RE: New 2017/18 Football Season Begins: Ronaldo Gets Blocked, Barca Stuck With Transfers, ManU Thrives
The first yellow against Ronaldo is completely justified taking off your shirt is an automatic yellow, the second one yes, there was no dive there was a contact perhaps not enough for a penalty, so he is paying for nothing. Barcelona, is now where it was when Xavi left, only then they were able to buy Neymar, now they have no substitute to continue with their game, Iniesta is, I think not even 50% of what he was and he was the creative player, I think they should pick up some good young players from Latin America, Africa and Asia, and of course home grown ones and try to build a new team, just use this season as a testing time. The great team they had is now old, when you are over 30 you just tend to have less physical stamina, so you are not as good, there are exceptions, but normally this is true. I think this will not be a good season for them, Real Madrid, Atletico and Sevilla look good to me. In England I think it should be more even, most of the top teams are in good shape.
I completely agree. Ronaldo's ban is a little bit too much. Barcelona's in a hard time because it's always hard to change. They are in a place now where they are losing players not necessarily because they are selling them, but because they are retiring or getting too old to still get the same results as they did. Transition fazes are always hard, and this is exactly why Real Madrid are doing so great the last couple of years. That transfer ban that they had a few years ago helped them, actually. Instead of selling and buying like they usually did, the time allowed to the players they already had to play together proved to be what they needed. They still seem favorites to win the Spanish League this year, to me. And in UCL, I'm not sure yet who can stop them, possibly PSG.