Whoscored is not rating exactly. Just funny. Busquets and Marcelo is better but CR7 is lower. Modric, Vasquez and Neymar is not better than Messi. Haizzzzzzz
ALL OVER THE PLACE ANALYSIS: Well, it was a nail biter in a lot of ways, but not necessarily full of dazzling things. Both goals from set pieces...Blah. Ramos must have Harry Potter magic. It would take quite a good linesman to have called Suarez offside. The ref not calling that Vazquez handball is another thing. How did he not see that? Iniesta and Messi, of course, had some crowd pleasing moments. The two TOGETHER make Barca work. Messi must regret that wide shot at goal. It seemed such a sure thing, everyone expected the net to ripple. CR7 had a few chances, too, but the Barca defenders were determined to stop him. Marcelo just sparkles. He always tries to create something and RM depend on him. Modric was very involved in the first half, less so in the second. Andres Gomes may ACTUALLY be worth the money! So much hype and build up and it's still 6 points between the sides. From a Barca standpoint, it is not a terrible result. Other teams can learn tricks to defend RM from this...?
@VelIicahearst you talk about bad calls and not mention the two clear one, macherano has a clear penalty not called and rakitic headed the ball with the hand, even pique saw the hand and called for the hand ball but since it was from rakitic it wasnt called. there was no hand ball from vazquez, but there was an offside on him that wasnt and it was called, so if he was called so should suarez, and lets to even get into the reason that free kick was even called, varane didnt even foul suarez, he got there first and hip check suarez. only reason he got call for a foul was because suarez dove like he was tackle in the nfl.. the hand ball that you called for was on carvajal even if you want to call it, it hit his body and it bounces off his stomach and then hand, most of those are not called, they had to go for the 360 view to actually see the hand, while the penalty on vazques there was not question, the rakitic hand no question and the mascherano pull of cr shirt was also no question.
real leaders... and yet another clasico that messi does not score. even with the help of the ref it still wasnt meant to be. destiny is on blanca. if they had call the penalty the game would have been a totally different game because it would of set it up for real madrid counter and more chances for cr. oh well, barcelona will ALWAYS be involve with illegal stuff off the field and help on the field from refs and side judges.
@VelIicahearst 1 bad call does not even the score vs all the bad calls vs real madrid. the penatly in 2nd minute changes the game completely, the shirt pull of mascherano of cr in the box is also a penalty, then hand ball of rakitic there was an offside on lucas where he wasnt, and the off side of suarez in the goal. 1 bad call vs 5 bad call. and the foul on varane where suarez scored offside wasnt even a foul. and i am going to take it to the next level, busquets had like 5 fouls in the 1st half alone, he should have had a yellow for too many fouls, isco got a card for one foul.
Think this was the first el clasico score I've ever got right. :-o . As it is, a point is an excellent result for Madrid, mathematically and psychologically.
Modric really a beast our best player tonight and if Bale played at least we should have score on the first half. Mariano 10 minutes cameo been much better than whole 80 minutes of Benzema
As we saw Bale was a huge loss. It seemed that they had no attacking line. Real defense and midfield were very good though. Marcelo couldn't have played worse today. For me, Modric is the messi of the midfielders.
@aqamir Oh, the little iranian is making fun of my nickname? Well, I guess that in your country Leonard Cohen is forbidden under penalty of death, am I right? So don't talk about things that you cannot understand, kiddie.
@aqamir How can anyone with at least the absolute minimum amount of intelligence be proud of something they didn't achieve by themselves? Like having a specific nationality. You could be proud of something you did yourself. Like fighting for freedom of speech and art in your country. Do you even know the legendary Leonard Cohen who wrote "Beautiful Losers"? Ever heard of him? I think Farhad Mehrad covered some of his early songs. I guess you know him since you are proud to share his nationality. And by the way: Study history instead of indulging in stereotypes. Sandals with socks were introduced by the ancient Romans when thet went north of the Limes. This lesson was free of charge.
