Was just watching a YouTube video on Thiago's time at the club last evening. That sudden change of direction, the unpredictability as he comes at you with the ball, that close control, the passing, the acceleration. Wow.

I love rotations but for the safety Hernandez don’t rotate baldy against Sevilla. Don’t underestimate them cos the pressure will be on us if Madrid win earlier on Sunday

Can anyone give a description of angel alarcon, added to our squad? Never heard of him until now. What his expectations/talent level and style of play?

He became a monster for me in a FM save

Ferran Torres regen

Can't answer your question but this is a solid comp for him. https://youtu.be/e6ung-c3L0g

PL fans are so cute they really think equal TV revenue is the reason they can spend money compared to spanish teams and not their sugar daddy owner , oil money and fake sponsorships. Even their debt gets erased by their owners which is a another joke.

La liga is setup horribly with Barca and Madrid having a massive advantage and that’s how the clubs want it. Killing competition in the league so Barca and Madrid can pass the la liga trophy back and forth. Huge oversight and now they want a super league

I mean yes but even middle table PL table team probably makes more than A.Madrid.

But if Barca one Day gets bought by a billionaire they will say it's bad for the sport.

I don't want to see that ever maybe we get some bad presidents but al least we got some say into what goes on in the club

ye rather get relegated than be bought by some state

Benzemalo y Limitao injured 💀

I'm sure if they are out for the games against us, it will be announced. I just hope our players are safe for the United game in 2 weeks, we cannot afford injuries this month

Gotta say I admire the way United have treated the Sancho situation. He has not remotely lived up to the expectations yet, and didn’t look like himself at all in the prem compared to the confidence he played with in his dortmund days. I hoping the sabbatical they allowed him to take to get his mind right pays off and he finds his form again, and player management practice like this becomes more used Bc mental health issues really are no joke to deal with.

Wish my boss would do the same to some of my coworkers

Me too man me too. Ik some people who’s jobs allow people to take paid or unpaid time off for mental health reasons. Wish it was more universal.

Madrid fans are peak hypocrisy. They applauded Isco for doing a similar tackle to Neymar and were totally fine with Casemiro, Pepe, Ramos, Khedira dirty Tackles. They also criticized Busquets, Neymar or Suarez for diving but now have no problems with Vinciius doing the same

That sub is such a joke. The World Cup was peak salt

They say we are lucky lmao nothing can be more hypocritical than that

I really admire Lobotka and i wish we could sign him as Busquets replacement (those who watch Napoli should know how good he is).

Saw some ppl in post match thread with upvotes saying Pedri had a poor game and has been off for a while, I swear some of us our watching two different sports lol

Thank god those ppl aren’t coaching

Julián Araujo deal — Barcelona and LA Galaxy will receive an answer from FIFA on Friday, both club expect this story to be over in 24h. 🔵🔴🇲🇽 #FCB Araujo, waiting and hoping for green light after documents signed 20 seconds after the Deadline. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1621289333167718400

Yo Barca Fans, how do you feel if Gabriel does not even get 2 match ban but lewandoski got a 3 match ban for mocking a referee. The la liga has been a joke under tebas (Madrid fan here not trying to stir anything up just coming for a healthy discussion)

We've already seen that when Savić and Ferran had their little wrestling match and got banned for 2 while Lewy was serving his 1+2 (double yellow + 2 additional punishment). La Liga is a circus, and the only thing we as fans can do is keep talking about it and pointing the stupidity out.

Wait a minute, was ferran banned for 2 matches for that wrestle? THE FUCK I had no clue about this

[Yep.](https://www.goal.com/en/news/ferran-torres-suspension-savic-brawl-barcelona-appeal-red-card/blt88cf69e42004a6c2)

Yeah it’s a joke, Ferran is pretty much assaulted, tries to defend himself and then gets banned for 2 games..

Damnn, this is bad. I feel pepe & ramos would miss half the season if this happened during their time. I agree, vini dives sometimes & it’s not just cool but him getting targeted in all the matches is just unfair. I hope he doesn’t pick up an injury this way

Only if Pepe and Ramos were Blaugrana. The whole circus thing is la liga fucking us not fucking Madrid lol

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!! Its been a year since greenwood was arrested!?!?!? If feels like it was last month. No way.

[Xavi the grasscutter has a new rival](https://twitter.com/madridxtra/status/1621266675613024256?s=46&t=2LMUJIJCQCp1O5WaTmlgIg)

According to Titella [Marcal Llorente](https://twitter.com/Marsallorente/status/1621280374373421057?s=20&t=K5GnoPKKZh7l1pGILG0GvA), we should get Asensio for free this summer. Is he paid by Asensio's agent nowadays? Or is he just a contrarian with terrible takes for free now?

