I know you thought Motta had a poor game but I thought he won a few good balls and was crucial to maintaining the crunch on Chelski. Ok his passing was a little off but he more than made up for it with his ability to put himself about. I'd like to see him come off the bench if fit. Don't know if Messi is up for this game having played ninety against a team set out to kick him. I think Henke deserves a go, he's been superb and has always changed things whenever he's come on.

Our defence is rock solid, especially with Sylvinho in place of Gio. :thumbsup:

If we bother showing up, this game is ours.

 

Very important game. We'll need to focus 100% and not feel to relaxed after the Chelskigame. Just play as we did against Chelski and we should be allright.

 

Hard is the return to earth especially after such a unforgettable game.
Rijkaard definetely showed that he learned from his past mistakes and i expect him this time to outplay Zaragoza on their home ground just like last year.
We cannot afford to to lose points and we have to show our authority. A slip up would considerably the rivals' morale so a victory is a must.

Hopefully we'll see the same line-up wich faced Chelsea with some slight changes( Sylvinho instead of Gio and Iniesta instead of Motta)

VISCA BARCA

 

Hard is the return to earth especially after such a unforgettable game.
Rijkaard definetely showed that he learned from his past mistakes and i expect him this time to outplay Zaragoza on their home ground just like last year.
We cannot afford to to lose points and we have to show our authority. A slip up would considerably the rivals' morale so a victory is a must.

Hopefully we'll see the same line-up wich faced Chelsea with some slight changes( Sylvinho instead of Gio and Iniesta instead of Motta)

VISCA BARCA

Why Iniesta instead of Motta? I thought Motta did pretty well, he did his job, except for that goal. But that was just bad luck. You can't judge him on that. His passing may have been a bit sloppy, but he now has 2 weeks to work on that again. Iniesta came on when all of Chelsea was tired.

 

Why Iniesta instead of Motta? I thought Motta did pretty well, he did his job, except for that goal. But that was just bad luck. You can't judge him on that. His passing may have been a bit sloppy, but he now has 2 weeks to work on that again. Iniesta came on when all of Chelsea was tired.

I agree. Apart from the left back spot (Sylvinho for Gio), everything should stay the same. Motta's defensive ability is needed in games like this. Iniesta has shown that he needs to show more balls when tracking back. We can't afford to experiment in a game like this.

Zaragoza are no mugs and we have to take care of their counter attacks, just like we did against Chelsea. And more worryingly, they actually have some footballers in their team Edmílson will have to take care of Cani and Puyol and Márquez will be kept busy by Ewerthon and Diego Milito.

The most important thing is that the attitude has returned since the Valencia game and we're winning while playing well.

It's not going to be easy, but we NEED to win this game. I'm pretty confident that Mandril and Valencia will collect 3 points this weekend, and we can't afford to lose concentration on the number 1 priority - and that's La Liga.

 

Why Iniesta instead of Motta? I thought Motta did pretty well, he did his job, except for that goal. But that was just bad luck. You can't judge him on that. His passing may have been a bit sloppy, but he now has 2 weeks to work on that again. Iniesta came on when all of Chelsea was tired.

It has nothing to do with Motta's performance because i personnaly thought he played rather well unlike some other members here.
I wouldn't mind seeing either him or Iniesta facing Zaragoza. Inieta would add more quality to midfield but i won't complain if Motta starts.
As long as Van Bommel stay far from the starting XI i'm happy.

 

I think Motta suits better on tough physical away games like this and Iniesta more on home games where intricate passing is needed to split open defences.

 

we have to keep the exact lineup and tactics for zaragoza and we will beat them, no doubts.

can't beleive there's a complaint about motta.he's hardly played a game in two season and he came back yesterday after being out injured for a couple of weeks and put in a great shift, yet some people are still not happy with his performance yesterday.

if anybody was dross last night it was deco, he was absolute pish.

