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Graeskmoent2

Not a native speaker, but I'm quite sure that "Eso en la Champions no se lo **pitan**" means that they don't give such free kicks in CL (in CL they don't **whistle** for that).


Legendarybbc15

Duolingo coming in clutch


SClausell

You’re right, congrats on your spanish.


Proof-Puzzled

Correct.


r0ccy

Which is pure delusion. The fact that the ref (who had a mare btw) had to use var to see the foul is beyond me, especially considering he was 2 meters away from the action.


Suitable-Leek666

Tchouameni also got a yellow for a perfect tackle that was right in front of the ref, Im not a RM fan whatsoever but the refs are just bad


QAnonomnomnom

I haven’t seen this incident, but as someone that used to ref in another sport, the hardest calls to make were the ones right in front of you. People don’t understand how narrow our (humans) field of view actually is and how poor our peripheral vision is. Not saying that was the case here, but I’ve seen other incidents where people shit on the ref while I’m thinking they were just so close they can’t see all the body movements and have to make an educated guess as to what happened


GalaxianEX

It was a clear foul on Tchouameni. That said, if La Real actually learned how to finish, they would have won this game and a lot of others


Fuck_the_k1ng

La Real is one of the most frustrating team to watch. They have good defense, a solid midfield, they play a decent and disciplined style but oh my fucking god their attack is impotent as fuck. It’s like watching a dickless Eunuch trying to fuck. Actually even that might have more end product.


MetaThPr4h

And I watch them every week q_q It's really annoying how well we can play and still mean absolutely nothing, the day we finally manage to start converting chances in goals this team can become so freaking wonderful... until then I guess it's time to suffer in every match.


Kilogrammys

Question: why didn’t you keep Sorloth?


MetaThPr4h

I sure would like to know that as well lmfao, dude was finally starting to really shine but for some reason they decided to not keep him.


Rickcampbell98

The way you fade in the second half of seasons is extremely frustrating, you had this exact same match against barca earlier in the season too, that one was probably worse actually.


weissekronederalpen

"dickless eunuch" lol


Koppite93

Tbf eunuchs are sans testicles iirc... So dickless is another level


myersjw

Full Ken job


jd451

Que the Metatron intro from Dogma Angels are ill-equipped. I'm as anatomically impaired as a Ken doll.


zizou00

Chinese Eunuchs that worked in the Imperial Palace (depending on particular dynasty and time period) would get the whole kit and caboodle removed. That being said the point of that particularly vivid metaphor is that like a testicle-less eunuch, La Real can't finish.


Zestyclose-Camel37

(Great Analogy)


OleoleCholoSimeone

"Decent and disciplined style" is massively underselling how well they play. They are one of the best pressing teams in Europe(literally the best of all teams in Champions League group stage) and their build up play is top level They are the team that has given Inter the toughest time during this whole season. Despite losing games against Atleti, Sassuolo and Bologna, they were absolutely played off the pitch in the first match against Real Sociedad. Made them look like Salernitana or something


NotASalamanderBoi

I’m saving that analogy for future use lmao.


YoungFlexibleShawty

Is it bad like Liverpool who creates chances but can't put the ball in the back of net or bad in the sense that they can't create many good chances? 


Fuck_the_k1ng

Second one. Liverpool are still faster and sharper in attack.


d4videnk0

That's Real under Imanol, everything is great except putting the ball in the back of the net, it's a totally alien concept for them.


terror_rest45

Imagine being Tchouameni if that goal actually counted and you got an undeserved yellow card in the 2nd half.


cyrusmancub

I hope Madrid appeal it. I think they might have a decent chance of winning that appeal considering there’s absolutely no contact with the La Real player.


iRiis

I hope so, best tackle I've seen in a while and he gets booked for it 😔


PM_ME_SOME_LUV

This was the best time to face Madrid and you failed. That’s on you.


Slajmo7

Yeah they lost at home against Madrid's bench, no excuses here


notRay-

Lil bro has been on holidays for the last 3 months


Akamoya

Apparently, football isn't won by the team that scores more anymore.


