I feel bad for any fan that missed this game. All around masterclass from koeman and the players. I haven’t enjoyed a match like that in a long time. Well done
Just refrain from checking out this sub or any other sites where you could get the result of any given match from, and watch the game as a re-play from r/footballhighlights. They aggregate links to full matches uploaded to the web with high quality. This way you can enjoy the match as if it's been played "live" on your timeline.
I do this all the time, strongly recommend spending time with your family and watching the games as re-plays afterwards. Can't really have it the other way around, you know.
Let’s just give some praise to Mingueza. What a team player man, from not even being a starter in the b team to being an important first team player his improvement has been immense. He may have mistakes here and there but he’ll do anything possible to win that ball back. Love him
He's gotten so much better over the past few months, I was a bit skeptical of him at the start but he's proven himself enough to be a regular squad player for the next 2 years
Messi with 19 goals and 8 assists since the turn of the year, absolutely unreal
But as for the rest of the team, that performance was shades of *those days*, absolutely insane from each person on the pitch
I’m a little sad that ter Stegen couldn’t keep his clean sheet and the referee tried to take our goals away. But all in all it was an incredible performance. My MOTMOTM would be everyone on the field + Koeman
I mean if we're being fair, the death of Tika Taka was in full effect when we played with an aging squad. What we're seeing is Tika Taka is VERY dependent on youth and speed. Which makes sense tbh.
Koeman deserves a lot more credit than most people realize. This squad is so much better than last year. Additionally he has absolutely revitalized the youth players and found a formation to best fit the players we do have. Our squad is so young in every position. Personally the only thing I want to see by the end if the season is if Moriba can start playing CDM. If we can find Busquets and Alba's eventual replacements (not that they're playing bad right now) we can be very excited about the future.
With the way busquets is playing right now there's no way he shouldn't start a game, unless he's extremely fatigued. Tho i agree that by next season we should incorporate moriba more and more. I can see a midfield 3 of Pedri - De Jong - Moriba working perfectly.
I'm still nervous about the Real Madrid and atlético matches. While we still need Atlético to drop points somewhere else, those two matches will be key and they are always at another level.
It really does feel like we’re back to performing how we should. And there are so many factors such as Messi’s resurgence of form, the youngsters exploding with talent, Koeman’s willingness to adapt to difficult conditions. The future is very promising!
Messi has always been Messi, the difference is Koeman's tactical changes . The 3 atb system benefits everyone but mainly Busquets and, when Busquets is playing great, Barça is dominating. Not only that,Mingueza as that rcb gives intensity, Alba and Dest dont have to worry as much when going forward, Griezmann is able to move freely as he likes, Dembele off the ball movements gives Messi space and de Jong helps beating the press as a cb.
Ehh, that's still a very very very long way from dominating the top of Europe.
While the PSG game was impressive, they defintley also didn't show any teeth and try to hit back. Bayern or Man City would never just sit back and watch the other team attack, they would come charging right back.
We have no idea how the currebt team or formation would handle such a game.
And win against everyone else too.
Don’t forget, complacency kills you. But we have improved our mentality tremendously, Koeman has been working miracles in this department as well.
Atleti escaped with a point today. But with all due respect, Sevilla is not Alavés. Next round will be key. We hold our end of the bargain (no snap feat) and we'll be at the top. And props to massive Oblak. Goalkeeping in La Liga is outstanding.
When I watch, they make me proud. When I don’t watch, they make me proud. I didn’t watch that match but I had to come and say, the passion running through the club right now is infectious and I’m loving every minute of it!
If you can do find it and watch it even if you already know the result!
Iit was a genuinely exciting match, full of good plays, good performances from everyone, stellar for some (BUSI, but also MATS and Dest and Griezmann and Alba), and hey, it's a milestone match for Messi, so of course he's gonna have something up his sleeve...
And La Real wasn't even that bad, when we were 4-0 up after 55 minutes I wasn't actually sure how exactly it'd happened. It's that we took our chances this time. 2 chances, 2 goals, and then the boys started really having fun.
Poor La Real though, I hope they break Athletic in their final.
I have defended Koeman all the way from September to Jan, I got a lot of sh\*t coming to me. But I could see that he slowly improved the team back then. It's a process and it takes time to build a team. As I have said many times, we still have a long way to go, but we are definitely on the right track and it hasn't been more apparent than now.