 

We should start with Motta. Then when we, hopefully, have closed the game, we should throw on Iniesta so we can keep possesion.

 

I have a feeling that barcelona will get killed in this game:dazed:

 

I have a feeling that barcelona will get killed in this game:dazed:

Killed is a bit exagerated.
It's gonna be tough no doubt about it but we are no way going to be killed.

 

Were in heaven right now after beating Chelsea but Rijkaard knows how to put the players with 2 feets on the ground .. It will be hard to win here

 

Killed is a bit exagerated.
It's gonna be tough no doubt about it but we are no way going to be killed.

True on the exageration, I just feel that Barcelona will be emotionally drained from the Chelsea and the internationals will have their luggage packed and Zaragoza will come and fast and furios.

Rijkaard will have to be at its best trying to instill high concentration onto the players.

 

True on the exageration, I just feel that Barcelona will be emotionally drained from the Chelsea and the internationals will have their luggage packed and Zaragoza will come and fast and furios.

Rijkaard will have to be at its best trying to instill high concentration onto the players.

Agreed.
I'm confident the players won't be high in the sky after the Chelsea game and they will want to continue the last run of good results so i expect a good game from the lads.

 

I expect that Rijkaard will rest key players. Wouldn't want an injury in the home game to Chelski.

 

This match should be about us playing patiently, not pushing too many numbers forward, holding on to the ball and trying to catch them on the counterattack. Trust me, the guys are tired, but they're still irked about going out in the copa.

By the way. How happy are you guys that we lost to them in the Copa after seeing yesterday's result. Really can't imagine having played 2 more matches and than having to play Chelsea. Especially those matches being against Madrid. Would have been a bad thing fo sho!

 

That would have been difficult. I mean, it would have been hard work beating Madrid AND Chelsea, we are only superhuman after all.

 

I expect that Rijkaard will rest key players. Wouldn't want an injury in the home game to Chelski.

Highly unlikely.
Considering that Madrid and Valencia will probably grab the 3 points in their respective games vs Mallorca and Getafe we cannot afford to lose/draw in this game so i expect a full strength starting XI.
Maybe there'll be some rotations but we'll still field have the key players on the pitch.

 

i really think we have to win this game...for confidence and just to keep that gap between us and madrid/valencia. zaragoza are a decent side though and this really wont be an easy game for us....i think we should start with the team that played the last match against chelski IMO. and watch out for ewerthon, i think hes a great player

 

Ronaldinho is a doubt for the game against Zaragoza. He got a knock on his left ankle in the Chelskigame. I hope we rest him. We can't afford getting him injured.

http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/20060223/NOTICIA212988104.html

 

If he can play .. play him .. he needs rhythm .. he only played 2 games .. he needs that samba rhythm

 

Giuly is already missing, so if Ronaldinho doesn't make it then the front three will be;

Messi------------Larsson
--------Eto'o-----------

 

I think they'll change places a lot during the game.

 

this is a hard game, and if we are missing Ronaldinho, we should start with Larsson as CF and shift Eto'o to the right, to use his speed cutting into the defenders.

still I feel that Zaragoza will attack from minute 1 to knock us out our feets, so they can make us work hard from the start, and might go for an early goal.
we should keep the ball as much as we can, like we did in the Copa game at Camp Nou, and not force ourself into the forward position more often, giving them the spaces in the back with their system and style of counter attack is stupidty, and we know how good they are on counter attacks.

I wouldn't be suprise of Van Bommel started in place of Motta or even Deco, still I wouldn't like to see Gio star this game, and rather have Sylvinho as a starter for us.

this time it won't be Jeguera it will be Victor Valdes in the goal "I donno should I be happy or in fear " and there will be Puyol also..


Visca el Barca i Visca Catalunya :star: :strong: :heart: :thmbup: :fero:

 

I have a feeling that barcelona will get killed in this game:dazed:

I have a feeling the opposite will happen!