Comments on: Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho Left Embarrassed By Barcelona Champions League Defeat http://backpagefootball.com/real-madrid-and-jose-mourinho-left-embarrassed-by-barcelona-champions-league-defeat/18124/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Willie Gannon http://backpagefootball.com/real-madrid-and-jose-mourinho-left-embarrassed-by-barcelona-champions-league-defeat/18124/comment-page-1/#comment-36581 Willie Gannon Wed, 04 May 2011 23:26:27 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=18124#comment-36581 Have to be honest Brandy, as far as I could see both teams were throwing themselves on the ground at the slightest of challenges.

I don’t really go for your EPL theory, I think a bad match is bad match is a bad match. There’s no way around it.

You’re bang on with that last comment. Most definitely, the EPL came out as a real winner there and it didn’t even have a team playing!

]]> By: Brandy http://backpagefootball.com/real-madrid-and-jose-mourinho-left-embarrassed-by-barcelona-champions-league-defeat/18124/comment-page-1/#comment-36415 Brandy Tue, 03 May 2011 15:16:35 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=18124#comment-36415 I agree that Mourinho was obviously far too defensive and failed to take advantage of a Barcelona team with a make-shift back 4 and no Iniesta.

However, I think you’re wrong by saying Madrid spent the game trying to kick Barcelona off the pitch. For the most part, the game was full of challenges that would not be out of place in any Premier League game. It was the ridiculous over-reaction of the Barca players that made it seem as though every tackle was all over the top.

The frustration of seeing this obviously resulted in challenges like Pepe’s and Ramos’ – but having seen the reactions of Pedro & Busquets, I think most players would want to kick them.

Both clubs lost the respect of worldwide fans – Madrid for being so negative and Barca for constant play-acting. The only winner was the English Premier League.

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