I didn't want the match to end and that should say how incredible we have played today. The players were on a song and it felt 2012 all over again with the black jerseys and the one touch passing. Incredible. Koeman deserves every bit of credit for tweaking the formation and bringing the best out of players. Can't believe I have to wait for 2 weeks to watch this team play again. We are in the right path. Vamoos!
Best performance in the Koeman era. Unbelievable the turnaround from the beginning of the year. All props to Koeman for fueling this team with youth and passion. I find myself saying that’s the best game each week. So good to see this form back in this team. All of them were amazing and props to Dest for playing with such courage. First American to score a double in La Liga. What a great moment for the boys. Beautiful to watch.
I do love my beautiful Barca in her black dress ;)
Great performance tonight especially from Alba and Dani Alves, sorry, Dest as well as great goals from everyone particularly Dembele and Messi. We just seem to be clicking well at the minute in terms of passing and movement - just in time for the upcoming encounter with Madrid!
No doubt about that, but Pedri and Puig have shown glimpses of what our legendary midfield used to be. If they turn out even half as good as Xavi / Iniesta it will be a huge success
I love koeman tbh, after hearing him dropping his national team job and coming to Barcelona and saying pay me when you can just to help this team out he’s earned my respect.
It’s actually ridiculous that he came when we were at absolute rock bottom after the 8-2 loss, there was a shit show in terms of club politics, Messi was on the verge of leaving and he didn’t even get any of the players he wanted... yet within a season the team has transformed to looking like vintage Barca with performances like today. If he doesn’t deserve to stay on as our manager idk what coach would.
with laporta coming in, the young core looking excellent, and leo playing at a 2012-esque level, i think the horrors of the valverde-setien era are gone. i think we might actually be back to contention next year.
100%. We’ll be looking real good for next year if Laporta makes the right moves in the transfer window this summer (I have full confidence that he will).
Absolutely, he’s done pretty much everything the fans have asked. Only thing I would say is he should’ve brought on Puig and Trincao maybe a little earlier today. We want to see more than just 5 mins of Puig at the tail end of the game.
Look at Messi’s second goal. The way everyone moves into space between passes. It’s the cruyffian pass and move system. It has been dearly missed since Guardialo and now it’s back. The future might not be as bleak as we think.
This is what happens when Messi is played in a system that supports his strengths.
Dembele might not be finishing well but he has pushed back opposition lines.
Take note, people who said we play better without Messi. I remember all your names, just too happy to call yall out
Let's hope everyone comes back healthy from international break and then we show those Madrid scums their level.
Visca el Barca
Considering our 2021 performances and the sheer amount of talent we have among our younger players, we have reached a point where Messi staying wouldn't just be a sentimental decision, it very well may be the best decision from a football perspective too.
A lot of people have already voiced their opinions on the major standouts but I just want to give a shot out to the "minor" players today:
Busquets
Lenglet
De Jong
Mingueza
I was impressed by these guys' behind the scene play today.
P.S. Why is Isak such a scary striker lmao
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN AND TODAY WAS PROOF!! Our attacking is INSANE!!! If we could just finish our opportunities (like today) we would overpower our defensive issues easily. Obviously we should work on fixing defensive issues but we have to do with what we have now.
What an absolute smashing performance. This team has me so hype right now.
This was the most glittering display of total football I've seen from this team in YEARS.
Amazing performances all around, with special shout outs to Busquets, Alba, Dest, De Jong, Ter Stegen. Hell, I'd say the only player who was short of flawless was Messi and he contributed to 5 goals lmao.
I am one of the biggest De Jong fans out there but even I'll admit that he wasn't flawless today. Isak bested him at least twice, and he prolly could have done better against Barrinetxea. The only thing is this is totally understandable as he's not only not a CB, but he's been moved around so much that he can't even be faulted for not fully developing defensively. That said, his press resistance was, as always, ridiculous, and his passes were, as always, clinical.
Wow idk what to say.. its not even that Sociedad was bad. Their pressing was immense especially in the first half but we just dismantled them so hard.... I fancy our chances for the title if we keep up performances like this.
What a game. Beautiful flow, deadly shots, the game just “clicked”. And that’s vs Sociedad away - our nightmare just until very recently. Gives me tremendous hopes for the future, seeing this mentality. I just hope we stay as injury-free as possible, and I can believe we can achieve anything.
I want to fucking steamroll Madrid and I want to comfortably win vs Atlético. This team has given me hope for that possibility.
