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I agree that Marcelo played well, but I'm going with volball on this one that the MOTM was DiMaria. He pressed and put pressure on atletis back line the whole time, created that scoring chance for Bale, and I believe 2 cards were drawn against the back line of atletico that he instigated

I think it really hurt Atletico that Costa only played 9 mins and they were obviously tiring out at the end. some fresh legs (like marcello) could have been huge for the losing side today
 
#5,953
#5,953
DocVOLiday said:
I agree that Marcelo played well, but I'm going with volball on this one that the MOTM was DiMaria. He pressed and put pressure on atletis back line the whole time, created that scoring chance for Bale, and I believe 2 cards were drawn against the back line of atletico that he instigated

I think it really hurt Atletico that Costa only played 9 mins and they were obviously tiring out at the end. some fresh legs (like marcello) could have been huge for the losing side today
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I'm with you guys that DiMaria was the best on the field today, but was saying VB kind of made it seem like Marcelo was played poorly, which is far from the case.
 
#5,954
#5,954
Just FYI, here's the player influence chart from the 60th minute on, which is when Marcelo entered the game.
 

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#5,955
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bleedorange0037 said:
I'm with you guys that DiMaria was the best on the field today, but was saying VB kind of made it seem like Marcelo was played poorly, which is far from the case.
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My post was more in reference to dude saying that Di Maria was a sub. That's completely false. And that makes it very hard to discuss soccer in this thread because I stumble on these posts all the time in this thread that are simply lies, wholly inaccurate.
 
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volball625 said:
My post was more in reference to dude saying that Di Maria was a sub. That's completely false. And that makes it very hard to discuss soccer in this thread because I stumble on these posts all the time in this thread that are simply lies, wholly inaccurate.
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Could have just been an honest mistake. Happens to the best of us.

You are dead on about Ronaldo being a ghost today. Marcelo made a bigger contribution down that side of the pitch in 60 minutes than Ronaldo did in 120.
 
#5,957
#5,957
volball625 said:
This post is just pure trash.
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Or if you reread the post you'll probably realize I was saying that you couldn't give Marcelo the man of the match title because HE was the sub. I agree with your assessment of Di Maria but, to the chart that bleed posted, from the time he came on I thought Marcelo was one of the best players on the field.

But I guess I'm just trash so I'll stop giving my opinion from now on.
 
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volball625 said:
My post was more in reference to dude saying that Di Maria was a sub. That's completely false. And that makes it very hard to discuss soccer in this thread because I stumble on these posts all the time in this thread that are simply lies, wholly inaccurate.
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Please take yourself and a message board thread more seriously, it'll do wonders for you.
 
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#5,959
volball625 said:
My post was more in reference to dude saying that Di Maria was a sub. That's completely false. And that makes it very hard to discuss soccer in this thread because I stumble on these posts all the time in this thread that are simply lies, wholly inaccurate.
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You're discussing world football on a board that is primarily dedicated to an American football team in the SEC, i.e. the last place you are likely to find an abundance of highly insightful commentary regarding the beautiful game.

Most of the folks here are just now getting into the sport over maybe the last couple years. There will be plenty of inaccuracies, as you mentioned. Correct them, just please try not to be a dick about it.

Instead of calling the post "pure trash" you could have simply pointed out that Di Maria was not a sub.
 
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milohimself said:
You're discussing world football on a board that is primarily dedicated to an American football team in the SEC, i.e. the last place you are likely to find an abundance of highly insightful commentary regarding the beautiful game.

Most of the folks here are just now getting into the sport over maybe the last couple years. There will be plenty of inaccuracies, as you mentioned. Correct them, just please try not to be a dick about it.

Instead of calling the post "pure trash" you could have simply pointed out that Di Maria was not a sub.
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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills....

I said that I understood Di Maria was amazing all game but, during the process, I thought Marcelo was fantastic.
 
#5,961
#5,961
everybody is overlooking Luka Modric. He was quietly the best player in the midfield for either side. He controlled that midfield and put extreme pressure on the ball and never let any of the Atleti MF's get comfortable...He along with Di Maria were the best players out there.
 
#5,962
#5,962
Bad times for Hibernian in the Scottish League. They lost 4-3 on penalties to Hamilton Academical and were relegated to first division after a 15 year stay in the Scottish Premier League. Hibernian joins Heart of Midlothian(deducted 15 points due to financial problems) and 54 times Scottish Champions Rangers in 1st division next season.
 
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Dave1967 said:
Bad times for Hibernian in the Scottish League. They lost 4-3 on penalties to Hamilton Academical and were relegated to first division after a 15 year stay in the Scottish Primier League. Hibernian joins Heart of Midlothian(deducted 15 points due to financial problems) and 54 times Scottish Champions Rangers in 1st division next season.
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lol...the 1st division will be better than some premier divisions...
 
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#5,964
The BBC World service is really promoting Spain that they could win the World Cup. I think Spain makes it out of their group but that is it. I think Portugal will do better,making it to the semi-finals only to lose to Argentina.
 
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volball625 said:
My post was more in reference to dude saying that Di Maria was a sub. That's completely false. And that makes it very hard to discuss soccer in this thread because I stumble on these posts all the time in this thread that are simply lies, wholly inaccurate.
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This is the most butthurt post in VN history. Makes it even more special as it's obvious you are an idiot.
 
#5,973
#5,973
Vols520 said:
Fair enough . Btw is the atletico Madrid coach normally that crazy?

Seemed like a total nutjob.
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He's pretty intense. Evidently was like that in his playing days. I think he was the player who got Beckham sent off in the World Cup. I could be wrong though.

He's probably the best manager in the world right now.
 
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#5,975
volball625 said:
Suarez to Barcelona pretty much official.
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That's good for you guys, but a shame for Liverpool and the EPL in general. Like him or not, he's an amazing talent to watch and the league is better when Liverpool are relevant. I'm sure they'll throw money at some other guys, but regardless of how much money they spend it'll be almost impossible to replace that kind of production. He outscored everyone else in the league last year by almost 10 goals and only played 3/4 of the season.
 
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