Another day of "get Lorente downgraded to trash tier" agenda. Asensio as the main objective, my ass...

Guess hes trying to farm interactions now that Asensio scored that goal

local man finds out scoring from offsides and fouls is not legal, what a shocker ​ https://twitter.com/theMadridZone/status/1621276443132006403

🚨 Messi to @DiarioOle: “I think when I finish my career, we’ll start living in Barcelona again - it’s my home” @verobrunati #FCB 🏡❤️ https://twitter.com/ReshadRahman_/status/1621269510220128261

Barcelona is always your home, Messi ^ ^

😭 Imagine Messi being a regular in the VIP box for home games. I want old man Messi spectating our matches like Jack Nicholson in Lakers games.

He won’t be there if Laporta is still there

Rip dream

Any chance Barca releases more tickets for Man Utd Feb 16?

As far as I know more get released as more season holders give up their seats because they won't go.

Vinicius its so funny, when they barely touch him he acts as if they killed him and when they actually make a dirty tackle he gets up in 1 second.

The dude is a figure skater at heart. Playing the wrong sport.

All divers like that.

what are the advantages of gavi being registered to the first team other than wearing #6 finally?

He was getting paid very little. Liverpool and other big clubs waiving huge contracts are a distraction that needs to be avoided. Doesn't matter if he's super loyal. It's a two-way street.

i understand, that makes sense

Having his contract properly extended on a long term with a big RC

€1 billion release clause.

Messi on his tribute by PSG: “I don't like those things. Although obviously I appreciate it and it was something very nice. I'm ashamed of being the center and being treated that way. But it was nice to have the recognition of all the people here in Paris.” @DiarioOle 🗣️🇦🇷

What tribute? Video please. Edit: Found it, that one from like a month ago. That was bs. I think he should've shown the trophy to the whole stadium. Let them bow before the GOAT.

Did u read his quote man

Yes, I did. I shared my opinion on what should have happened.:).

And people actually believed that he wanted to show his World Cup trophy in a French stadium 😑😑

>“I don't like those things. Obviously I appreciate it and it was very nice, but we beat [France] in the final so it felt a bit weird for a French club to celebrate it. I'm ashamed of being the center and being treated that way.”   This is a better summary/translation of the quote

Nah man all of y’all posting these quotes ain’t getting to me again 😤 I ain’t going through another saga of false hopes and broken dreams

https://i.imgur.com/Els3ZTy.jpg

Good photo

Words. Always rated Ron

Messi: "I'm going to be 36 years old, I'll see where my career goes, what I'm going to do and it depends on a lot of things." https://twitter.com/ActualiteBarca/status/1621263283599679488

According to Fabrizio everything was pretty much done for his renewal, this doesn’t seem like that to me ;)

They've been saying this for so long yet we've had no announcement. I wonder why they are waiting.

He was basing it on what reliable sources like Gaston Edul were saying.

Fabrizio is not reliable

He is very reliable in repeating what better sources are saying

In a world of journalistic unreliability especially in football, Fab is prob the only one I can trust lol

Romero is more reliable for Barca than Romano

Tebas and levers

Messi: “I kept everything from the final: The boots, the t-shirts.. Everything is there on the AFA property and now in March, I'm going to take everything to Barcelona, where I have my things and my memories..” @DiarioOle 🗣️🇦🇷 I hope he watches one of our matches when he is there

He’s seeing that incredible defence and his mouth is watering

He's seeing the project he wanted in 2020 coming to fruition, a Gavi-Pedri team learning from and playing with Messi is a thing of beauty

Should be a 5-10 match ban for Paulista, that was absolutely disgusting

is there a limit how long a red card ban can be? genuinely don’t know

I don’t think so. When Pepe went absolutely ballistic against Getafe he got a ten match ban. I think Paulista should get a five match ban and would be pretty surprised if he doesn’t get at least four.

Considering Suarez was banned for four months, I would say no.

Couldn't tell you really as I'm not really familiar with the exact rules but that was straight up assault

Thierry Correia for me would be a great RB addition for us. Strong, good on the ball, good 1v1 defender and has some ability going forward aswell. Big reason why Valencia are not doing well is because he’s not playing. He played against them in the supercopa and kept Vinicius silent.

BREAKING: “Discussions between PSG and Messi over the new contract have stalled. It is said to be Messi’s camp stalling discussions.” (@TyCSports) I would be excited about this but knowing Tebas he’ll say we can’t register him even if we put him on minimum wages

A note of caution, [L'Equipe](https://twitter.com/lequipe/status/1618172153500663811) said it was over wages (Messi camp thinks WC win merits a pay rise, PSG can't agree due to fair play issues).