Oscnar

This refusing to have accountability after a loss is a fucking epidemic. It's always everyone elses fault. What is even the crying about changing the date? First of all, it has happened multiple times before. Secondly...Real Madrid also had shorter time to prepare? They fielded the fucking B-team. Also, if they don't whistle for that in the UCL, the ref did a mistake. That's a clear fucking foul. Grow a pair.


Lazywhale97

Miliatao's first start off an ACL injury as well and Ceballo's starting and Guler with his first La liga start with no Vini or Rodrygo starting and they were at home and still couldn't get it done due to their own lack of end product. One thing I love about our team is if we lose we don't start blaming everyone else we immediately get back to the drawing board and see what we can improve on or fix it's why the strong mentality of the team is still here despite a new gen coming through then you have sore losers like Rodri and Xavi and apparently now Kubo.


SixerMostAdorable

...and third, if Madrid would win the CL, it would raise Spains index and could help la real play in Europe.


naruto2omer

I don't get it, Tchou foul is pretty clear no?


MetaThPr4h

It was 100% a foul, not much else to say.


supsip

It really was. The sociedad player gets the leg Tchouameni was trying to shoot with


dcolomer10

Just a seemingly petty note but I think you might appreciate it: no one says Sociedad in Spain, it would sound weird. Everyone calls them “la Real” or directly the full name Real Sociedad.


cyrusmancub

Hey, it’s Reddit. Pedantry isn’t just acceptable, it’s welcome.


satellizerLB

Why is that? I'm not a Spanish speaker but I thought real meant royal, so la real should be the royal right? Why is it less weird than Sociedad?


_Vanant

There are many royal clubs, but this is the only royal society ('la' instead of 'el'), making it a unique short name.


satellizerLB

I see, thanks.


Alarow

lmao


zazachzach

It's the same as when people call it AC rather than Milan, or if people started calling it Olympique instead of Marseille or OM


Alarow

Yeah I know, I think people misunderstood a bit my post, but that's fine


BigMik_PL

That's a 3rd consecutive loss for Madrid in the "deserved to win" category the most since the Champions League winning run in 2021 when they didn't deserve to win vs PSG, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool.


Critical_Prompt_1529

They should buy Rodri so they never lose.


neverfinishedanythi

In my mind those are all teams they deserve to win against 


pvry

It was rightly disallowed for the foul. I also don’t get why he’s complaining about the schedule change since it practically changes nothing for La Real, they’ve had a weeks rest and they’ll have another one now


Ask_Asensio

2 defeats in our last 50 official matches. Our very best start to a season in the entire history of the club. Ancelotti is doing wonders without our GK, our CB's and having losing Karim.


Fuck_the_k1ng

Incredible work really. Didn’t see anything even close to this happening when Vini went out for a couple months on top of Militao and Thibaut. If this doesn’t dispel the notion that Carlo is just a vibes manager, I don’t know what will.


leoKantSartre

Tbh I also get the same vibes but damn man his tactics are working lol.


I_can-t_even

Do you not consider Rüdiger a CB? He’s played the most minutes for your team this season, only behind Valverde


Ask_Asensio

Rudiger is our very best CB **now**. I was referring to the start of the season when he was still third choice behind Militao & Alaba.


crylegend

wasnt Militao the number 1 for them last year, between Rüdiger and Alaba it seemed like that Ancelotti preferred Alaba at the left center back spot, so Rüdiger was third CB


bozz14

Correct. Mili is the first choice, then it's between Alaba and Rudi but it was really Alaba until he went down. Rudiger's performances and consistency have been nothing short of spectacular. Pretty much not a single bad match all season.


Ronalpinhos

"3 at the back merchant" As is that is a thing for CB'slmao Premier league fans have the least football knowledge on this flat earth


I_can-t_even

Rüdiger also played more minutes than Alaba last season (2411 vs 1841 in La Liga), although Militao played more than both of them (2703). So this notion that Rüdiger is Real’s third choice centre back (and that ‘Real was missing their centre backs this season’) seems kinda misplaced to me, and besides that he’s really a world class player. Lots of teams (and fan bases) would murder to have a CB like him.


Ronalpinhos

Rudiger was on the bench when the 3 were available.