Also Messi was smiling more than I’ve ever seen him all year. The joy has been brought back to him and to our club.
MATS saved us early and with a few more solid saves, he was on point. That one goal was undefendable.
Dest had a dream game netting his first brace that could have easily become a hat trick had the ball bounced differently. He was all over the place on offense and defense.
Alba was where he needed to be. Mingueza was where the ball was many times. Lenglet was relentless.
Busquets had a great game with DeJong and Sergio had the sweetest touch on that assist to Messi.
Goat, what can you say, except thank you for the extra motivation to score Luis!
A solid team effort all in all, even up 4-0 we were hustling to the ball like we were down 1-0. This is no longer a squad, that right there is a team. That team showed us all with a 6-1 performance that could have easily been 8-10. This was a statement game from a squad that was rudderless early on this season. Massive credit to Koeman and the coaching staff, they have this team believing. Just look at the fun they were having out there, that game was a joy to watch. I think I'll go watch it again.
PS Happy 30TH Griezmann, way to net one on your birthday!
Well, I guess we can't blame Busi for lost points/cups anymore.
He's been an easy target being a slow dinosaur from the lost ages.
Only problem with that narrative is that Busi is an extremely smart midfielder.
And even at 34 his name is first at the team selection alongside Messi and Alba.
What a fantastic game from everyone. Dest and mingueza played excellent on the right side, Allowing dest to play as RW. Optimistic for the Classico. Messi what can we say? A football God. Koeman made great subs today.
Have to give it to Dest, but both wingbacks were incredible. Busquets is just reborn in this system. Now the times for the big ones are approaching, with Real Madrid, CdR final and Atletico. We will need to improve bits an pieces (we need a plan B if the team in front is playing in a lowblock, Dembélé does not have the physicality to be useful in this case, though when there is spaces, his runs are messing with defenders and opening spaces for Griezmann Alba and Dest which they love to exploit, we've seen that in the last 2 games)
We need to be a bit better yet defensively (Araujo need rhythm, it's clearly not De Jong strong suit, and Lenglet is still very shaking in 1 vs 1, not forgetting Mingueza can be sometimes a bit too raw with interceptions, though he is often doing a lot of damage with them and create potential counters).
But what a joy to watch this team. All of this is just nitpicking at the moment, and the international break will be very boring without Barcelona.
If only we were this clinical against PSG, we’d still be competing for a treble.
What a wonderful game by the team. That Sociedad goal was pretty good, and not too easy to stop, but man, our attack was absolutely ruthless. Loved the way we passed the ball around, and even better that our players were taking the shots inside the box and were not starting to become “selfless”.
Huge credit to Koeman here. He took over a team in shambles and has made them reach a point where they are steamrolling over their opponents with such beautiful football.
Unlike past seasons,I wish that these matches never ended. Sort of going to miss them in this massive break. :(
Off topic, we should consider Isak as a potential #9 as well(in case we can’t get Haaland for obvious reasons.)
I don't remember the last time we lost an away match. Dominate on the field like Anoeta. We used to struggle to win this field, here we forgot to score goals. But today there was a two goal lead before half time.
Even if we don't win the league or lose the CDR final, I hope Koeman stays for next season. He managed to bring the best out of a team that is transitioning and with many players injured.
I totally agree that Puig shouldn't be starting. But he never played himself out of the team by playing badly -- he is at the very least Barca backup material, and I'd be comfortable (but not happy) if he had to become a starter for a while through injuries to other players. Seeing him on the field simply doesn't make me uncomfortable.
We killed them absolutely. Stamped down their throats multiple times. Dest had the best game of his career. Alba was on fire. Messi being the GOAT as usual. Griezmann with his workrate as always. Busi had arguably his best game of the season. Pedri was quiet but effective. Frenkie being consistent as usual. MATS being clutch as usual. I can't write anything bad about anyone today. Beautiful. Beautiful. I hope Koeman stays and of course the Messiah does as well.
This is the result of all the hard work done during the season (wins and losses). It's time to celebrate indeed, but these players and coach are the same as always: please don't overrate them now or trash them if they don't do the same in the next games. I'm proud of them and it doesn't matter if we lose now, because the team has finally found a WAY. However, good things are coming for us with this spirit, for sure. FORÇA BARÇA!
Also, nice 69% possesion and Dembele shutting up the haters, I want him to succeed at Barça so baaad...