Apart from benzema for Madrid and half team for barca everyone are playing good. Hope zidane replaces benzema with asensio at 55-60 min. CR7 as ST and asensio and Lucas at LW and rw
@vikasjoshi9617 i have always said he is such a waste of talent.. everything he has done is like a 30% of what he is capable of. he just dont want to work hard enough to be the best.
@bradley.fcb he also ignored alba's handball in the barcelona box, or mascherano's manhandling of ronaldo also in the box. all in all a stern referee would have easily have reasons to award real 3 penalty kicks and barcelona one.
however the referee from tonight is completely out of his league. isco got a yellow for allegedly hitting neymar when in fact the brazilian was the one that hit him. ramos was twice forgiven of a yellow card, neymar was also forgiven on one, modric should have also received a yellow and the same with busquets. if this is not a clear testament that we need video evidence during matches then i don't know what is.
Real Madrid's game plan all depends on the presence of Casemiro in the starting eleven. From what I've seen from Zidane, he is not in the starting eleven so Real Madrid will have a similar game plan to their last encounter with Atletico Madrid. If they could replicate the same intensity as that game, I don't see Real Madrid losing this game.
I am not a fan of Real Madrid. I don't admire them. I despise this guy Cr7. I have no admiration for Real Madrid whatsoever. But we have to be true to ourselves. They will not loose this game. They're are unbeaten in league. They boost the best record on road and they are well matched to pick a win or Draw today. Barcelona midfield isn't fit or that 100% functional as they are technically are . Although it's hard to play at Nou Camp but at this Moment Barcelona MSN can't save them. Barcelona have a very poor home record of the past decade. Winning only 50% of thier home games. I would go for Real DC X2 @2.02. THANK me later.
Mario Suarez is too poor to play in 1st team of Barcelona, also their wing backs are not so good. That leaves them with 3 attackers and two midfielders and only one of them can actually pass with some creativity. It leaves door open to Real, but they and bwin can make a draw here, seems reasonable
@koziol.mutant Dude, Mario Suarez plays for Valencia, Denis Suarez is playing for Barca and he is not so bad this season, obviously much better than Gomes.
A FCB loss here would give Madrid practically a 9.5 point lead. With Sevilla being the only big game left for Madrid in the first half season, this Clasico could very much decide the league, because even if Madrid loses against FCB, Atletico and Sevilla in the second half of the season, FCB would be relying on tiebreakers.
Probably the toughest league matchup between these 2 teams to call that I can remember. You can't go on form, I've seen the in-form team lose this fixture despite all the bookies putting them as odds-on favourites, yet it's hard to ignore the fact Real stuck 3 past Atletico. I think the fact, for a multitude of reasons, Barcelona realistically have to win makes Real favourites but to count Barcelona out despite having a bevvy of world class players is irrational, so I'm going with a draw. 1-1.
El Classico drinking game! Every time a comment calls a player some combination of their name and the word "gay" take a drink! Every time a comment uses the word "rape" to describe a football match, take a drink! If someone mentions off the court scandals including taxes, paying women to have your children, crashing of various cars, etc, take TWO drinks! If a comment takes a players name and combines it with "penalty" or "miss" to imply that they have no skill, take a drink! Boy, with the comments we usually get, you'll be drunk five minutes into the first half!
@VelIicahearst Seriously, though, thank you for pointing this out. Many Barcelona and Real Madrid fans are so toxic on WhoScored, and it just hurts to see. Some are level-headed and rational, and their comments reflect that. But many others are just so angry for little reason. I mean, I'm happy because this is a good result for Atletico Madrid, but reading these comments makes me sad. I'm going to call out the most toxic people from my point of view: the other Vellicahearst, La_Doudecima, sometimes bradley.fcb, Lapulga, DeanO, edemex, and I imagine ProudUefalona was made by Vellicahearst, so that may end up becoming toxic. Your parody account toes the line sometimes, but it does well to call out this problem. I would like to commend CirdomAkul and SteveHyland for always seeming to be level-headed. We should do work as a community to be more kind and less angry overall.
