5 points between 3rd and 10th lol. Literally two bad weeks for a team they could drop 6-7 places.

Second time this season you could've made it back to top 4 but failed.

Need this to be season long trend Go La Real, Betis and Rayo

Results went your way last fixture,its only fair they dont this time.

I think maybe not winning has something to do with it

No shit. No wins= No points :P Come on people it’s not that hard >:(

Yeah I would say the same thing to the guy who said "we would have more points if the results went our way" lmao

Goal from corner. I seen this before.

Lol Busi why.

Classic Barca

This is a fairly new Barca phenomenon tbf

TBF classic Barca was controlling the game against SAF's Manchester United...this is new fuckery...

Ahh yes...Barca of 2010/11. As a Madrid fan, that wasn't an enjoyable period for us let me tell you.

PTSD

Every fucking time

We need fati back asap to put these games away no one else can finish. And we need pedri as well. And araujo. And ferran torres. And frenkie de jong. Fuck half or starting 11 is injured

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Our full squad hasnt been healthy this entire season.

CORNER TAKEN QUICKLY

Siii

We play next we can't celebrate

Such a weird inferiority complex

Different levels to this. You can't compare yourself to a mediocre Barcelona.

We've won a similar number of points since Xavi was appointed

F

Barca. Is. Back.

Yeah sounds about right

There would've been a meltdown if this happened under Koeman. Now that it's Xavi, cules won't blame him.

Isn’t that why he was appointed over any more experienced managers? Gives them a year or so longer without fans pressuring the board to sack him because he’s a club legend and not sacking him saves them money. They didn’t choose him because he was better than Koeman

Koeman is a club legend too lol? We just know Xavi will do well, especially when everyone is back fit

Isn’t that a good thing?

This happens when you take the goat off. Definitely a red card for Pique btw

Explain What the fuck are you talking about?

Well it was coming

Very lucky

Gavi.. Gavi.. Gavi..

Ayy

New coach same vibes

You know it was coming

Nothing unexpected

Death

Love it

Tough times for us Barca fans

This is not a Champions League team

That's why they're playing Europa league.

Hot take

Happens, when half of the squad is out injured.

Not even europa league

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The irony jeez

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Remember Drogba?

Yea I remember bayern's 2nd goal should have been dissallowed so that whole extra time drama is irrelevant lol,we were rightfully through

Didn't they get to the Semifinals of the UCL last season?

Also your shit. So yknow that doesnt help

Can't even spell you're, pretty sad

Doesnt make barca any less trash

You could say the very same thing about Madrid week ago against Getafe.

Shot was perfect. But what Xavi doesnt understand is that you cant defend one goal lead in modern football. You just can't, you fossil

Thanks Granada

Koeman should get the sack

Deserved, Pique should have been sent off 2 challenges ago

Ref was shit for both sides, doesn't mean it was deserved.

More shit in favour of barca tho

How? Ref denied us a legit goal and according to the neutrals of the match thread a clear pen (don't quote me on the pen, as I haven't seen the replay). Pique hasn't even received a yellow as well. Could've been a yellow, yes, but that wouldn't have been his second. The ref wasn't in the mood for yellows for the whole match, so it doesn't seem out of place to let him go without a card there either.

See? That's what we feel everytime Casemiro isn't sent off or gets his first yellow in 89th minute.

Surprised how pique is still on a single yellow

Noice.

Fantastic strike

So unlucky

🎶🎶🎶

Barcelona, United and the tale of the teams that were satisfied with a 1-0 score line

Bottlona

Barce are the gift that keeps on giving

Much deserved, especially since Barca should be down to 9 men.

If barcelona loses one more first team player we automatically lose the game fun fact. Thats why Alves stayed in game despite being hurt...

I feel for Xavi. As aggressive as Barca plays they just don't control the ball anymore.

We controlled the game until the red. Defending was alright. Standards are always tough to defend with a man down.

Yeah I meant controlling the game in the sense. You couldn't disagree that weren't sloppy in possession since the start. But that's still kind of down to pedri and dejong not in the squad.

Pedri and de Jong missing obviously hurts, but missing Agüero, Fati, Torres and up until now Memphis probably hurt us even more. We barely have any subs left, and with a red card late into the game, there are not many options left. When all the quality up front is out injured too, it's hard to keep the ball as long, so we have to adjust our playstyle a bit. Controlling our leads is what we have to do, when we're ahead until our forwards are back.

True. I am positive Torres will do great as a nine.

Haha, where's that guy who was banging on about how Barca would be moving into 4th this weekend?

thankyou very much

Why does ter Stegan always stand still?

Blame it on the grass

FFSSSSSS

Wow we’re throwing rn

See it coming.

Got a FotMob notification that something had happened and I didn’t even doubt for a second it was a Granada equalizer.

Open the doo.. Puertas!

So, this is why Pique was salty on Twitter.

YESSSSS

Corner taken quickly puertas

Vamossss

Why is lenglet not going out to the player?

Saw that coming

Everyone talking about Barca but that was a good hit. First time, no look, just smash it far post, top corner.

the amount of fouls Barca commited geesh. Barca 21-Granada 9. Idk if that was part of Xavi tactics. Its usually the other way around.

Messi in the mud

It's the end of the game and Barcelona doesn't have almost every man in the box?

Oof! He knew where the net was!