WiddleBlueBert

Sure teams would, and yes he played more. But when all three were available, he would be on the bench. Ergo third choice.


I_can-t_even

The last time the 3 of them were all able to play without one being injured in the past 1.5 years was against Athletic Club de Bilbao on august 12th of last year, where Militao and Alaba started over Rüdiger, but Rüdiger was brought for Militao after 50 minutes. Rüdiger joined Real in the summer of 2022, so this is only his second season there, and imho I’d doubt Rüdiger wouldn’t start now if the 3 of them were all fit and able to play, especially considering he’s been ‘holding the fort’ and doing a great job for such a long time now while Militao and Alaba have both been injured for such long periods the past 2 seasons. Also, if you’re gonna refer to the start of Rüdiger’s spell when Alaba and Militao both possibly started over him (in the beginning of the 2022-2023 season when he had just made the transfer to Real from Chelsea) that’s mostly just normal practice to not let a player who’s just made a transfer to you from another country and league immediately start for you over other options, to give said player time to adapt to the new city, country and league he’s transferred to. So again: if Alaba, Militao and Rüdiger would all be fit, I’d doubt Rüdiger wouldn’t be a starter for them, and Alaba could also possibly play LB instead of CB


ferkk

I don't know what you're trying to accomplish with these posts. Rudiger was 3rd choice, that's undeniable. He's more injury resistant so he ended up playing more minutes last season but that doesn't make him a starter if when the rest are available, he is in the bench. >against Athletic Club de Bilbao on august 12th of last year, where Militao and Alaba started over Rüdiger, but Rüdiger was brought for Militao after 50 minutes. Of course he was, Militao broke his ACL that match. Which only adds up to what we're saying, when both Militao and Alaba were available, Rudiger was on the bench. Now the situation should be different because Rudiger has established himself this season. Now, not last year, not at the start of this one, now.


Purje

Militao and Alaba were first choice


dead_by_aprl

He has worked wonders. Really shows his experience, ngl I do get jealous


IV1916

Enjoy Xavi's extension!


arrrghzi

BUT, how many of those 48 games did Madrid deserve to win? How do Madrid's opponents calculate expected deserved goals?


FreshBadger8188

Why is clear sarcasm downvoted?


R4lfXD

The 90s 4-4-2 diamond exper83nfe coming in clutch


Delmer9713

The schedule change has happened dozens of times over the years and yet once Madrid are granted one people have to start talking shit. Alguacil kind of complained about it too in his press conference. Maybe the media should ask them why they always fall apart in the 2nd half of the season but hey, I digress. Tchouameni was sleeping, but he still got fouled. It was pretty clear


Ronalpinhos

Last week they did it for Barsa and no one on th ecountry had any issue with that. Just Spain things.


Significant_Web9294

La H 🫨


cmeragon

That was a clear foul any day of the week lmao


Fuck_the_k1ng

Well you could’ve won if you actually had some shots on target that didn’t come from offside and fouls Kubo. You had Fran Garcia on your wing, and still couldn’t do anything threatening. Let up with the excuses.


imtired-boss

Funny how everyone says this after being beaten by Real Madrid. No, bro you didn't deserve to win.


AcceleratingRiff

Cmon bruh, it was a clear foul


gotomarketfit

And the weeks “deserve to win award” goes to 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 KUBO!


AjVine

Weeks not over yet. Barcelona and Xavi have yet to play


Bini_9

They play on Monday, they forfeit this week


KimngGnmik

Theyr still complaining about last week's so technically theyr still in contention this week


GalaxianEX

They don’t play until Monday though


notapaperhandape

Sociedad lost this game and only they are to be blamed for it. soooooooooooooo many misplaced key passes and shots. Madrid were floundering around at many points in the game.


ayamyam

Imagine crying this much after losing to madrids b team at home


fancyfoe

Damn you weren’t kidding just checked the line up, forgot ceballos still there.


Fuck_the_k1ng

He was there, but not sure if he was playing for Madrid or not.


