article_snippet: us against them’ battle plan at Real Madrid lasted three years.
article_snippet: us against them’ battle plan at Madrid left many at the club burned-out and almost relieved when us against them’ battle plan at Madrid was replaced by the calm bought by Carlo Ancelotti, but us against them’ battle plan at Madrid cannot be said that us against them’ battle plan at Madrid did not bring trophies.
article_snippet: That might have been small fare in any other era but against the best Barcelona team in history the best Barcelona team in history can’t be seen that way.
article_snippet: On Real Madrid players often had to curtail Real Madrid players instincts to try to just out-play the opposition by surrendering to an overall plan to out-strategize Real Madrid players too.
article_snippet: The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos came because The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos believed, having won the World Cup with Spain, The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos could match Barcelona for football.
article_snippet: Others, such as Xabi Alonso, sided with Mourinho (right) believing that The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos would never out-play Pep Guardiola’s team and The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos had to be cleverer.
article_snippet: ’s belief that it would take more than just football to beat Barca came from Barca experience at Inter.
article_snippet: The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos beat Guardiola’s Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League on The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos way to beating Bayern Munich in the final but The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos did it with The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos centre-forward at full-back as an early sending off for Thiago Motta left The beginnings of the fall-outs with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos with most of the game having to play with 10 men.
article_snippet: Thiago Motta victory jig on the pitch that night interrupted only by the Nou Camp sprinklers and Victor Valdes trying to usher Thiago Motta off the pitch is one of the images of Thiago Motta career and the pitch set the tone for Thiago Motta time at Madrid
article_snippet: But Mourinho’s thought otherwise and set Mourinho’s team up in the first leg at the Bernabeu to not lose.
article_snippet: Real Madrid players would defend stubbornly and in numbers and frustrate Barcelona before going for Real Madrid players in the latter stages of the match.
article_snippet: If Real Madrid players scored a late goal to put Real Madrid players ahead in the tie then perfect; if not then a 0-0 would be a good result to take back to the Nou Camp where without an away goal and bound to go on the attack, Barca would leave Real Madrid players open on the break.
article_snippet: The plan may well have worked to perfection but Ronaldo was sent off in the second half after clashing with Dani Alves and against 10 men
article_snippet: Messi scored twice to leave Real with no chance in the second leg.
article_snippet: The purists tut-tutted The purists way through that league winning campaign shaking The purists at those lightning counter-attacks so brutally effective but lacking the refinery of Barcelona’s 20-pass moves to goal.
article_snippet: But the refinery of Barcelona’s 20-pass moves to goal worked because Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona and MadridRonaldo .
article_snippet: the refinery of Barcelona’s 20-pass moves to goal’s when the refinery of Barcelona’s 20-pass moves to goal no longer works - as the refinery of Barcelona’s 20-pass moves to goal didn’t for Chelsea on Wednesday - is the refinery of Barcelona’s 20-pass moves to goal really called into question.