2 Red cards lol? if these are Reds then other games should feature at least 3 Reds every game, crazy. It is also worth a mention of the timing of the sending offs. Espanyol lose a player at 2-0 down with no time remaining. so it wouldn't cost them like it could of for barca, they could of potentially dropped points. Also does this ref give reds for every back chat.. i doubt it, lol?
Anyway good game for barca, Suarez MOTM imo. I don't see barca losing anytime soon if the referee is fair, no bias here, just honesty.
Barcelona for sure it's a big team everyone knows that MSN is the Most dangerous Attackers in the world but not yet show their performance against big teams Atletico Valencia And Sevilla are great the Problem is they don't have the same quality as Bayern Chelsea Juve Real Madrid so Lets see what they got against Bayern
@bradley.fcb Yes: Lahoz loves being the centre of attention. But we can't say whether the red cards were fair or not, because we don't know what did both players say. I can only imagine their language may have been improper. If they used insulting words, then the second yellows would be fair. Otherwise, there's no logical reason for these cards...
Mateu Lahoz (the ref) was a fool. Terrible decision making not just in this game but in others too. Don't know how he's even allowed to be a ref. Hope that both Barca and Espanyol appeal their respective red cards so that perhaps he will receive attention from the RFEF and possibly even get suspended. It was almost as if he got his feelings hurt by words and was quick to give off cards.
@vampirewerewolf Official explanation opta data : " This is an attempt by a player to beat an opponent in possession of the ball. A successful dribble means the player beats the defender while retaining possession, unsuccessful ones are where the dribbler is tackled, Opta also log attempted dribbles where the player overruns the ball."
If Barca wins here, I see them winning the title. Then it's only ATM left and RM has many difficult matches till the end.
So this is basically the final for Barca..
@blitz So Espanyol is tougher than Atletico. Hmm. Last season's La Liga title decider and last day match against Atletico ended goalless. Barca needed 3 points to take the trophy, same as this season, but they could not do it.
@LLCAN because playing at their stadium has always been tedious, and they'll do anything to help madrid, one of their players blatantly said it on a marca itw, also, it's the derby. we need to win, and I believe we win, this is one of the last games in the liga until calderon we need to go full force on, next > rotations to be fresh for the CL SF.
@LLCAN Unless a striker is already off-side before the move starts, off-sides are usually the passer's fault. The problem here is Suarez is used to a way more direct approach than most of his Barça fellow players. This means that they don't always pass at the right time. Today it was clear in one situation when Suarez made a great run over the shoulder of the defence, but the ball driver (can't remember who it was) passed it to Neymar who in turn passed it to Suarez... all too late. The perfect moment was the first pass, lost chance.
@LLCAN Yes but that is just Suarez play style. He likes to run right off the back of the last defender, and if pulled of, can be absoluteky deadly for the opposition. There is of course a chance for offside but I think that it's well worth the potential chances he may create.
2 Red cards lol? if these are Reds then other games should feature at least 3 Reds every game, crazy. It is also worth a mention of the timing of the sending offs. Espanyol lose a player at 2-0 down with no time remaining. so it wouldn't cost them like it could of for barca, they could of potentially dropped points. Also does this ref give reds for every back chat.. i doubt it, lol? Anyway good game for barca, Suarez MOTM imo. I don't see barca losing anytime soon if the referee is fair, no bias here, just honesty.
Barcelona for sure it's a big team everyone knows that MSN is the Most dangerous Attackers in the world but not yet show their performance against big teams Atletico Valencia And Sevilla are great the Problem is they don't have the same quality as Bayern Chelsea Juve Real Madrid so Lets see what they got against Bayern
@Logical bahahaahaha. "logical"
Messi, Suarez and Neymar were class in the first half. Some of their link up play was simply fantastic.
Lahoz tries to hard to be the center of attention. Both red cards were unjust.
@bradley.fcb Yes: Lahoz loves being the centre of attention. But we can't say whether the red cards were fair or not, because we don't know what did both players say. I can only imagine their language may have been improper. If they used insulting words, then the second yellows would be fair. Otherwise, there's no logical reason for these cards...
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Mateu Lahoz (the ref) was a fool. Terrible decision making not just in this game but in others too. Don't know how he's even allowed to be a ref. Hope that both Barca and Espanyol appeal their respective red cards so that perhaps he will receive attention from the RFEF and possibly even get suspended. It was almost as if he got his feelings hurt by words and was quick to give off cards.