@Zusi23 People care a lot about the sport and it shows with the kind of...ahem...special comments we get. But online anonymity breeds the toxic environment. You can say what you want if there are no repercussions. Most people are clever enough to ignore the trolls. I'm not so clever. :) I like that you so perfectly described what a lot of people on this site want: level-headed and rational comments; a more kind and less angry environment. And it's true, every person on the site (Barca, RM, and Man U fans in particular) would have to work at making the site less toxic.
@VelIicahearst- How about the biannual Cule and Madridista game of making this fixture all about Messi v Ronaldo even though their international careers have proven the fact that the other 20 players on the pitch are important. That is a stag-do worth of drinks, surely?
@AndreyNosatii Are you nuts?? Legia Warsaw are bigger than Hercules and youth team players are not allowed in UCL ...they submit squad lists in case you don't know.
@jefferee Hercules ok, stupid kid, what did you say about Alcorcon [4-0] humilation vs RealMadrid in Copa del Rey 2009, that's really a big shame, not Barcelona's draw vs Hercules, but you didn't know it.
I can't wait to see the defensive calamity of pique and mascherano. and zidane should not bother using Carvajal and Marcelo for this game. we have a much more important fixture against Dortmund.... Barcelona are so useless now that even Danilo will play like a star against them..
Forca Barca is their slogan but CR7 will forca them in their own backyard...my prediction....LOL.....
1-4
The last time Messi scored against us. we just have 9 CL and now we are on our way to 12 CL still tax fraud boy wont scored against us. 0-3 prediction. Cristiano hattrick
@ProudUefaLona ronaldo is just a clinical finisher waiting for a counter attack u need a star like iniesta to provide
for your strikers who do RM have, ronaldo is like the floyd mayweather of soccer
@ProudUefaLona Messi and Cristiano are players of Real Madrid and Barcelona and they are nothing without their teams. People forget that how bad Ronaldo performed this season if you exclude the latest 5 games. Ronaldo is just a great goalscorer but Messi is the best player in the world if you consider what he brings to his team and how excellent he performs in the pitch.
@CirdomAkul if messi is so great, why is it that he cant win anything without iniesta?? not even a copa america vs not very competitive teams. CR is not a team player but has been far more consistent at what he does. score goals and win games. no matter what team he plays or who he plays with. cr has scored 50+ on 6 straight seasons, and 5 season straight with double figures scores in the CL. those number blow messi out of the competition, yes messi passes the ball better, dribbles pass defenders but last i check games are won by scoring goals and nobody does it better than CR. he scores w the right, with the left, with head, from close, from far, free kicks, even back heels. only thing he cant do is a scissor kick, shame on him. and cr never took steroids, if messi didnt he would be like 5'0 tall or shorter
@CirdomAkul I think that you started your comment trying to build a case for comparing two teams instead of two players, but when you looked at recent performance of both teams you went back and compared the two players anyway.
@Ala Messi plays a massive role in Barcelona's dynamic. He is practically irreplaceable. He creates chances, he controls the tempo, he assists goals and he can score goals. He is like a midfielder-striker. He is very unique. There is no one as good as Messi in making killer passes. He sees spaces that no one sees in the game. Ronaldo doesn't perform a huge role in RM's dynamic. He is just a great goalscorer now.
Very hard to tell. Real has been amazing while Barca has been shocking,,but they're still barca, so even form can't predict how the game will go... All I see is something Messi coming this way,,
Very much unpredictable. Elclasico is not about the teams' recent results. it's all about the mentality of players and what happens on the pitch. Almost every time Real Madrid played well before elclasico they lost, the same goes to Barcelona. let's hope we enjoy the game whatever the result would be #HALAMADRID
@Mahdi That lucky Barcelona against Real Sociadad deserve to lose. they would have gotten nothing out of Anoeta if it weren't for the linesman's gift to Barcelona.
This RM team is a team that has not lost for 31 games...this FCB team is a team that lost to alavez at home...that needed the refs to save them from Real sociedad...without Iniesta..Jordi Alba is injured..The last time Messi scored againts RM they had 9 UCL...not they are a 11..Ter Stegen is decent at best..Messi has not train today so his situation for the classico is arguably in danger..Real Madrid is a beat more dangerous on the road then at home ( ask Atlethi ) sooo knowig all this my predictio is 1-3 RM , CR7 with a (brace MOTM).
