i've een watching the porto-bayern game this morning and with 20 minutes to go i'm falling asleep. yes, i knew the score already, and i was watching just to find out what went on, ans what went on is-- bayern played SO FUCKING BORING.
my first impression is that porto thoroughly outgunned them in speed and physicality.
alonso and dante at the centre SLOW. that's a problem with their age.
rafinha-- what's so great about fucking rafinha? i miss lahm as bayern's best right back. this midfielder thing... and benatia injured, alaba injured... very few options at the back.
and then again alonso had no other holding midfielder to play with-- shweinsteiger injured, martinez probably submerged in a vat healing for ages now...
i can't understand how gotze lewandowski and muller upfront can look so fucking boring. gotze for fucks sakes. subbed out for rode who actually provided a little more action.
i don't wanna watch the rest of the game because i'll fall asleep with fc boringwood. i get the injuries, i do.
so then i read the zonal marking analysis. pretty great. talks about successful "pressing" by porto. and resisting pressing is something bayern is used to--but at twice the size, twice the speed, porto overpowered bayern's tiny men.
and then the attack-- fucking dismal. wow. the game was played in 2/3s of the pitch and those were closer to bayern's goal.
good job porto. i didn't catch on to their pressing system till i red it in ZM-- a great writeup as usual.
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