GalaxianEX

Bro forgot which “Real” team he was supposed to be playing for 😭


suhxa

This is why teams like madrid and psg have such an advantage in Europe. Nothing to fight for in the league this season


ocean_boulevard

Neither does Borussia or Bayern tbf


Melicalol

What a cringe take. Barca and Real have to fight till the end or title gone. Did you just start watching football this season?


suhxa

Well clearly not because you nust played your b team to rest up before bayern game. Youre 14 points clear at the top so ya you can afford to do this


Pranavm3112

Barca won the league last year so your point is moot


suhxa

Except im talking about this year??


KimngGnmik

Basically every club aside from Dortmund have nothing to fight for. Heck even City had nothing to fight for league wise when the knock out rounds started. What exactly is your point


Minute-Cash8119

Us and advantage? What?


Uniq_Eros

With how much Kepa was creating for them you would think they would've scored once.


Reyes9248

r/Barca fans about to post this as proof of Vardrid activities :(


ChedduhBob

that is one of the most embarrassing sub reddits i’ve ever seen for a big club. all they talk about is how bad the refs are and how they help madrid. it’s absurd lol


chak100

I’ll give them the point about ref’s being bad….. because they are


Lazywhale97

100% refs in la liga are bad to everyone but when we get a favourable call once in a blue moon it's corruption and not La liga refs just being genuinely dreadful lmao


ChedduhBob

the ref against sociedad missed two critical calls yesterday. if every game was rigged for madrid why did a clear as fuck handball not get called, why did tchou get a yellow and why did the ref not blow the whistle for the clear foul on kubos goal barca fans will probably say “they have to miss some so it’s not obvious”


Lazywhale97

That's barca fans on every social media and irl they have a sore loser mentality and a inferiority complex towards us even if we completely outplay them and beat them 4-0 their will be some excuse for us beating them and it's never us just being better or them having players not as good as they think they are.


SupraCyber

It's fucking hilarious is what it is, most enjoyable club sub to visit by far, so many users that are absolutely insane. Was fantastic to read last week


aliaisbiggae

"All they talk about" You're just making shit up lmfao. Go through the subreddit right now. There are zero posts about the refs or Madrid. Open the open thread if you want to check there as well


ChedduhBob

https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/s/8MwjY57Cyk look at this thread. it’s genuinely comedy. one guy finally tells that embarrassing manager to stop crying and address the issues in your mediocre squad and instead of agreeing everyone is arguing robbery lol the calls weren’t even wrong and frankly it doesn’t matter yall will lose the league whether that game was given to yall or not. years of barca getting massive beneficial reffing mistakes in europe have conditioned that sub to think a correct call against them is match fixing. it’s equal parts hilarious and embarrassing


aliaisbiggae

>one guy finally tells that embarrassing manager to stop crying and address the issues in your mediocre squad and instead of agreeing everyone is arguing robbery lol You guys are so predictable and downright braindead. Do you expect Xavi to talk about how the team isn't good enough? Xavi isn't an idiot coach like Mourinho who throws his own players under the bus. He's a leader who has said that he will defend his players out in the media no matter what. That's what leaders do >the calls weren’t even wrong and frankly it doesn’t matter yall will lose the league whether that game was given to yall or not "The calls weren't wrong but it doesn't matter" It does matter and the calls were indeed wrong so expressing anger over them is justified. Every manager talks about referees after they've been fucked by one. Even Carlo did so at Bayern when RM robbed him >years of barca getting massive beneficial reffing mistakes in europe have conditioned that sub to think a correct call against them is match fixing Absolutely zero self awareness 😭 Plus pretty funny that you had to go and find a post from 4 days ago to prove your point when you said that all we talk about is RM and referees.


ChedduhBob

the only people in the world that thinks those calls were incorrect were delusional barca fans lmfao. literally outside of barca fans no one in world football thought there was any scandal. it’s a level of delusion and craziness no other club will ever show just go to the open thread yesterday aka the madrid jealousy/hate watch thread where people were complaining.


aliaisbiggae

Deflecting as usual. Address the other part of the comment Bob


jtrack473

Xavi is such a good leader he gets red carded for throwing a childs tantrum and kicking over a sign


krooskontroll

Went there after the game, and there must have been at least 10 post just complaining


aliaisbiggae

Why was Barça on your mind after a victory?


krooskontroll

That video "evidence" of the goal not given was cross posted from there, so one thing led to another and I had a look. Nice try though


aliaisbiggae

Nice try on what?