R.Madrid scored over 1,5 , last 10 official games. Total under 2,5 goals, Barcelona last 3/4 LaLiga home games. Barcelona scored last 5/6 LaLiga home games. R.Madrid 2nd Top Scorer G.Bale injured. But There will be at least 3-4 missing players in both teams. Messi and Neymar play much more effectively in the Champions League. For LaLiga, Real Madrid is much better. My PREDICTIONS 1-2. I vote Man of the Match Cristiano Ronaldo. As a bet total over 2.5 goals are reliable.
@ProudUefaLona Every one forgot about red card predictions. You still got it. Hope No one gets red and we see a good 11 vs 11 game. This includes referees too,hope they will be better.
Are we dead excited about this year's ElClassico? We saw both teams perform miserably in their last liga matches especially Barcelona with very poor first half and Real Madrid barely scraping win from a play which was getting worse as with the conditions. I want Classico to be a "Classic" sans referees/officials who spoil the match flow with their brutal fake calls such as giving unnecessary Cards/spot kicks. RM is already ahead with 6 points, but its going to be a more or less even match. But if RM clinch a victory, then it would be a huge leap for RM towards winning their first title since 2011/2012 season.
Expected Line Ups:
RM XI: Keylor, Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, Carvajal. Modric, Casemiro, Kovacic, Isco, Benzema, CR7.
Subs: Vazquez, James, Kiko, Danilo, Asensio, Morata,
Barca XI: Ter Stegen, Alba, Pique, Mascherano, Sergi Roberto, Iniesta, Rakitic, Busquets,Neymar, Messi, Suarez.
Subs: Arda Turan, Umtiti, Jasper, Paco, Dennis, Rafinha.
Prediction: Barca 1-2 RM.
Whoscored is not rating exactly. Just funny. Busquets and Marcelo is better but CR7 is lower. Modric, Vasquez and Neymar is not better than Messi. Haizzzzzzz
did messi hit any target ?????/
this rating hahaha marcelo played better
@smash Marcelo couldn't have played worse in this one.
ALL OVER THE PLACE ANALYSIS: Well, it was a nail biter in a lot of ways, but not necessarily full of dazzling things. Both goals from set pieces...Blah. Ramos must have Harry Potter magic. It would take quite a good linesman to have called Suarez offside. The ref not calling that Vazquez handball is another thing. How did he not see that? Iniesta and Messi, of course, had some crowd pleasing moments. The two TOGETHER make Barca work. Messi must regret that wide shot at goal. It seemed such a sure thing, everyone expected the net to ripple. CR7 had a few chances, too, but the Barca defenders were determined to stop him. Marcelo just sparkles. He always tries to create something and RM depend on him. Modric was very involved in the first half, less so in the second. Andres Gomes may ACTUALLY be worth the money! So much hype and build up and it's still 6 points between the sides. From a Barca standpoint, it is not a terrible result. Other teams can learn tricks to defend RM from this...?
@VelIicahearst you talk about bad calls and not mention the two clear one, macherano has a clear penalty not called and rakitic headed the ball with the hand, even pique saw the hand and called for the hand ball but since it was from rakitic it wasnt called. there was no hand ball from vazquez, but there was an offside on him that wasnt and it was called, so if he was called so should suarez, and lets to even get into the reason that free kick was even called, varane didnt even foul suarez, he got there first and hip check suarez. only reason he got call for a foul was because suarez dove like he was tackle in the nfl.. the hand ball that you called for was on carvajal even if you want to call it, it hit his body and it bounces off his stomach and then hand, most of those are not called, they had to go for the 360 view to actually see the hand, while the penalty on vazques there was not question, the rakitic hand no question and the mascherano pull of cr shirt was also no question.
@edemex you are so unbiased:)
another Ramos goal in dying minutes...
I'm not sure what everyone is excited about, this was quite a boring game.
real leaders... and yet another clasico that messi does not score. even with the help of the ref it still wasnt meant to be. destiny is on blanca. if they had call the penalty the game would have been a totally different game because it would of set it up for real madrid counter and more chances for cr. oh well, barcelona will ALWAYS be involve with illegal stuff off the field and help on the field from refs and side judges.
