[Post Match Thread] Villarreal vs Real Madrid (Spanish LALIGA)

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1. So Ceballos and Fran need to go.

   Miguel in for Fran. Who will replace Ceballos?

   We should keep Kroos, Modric and Nacho for next season.

   If Nacho leaves and Militao doesn’t come back to his old self plus doesn’t form a good chemistry with Rudiger then we need a top CB who has good chemistry with Rudiger.

2. Honestly at this point you would have to be delusional to think Rodrygo deserves a starting spot. He’s inconsistent, Arda should continue getting minutes to see how his consistency is but he’s incredibly efficient. Brahim will have a hard time finding minutes with Mbappe coming, he plays best on the left. Arda is the only true RW on the squad currently.

   Militao was horrific, we need a CB now that Nacho is leaving.

3. The worst our defense has looked this season, they could have scored another, there was no midfield in any of their counter attacks, Mili and Rudi got bullied all day long, no pressure on crossers, truly a shambolic performance

   Easily our most disappointing performance of the season

4. I’m not jumping to conclusions when it comes to militao because of this game. Let’s see how he is next season

5. Arda had a good chance in 2nd half, but with his football iq and a little experience im sure he will be there in no time. Still 2 fine goals

6. Militao should be banned from COD for friendly fire.

7. Another CB is a must.

8. This is why no player that’s been out the whole season should start meaningful games. Consistency is usually what’s lacking when that happens. I don’t care if Tibo has two good games, so did Militao until he didn’t.

9. We need to have depth in defense next season or else

10. We need another defender, Nacho is probably leaving and with both Militao and Alaba coming off those injuries who knows if they will get back to their best form.

11. To think that Lunin won’t start the final because Ancelotti giving him this dogshit defence is very sad on him

    It is just unfair. I don’t care how goos tibo is. It is braindead decision to start someone who is missing whole season in a fucking ucl final. Militao just prove it

12. Militao has been a starter for the last 6 La Liga games.
    Its no longer an injury issue with him… its form.
    His concentration is lacking.

13. Whoever trash talks about Militao because of his performance today and says he needs to be sold needs a door to be slapped in their face. You’re all emotional little girls whining. For the past seasons he has been what Rudiger is for us this season. Memory of a fucking goldfish.

14. I do my best to ignore reactionary folks but I failed today lmao

    Same people wanting to sell Militao today were probably saying to sack Carlo. 

    Hopefully with a good preseason, we’ll get the best versions of Militao and Alaba back. 

15. My stream died after the first half. Luckily we were 4-1 up. So how much did we win the game by?

16. Hopefully this game was an eye opener for the directives. Nobody knows how Militao and Alaba are going to come back from their long term injuries, and if they will be able to go back to their former form.

    This year we were lucky that we still had Nacho available, a player who I was never worried with if he had to come in and play an important match in all the years that he has been here. Hell, I’d even say the Nacho and Rudiger partnership has looked better than any other duo made from our current 4 centre backs.

    I am not saying that either or both players are done, but I’d like there to be another back-up plan than Rafa Martin available if the worst case scenario does happen. We need a CB signing that can slot right in if necessary.

17. A silver lining about this is that Carlo (Surely) now knows who’s gonna start the final.

    I like Mili, but I never wanted him to start the final, considering his shaky performances since his comeback (Not just from today). I feared that Carlo was gonna do a repeat of last year (When he started Mili instead of Rüdi against City away)

    With today’s “all-timer” performance from Mili, I’d be amazed if Carlo actually starts him against Dortmund. Not even Maguire would perform like **that**.

18. Friendly Reminder : Militao has always been like this

19. Militao is so bad. I don’t remember even an average game from him for a long time. not in our league.

20. Oh well. Looks like Courtois is starting 😂

21. I know Tibo was likely to start anyways but Militao practically guaranteeing Tibo starting and ruining Bellingham’s Pichichi is so funny.

22. Idk why y’all act like Militao was Maldini or something before. He can be a top 5 defender itw or straight up atrocious. He doesn’t have any consistency whatsoever.

    He has so many brain farts it’s crazy. This is not the first time either, he always fucks up in important moments.

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24. Militao&Ceballos had to fuck up my weekend .

    I dont mind a draw or even a loss for that matter but not like this .

25. Don’t really care about militao since he’s returning from injury but HOLY SHIT Fran Garcia and Ceballos are hot garbage.

    Ceballos is just a worse isco and Fran is the road runner from loony toons. We need Gutierrez back.