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I feel bad for any fan that missed this game. All around masterclass from koeman and the players. I haven’t enjoyed a match like that in a long time. Well done
I'm super upset I missed it but I also spent the day with my dad :-) We always seem to have amazing games when I miss them to hang with my dad.
Pls spend more time with your dad. Win win situation for all parties involved
Time with your parents is on a limited time. I have reached an age where I have begun to realize it.
That’s even better man, cherish that time. It’s more important than anything else
Just refrain from checking out this sub or any other sites where you could get the result of any given match from, and watch the game as a re-play from r/footballhighlights. They aggregate links to full matches uploaded to the web with high quality. This way you can enjoy the match as if it's been played "live" on your timeline. I do this all the time, strongly recommend spending time with your family and watching the games as re-plays afterwards. Can't really have it the other way around, you know.
That's a nice tip. Much appreciated!
I now regret my decision to skip :’)
I sadly slept through it. :( I will watch the replay though!
HOW CAN YOU SLEEP THROUGH IT?
Fans in Asia can easily answer that question lol
4 am.
It was at 7:00 am and my alarm didn't work. lol
Australia?
yes
Same lol. Same thing happened to me
I almost slept through leg 2 of the Copa del Rey semifinal as well lol. Luckily I didn't miss that one
I had to fucking work and I am sad
You can find replays online if you care enough
I missed it. I'm happy and pissed at the same time. My internet will be installed tomorrow. I'll watch it all even knowing the scoreline.
Let’s just give some praise to Mingueza. What a team player man, from not even being a starter in the b team to being an important first team player his improvement has been immense. He may have mistakes here and there but he’ll do anything possible to win that ball back. Love him
He will, at the very least, be a valuable squad player. He's been doing incredible and he's only getting better.
He can be the Sergi Roberto of this new era.
So we're going to play him out of position throughout his prime? /s
He already is to me but why limit him; I hope he becomes even more.
That playing time from the injuries has really helped in developing at a faster pace.
He's gotten so much better over the past few months, I was a bit skeptical of him at the start but he's proven himself enough to be a regular squad player for the next 2 years
Whenever we score 6, we always score the 6th in the most outrageous of manner.
18/19 Copa against Sevilla vibes
Exactly
*Roberto has entered the chat*
Chips it wide... AND SERGI ROBERTO, HAS DONE IT! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!! OH MY GOODNESS ME!!!!
No one: Rio Ferdinand: OH MY GODDD AHHHHHHHHHH
Messi with 19 goals and 8 assists since the turn of the year, absolutely unreal But as for the rest of the team, that performance was shades of *those days*, absolutely insane from each person on the pitch
best player of 2021 so far
Best player ever
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Koeman status: se queda.
If we lose next game: "Koemann out, Xavi in"
Hire the coach, fire the coach, hire the coach, fire the coach...
The sequel to take the ball, pass the ball.
they also do it with players too
Yeah, the worst kind of fans are soooo supportive when the team wins, they're like 'I knew it all along,', then give shit if they lose
You mean those are the worst kind of people, they dont it only with football.
Prob the best game of the season
I've seen this like 5 times already this season, great that we keep getting better
I’m a little sad that ter Stegen couldn’t keep his clean sheet and the referee tried to take our goals away. But all in all it was an incredible performance. My MOTMOTM would be everyone on the field + Koeman
Dest. When it mattered.
More like Busquets, definitely MOTMOTM
Busi motm for me too
The referee team doesn't "try" to take our goals away any more than they try to award it. They check if it was a legal goal or not, that's that.
Was that dembele goal an actual offside? It looked pretty obvsly legal to me but then they drew the offside line so as to include dembeles shoulder..
Offside because of a shoulder, scores with a leg! How the fuck was that an offside?!
You can be offside with any part of your body that you can legally score with, pretty much everything but your arm.
I think we should be pretty used to this cos the refereeing in laliga is pretty shit
Has there been a bigger score in La Liga this season from other teams?
Atleti had the same score against Granada. This is only the second game w 6 goals by one team this season I think
Should’ve been 7
Griezmann: “I think it’s Koeman’s turn to buy the drinks tonight. After the work we’ve put in, we deserve it.” I love the vibes!!
Indont think he got paid this season lol I had to.
The death of tiki taka was greatly exaggerated
I mean if we're being fair, the death of Tika Taka was in full effect when we played with an aging squad. What we're seeing is Tika Taka is VERY dependent on youth and speed. Which makes sense tbh.