@edemex And the handballs that the ref didn't call for Barcelona?
@VelIicahearst 1 bad call does not even the score vs all the bad calls vs real madrid. the penatly in 2nd minute changes the game completely, the shirt pull of mascherano of cr in the box is also a penalty, then hand ball of rakitic there was an offside on lucas where he wasnt, and the off side of suarez in the goal. 1 bad call vs 5 bad call. and the foul on varane where suarez scored offside wasnt even a foul. and i am going to take it to the next level, busquets had like 5 fouls in the 1st half alone, he should have had a yellow for too many fouls, isco got a card for one foul.
Think this was the first el clasico score I've ever got right. :-o . As it is, a point is an excellent result for Madrid, mathematically and psychologically.
this point is a major phsychological boost for Real Madrid
LEADERS #HalaMadrid
Barca still trash.offside goal lol
Modric really a beast our best player tonight and if Bale played at least we should have score on the first half. Mariano 10 minutes cameo been much better than whole 80 minutes of Benzema
@ProudUefaLona i called it, karim should have been sold to whoever this summer.
I want Mascherano out this team ASAP, worst defender I've ever come across in my 117 years of watching Barcelona
@bradley.fcb 117 years? what are you, a vampire?
@bradley.fcb played amazing. It was idiot Arda who gave away unnecessary foul at the end
@Im10 and then left Ramos completely unmarked for the goal, Turan is awful as well anyways
@bradley.fcb Turan maybe just needs more playing time. They should play him in the Copa and see if he finds his form again.
Modric and Iniesta were amazing
They couldnt even beat a team that couldnt beat hercules
That was one of the most useless footballing displays ive seen from a team with the most useless trashy fans
As we saw Bale was a huge loss. It seemed that they had no attacking line. Real defense and midfield were very good though. Marcelo couldn't have played worse today. For me, Modric is the messi of the midfielders.
Ronaldo--MIA--Missing In Action
if bale was in the game , barca had no chance ... .
@aqamir If grandmother had wheels, she'd be a streetcar...
@BeautifulLoser yesss you are A beautiful LOSER :)
@aqamir Oh, the little iranian is making fun of my nickname? Well, I guess that in your country Leonard Cohen is forbidden under penalty of death, am I right? So don't talk about things that you cannot understand, kiddie.
@BeautifulLoser WTF!! what are you saying ??? :)))) im proud to be an iranian :) first you should understand with sandals dont wear socks !! ;)
@aqamir How can anyone with at least the absolute minimum amount of intelligence be proud of something they didn't achieve by themselves? Like having a specific nationality. You could be proud of something you did yourself. Like fighting for freedom of speech and art in your country. Do you even know the legendary Leonard Cohen who wrote "Beautiful Losers"? Ever heard of him? I think Farhad Mehrad covered some of his early songs. I guess you know him since you are proud to share his nationality. And by the way: Study history instead of indulging in stereotypes. Sandals with socks were introduced by the ancient Romans when thet went north of the Limes. This lesson was free of charge.
Modric deserves a 10 out of 10 for his first half performance.
@CirdomAkul Varane was also good
@CirdomAkul The way he reads the game is crazy, every time barca starts a counter he is there to intercept
Apart from benzema for Madrid and half team for barca everyone are playing good. Hope zidane replaces benzema with asensio at 55-60 min. CR7 as ST and asensio and Lucas at LW and rw
@vikasjoshi9617 i have always said he is such a waste of talent.. everything he has done is like a 30% of what he is capable of. he just dont want to work hard enough to be the best.
real should have 1 if not for the ref, and busquets is allow to foul and nothing. he has 5 fouls and no cards.. the games is 12 home vs 11 away
@edemex deserved penalty is not give to El Real. You see that on foul againts Lucas Vazquez
@edemex i like how you completely ignore the Carvajal handball in the box
@bradley.fcb he also ignored alba's handball in the barcelona box, or mascherano's manhandling of ronaldo also in the box. all in all a stern referee would have easily have reasons to award real 3 penalty kicks and barcelona one. however the referee from tonight is completely out of his league. isco got a yellow for allegedly hitting neymar when in fact the brazilian was the one that hit him. ramos was twice forgiven of a yellow card, neymar was also forgiven on one, modric should have also received a yellow and the same with busquets. if this is not a clear testament that we need video evidence during matches then i don't know what is.
