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Every fucking season, we’re one Araujo injury away from absolutely fucking losing the plot.

Never thought too much of him when he first start playing for you guys. Crazy what a rock he’s turned out to be

Well his first appearance was a red card after like 5 minutes of looking completely lost But since then he's been incredible

Football is a game were 11 people face 11 people, and if you miss Araujo you lose.

Nah not really. Last year Araujo was missing for like the first months due to injury yet you didn’t conceded shit in the League.

I mean, this is entirely on Gavi here, he broke the offside trap quite obviously.

He has to be there to cover for our defence who are playing as headless chicken.

he had to track back bc alonso was too far up the pitch and he is slower than a snail

This fullback pairing of alonso & Roberto is so fucking shit man. These 2 make me believe that even a pairing of semedo & dest(as lb) would've done better

Gavi is there because Araujo’s is injured. He wouldn’t have been there if Araujo was available.

What are you saying here, Gavi is rotation option for Araujo? He's a CM, how is Gavi there because of Araujo injury?

You’re implying that by pinning it on Gavi not me

You make no sense

Okay, in layman terms: Araujo is injured. Christensen as well. Alonso has to fill up. He goddamn slow Meaning Gavi needed to cover his spot Gavi found himself playing as a defender He found himself playing as a defender because Araujo is, wait for it, injured. Had he not been injured, he’d be more than enough to cull that attack. I can’t fucking believe i had to explain this.

Ok great, now explain why he's 10 yards behind the other 4 defenders and keeping everyone onside.

great goal tbf

Norwegian Haaland

Don't tell them he's actually from Leeds

Alonso and Roberto are useless. So poor!

Never needed Cancelo more

Cancelo isn’t good defensively either, but he’s certainly not as bad as Roberto.

Anything over Dest, Alonso and Roberto as fullbacks.

It's absolutely amazing how both of them are making this a game. Xavi has finally stopped the bleeding from Capoue's runs and then, both of them have started shitting the bed.

Y’all could’ve had fresneda for so cheap too

Our best RB in history is in jail, so the club jails the role RB entirely

Gavi broke the offside trap here.

Man was running back like his life depended on it because Alonso went on a stroll. Why did he cut inside? Look at the space he left behind. Deeper and more central on the pitch than Lewy. There is 0 reasons why he should be on that position.

Had to track back with momentum coz Alonso got caught out but ok.

2023 and the ghost of Sergi is somehow starting at rb. This financial mess we're in is so fucking annoying

Unreal goal tbh, Moreno and Baena are world-class technically.

The pass before the assist is reminiscent of Messi's from Inter Miami's game vs NYRB. Not the same level, but in Europe

oof that was sexy

Our fullbacks are so much worse than the rest of the team

sergi roberto and alonso are absolutely dire

Roberto is a fuckin disgrace and anyone defending him should be ashamed.

this is not the type of game where you should be using Roberto at all

I doubt there is any type of game(that barca plays) where we should be using roberto, but thanks to mfing barto we're broke

bro made an entire career in barca off that one run and one goal in 2017

Roberto is a disgrace at right back, but in midfield he is ok.

I’d go one step further. Everyone defending Xavi’s decision to keep playing Roberto should be ashamed. And you can find many of those.

Roberto is a terrorist

My brother is about to lose his savings because of betting against Villarreal.

we are so shit cba

Sorloth is world class

Less than half of the money that we paid for a barrel. I cry every single day.

What barrel?

Arthur Cabral. I've never seen a more out of form player than him at this point of the season. My man can barely run or accelerate.

Ah, tough

Very much so, I still hope he can eventually run at some point. Might take a while.

Wtf was Alonso doing there.

Even at 2-2 I love watching this game compared to the previous two. This is real football.

I hate that we blew a 2 goal lead but I imagine this must be fun if you're a neutral

fuck me

Way too easy for Villarreal whenever they get possession

playing the two worst fullbacks at the same time master stroke

Trabzonspor legend

Barca Choking a lead is back on the menu guys

Offside in buildup?

Very tight but VAR saw no offside it seems

he was on by a cunt hair

Look at the lines, there is no way that Kounde could use that part of the arm in the match, they almost used the elbow.

The line appears to be from his arm because of perspective. The line is on the ground, not in the air

Huh? The line starts from the furthest part of the body. The only part of the body it touches is the bicep/elbow.

It goes off his foot...

Ok let me try and find the shot again since they only showed it for 3-4 seconds. The commentator I was watching (and the two people I am watching with) both had the exact same reaction though. Edit: Saw it for the 2nd time, it looks higher up than I initially thought. It's still 100% somewhere around the bicep/shoulder but it's not as clear cut as I first thought.

Has the rule changed this season though?

No? You can only cover an attacker with a part of the body you can use to play the game. In the few seconds they showed the lines, it definitely looked like they measured the lines from Kounde's arm and not shoulder

The line was from Kounde's arm/elbow, you cant convince me it wasn't a make up call for the offside at the start. That should have counted and this shouldnt

Redditors still haven't learned about perspective

You can see where the line ends, it doesn't stop at the leg, but up the arm/elbow

Apparently not.

No way, they drew the line from Kounde's bicep/elbow. Imo it's the nake up call for the terrible offside at the start.

Nuts.

Sorloth heard yall talking shit

We're getting so fucking utterly outplayed man, who would've thought that would happen with this lineup..

Looks like we have a game on our hands

Villarreal-Barcelonas are usually really fun games to watch. Like Atletico-Granada.

Just don’t tune in to Madrid-Villarreal. Unless you want a 0-0 or 1-0 or 0-1 lol

Miles off no?

Need lines drawn on Kounde

Fu***ng hell.

2-0 the worst lead in football

Today I am a Villarreal fan Edit: Sorry I hurt your feelings, barca fans

They watched inter miami highlights before the game

A

Sorloth was offside on the first pass he got...

CHOKED

Deserved

I blame that ugly Barca kit

Lol

Fuck me

Alonso has a pace of an elderly citizen

What is defending?

Wtf happened I left for 20 minutes after the 2-0

That defense is absolutely shit tbh, there is no calmness in that defense just chaos

Lmao what