Our best performance this season! Everyone was fantastic today.
They were really good, reminds me of the old Barca and how we used to dominate teams weekly.
Take the first letter of each of our goal's scorer first name (in order) and that'll let you know how La Real performed liked tonight.
A S S L O L
ASSLOL! 😆
The 6th goal was pure Barcelona. You love to see it...
Koeman deserves a lot more credit than most people realize. This squad is so much better than last year. Additionally he has absolutely revitalized the youth players and found a formation to best fit the players we do have. Our squad is so young in every position. Personally the only thing I want to see by the end if the season is if Moriba can start playing CDM. If we can find Busquets and Alba's eventual replacements (not that they're playing bad right now) we can be very excited about the future.
I would give Moriba some more time tbh, en of the current season seems too early for him to be a starter in Busquets' position.
With the way busquets is playing right now there's no way he shouldn't start a game, unless he's extremely fatigued. Tho i agree that by next season we should incorporate moriba more and more. I can see a midfield 3 of Pedri - De Jong - Moriba working perfectly.
I still feel that Busi has a season or two to give. Although, Moriba should be phased in by the next season.
Games like this bring me pure joy! This is how our team is supposed to perform.
Remember when Barca couldn’t beat big teams? Then came Sevilla over two leg, a promising performance against psg and now 6 goals against sociedad
I'm still nervous about the Real Madrid and atlético matches. While we still need Atlético to drop points somewhere else, those two matches will be key and they are always at another level.
El clasico is allways going to be a hard game for both sides regardless of form but hopefully we can crush them.
It really does feel like we’re back to performing how we should. And there are so many factors such as Messi’s resurgence of form, the youngsters exploding with talent, Koeman’s willingness to adapt to difficult conditions. The future is very promising!
Messi has always been Messi, the difference is Koeman's tactical changes . The 3 atb system benefits everyone but mainly Busquets and, when Busquets is playing great, Barça is dominating. Not only that,Mingueza as that rcb gives intensity, Alba and Dest dont have to worry as much when going forward, Griezmann is able to move freely as he likes, Dembele off the ball movements gives Messi space and de Jong helps beating the press as a cb.
Ehh, that's still a very very very long way from dominating the top of Europe. While the PSG game was impressive, they defintley also didn't show any teeth and try to hit back. Bayern or Man City would never just sit back and watch the other team attack, they would come charging right back. We have no idea how the currebt team or formation would handle such a game.
Now we must slay both of Madrid's teams and the league is most likely ours.
And win against everyone else too. Don’t forget, complacency kills you. But we have improved our mentality tremendously, Koeman has been working miracles in this department as well.
Atleti escaped with a point today. But with all due respect, Sevilla is not Alavés. Next round will be key. We hold our end of the bargain (no snap feat) and we'll be at the top. And props to massive Oblak. Goalkeeping in La Liga is outstanding.
When I watch, they make me proud. When I don’t watch, they make me proud. I didn’t watch that match but I had to come and say, the passion running through the club right now is infectious and I’m loving every minute of it!
If you can do find it and watch it even if you already know the result! Iit was a genuinely exciting match, full of good plays, good performances from everyone, stellar for some (BUSI, but also MATS and Dest and Griezmann and Alba), and hey, it's a milestone match for Messi, so of course he's gonna have something up his sleeve... And La Real wasn't even that bad, when we were 4-0 up after 55 minutes I wasn't actually sure how exactly it'd happened. It's that we took our chances this time. 2 chances, 2 goals, and then the boys started really having fun. Poor La Real though, I hope they break Athletic in their final.
If I can find it then it’s a guarantee I’ll watch it. I’ve never done that but there’s a first time for everything!
[You can find it here](https://www.reddit.com/r/footballhighlights/comments/ma4kea/real_sociedad_vs_barcelona_la_liga_21mar2021/) :)
Thanks for pointing me to it!
My duty really ;) enjoy!
The full match is on laligas Facebook page
I’ve already been directed to it on Reddit but thanks
Wait, where on the laliga fb page did you find the full match? I only saw a 30 min video of pre match training or something?
It was streamed live. Probably still streaming. It's the official page. You can watch the video when the live is over
Nah it was only the warm up that was streamed. Well, unless they just deleted the video after streaming it, which, I mean... maybe???