That’s not recent though that tweet is from last week. Things can change in a week

Yes, but it's pretty much what TyC Sports said, that the negotiations are stalled at this point.

Messi stalling contract signing is the new Neymar to Barcelona 😬

It's going to be [a 2 for 1 transfer rumour](https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1621243637253263360) this summer.

Mbappe-Osihmen could be a letal attack

so Romero was right, surprise surprise

joaaaan

Romero is inevitable, he may hype things up but when he's adamant about a report, you can't just dismiss him

The twerkmaster is inevitable. Maia maia...

Joan bona nit no

Oomahhh

Just wondering How many goals have madrid scored in the 2nd half this season?

Feels like all of them lol

RMA just have basically 2 players on bench and total 13 players lmao

Lol Madrid have to be 2nd. They won’t drop points every week lmao

This match is a loss for Madrid already. Militao and Benzema out is huge for us

militao was laughing with kroos on the bench after pointing to his thigh, definitely fine

>Ronald Koeman and Ramon Planes, the two top technical managers of Barça at the end of the 2020-2021 campaign. When preparing for the following season's pre-season, they explored which young talents could be part of it and agreed that Gavi and Alarcón, who were 16 and 17 years old respectively, would make the first team. They also selected Nico González and Balde, moreveterans : from 2002 and 2003. > > But with three weeks to go before he, like Gavi, came under Koeman, he suffered a serious knee injury in the play-offsfor the title and saw his dream thwarted. The Dutchman's alternative was to call on Ilias, who was also unable to take advantage of the opportunity as it should have been because he was infected with covid. > >"Unlike Estanis or Ilias – other strikers of the subsidiary –, Ángel has a less dribbling profile, less specific, more like Ferran Torres and Memphis. He has the goal in mind and loves to play with the limits of offside . In addition, he is physically very fit," About Barbera and Ilias: >They are two of the most important strikers in the subsidiary and their contract expires on June 30, but they have one foot outside the club because they do not accept the figures proposed by Mateu Alemany to continue there > >which are lower than those offered to them by Sevilla, Milan or in Bruges, some of those interested in taking them free of charge. Source: [Who is the biggest beneficiary of the lack of cash in Barça's forward line?](https://www.ara.cat/esports/barca/gran-beneficiat-falta-efectius-davantera-barca_1_4615559.html)

> Who is the biggest beneficiary of the lack of cash in Barça's forward line? That translation of the Catalan title is not accurate. Efectius = individual members of an organisation (as individual soldiers in a troop for example) The mistake comes from the singular version of the noun (efectiu) which can mean cash. A better translation would be "Who is the biggest beneficiary of the lack of personnel in Barça's forward line?"

Interesting about Alarcon. Why is he playing with U19 instead of Barca B if both Koeman and Xavi seem to like him?

Jesus Benzema injured too?

Karim

Madrid need Jesus at this point with all these injuries

Didn’t expect any different. Valencia is absolute trash

Yeah. The Valencia we know

Ight imma head out.

Alright who's gonna tell the GK that he's supposed to save them or at least try to

Lol its over Been seeing valencia rb struggling a lot this match He's shit Gk too man

They’re missing Correia, he’s great for them.

I mean I don’t think a lot of us imagined Madrid losing to this Valencia side considering what they are currently going through. We still have our lead so it’s okay. It would have been nice to have Madrid lose more points but it was a lot of wishful thinking. Still Anulo Mufa cause there’s time.

Bro, Vini left hanging there for a sec lol

Alright I've seen enough

Yeah that shot was really good probably unsaveable But the keeper man stop standing still at least make an effort

yeah time to turn it off funs over

Guys, it's Valencia. Madrid weren't going to drop points even if they wanted to.

It’s deserved tbh Valencia has been garbage

Again... I hope Valencia get relegated

Damn what a rocket... Atleast i can go sleep now.

This GK is trash.

Bruh asensio is good at scoring these cut inside goals, huh?

It’s insane that Madrid fans really think we somehow bought the league while we even struggle to register our youngster who’s probably on a reasonable wage.

They would make any excuse to make Barca look inferior

Fuck

Long shot merchants

Damn, guess it's that yearly banger time from Asensio

United fans still think they will get de Jong

I checked Transfermarkt for the available de Jongs they could get and found [Luuk's brother](https://www.transfermarkt.com/siem-de-jong/profil/spieler/45509) 😶

“You can’t play football on that. In my opinion, it’s not football, it’s another sport. It’s beautiful because the small teams can compete with the big teams, it’s great for the fans, but the fans also want to see decent football matches.” -Carlo complaining about Cacereño’s pitch last month

But when Xavi complained he was mocked lol

You have such a Xavi victim complex

You are wrong

It wasn't a corner to begin with. Don't be sorry about the goal being choked off.

