en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1610325 Comments by Rouhani_9 http://www.totalbarca.com/2012/news/muniz-fernandez-to-referee-madrid-barca/#IDComment267011675 You're both wrong. Iturralde Gonzales officiated the match against Sevilla. He also officiated the 5-0 Clasico last season. David Borbalan officiated the Supercopa second leg. He also officiated the latest Clasico that ended 1-3. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:50:05 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2012/news/muniz-fernandez-to-referee-madrid-barca/#IDComment267011675 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183933333 Canadian born to a Persian family Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:32:57 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183933333 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183773542 "Why" in Spanish Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:51:49 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183773542 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183770269 That is irrelevant. Are you denying we got our asses kicked? Because don't look at the score, watch the match and you'll see who the better team was. Heroics from Villa, Messi and Valdes pulled off a miracle, because drawing 2-2 away after that performance is a miracle. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:34:22 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183770269 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183769717 ok look it's not that complicated. It's like the Champions League. Whichever team wins more gets the cup. If they both won one game, then whoever has more goals overall gets the cup If they drew both games, then whoever has more away goals gets the cup. If by the end of 90 mins tomorrow, it is 2-2 (i.e. both draws, equal away goals) then we get extra time and penalties. But this is very unlikely Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:31:40 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183769717 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183769093 read it, I haven't been on this blog in a while and I am curious as to what people think Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:28:34 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183769093 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183768774 Yes, I'm still going. 4- "As the Barcelona engine begins to hum again, possession will rise and so will the players’ confidence." Barcelona did not play badly because they lacked confidence, or because the engine wasn't humming. Barcelona is good at what it does(controlling possession) because of a very select group of players. Particularly Xavi, Iniesta, Sergi Busquets and Messi. The four in the middle. Last game we suffered because two of those guys didn't start. Plain and simple. Thiago is great, I love him and I think he's a future ballon d'or winner, but HE'S NOT READY YET. He's not Xavi and he can't perform yet against a team like Real Madrid. Considering the immensely good game that Madrid had against us, it will only take the very best starting XI of Barcelona to beat Madrid's best XI. Thinking otherwise is disrespecting the opponent, and that is foolish. Sorry for the rant, I just found this preview utterly foolish and childish. Next time write it seriously, and think about what you write before you do. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:27:12 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183768774 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183767151 There is no way in hell that Guardiola will field the same lineup as last time. It was demonstrated quite clearly that Thiago cannot yet replace Xavi and control the game and ball possession. So I disagree with this preview on so many levels. 1- Just because we drew in the Bernabéu doesn't mean we deserved to draw. They hammered us, out-shooting us 17-4, and it was really a stroke of genius from Villa and Messi, and an amazing game from Valdes that kept us in it. To rely on the same thing this game (which the writer obviously does, suggesting we keep the same lineup), is childish, simplistic, and wrong. Barcelona will get hammered if they play the same way as last Sunday, and that will happen if Xavi and Busquets don't play from the beginning. To say that Thiago and Keita can pull it off is foolish. We need to control the game from the get-go, or Madrid will win this game. Plain and simple. However, if we can control the ball, tire them out, and hold for the first 20 minutes without conceding, we will win. And in order to do that, we need a good passer in defence (Piqué), and the best midfield we can put out (Busi, Xavi, Iniesta). And no, Cesc cannot replace Xavi just yet. Xavi must play this game. Cesc is not at his level yet, and we need someone at his level to play, otherwise we lose. 2- Guardiola took a huge gamble last game by playing the weak squad that he did. Keita's role as a DM this preseason was just an experiment to see if he can play there or not, and last Sunday was no different: an experiment to see how it goes. Same with Thiago. He wanted to see how he performs alone on the big stage. And now, seeing that it didn't work, do you really think he's going to risk it again (and likely suffer defeat) when there's a cup title in the balance? No sir. My youth team coach wouldn't make that mistake, yet alone a professional coach, yet alone Josep Guardiola. He's not stupid. He has Madrid on the ropes now (which in itself is a miracle considering last game). He will go for the jugular with our best lineup, at least for the first half. 3- Piqué and Sergio are fully fit. They have both been training the full time with the first team for several days now. They will start the next match. Fatigue is not an issue anymore, considering the depth we've added to the squad. Tomorrow, they will go for the win. Sorry for the rant, I just found this preview utterly foolish and childish. Next time write it seriously, and think about what you write before you do. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:18:44 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/spanish-supercup-match-leg-2-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid-cf/#IDComment183767151 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/multimedia/video-of-the-day-plane-for-champions/#IDComment160767694 LOL probably messing with Mascherano or smething Wed, 8 Jun 2011 22:16:14 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/multimedia/video-of-the-day-plane-for-champions/#IDComment160767694 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/laporta-barca-have-the-best-team-in-the-world/#IDComment158399564 Laporta just seems like a fun guy. Look at that picture! Rosell can sell the shirt. He can tarnish the name of presidents past. He can do all those things and I won't get THAT angry. But he can't sully the name Cruyff and strip him of his Honorary Presidency. That was shameful, and I am sad that he did that simply because of personal beef between him and Laporta Thu, 2 Jun 2011 03:11:38 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/laporta-barca-have-the-best-team-in-the-world/#IDComment158399564 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/carles-busquets-to-step-down-from-coaching-role/#IDComment158233679 It isn't. He said that some time ago, and it was a response to a journalist asking him whether the shit that went down in the clasicos would ruin Spain's NT. Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:46:59 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/carles-busquets-to-step-down-from-coaching-role/#IDComment158233679 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/adriano-cleared-to-play-wednesday-training/#IDComment153632977 I'd day he's probably been anywhere from 80-90% fit for the last month or so. He can still play at that level and be amazing, they'd just like to get him to 100% before the 28th Wed, 18 May 2011 23:29:18 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/adriano-cleared-to-play-wednesday-training/#IDComment153632977 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/uefa-disciplinary-case-against-busquets/#IDComment151463452 Mascherano will be doing the murdering Thu, 12 May 2011 20:53:40 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/uefa-disciplinary-case-against-busquets/#IDComment151463452 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/player-reactions-fc-barcelona-2-0-osasuna/#IDComment145752520 Mascherano and Puyol are versatile enough that either can be used to play CB or LB. Remember, 08-09 Roma: Yaya Touré as CB, Puyol as full back. We might see the same setup on Wednesday. Mascherano as CB, Puyol on the left, face to face against Ronaldo. Shouldn't be too big a problem Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:33:11 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/player-reactions-fc-barcelona-2-0-osasuna/#IDComment145752520 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/matches/man-of-the-match-poll-result-video-javier-mascherano-vs-osasuna/#IDComment145675701 I don't get why people are giving this thumbs down...this is, in essence, what we have most games where we have a full lineup. Alves is pretty much a right winger, and is up there in attack, more so than our left back. The three midfielders are the same, with MVP upfront...the only difference here is that mascherano is here instead of Abidal, and has switched positions with Puyol... Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:21:27 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/matches/man-of-the-match-poll-result-video-javier-mascherano-vs-osasuna/#IDComment145675701 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/club-to-appeal-additional-iniesta-ban/#IDComment144003966 your complete idiocy is paired with an inability to read. The words "proposed imposition" make the difference...cuunt Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:07:10 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/club-to-appeal-additional-iniesta-ban/#IDComment144003966 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/opinion-pieces/cruyffs-corner-mou-should-train-for-a-%e2%80%989-against-11%e2%80%99-game/#IDComment143943100 Watching the way Madrid treats their legends like Di Stefano, and comparing it to the way Cruyff was striped of his honorary presidency makes me cry. This man is just as much a legend as Di Stefano, and should be given the highest honor there is in this club, without question. Rosell would have made many more friends had he treated Cruyff right. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:56:07 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/opinion-pieces/cruyffs-corner-mou-should-train-for-a-%e2%80%989-against-11%e2%80%99-game/#IDComment143943100 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/el-clasico-as-seen-from-the-capital/#IDComment143711407 6 in liga, at least two in CL, and obviously the final for CDR Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:52:44 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/el-clasico-as-seen-from-the-capital/#IDComment143711407 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/el-clasico-as-seen-from-the-capital/#IDComment143710707 Refer to the chants section Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:48:30 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/el-clasico-as-seen-from-the-capital/#IDComment143710707 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/matches/the-pictures-shakhtar-donetsk-0-1-fc-barcelona/#IDComment142359971 I wouldn't call it yelling they were just like yo come closer because Alves was trying to thrown-in and he was miles away lol Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:31:19 +0000 http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/matches/the-pictures-shakhtar-donetsk-0-1-fc-barcelona/#IDComment142359971