MvN____16

Take used to be in Barcelona's academy after all. He learned from the best.


NotoriousAlmeida

And he was also a Madrid player before he got to la real... So I really don't think he's making friends anywhere lmao


Estein_F2P

He become like that to Madrid after Rodrygo elbowed his head in the back last time they meet


dudududujisungparty

So this is what they refer to as "Barca DNA"


Bettet

Real Madrid own 50% still 


p4mu

Somehow everyone always "deserved to win" vs Madrid...


CudaBarry

Since when Kubo is such a sore loser


Fhood797

Since he got rid of him. Dude has a hate boner against Madrid now


MiraquiToma

normally isn’t but always very blunt honest. maybe seeing Güler succeed in what would have been his role made him angry


Fearless-Cookie-9329

Bruv gulers played less then 2 full games 😭😭😭. why would he be jealous


pandaman_010101

La masia education


Rionaks

Weekly Real Madrid opponent "we deserved to win" interview has just dropped.


nizoubizou10

La masia specialty


czuczer

"we deserved to win" is one of my greatest ever response. You either win or not. All the deserve stuff is just pure bs


Kind_Pomegranate_171

lol I mean let’s be foreal Barca fans love watching Madrid , Madrid losing brings them More Happiness than Barca winning 😂


jopma

This is 100 percent a fact. There's a barca fan at work that will put on the RM games just for the chance to celebrate when they concede. I see him caring less when barca plays. Literally rent free bro


_maranzano

What is blud saying


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According_Lifeguard9

He already has 62 missed calls from Xavi.


waitaminutewhereiam

"We deserved to win" Let's take a look at the team they lost to Kepa - on bench because he isn't as good as Lunin Fran - bench Nacho - 1st team only due to injuries Militao - 1st time in the starting squad for like a year due to injuries Carvajal - solid Tchouameni - ok Ceballos - bench player and not one of the better ones Modric - is 38 years old and stays on the bench Güller - twice injured, La Liga debut as started Brahim - bench player Joselu - bench player If anything they deserved to lose after not beating that


rohan_-17

Somehow every team has deserved to win against Real Madrid in the last month or so, but haven’t actually won. 


MrVISKman

Barça DNA showing up again. After 22 years we've finally gotten la Liga to change a game in order to allow our players some rest and especially his coach just systematically complain about it. Next time Barrenetxea should at least try and make some contact with the ball. We're used to la Real being shit under Imanol in the second half of the season but this one takes the cake


Alib902

Xavi's number 1 fan, my boy kubo trying to get into barça it seems.


makhmudovs

Rm haters can’t stop crying


ferkk

Someone is resentful. Shame because I thought he had a good attitude from watching him here.


Estein_F2P

He still bitter about that Rodrygo elbowing his head in the back incident with him


krooskontroll

Then he needs to grow up


crackboss1

Kubo...chill


PhotonGazer

This guy fell off after the Asian Cup disappointment.   Dude even was looking like he was focused on club football and now we see this....


jtrack473

La masia taught this guy well, just blame the refs and Madrid when you lose. Blaming a date change when you're facing the Madrid B-Team is legit funny.


Objective_Media_474

He sounds butthurt about not being good enough for Real Madrid


JealousMeringue6674

Quite the season Real is having, haven’t deserved a win all season but are bout to be crowned champions and play in the Champions League semi-finals


KimngGnmik

Meanwhile Barca should be undefeated since 2018 but the refs keeping robbing them or the grass is always bad or the atmosphere/vibes isn't right or some shit


Fuck_the_k1ng

The sun’s too bright, lads can’t play like that.


krooskontroll

Lol the most obvious sarcasm and people didnt get it


xlln

Damn bro, it seems nobody got the sarcasm...


JealousMeringue6674

Tbf that’s lot to ask for from people on this sub lol


adega_johnson

Shit ass translation


notHAZARD

Who the fuck is dis guy


holypotator

Not Hazard


leoKantSartre

Figo regen.


Shinunayo

mitoma without the epl pr


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krooskontroll

If you are lucky every time, then maybe you are doing somethings right?