MSN strikes again
Great game by Suarez
Messi also hit the woodwork once whoscored.com
@Ameya his shot was deflected on to the post
Ter stegen upfront?
Nice Enrique now start to play with 4 3 2
Why alba is shown a red card
@Dr.Omar.Medicine.79 I hope they appeal those cards. A double yellow within seconds for that? ridiculous.
@Dr.Omar.Medicine.79 According to tv images, Alba was sent off after saying "siempre igual" ("always the same") to the referee.
@Dr.Omar.Medicine.79 corruption
MSN 99 goals in thie season
Messi is name of football
Rafinha is not effective at all in that position.
Messi is going to turn on his jets in the 2nd half to catch up with El Penaldo.
Lionel Messi scores for Barcelona and now has 47 goals in 47 matches for Barcelona in all competitions this season.
@AndreyNosatii Only one goal per game ? I thought it would me more than that ...
@neumi17 and 16 goals in the league , only de bruyne has more
@Freezeyx You mean assists right?
@Josh_22 yeah that was a mistake from me
Half an hour played, Dribbles: Messi = Zero, Neymar Zero, Suarez Zero Thats rare ...
@neumi17 Maybe they don't want someone will be here to claim again again about why Messi's point is so high? why point for dribbles is so high... :))
@neumi17 how do they count dribbles? I counted At least dribbles dribbles.
@vampirewerewolf Official explanation opta data : " This is an attempt by a player to beat an opponent in possession of the ball. A successful dribble means the player beats the defender while retaining possession, unsuccessful ones are where the dribbler is tackled, Opta also log attempted dribbles where the player overruns the ball."
@neumi17 unnecessary expenditure of energy haha.. jk
Barca are on fire that goaaaal
33- 196 passes at 17 minute.
0–4
Hit like if you agree Messi score 2 goal.
barca will win by 3goals up
3-0
If Barca wins here, I see them winning the title. Then it's only ATM left and RM has many difficult matches till the end. So this is basically the final for Barca..
@blitz So Espanyol is tougher than Atletico. Hmm. Last season's La Liga title decider and last day match against Atletico ended goalless. Barca needed 3 points to take the trophy, same as this season, but they could not do it.
@Ala You missed the point. My comment assumes RM will not win every single game.
time for messi to shine and score twice.
It time for Messi to reduce the gap of 4.
time to proof the hitters wrong 1:3
time to proof the hitters wrong 1:3
Wait for Messi magic :)
Why does everyone think this is a hard fixture? The worst outcome in the past 6 matches was a tie.
@LLCAN because playing at their stadium has always been tedious, and they'll do anything to help madrid, one of their players blatantly said it on a marca itw, also, it's the derby. we need to win, and I believe we win, this is one of the last games in the liga until calderon we need to go full force on, next > rotations to be fresh for the CL SF.
@LLCAN I see another tie here, and Real catching up :)
Only 2 more difficult matches...Sociedad and ATM.
@Beastador I wouldnt say 2 becouse away games arent really easy
@Beastador sociedad at camp nou considered easier than espanyol game
@Dr.Omar.Medicine.79 agreed
Easy win for us. Espanyol cant stop us from winning la liga.
Difficult game .. 1-2 to barcelona
Barcelona is considered very weak at avoiding offside because Suarez gets at least two/game. He needs to work on that.
@LLCAN Unless a striker is already off-side before the move starts, off-sides are usually the passer's fault. The problem here is Suarez is used to a way more direct approach than most of his Barça fellow players. This means that they don't always pass at the right time. Today it was clear in one situation when Suarez made a great run over the shoulder of the defence, but the ball driver (can't remember who it was) passed it to Neymar who in turn passed it to Suarez... all too late. The perfect moment was the first pass, lost chance.
@LLCAN Yes but that is just Suarez play style. He likes to run right off the back of the last defender, and if pulled of, can be absoluteky deadly for the opposition. There is of course a chance for offside but I think that it's well worth the potential chances he may create.
@LLCAN It's a good and bad thing, bad cus offside and good cus that helps him attract 1 or 2 defenders and creates some room for Messi and Neymar.
@shihab19 also, the linesmans have been wrong many times against us this season, in case of any doubt > offside, simple as that.