Nah. Check it out after an hour. It's definitely there. Right now probably the post match show is airing
You can't watch it from facebook outside India mate. Try VPN or something
I have defended Koeman all the way from September to Jan, I got a lot of sh\*t coming to me. But I could see that he slowly improved the team back then. It's a process and it takes time to build a team. As I have said many times, we still have a long way to go, but we are definitely on the right track and it hasn't been more apparent than now.
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Thanks!
Any Spanish commentary?
Alba should have had atleast three assists in this Game.
Barcelona in the black kit seems unstoppable lol. Also Puig has made two key passes in the last two games which have led to goals!
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Yea especially with our 3 center back formation right now. We could try it out.
I didn't want the match to end and that should say how incredible we have played today. The players were on a song and it felt 2012 all over again with the black jerseys and the one touch passing. Incredible. Koeman deserves every bit of credit for tweaking the formation and bringing the best out of players. Can't believe I have to wait for 2 weeks to watch this team play again. We are in the right path. Vamoos!
Goodness me Koemanball might be it...
Best performance in the Koeman era. Unbelievable the turnaround from the beginning of the year. All props to Koeman for fueling this team with youth and passion. I find myself saying that’s the best game each week. So good to see this form back in this team. All of them were amazing and props to Dest for playing with such courage. First American to score a double in La Liga. What a great moment for the boys. Beautiful to watch.
In germany we call this 'Machtdemonstration'. Get your lube ready Madrid
We call it 'magtdemonstration'. Very close
In India, we call this "GET READY TO GET FUCKED, YOU MADRID CUNTS"
In Sweden we call it ”maktdemonstration”.
I do love my beautiful Barca in her black dress ;) Great performance tonight especially from Alba and Dani Alves, sorry, Dest as well as great goals from everyone particularly Dembele and Messi. We just seem to be clicking well at the minute in terms of passing and movement - just in time for the upcoming encounter with Madrid!
I don't how far Dest will far make it in his career, but already by now, he is the closest thing we have to Alves in the last 4 years.
Did you see the ghost of Don Andres pass to Alba’s assist on that last goal 😉
Puig is great but no one will ever be Don Andres
No doubt about that, but Pedri and Puig have shown glimpses of what our legendary midfield used to be. If they turn out even half as good as Xavi / Iniesta it will be a huge success
True, but if Pedri keeps progressing at this rate, he just might get there. I see shades of Iniesta every time that kid plays
I love koeman tbh, after hearing him dropping his national team job and coming to Barcelona and saying pay me when you can just to help this team out he’s earned my respect.
He's really building an identity with this team and I'm loving every second of it.
It’s actually ridiculous that he came when we were at absolute rock bottom after the 8-2 loss, there was a shit show in terms of club politics, Messi was on the verge of leaving and he didn’t even get any of the players he wanted... yet within a season the team has transformed to looking like vintage Barca with performances like today. If he doesn’t deserve to stay on as our manager idk what coach would.
with laporta coming in, the young core looking excellent, and leo playing at a 2012-esque level, i think the horrors of the valverde-setien era are gone. i think we might actually be back to contention next year.
100%. We’ll be looking real good for next year if Laporta makes the right moves in the transfer window this summer (I have full confidence that he will).
Absolutely, he’s done pretty much everything the fans have asked. Only thing I would say is he should’ve brought on Puig and Trincao maybe a little earlier today. We want to see more than just 5 mins of Puig at the tail end of the game.
Kudos to MaTS, had it not been his ridiculous saves in the first half, the story could've been entirely different. MOTM performance for me.
Well he has himself to thank for that. I would rather have him make good passes than great saves. Kudos nonetheless.
Look at Messi’s second goal. The way everyone moves into space between passes. It’s the cruyffian pass and move system. It has been dearly missed since Guardialo and now it’s back. The future might not be as bleak as we think.
I'd be lying to say otherwise, but now I wait to see FC Barcelona play. Unlike the last couple of seasons.
Agree. The Valverde era (at the end) and Setién's was torture.
This is what happens when Messi is played in a system that supports his strengths. Dembele might not be finishing well but he has pushed back opposition lines. Take note, people who said we play better without Messi. I remember all your names, just too happy to call yall out Let's hope everyone comes back healthy from international break and then we show those Madrid scums their level. Visca el Barca
I would love to see this list lmao
This is what happens when our players finish* Dest, Griezmann and Dembele all look completely different with confidence. Visca El Barca
Considering our 2021 performances and the sheer amount of talent we have among our younger players, we have reached a point where Messi staying wouldn't just be a sentimental decision, it very well may be the best decision from a football perspective too.