26. I think Carlo should have a stern talk with Rodrygo about his recent performances, he just doesn’t do enough not attacking and more importantly in defence like even Ceballos was running more than him in the last 30 mins.And although he signed a contract last year, if his performances don’t improve after Mbappe comes then he’ll be gone for sure and it wouldn’t be unjust .

27. Arda, my sweet Arda. At least NOW, he proved the doubters wrong.

    Sad we couldn’t hold onto the lead tho and grab the win.

28. Soon as Mbappe settles in Rodrygo loses his place! He’s not showing enough at all currently! Brahim diaz deserves that spot a lot more than rodrygo

29. At least we gonna learn from our mistake, and realise that we need a new Starting CB instead of Militao, for now Militao is not guaranteed to be an Starting 11 player, even in next season.
    So, having Rudiger as RCB with a new partner is a must, knowing Nacho is leaving next season.

30. Little chaotic end to the season even tho we already won the league. Just sucks that Bellingham pichichi hopes is over. Playing the champions league final is going to let us forget about this slip up. We should reinforce accordingly next season after finals outcome.

31. Hmm ok, this game is nothing but a preparation for the final so the result doesn’t matter to Carlo. I believe this watch was meant defensively to prepare Lunin for the final, but he didn’t have the chance thanks to a horrible performance from Militao specifically. 100% Carlo won’t start a CB that is back from an ACL injury that lasted the entire season just because he started 3 meaningless games in LaLiga.. Nacho and Rudi are starting, no debate…

    I don’t think Lunin will lose confidence over today. He has nerves of steel and he is tough mentally. I still want him to start. I don’t feel safe with Courtois being out after all this time and then starting.. a friendly reminder is that Courtois’s last important game under pressure was the 4-0 against Man City last year.. I will trust Carlo decision, but the GK is a very sensitive position… No mistakes are allowed in the final !

    Wonderful performance by Arda, and he deserved the full 90 minutes. Wonderful header from Joselu and very beautiful play link up between Modric, Brahim on Lucas the GOAT vazquez on the goal..

    Let’s not be reactionary, in fact, it’s a good wake up call for the players to know the moment they let their guards down, we might bottle even a 3-0 lead ! If Villareal did it, BVB can do it.. so 100% concentration is mandatory in the final.

    Rodrygo is no Vini.. other than that dribble and shot on the right flank, nothing worth mentioning.. he had a few good games when Vini and Jude were out.. but his finishing declined this season.. I hope he finds his form back.

    Ceballos had no impact whatsoever during this season, i used to think of him as a very good Copa Del Rey midfield option.. but that fuck up inside the box today, along with the unremarkable season he had, shows why he is actually our worst sub option. Completely overshadowed by the young ones, even Nico Paz in early season did better.

    I hope Militao finds his groove again and gets his shit together and abandons his brainfarts and thinks fucking straight like a CB should do.. with Nacho leaving, Rudiger will be our only dependable CB..

32. disgusting

33. idk what happened in that halftime, if they were abducted and replaced but the second half was horrible.

    Militão must not start or even play in the final, all that fear people had that if Arda starts it would jeopardize the league/ucl that’s Militão, not even Nacho at his worst was that bad this season. Militão gets a “pass” because of his injury but omg keep him away from the squad. The whole defense was awful, Militão and Fran the worst.

    Idk what Carlos owes to Ceballos to leave him the whole match but he must repay him with other things that are not minutes on the pitch.

    Lunin, ty for bringing us this far but the best gk is ready and you must step aside.

    Two goals from Arda, two assists from Brahim and Luca, the only ones worth talking about.

34. Ok so who’s gonna be our CB (beside Rudiger) next season?

    Defense wins you titles, it is the reason we won the league this season.

    What’s the point of our stacked attack and midfield if we will be leaking goals every now and then?

35. I feel a bit shame for Lunin. His final opportunity to the UCL final may have got blown away by Sorloth. He’s not responsible, the first goal was lost by Ceballos, and the rest were more or less related to Militao who didn’t mark Sorloth tight enough. Obviously Militao needs more efforts to get himself out of the poor form currently.

36. I am glad we had this wake up call in a non-important la Liga match one game before the UCL final.

    Instead of timing our blunder in the UCL final

37. Mario martin looks promising.

38. Error Militao is back

39. One thing to note is that Rudi and Mili didn’t perform well together last season either, that’s a bigger problem than current game fitness

40. For all ya screaming alaba over miliato dont forget alaba hade some big errors to before getting injuried this sub is hillarious like as soon as one match they f up they be like na never use him again pls let sell him makes me think im in here with a bunch of kids