@bradley.fcb no, raquitic = carvajal
1-2 Isco,- neymar -vazquetz
1-2 Madrid CR7 twice
@DonKing Not really ...
3-2
My take is 3-0 to barca...lets see some magic from msn
@Lapulga clean sheet highly unlikely for both teams
Real Madrid's game plan all depends on the presence of Casemiro in the starting eleven. From what I've seen from Zidane, he is not in the starting eleven so Real Madrid will have a similar game plan to their last encounter with Atletico Madrid. If they could replicate the same intensity as that game, I don't see Real Madrid losing this game.
I am not a fan of Real Madrid. I don't admire them. I despise this guy Cr7. I have no admiration for Real Madrid whatsoever. But we have to be true to ourselves. They will not loose this game. They're are unbeaten in league. They boost the best record on road and they are well matched to pick a win or Draw today. Barcelona midfield isn't fit or that 100% functional as they are technically are . Although it's hard to play at Nou Camp but at this Moment Barcelona MSN can't save them. Barcelona have a very poor home record of the past decade. Winning only 50% of thier home games. I would go for Real DC X2 @2.02. THANK me later.
@njamimaranga in soccer common sense dont apply when the ref is getting a big check written in blue and red.
you will not contain or stop Iniesta his gonna walk right thru that midfield !!!
@Ancient_Babylon He wont. His days are gone
No joke, I got 4,5k € on a Madrid win here. :o
@N0rB3tz heh Don't be surprised if you lose money
Mario Suarez is too poor to play in 1st team of Barcelona, also their wing backs are not so good. That leaves them with 3 attackers and two midfielders and only one of them can actually pass with some creativity. It leaves door open to Real, but they and bwin can make a draw here, seems reasonable
@koziol.mutant Dude, Mario Suarez plays for Valencia, Denis Suarez is playing for Barca and he is not so bad this season, obviously much better than Gomes.
@AndreyNosatii sorry, you are right, missed his first name. Anyway they made draw as expcted:)
A FCB loss here would give Madrid practically a 9.5 point lead. With Sevilla being the only big game left for Madrid in the first half season, this Clasico could very much decide the league, because even if Madrid loses against FCB, Atletico and Sevilla in the second half of the season, FCB would be relying on tiebreakers.
@Ala NB. "decide" doesn't mean "mathematically".
Meanwhile, fraudnaldo diverts her income from selling pink panties...
The person who previewed this game is very biased...2-2??? when was the last time Barca scored 2 goals against the big guns?
the difference between Barca and Real at this moment is simple: Ronaldo in top form = 1-3 Real
Huh, I think its match result go 1-3 for Real Madrid. But we have sad story... so: Gareth Bale are injured. Very important player :/
Probably the toughest league matchup between these 2 teams to call that I can remember. You can't go on form, I've seen the in-form team lose this fixture despite all the bookies putting them as odds-on favourites, yet it's hard to ignore the fact Real stuck 3 past Atletico. I think the fact, for a multitude of reasons, Barcelona realistically have to win makes Real favourites but to count Barcelona out despite having a bevvy of world class players is irrational, so I'm going with a draw. 1-1.
El Classico drinking game! Every time a comment calls a player some combination of their name and the word "gay" take a drink! Every time a comment uses the word "rape" to describe a football match, take a drink! If someone mentions off the court scandals including taxes, paying women to have your children, crashing of various cars, etc, take TWO drinks! If a comment takes a players name and combines it with "penalty" or "miss" to imply that they have no skill, take a drink! Boy, with the comments we usually get, you'll be drunk five minutes into the first half!