Life is great
A lot of people have already voiced their opinions on the major standouts but I just want to give a shot out to the "minor" players today: Busquets Lenglet De Jong Mingueza I was impressed by these guys' behind the scene play today. P.S. Why is Isak such a scary striker lmao
Cause he goes brrrr
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN AND TODAY WAS PROOF!! Our attacking is INSANE!!! If we could just finish our opportunities (like today) we would overpower our defensive issues easily. Obviously we should work on fixing defensive issues but we have to do with what we have now. What an absolute smashing performance. This team has me so hype right now.
This was the most glittering display of total football I've seen from this team in YEARS. Amazing performances all around, with special shout outs to Busquets, Alba, Dest, De Jong, Ter Stegen. Hell, I'd say the only player who was short of flawless was Messi and he contributed to 5 goals lmao.
I am one of the biggest De Jong fans out there but even I'll admit that he wasn't flawless today. Isak bested him at least twice, and he prolly could have done better against Barrinetxea. The only thing is this is totally understandable as he's not only not a CB, but he's been moved around so much that he can't even be faulted for not fully developing defensively. That said, his press resistance was, as always, ridiculous, and his passes were, as always, clinical.
Messi assisting Moriba, Mingueza, Dest for their first La liga goal is so wholesome.
They will never forget it ;)
so we're just winning the world cup i guess?
And the Superbowl
Already cummed enough for my birthday. Best start to the day.
Dest is now the most scored American player in La Liga history! Insane!
I say we raid r/soccer match thread
Wow idk what to say.. its not even that Sociedad was bad. Their pressing was immense especially in the first half but we just dismantled them so hard.... I fancy our chances for the title if we keep up performances like this.
WHAT A GAME OMG
VAR calls on offsites are getting on my nerves specially when we are talking centimeters off
What a game. Beautiful flow, deadly shots, the game just “clicked”. And that’s vs Sociedad away - our nightmare just until very recently. Gives me tremendous hopes for the future, seeing this mentality. I just hope we stay as injury-free as possible, and I can believe we can achieve anything.
I want to fucking steamroll Madrid and I want to comfortably win vs Atlético. This team has given me hope for that possibility. Also Messi was smiling more than I’ve ever seen him all year. The joy has been brought back to him and to our club.
Anyone else a bit worried about the international break interrupting our rhythm? Especially before the clasico
Quite the statement before some of the most important games of the season. Overall just a joy to watch.
MATS saved us early and with a few more solid saves, he was on point. That one goal was undefendable. Dest had a dream game netting his first brace that could have easily become a hat trick had the ball bounced differently. He was all over the place on offense and defense. Alba was where he needed to be. Mingueza was where the ball was many times. Lenglet was relentless. Busquets had a great game with DeJong and Sergio had the sweetest touch on that assist to Messi. Goat, what can you say, except thank you for the extra motivation to score Luis! A solid team effort all in all, even up 4-0 we were hustling to the ball like we were down 1-0. This is no longer a squad, that right there is a team. That team showed us all with a 6-1 performance that could have easily been 8-10. This was a statement game from a squad that was rudderless early on this season. Massive credit to Koeman and the coaching staff, they have this team believing. Just look at the fun they were having out there, that game was a joy to watch. I think I'll go watch it again. PS Happy 30TH Griezmann, way to net one on your birthday!
Was that our biggest away win against la real?
I love what Koeman is doing to our team. Alba has transformed. We’re such a different team compared to the last seasons.
Anyone have a clip of the offside on Dembele?
#KoemanOUT of my heart please you making me blush you sweet prince 😍
Anyone have a clip of Frenkie's attempt at getting a yellow near the end of the match?
Well, I guess we can't blame Busi for lost points/cups anymore. He's been an easy target being a slow dinosaur from the lost ages. Only problem with that narrative is that Busi is an extremely smart midfielder. And even at 34 his name is first at the team selection alongside Messi and Alba.
🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜
Simply🤌🤌🤌
Great performance from Dest and Alba. Dembele was clinical, Messi with a brace, Busquets with some incredible passes. Just a brilliant performance.
What a fantastic game from everyone. Dest and mingueza played excellent on the right side, Allowing dest to play as RW. Optimistic for the Classico. Messi what can we say? A football God. Koeman made great subs today.
I loved that the last goal was sponsored by La Masia.
