Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Real Madrid vs Tottenham : Recap
What did we learn about yesterday's game? Finally after getting beyond the haunted round of 16, Madrid can really be seen as contenders for the title. They sure did play like it. I'll give Spurs some credit for the first half performance and also playing with 10 men for such a long time but all in all they were outplayed by a way better team with better players and a better manager. As simple as that. Madrid was as fluid as ever seen this season and constantly peppered Gomes' goal. Defending by Spurs was constantly last ditch and this was premise to the domination of Madrid in the match. The European adventure was sweet and entertaining while it lasted for Spurs and hats off to them as they shocked the two strongest teams in Italy to get where they are and played great football, but they must now step aside as the greater teams make way. If Real Madrid can stay healthy and get all of their players back to peak form, especially the likes of Higuain (Great to see him back) and Ricky Kaka they will seriously have to be contenders for the title at Wembley. Madrid will have no excuses for not putting in a great showing in the next round (given they see off spurs) who ever they play as they are practically out of the La liga race. It will be all champions league and copa del rey final for las madridistas.This being said, how do you rate Real Madrid's chances of winning back their beloved Champions League trophy?
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I agree with everything that you've said Kareem. I for one favour Madrid making it Wembley. Ofcourse, that means having to get past Barca (no disrespect to Spurs). As they were discussing on Presspass recently, it'd be interesting to see how Mourinho approaches these 4-5 fixtures of El Clasico. Believe me when i say that 5-0 will not happen. Mourinho has put his mark on this team and now they are playin as a unit, barring the result against Gijon.The question is how is he gonna play Barcelona. Lass, Alonso, Khedira are no way close the Cambiasso, Motta, Zanetti under Mourinho. My word @ Uefa Champions League... What a tournament!
ReplyDeleteAnother thing that was brought up on presspass was the absence of Puyol seem to causing a bit of slackness and laziness at the back. Alves not gettin back, etc. Hence why Shaktar should have put away about 3-4 opportunities in that match. If Mourinho could capitalize on this, we're lookin at some interesting encounters.
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