Real Madrid (H) - Tues 11th Feb, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[stonerblue]

No manager is changing his lineup because the opposition puts out the exact XI everyone expected them to.

People on here seem to think lineups should be state secrets. In other sports releasing them 2 days ahead is not uncommon and no one ever changes the plan they’ve worked on for a week because of it.

It's a daft manager that gives the game away if they don't have to

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Cannot fucking wait now. The longest day on a par on the Chelsea final. It’s just dragged and dragged! Onto pre match build up now.

 

[Antbez93]

anyone know how to get this game in India? I'm stuck in Bangalore 5 and half hours ahead so that 8 o'clock kickoff is going to be 1.30AM for me :-(

Get a Amazon prime trial and a vpn change ur location to back home and u should be good

 

[Vester]

Anyone seriously expecting to see anything but Real Madrid sitting deep and us struggling to break them down while they will create loads from booting long balls on their front three?
Obviously hope I'm wrong, that the team steps up to the occasion and we smash them!

 

[Ric]

Bizarre starting XI tonight. No idea what formation.

Ederson, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Akanji, Bernardo, Grealish, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland

 

[madloaf]

If Haaland can’t score against a kid and a box to box midfielder playing as a CB pairing then we have real big problems.

He has to be passed the ball first. Also, i think we'll be picking the ball out of our net so often he might not get a touch at all.

 

[madloaf]

Bizarre starting XI tonight. No idea what formation.

Ederson, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Akanji, Bernardo, Grealish, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland

Pep: "Oooh, it's been 2 games since i overthought a line up.."

 

[super_city_si]

Bizarre starting XI tonight. No idea what formation.

Ederson, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Akanji, Bernardo, Grealish, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland

Must be stones in the mid. pretty weak team

 

[Really_here]

He has to be passed the ball first. Also, i think we'll be picking the ball out of our net so often he might not get a touch at all.

Come on - chin up!!

 

[YatesA]

Bizarre starting XI tonight. No idea what formation.

Ederson, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Akanji, Bernardo, Grealish, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland

Wtf

 

[calumdown]

anyone know how to get this game in India? I'm stuck in Bangalore 5 and half hours ahead so that 8 o'clock kickoff is going to be 1.30AM for me :-(

have you got a laptop and the internet?

 

[YatesA]

Is it keep in the game and try blast them away final 20 or something, once the legs of the madrid forwards are diminished

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Same as last season. Do what every other club does against us. Sit back, 11 men in the penalty area, kick f..k out of us (nothing given by officials) and then counter.

 

[Kippax77]

I'd love Pep to threaten the players with fines if they don't pass the ball forward when Erling makes his runs.
Our only chance of progressing through this tie is hammering home this 1st leg and taking a cushion over there

 

[SWPISHOME]

I'm less confident now, Was hoping to see Marmoush and Foden and go full throttle at home.

Come On City!

 

[pudge]

I can only imagine if that's the team that he's trying Gvardiol in midfield because Stones and Dias have to play alongside each other, Shirley?

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Stones at DM?

Oh great granny shagger on tv

 

[DMA's]

Wtf is that team. Any hope has gone. Just speechless

 

[HelloCity]

Bizarre starting XI tonight. No idea what formation.

Ederson, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Akanji, Bernardo, Grealish, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland

Grealish not good enough for Pep to start for months but now starts randomly vs Real Madrid.

No Kovacic, Gundogan or Nico in holding - wat?

 

[super_city_si]

I can only imagine if that's the team that he's trying Gvardiol in midfield because Stones and Dias have to play alongside each other, Shirley?

be very surprised. Stones will be in the middle with Akanji Dias Ake Gvardiol back 4