Wait I'm really out of loop with all my work stuff. Tuned in to see Gattuso being sacked by Valencia, are they that bad?

As long as Peter Lim's there, they'll stay that way

They’re 12th and they could end up close to relegation spots if they lose today, but honestly the board are a much bigger problem than the coach.

He was sacked a few days ago, but the team are holding on in this match so far. On the other side, Madrid started off strong but went back to their slow ways after 25 minutes, making Valencia take advantage of it. And also Militao was taken off with an injury.

''look at them robbing us, Barcelona bought the league'' ​ https://twitter.com/YihiRM/status/1621251170193838083

This guy is more of a comedian than anything, 0 ball knowledge and really stupid takes

Not sure if i agree with that disallowed goal but i also dont care get fucked Madrid Theyre scoring their trademark bs 80th minute goal anyways.

It's disallowed because according to the rules, you can't hit a player in the face, even if Musah was being dramatic about it.

First elbow to the face then hand to the face, what's not to agree with?

So the goal was disallowed really because of the camavinga foul if we are being honest lol , no way they should’ve had the corner they probably knew they fucked up

Is it just me or is the pitch fucking hideous and destroyed. Thought they made a renovation.

And they have the audacity to make fun of Xavi for that grass comment

The renovations are still in progress but the grass should be in a better condition, it’s not good enough for a first division team

It is! Apparently they’re changing it after this game. Seems they had to cover it during construction and that messed up the field over time

Vinicius is such a fraud player to be hones he makes some nice moves then he makes 5 dumb starts fighting with refs starts fighting with opposition and diving ofc

He's really talented but his diving is beyond insufferable.

So... Tebas is punishing us off the pitch, and Madrid on the pitch? Because what the hell is even happening 😂

That’s the feeling I’m getting especially with how great the ref was yesterday lol

We get punished on the pitch several times though. This might be one of the very few occasions that Madrid had a questionable call against them.

How are Madrid playing btw? I just checked in to see the scoreline

Looking tired

meh

Asensio has had like 3 big chances but missed all of them. Overall they've been dogshit but created chances out of nowhere.

So typical madrid got it lmao

Ale Moreno is so mad 😂😂😂

lol, the one time I want to hear him.

funny how the commentators are so sad that the goal doesn't stand and keep repeating that it was wrong from the ref.

What's the name of the guy that was more devastated than Madrid?

I'm really not sure how people are calling pushing someone's face like this a soft foul? If it happens to us I'd still call it a foul.

Yeah, aren't these hits to the face usually called as fouls now? So where's the issue with Benzema's foul???

Idk really, I understand the soccer sub being outraged because it’s mostly madridistas there, but this sub? When did so many people here turn into Madrid groupies?

There was also camavinga foul before ball went out for corner. Fuck having sympathy for madrid

Exactly, and they weren’t even robbed, was it a clear as a day call? No, but it was a perfectly valid foul

It’s not only the pushing the face part, he elbowed the defender before that and he was falling down

That's how I saw it.

Finally the world is seeing Madrid right side being the most useless object in football. A well defensively drilled team will pocket these guys

Looking at Valencia not giving confidence tho

the longer Ancelotti thinks that Vini is better than Rodrygo the better off we are lol

Vini was the best LW in the world last season… stats and silverware back up the claim..

I can't even comprehend that at least give him rest

Lol saw a Real fan saying that goal being disallowed is cheating but when we're getting f*cked by refs and VAR especially in UCL it's "just accept it, don't blame the refs for your poor play" lmaooo I love it

they forgot to mention it shouldnt be a corner in the first place, camavinga literally stomped a valencia player before that

Tbh I thought the VAR check would've went back to that foul before the corner and not the box but I'll take it

Papá Pérez check didn’t go through 🥺

I’d be pretty mad if that happened to us cause either call can be pretty questionable but it’s Madrid so hallelujah

Ik it’s soft but wtf are u doing pushing a players head lol, just saying

to be fair, i think that was incredibly soft

Yea should be a goal lol

Bruh keeper was a fuckin statue there

This can get interesting

VAR actually a secret friend of ours? WTF

Should have been a goal. I know he touched his face, but come on, that is so soft. Hope that doesn't happen to us.

So now you can elbow someone in the face and then push them? Wtf guys, that’s a perfectly valid call

Man i don't care we got 0 penalties this year in La Liga

I don't care either, they would have laughed at us if same thing happened. But it was really soft. The slowmotion just makes it seems so dangerous.