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Mourinho is a genius. This reminds of 10 man Inter when they held Barca. The straight line of five at the back supported by secondary workers in front whenever they don't have possession.

 

Barca have so much quality they are capable of producing magic but Jose is genius whatever happens. Ronaldo left is exposing Dani Alves' defensive frailty. Poor reactions by Pinto for the goal. Slow.

 

 

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Mourinho is a genius. This reminds of 10 man Inter when they held Barca. The straight line of five at the back supported by secondary workers in front whenever they don't have possession.

 

Barca have so much quality they are capable of producing magic but Jose is genius whatever happens. Ronaldo left is exposing Dani Alves' defensive frailty. Poor reactions by Pinto for the goal. Slow.

 

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. He's using Higuain and Benzema the way Barca use Cesc and Alexis: they draw players to leave space for Messi and that's what Real are doing for Ronaldo.

 

In other news, Busquets is a joke.

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Never seen Iniesta look so bad these 40 minutes (other than the sublime trap out of the air early doors).

 

Messi rubbish so far too. So these two will inevitably combine and make magic now.

 

Aye, would never write Barca off but they've been miserable so far. I don't think I saw Messi until the 40th minute.

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He shot from a tight angle. It should have been stopped by Pinto's left foot. He closed down well in the corner once, made a strong run that came to nothing but can't see whatever he's done as deserving of superlatives this game so far. He's a fantastic player. No doubt. Just don't see any individual standing out that much tonight. It's the formation and strategy that's fantastic. Like two lines of five and superb throttling of Barca's many creative output potential.

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He shot from a tight angle. It should have been stopped by Pinto's left foot. He closed down well in the corner once, made a strong run that came to nothing but can't see whatever he's done as deserving of superlatives this game so far. He's a fantastic player. No doubt. Just don't see any individual standing out that much tonight. It's the formation and strategy that's fantastic. Like two lines of five and superb throttling of Barca's many creative output potential.

 

His tracking back and stepover to make space for his goal was good.

 

He's not had an amazing game but has been the best on the park.

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I can't see what's changed this half? The dominance of possession is remarkable. Real haven't got a look in. Did Pep just blast them at HT and demand higher tempo and better feet? Amazing turnaround.

 

Ronaldo switching to Abidal ain't gonna work!

 

Barcelona dominated possession in the first half as well.

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