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[marron]

Rayo beat Barca at the Nou Camp 1-0 after Barca get almost 15 minutes of time added on you love to see it

[Davo]

9 hours ago, marron said:

Rayo beat Barca at the Nou Camp 1-0 after Barca get almost 15 minutes of time added on you love to see it

Checked the stats. Rayo had 27% possession, 3 shots, 1 on target (one of the off target shots hit the post in the 99th minute), and an xG of 0.27.

[marron]

Yep. I tried to work out where all the added time came from but all I could find was Barca fans bitching about the ref lol

That's the double for Rayo over Barca this season, too, I think the last one was when they sacked koemans.

Edited April 25, 2022 by marron

[Sithslayer1991]

Barca in serious finance problems. Honestly not sure how they have been able to mortgage the club future without going into administration. Still yet to register Raphina and Lewandoski, Needing De Jong to leave yet still owing millions in wages and reportedly 18 clubs owed money for previous transfers. The accountants there doing all kinds of backflips and barrel rolls to get Barca running when they probably should have sold players.

About 25% of their tv rights have been sold, sponsorship with Spotify. 24.5% of their stake sold on Barca studios which handles streaming services and crypto. In consideration of selling up to 49.9% of their merchandising rights and reducing wages for some players yet again on the cards (Busquets recently came out saying he may looks at reduce wages). Insane how they are getting around the so call UEFA financial fair play rules. Long term future doesn't look good.

 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4697467/barcelona-financesexplained-can-the-club-really-sign-players-while-chasing-more-stars-this-summer

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/barcelona-football-club-revamps-finances-to-buy-players-in-the-transfer-market

[SBW]

1 hour ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

Barca in serious finance problems. Honestly not sure how they have been able to mortgage the club future without going into administration. Still yet to register Raphina and Lewandoski, Needing De Jong to leave yet still owing millions in wages and reportedly 18 clubs owed money for previous transfers. The accountants there doing all kinds of backflips and barrel rolls to get Barca running when they probably should have sold players.

Insane how they are getting around the so call UEFA financial fair play rules. Long term future doesn't look good.

 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4697467/barcelona-financesexplained-can-the-club-really-sign-players-while-chasing-more-stars-this-summer

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/barcelona-football-club-revamps-finances-to-buy-players-in-the-transfer-market

La Liga, UEFA and FIFA should have placed an embargo on the club since they are in serious debt, I can see them going into Administration after 2023, and by the end of the La Liga season, they will have to sell off their players to have the debts repaid

[Davo]

The Athletic are reporting that the current board are pretty much blackmailing Frenkie de Jong over his contract situation. They're claiming that the previous board acted illegally when they signed his latest contract amendment, and that they need to revert to the previous version which would see him get paid significantly less.

[Sithslayer1991]

41 minutes ago, Davo said:

The Athletic are reporting that the current board are pretty much blackmailing Frenkie de Jong over his contract situation. They're claiming that the previous board acted illegally when they signed his latest contract amendment, and that they need to revert to the previous version which would see him get paid significantly less.

It just gets crazier the more I see

[SBW]

Man City reportedly agreed a fee for Bernardo Silva to Barcelona, this is getting crazier and crazier.

https://www.sportbible.com/city-xtra/bernardo-silva-manchester-city-barcelona-transfer-fee-latest-update-20220809

[Sithslayer1991]

Barca still can't even register any of their Summer transfers.... Bernado better be prepared to get a pay cut in a few months IF he is allowed to play in La Liga

[Davo]

 

[Sithslayer1991]

Athletico Madrid and Griezman trolling Barcelona with his playing time. He has to play more than 45 minutes in 14 games then Athletico would need to pay an additional 35 million Euros. His game time this season has been:

V Getafe: 28 minutes

V Villareal: 28 minutes

V Valencia: 26 minutes

Peak Shithousery.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/barcelona-worried-about-antoine-griezmann-atletico-madrid-transfer-20220823

[pseudonym]

A lot of VAR and some fancy footwork from Real Madrid:

 

 

[Sithslayer1991]

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA Barca out of champions league, the season a bust they will not break even, need to sell players in January

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63404670

[Davo]

Athletico out too. Had a VAR penalty after the full time whistle to win it and stay in the comp, but it was saved. Also the players don't know the rules as they all followed the rebound in and tried to score, but as soon as the penalty was over it's full time.

Sevilla are also out as they can at best finish level with Dortmund, but would go out on head to head results.

First time that only one Spanish team has qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League since the format changed to a 32 team tournament in 2003-04.

[Tranquilo]

I think only Real Madrid left in the UCL from La Liga. Oh well it is what it is, How the mighty Barca have fallen!

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[pseudonym]

Good example of #WPIOOTBGW 

 

[pseudonym]

Another good example of #WPIOOTBGW

 

 

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[pseudonym]

Interesting game:

 

[mack]

That pen 1:55 is a very unusual event. There's a shirt pull... but they're both outside the field of play. It's correct call (as a foul outside field you 'restart' at the nearest point, and if that point is within the pen area it's a penalty). Just not seen that in a very long time.