the el clasico game makes me wonder....
we had seedorf and van bommel and nesta (not a liabiliity, but definately not as athletic as he was) on against a pretty strong barca team (no iniesta to fuck us up, but thiago alcantara *if he was in our squad id cum* playing) and actually took the game to barca
madrid tried athleticism, it didnt work (first 45 it did, but the work rate of some of their players defensively - especially cos their mids and forwards droop back to help out was poor. only di maria and benzema helped out considerably along with lass and xabi). they tried counter attacking, on a better day they would have buried their chances *yes ronaldo, looking at you* and it hasnt worked. their best solution is to have pepe as destroyer, and cavalho (injured, aging - they need a replacement) and ramos as centre backs. coentrao is decent, needs to gain experience and marcelo is marcelo.
we played defensively - it worked, cos we were clinical (2-2, Camp Nou)
we played very decent against them at home - it worked. we took the game to them and with the old guard replaced (their experience is vital tho) and more luck, we woulda/shoulda won.
what im trying to say is that, allegri has performed very well over both legs, and with the correct reinforcements, i believe it is AC Milan.. not real madrid, not man utd *definately* or any other club in europe that is capable of finding the solution as to how to end the barca dominance
ending the barca dominance however, requires us to be better than the other teams. teams like madrid would give us a royal fucking at the bernebeu should our senatores not be able to outsmart them. we could find the solution to beating barcelona, but that solution wont work against teams such as madrid and bayern *i dont even know why we worry sooo much - they just have a clinical clinical striker, and a midfield which revolves around one man, ooh and an epic keeper*
hopefully, allegri would be able to find the reinforcements he needs and is able to find the solution to this problem that is everyone bitching it against barca