Its a big DISAPPOINTMENT to me for the Barca game!!! Instead of going all out for an away goal, SAF opt for a tactical game to shut off Barca... It was a boring boring game as well, even more boring than watching Pool play!!! Sigh!!!
As for the penalty, it was a waste to miss it!!! But as they all said, mayb it came too early in the game... I felt tht most of our players were being flatten by the atmosphere of the Camp Nou, they settle down very very slow...
Am delighted that SAF is happy abt the result and the team performance, he seems very confident tht we will win at Old Toilet... But there r few Qs i would love to ask, if SAF planned to shut off Barca in the 1st place... 1. Why waste Rooney on the right?! He totally played out of position and hv had little contribution to the team as a whole other than keep sticking at tht right side slightly infront of Hargo... If discipline is needed why not play other such as Sheasy or Pique by moving Hargo further up on the right where Rooney operated?! 2. Pity Tevez, as he was 1 of our 'midfielder' today rather than a striker... So, were we playing 4-4-1-1 or supposedly 4-5-1?! Clearly, Anderson in the middle will offer much more than either Park or Tevez in such a game plan... 3. Hargo did pretty well on the RB, but i think he can b clumsy at times too... I dun think he look too happy to b placed there... Why not trust Pique?! If Pique stil cant get his chances in such a situation (when Vida is out of the equation), i think there is a big chances tht he might opt to leave us come summer... Where is all de SAF confident in him?!
On the brighter notes, Brown and Rio played very well at the center of our defence... They did cut off lotsa danger posed by Barca throughout the game... Then Evra hv had an excellent game against Messi as well... And i got to agree with SAF tht, Scholesy was 1 of our BEST player on the field... Defensively, he hv done a superb job... He track back, very alert to the opponent movement and he closed off the space very well too... But offensively, we were very poor as a unit... I can say this is the worst game i hv had seen for a long time in terms of our attacking play... We jus cant hold on to our possession... Why oh Why?! We are supposed to be 1 of the BEST team in doing so... Even Carrick looked very nervy at times...
0-0, back to Old Toilet... Mmm... As long as we do not concede a goal, v hv got a great chance to win the game... I think we shld stick back to our 4-5-1 formation in Europe game, as Barca always seems to hv an extra man in the middle over us... We need more control in tht area to win us the game... We cant let them to hv too much rooms to move ard... Without Puyol, we failed to pressure them for an away goal, and we have missed an all important penalty, hopefully it wouldnt come back to hurt us... Fingers cross!!!
Yeah Ronnie, you need to score in the return leg!!! Tht's for sure!!!
P/S: Silver, mana lu?!