@VelIicahearst Seriously, though, thank you for pointing this out. Many Barcelona and Real Madrid fans are so toxic on WhoScored, and it just hurts to see. Some are level-headed and rational, and their comments reflect that. But many others are just so angry for little reason. I mean, I'm happy because this is a good result for Atletico Madrid, but reading these comments makes me sad. I'm going to call out the most toxic people from my point of view: the other Vellicahearst, La_Doudecima, sometimes bradley.fcb, Lapulga, DeanO, edemex, and I imagine ProudUefalona was made by Vellicahearst, so that may end up becoming toxic. Your parody account toes the line sometimes, but it does well to call out this problem. I would like to commend CirdomAkul and SteveHyland for always seeming to be level-headed. We should do work as a community to be more kind and less angry overall.
@Zusi23 People care a lot about the sport and it shows with the kind of...ahem...special comments we get. But online anonymity breeds the toxic environment. You can say what you want if there are no repercussions. Most people are clever enough to ignore the trolls. I'm not so clever. :) I like that you so perfectly described what a lot of people on this site want: level-headed and rational comments; a more kind and less angry environment. And it's true, every person on the site (Barca, RM, and Man U fans in particular) would have to work at making the site less toxic.
@VelIicahearst- How about the biannual Cule and Madridista game of making this fixture all about Messi v Ronaldo even though their international careers have proven the fact that the other 20 players on the pitch are important. That is a stag-do worth of drinks, surely?
@SteveHyland Yikes, I forgot that one! Maybe just down the whole bottle if someone whips that one out!
Their reserve 11 can't even beat Hercules LOL! what a useless club indeed
@jefferee what a joke, but how about 3-3 with 6th club from Poland ? and Real played with their first team.
@AndreyNosatii Are you nuts?? Legia Warsaw are bigger than Hercules and youth team players are not allowed in UCL ...they submit squad lists in case you don't know.
@jefferee Hercules ok, stupid kid, what did you say about Alcorcon [4-0] humilation vs RealMadrid in Copa del Rey 2009, that's really a big shame, not Barcelona's draw vs Hercules, but you didn't know it.
I can't wait to see the defensive calamity of pique and mascherano. and zidane should not bother using Carvajal and Marcelo for this game. we have a much more important fixture against Dortmund.... Barcelona are so useless now that even Danilo will play like a star against them.. Forca Barca is their slogan but CR7 will forca them in their own backyard...my prediction....LOL..... 1-4
@jefferee cr7 will forca them?? Ha ha
" both teams to score " i think 1-1
The last time Messi scored against us. we just have 9 CL and now we are on our way to 12 CL still tax fraud boy wont scored against us. 0-3 prediction. Cristiano hattrick
@ProudUefaLona ronaldo is just a clinical finisher waiting for a counter attack u need a star like iniesta to provide for your strikers who do RM have, ronaldo is like the floyd mayweather of soccer
@ProudUefaLona keep on dreaming.
@ProudUefaLona Messi and Cristiano are players of Real Madrid and Barcelona and they are nothing without their teams. People forget that how bad Ronaldo performed this season if you exclude the latest 5 games. Ronaldo is just a great goalscorer but Messi is the best player in the world if you consider what he brings to his team and how excellent he performs in the pitch.
@CirdomAkul if messi is so great, why is it that he cant win anything without iniesta?? not even a copa america vs not very competitive teams. CR is not a team player but has been far more consistent at what he does. score goals and win games. no matter what team he plays or who he plays with. cr has scored 50+ on 6 straight seasons, and 5 season straight with double figures scores in the CL. those number blow messi out of the competition, yes messi passes the ball better, dribbles pass defenders but last i check games are won by scoring goals and nobody does it better than CR. he scores w the right, with the left, with head, from close, from far, free kicks, even back heels. only thing he cant do is a scissor kick, shame on him. and cr never took steroids, if messi didnt he would be like 5'0 tall or shorter
@CirdomAkul I think that you started your comment trying to build a case for comparing two teams instead of two players, but when you looked at recent performance of both teams you went back and compared the two players anyway.
@Ala Messi plays a massive role in Barcelona's dynamic. He is practically irreplaceable. He creates chances, he controls the tempo, he assists goals and he can score goals. He is like a midfielder-striker. He is very unique. There is no one as good as Messi in making killer passes. He sees spaces that no one sees in the game. Ronaldo doesn't perform a huge role in RM's dynamic. He is just a great goalscorer now.
