Bayern Munich vs. FC Barcelona, 4-0

[flywoman]

Was it Robbery or were we just Mannschafted?

Full disclosure: Between work and lousy livestreams, I only got to watch bits and pieces of the match. I managed to miss all four goals, although I hear rumors that one, possibly more, should have been ruled offside. I also read something about two penalties not given, although I don't know whether they would have been in our favor or not. What I did see was hard pressing by Bayern, very little penetration by our forwards, including Messi playing as a false 9 when clearly neither Alexis nor Pedro was going to provide a goal, and Jordi Alba losing his shit and throwing the ball in Robben's face. So those of you who actually caught the action, wtf happened out there? And can I blame Pique's hair?

Comments

[bleeding-dry.livejournal.com]

Forget all the refereeing controversies: Bayern outplayed us by far and deserved a massive scoreline. I'm still too depressed about the match to try an explanation, but we were just poor all over. Messi wasn't ready, I don't know why Alexis played, I don't know why Tito forgot to sub, Dani's defense duties were a liability again. But aside from all that, Bayern played a great match and contributed in no small measure to the depressive picture we gave.

Let me look for a bright side... Oh, I think Bartra played well. In defense - he got nervous the two times he got into a scoring position, but you can hardly demand that he scores.

And sure, blame Piqué's lack of hair, but I'd say it was thew non-hair *with* the beard. That's just weird, Gerard, you're gonna scare the baby.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

In that picture, Messi is clearly stressing over Pique's hair. He has that "seriously, what was that dude even THINKING?" look.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Only comfort I can take is people respect us enough to say 'it'll be hard to come back from'; anyone else I think they'd have completely written them off after the second goal.

The (second?) goal was clearly offside, and another shouldn't have stood due to blatant foul. The other two were set pieces and we're midgets, so wasn't exactly hoping for the best.
I'm mostly just angry/disappointed Barca didn't get the shit together for 2 seconds to at least score once. You could see our defence was ropy, and Messi was off the place/out of place.

Killer Squirrel gone wild amused me more than it should; can understand the frustration but seriously. Xavi needs to give master classes in being sassy to people a foot taller than you.

I'm totally blaming Pique's hair situation, just wtf.

Overall I'm just going to pretend that never happened.

[elizaberglund.livejournal.com]

the only thing that would make this better would be Borussia winning today.

[jezziejay.livejournal.com]

Eeek! I caught the last twenty or so minutes of this. What I did see was pretty brutal. On the bright side, it made me think of you.

Pique went with a shaved head and week's growth of beard. He looked gruesome. I can't say I noticed, but I wish I had...that would kind of work for me ;)