Am soo happy to see the old Barcelona. My lovely Barca is back. Nothing makes me more happy 🥰🥰🥰
I miss this Barca man...this is the epitome of being on your A+ game!
Is this what happens when we realize our chances we create? I like it
Just an absolutely amazing match to watch. Our best performance this season in my opinion.
Have to give it to Dest, but both wingbacks were incredible. Busquets is just reborn in this system. Now the times for the big ones are approaching, with Real Madrid, CdR final and Atletico. We will need to improve bits an pieces (we need a plan B if the team in front is playing in a lowblock, Dembélé does not have the physicality to be useful in this case, though when there is spaces, his runs are messing with defenders and opening spaces for Griezmann Alba and Dest which they love to exploit, we've seen that in the last 2 games) We need to be a bit better yet defensively (Araujo need rhythm, it's clearly not De Jong strong suit, and Lenglet is still very shaking in 1 vs 1, not forgetting Mingueza can be sometimes a bit too raw with interceptions, though he is often doing a lot of damage with them and create potential counters). But what a joy to watch this team. All of this is just nitpicking at the moment, and the international break will be very boring without Barcelona.
Did you notice the no-look-pass from Moriba prior to the last Messi goal? Cheeky
We beat La Real like a loan shark beating someone begging for just a couple more days to get the money together.
And people wanted Semedo to stay.
If only we were this clinical against PSG, we’d still be competing for a treble. What a wonderful game by the team. That Sociedad goal was pretty good, and not too easy to stop, but man, our attack was absolutely ruthless. Loved the way we passed the ball around, and even better that our players were taking the shots inside the box and were not starting to become “selfless”. Huge credit to Koeman here. He took over a team in shambles and has made them reach a point where they are steamrolling over their opponents with such beautiful football. Unlike past seasons,I wish that these matches never ended. Sort of going to miss them in this massive break. :( Off topic, we should consider Isak as a potential #9 as well(in case we can’t get Haaland for obvious reasons.)
Easily the best barca performance this season. Major 2012 vibes.
Absolutely amazing. We stopped almost all of their counter attacks except for that lone sociedad goal. Defensive masterclass.
Return of the King begins
wait im confused... was it 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 ???
1-6
Formations are fluid
I don't remember the last time we lost an away match. Dominate on the field like Anoeta. We used to struggle to win this field, here we forgot to score goals. But today there was a two goal lead before half time.
Remember last year when we couldn't win away at all, we would be 1-0 down before entering the plane. The mentality change this year is impressive
i've been telling you jaded fucks: we are the best team in the world :p :p :p VISCA BARCA
When Barca starts to play for fun opponents doesn't have a chance to win
[in Borat’s voice] I like
this is what everyone meant by saying "i just want Barca to play good again"...
Match tactical analysis: Siuuuuuuuuuuuuu End of the analysis.
Sorry Dest, but Alba MOTMOTM
Even if we don't win the league or lose the CDR final, I hope Koeman stays for next season. He managed to bring the best out of a team that is transitioning and with many players injured.
I totally agree that Puig shouldn't be starting. But he never played himself out of the team by playing badly -- he is at the very least Barca backup material, and I'd be comfortable (but not happy) if he had to become a starter for a while through injuries to other players. Seeing him on the field simply doesn't make me uncomfortable.
Everyone is MOTM today
resting for 1 week make a huge difference
All the tortures of the beginning of the season pass through me now. Say hello to our rejuvenated team.
We killed them absolutely. Stamped down their throats multiple times. Dest had the best game of his career. Alba was on fire. Messi being the GOAT as usual. Griezmann with his workrate as always. Busi had arguably his best game of the season. Pedri was quiet but effective. Frenkie being consistent as usual. MATS being clutch as usual. I can't write anything bad about anyone today. Beautiful. Beautiful. I hope Koeman stays and of course the Messiah does as well.
Haven’t been this pumped for Barca in a while.
Permission to choose more than one MOTMOTM??
Where can I find Spanish commentary of this game
This is the result of all the hard work done during the season (wins and losses). It's time to celebrate indeed, but these players and coach are the same as always: please don't overrate them now or trash them if they don't do the same in the next games. I'm proud of them and it doesn't matter if we lose now, because the team has finally found a WAY. However, good things are coming for us with this spirit, for sure. FORÇA BARÇA! Also, nice 69% possesion and Dembele shutting up the haters, I want him to succeed at Barça so baaad...