Madrid will go through it easily.... As they r in great form... In winning streak...... Madrid will win... Hala madrid!
Very hard to tell. Real has been amazing while Barca has been shocking,,but they're still barca, so even form can't predict how the game will go... All I see is something Messi coming this way,,
@DeanO all i see is sentiments in your comment
Very much unpredictable. Elclasico is not about the teams' recent results. it's all about the mentality of players and what happens on the pitch. Almost every time Real Madrid played well before elclasico they lost, the same goes to Barcelona. let's hope we enjoy the game whatever the result would be #HALAMADRID
@Mahdi That lucky Barcelona against Real Sociadad deserve to lose. they would have gotten nothing out of Anoeta if it weren't for the linesman's gift to Barcelona.
@Mrbale The refs give Barca players Christmas presents all year long! Barca should send them a nice Christmas card this year!
@Mahdi Unpredictability makes game better and people are more excited to watch such matches rather than one sided affair.
This RM team is a team that has not lost for 31 games...this FCB team is a team that lost to alavez at home...that needed the refs to save them from Real sociedad...without Iniesta..Jordi Alba is injured..The last time Messi scored againts RM they had 9 UCL...not they are a 11..Ter Stegen is decent at best..Messi has not train today so his situation for the classico is arguably in danger..Real Madrid is a beat more dangerous on the road then at home ( ask Atlethi ) sooo knowig all this my predictio is 1-3 RM , CR7 with a (brace MOTM).
@Blacknaldo We have 2 key players injuried. they have all their first 11 fit.
1-2 Real. Cris scores 1. Barcelona will score from pure skill from attackers Madrids defense to solid lately. GG
R.Madrid scored over 1,5 , last 10 official games. Total under 2,5 goals, Barcelona last 3/4 LaLiga home games. Barcelona scored last 5/6 LaLiga home games. R.Madrid 2nd Top Scorer G.Bale injured. But There will be at least 3-4 missing players in both teams. Messi and Neymar play much more effectively in the Champions League. For LaLiga, Real Madrid is much better. My PREDICTIONS 1-2. I vote Man of the Match Cristiano Ronaldo. As a bet total over 2.5 goals are reliable.
i think this might could end up a draw 1-1 or narrow win for madrid
1 - 3 for RM. Cristiano brace and Benz to score. Barca score on penalty at late injury time and Ramos red card
@ProudUefaLona Every one forgot about red card predictions. You still got it. Hope No one gets red and we see a good 11 vs 11 game. This includes referees too,hope they will be better.
Are we dead excited about this year's ElClassico? We saw both teams perform miserably in their last liga matches especially Barcelona with very poor first half and Real Madrid barely scraping win from a play which was getting worse as with the conditions. I want Classico to be a "Classic" sans referees/officials who spoil the match flow with their brutal fake calls such as giving unnecessary Cards/spot kicks. RM is already ahead with 6 points, but its going to be a more or less even match. But if RM clinch a victory, then it would be a huge leap for RM towards winning their first title since 2011/2012 season. Expected Line Ups: RM XI: Keylor, Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, Carvajal. Modric, Casemiro, Kovacic, Isco, Benzema, CR7. Subs: Vazquez, James, Kiko, Danilo, Asensio, Morata, Barca XI: Ter Stegen, Alba, Pique, Mascherano, Sergi Roberto, Iniesta, Rakitic, Busquets,Neymar, Messi, Suarez. Subs: Arda Turan, Umtiti, Jasper, Paco, Dennis, Rafinha. Prediction: Barca 1-2 RM.
@rmd007 Alba is injured
@rmd007 Morata is still injured, he won't make the squad. Nacho and Varane will.
Real will win 2-0. CR7,Benzema 1 goal each
3-2 to barca.. Messi brace..
@Lapulga I love your dreams bro...keep dreaming on Saturday after the game you can wake up
@Lapulga Lol messi has not scored againts RM for two years and i dont see it changing
@Lapulga LOL. They won't score a single goal against Real. Just like Atletico.