which game you watched ??
like your TV doh show good in yellow or what ?
the game could have finished either way..... both teams missed chances and both goalkeepers shone.... I agree it was one of the best games of the season though. the yellow submarines are a good team ...go villareal !
i dont know how many saw the special exchange which took place after the game. Zidane waited for riquelme who promptly took off his shirt when he saw zidane. spanish commentators were saying that Riquelme may go to madrid to replace zidane ... we shall see !
I know you're very sensitive about Villarreal......I never said they are not a good side, but in my opinion...Madrid were the better team for most of the game.....(maybe the words "by far" were a bit of an exaggeration, but I think they were clearly better..had they lost, it would have seemed undeserved, had Villareal lost, it would not seem as harsh)....
yes Villarreal did well, mainly on the counter-attack, and as I said in my post (if you read the whole thing)....they coulda stole the game on occasion, especially in the dying minutes.......
here are the official stats on the game:
Shots
Madrid 26- Villareal-14
Shots on goal Madrid 11- Villareal 6
Corners
Madrid 11 Villareal 5
Saves
Madrid 4 Villareal 8
Time of possession
Madrid 54% Villarreal 46%
One of Villareal's goals was an own goal, another a penalty......
Maybe you should not be so sensitive, take the yellow paint off YOUR TV and look at it objectively......Madrid dictated the play for the majority of the game......you don't need to be a football expert to have seen that.
wasn't it a penalty that lost the chance for villareal against arsenal
so if a man deliberately handles a ball bound for goal such that he gets a red card the goal is to be devalued ?? so if a stinging corner comes in and a defender deflects it into his own goal ...the goal is not good enough
what are you saying here that real madrid played better because their goals were better ?? madrid dictated the game
Madrid were palying at home before a sell out crowd coming to see zidane's last game.
If Villareal played on the counter attck then they should be judged on how well they ececuted their plan given their away status. the game was a draw and the final two goal attempts could have given Villareal the points and all the possession would not have mattered.
you saw the game and should know that stats can be used to prove anything. i could for example say that the quality of the chance was not reflected in the stats. the chances missed by a player, like guayre for example who opted to try to move acroos the defender rather than shoot when he was clear on goal. the shot that hit the foot of the post from riquelme in the dying seconds etc..you see the point.
I still say the game was for any team to win today and in the end no one did. If Riquelme's shot had gone in, if dogs could fly, if , if ..... gets you nowhere .
you cant say that if madrid lost it would have been undeserved ... how do you score a goal ? by an undeserved act ??
And that crack about me being sensitive about Villareal was very cheap. I back a great team , which has played good football. they were dead last after 9 or 10 games in the season and ended up in the last 4 in europe...undeserved
Go see it again .....great football from both teams in a game where neither could claim the spoils.
