Real Madrid (H) - Wed 17th May, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[SkyBlueFlux]

I am getting strong play off semi-final '99 vibes from this game

Well that doesn't bode well. With VAR I don't think we can get away with Haaland handballing it over the line this time.

 

[bavarian blue]

I was just sat in the park and got splattered with bird poo .Is this a good sign?

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

I was just sat in the park and got splattered with bird poo .Is this a good sign?

Are you Ashley Young? If so, it's a very good sign.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Cheeky git! I had a days worth of work that I have actually managed to finish so the rest of the afternoon - until 4 anyway - on here surreptitiously of course!

No being facetious but it’s not a day’s work if you can do it in half a day :-)

 

[horlock_was_super]

No being facetious but it’s not a day’s work if you can do it in half a day :-)

You haven't seen what I have done with it!!! :)

 

[eyalluvitt]

 

[ilrm]

From a Madrid perspective, I'd like to see:

Attacking phase:

------------ Militao --------- Rudiger ---------- Alaba

------------------------- Kroos ------ Cama

Carvajal ------------- Modric --- Benzema

----------------------- Rodrygo---------------------------Vini

Defensive phase: Traditional 4-5-1 with Benz as the '1' due to his hold up play. Crowd out De Bruyne, track Gundo's late runs and keep Haaland isolated.

Fatigue will play a part as we close in on extra time. In the previous weekend games (assuming same starting outfield from first leg play) :
City: 2 fully rested, 6 partially rested, 2 full game
Madrid: 5 fully rested, 5 partially rested, 0 full game

City are correctly the favorites but most of the TV pundits are behaving as if this Madrid team lost the first leg 0-10.

 

[MCFC1993]

Can I request no half and half scarves tonight and anyone with one on shouldn't be allowed in.

 

[kaz7]

From a Madrid perspective, I'd like to see:

Attacking phase:

------------ Militao --------- Rudiger ---------- Alaba

------------------------- Kroos ------ Cama

Carvajal ------------- Modric --- Benzema

----------------------- Rodrygo---------------------------Vini

Defensive phase: Traditional 4-5-1 with Benz as the '1' due to his hold up play. Crowd out De Bruyne, track Gundo's late runs and keep Haaland isolated.

Fatigue will play a part as we close in on extra time. In the previous weekend games (assuming same starting outfield from first leg play) :
City: 2 fully rested, 6 partially rested, 2 full game
Madrid: 5 fully rested, 5 partially rested, 0 full game

City are correctly the favorites but most of the TV pundits are behaving as if this Madrid team lost the first leg 0-10.

You rested your whole team at the weekend !

 

[Nellies left peg]

From a Madrid perspective, I'd like to see:

Attacking phase:

------------ Militao --------- Rudiger ---------- Alaba

------------------------- Kroos ------ Cama

Carvajal ------------- Modric --- Benzema

----------------------- Rodrygo---------------------------Vini

Defensive phase: Traditional 4-5-1 with Benz as the '1' due to his hold up play. Crowd out De Bruyne, track Gundo's late runs and keep Haaland isolated.

Fatigue will play a part as we close in on extra time. In the previous weekend games (assuming same starting outfield from first leg play) :
City: 2 fully rested, 6 partially rested, 2 full game
Madrid: 5 fully rested, 5 partially rested, 0 full game

City are correctly the favorites but most of the TV pundits are behaving as if this Madrid team lost the first leg 0-10.

Fatigue? You play ten hard games a season that’s why you always have it in the tank in the final stages of this competition

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Anyone else bricking it

 

[kaz7]

Fatigue? You play ten hard games a season that’s why you always have it in the tank in the final stages of this competition

He is trying to bullshit us me thinks

 

[bluemystery]

Can I request no half and half scarves tonight and anyone with one on shouldn't be allowed in.

Odds on that not happening = 1/1000

 

[Blue Smarties]

Can I request no half and half scarves tonight and anyone with one on shouldn't be allowed in.

Too late.

 

[MCFC1993]

Odds on that not happening = 1/1000

So many half and half scarves knocking around town already.

I just don't get it.

Especially on a night when wearing blue has been encouraged.

Buy one on the way home if you need some memento but shouldn't be allowed in the ground.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Just in the DoubleTree Hilton bar catching up on a bit of work and having a pint and bit of food. Group of Madrid fans in the bar all drinking half pints! Can’t imagine it was like that in Madrid for the City fans last week!

 

[bluemystery]

So many half and half scarves knocking around town already.

I just don't get it.

Especially on a night when wearing blue has been encourage.

Buy one on the way home if you need some memento but shouldn't be allowed in the ground.

Remember seeing a guy with half and half madrid city scarf at the LEEDS game a few weeks ago, but yeah it's a joke and any madrid fans in my block tonight are getting outed

 

[phargrave]

You are Worzel Gommate and I claim my £10!

 

[aguero93:20]

Can I request no half and half scarves tonight and anyone with one on shouldn't be allowed in.

Should be standard protocol. Oh and anyone selling them should be hung, drawn and quartered.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

So many half and half scarves knocking around town already.

I just don't get it.

Especially on a night when wearing blue has been encouraged.

Buy one on the way home if you need some memento but shouldn't be allowed in the ground.

Because they’re not City fans, they are just football fans going to a big game because our club let neutrals sign up and immediately get tickets for it.