Pre match Discussion Thread City v Villarreal

I don't seem to get nervous at champions league games saying that I have only been to one so far but in comparison my heart is always racing for a league game even at 4-1 up...
 
Full match preview from me!

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AND IT'LL BE ALL YELLOW

I'll start off by saying that Villareal's league form could not contrast more to ours. After 7 games in La Liga this season they sit 14th on 7 points. Their tactic appears to be, according to my La Liga watching friend, "let's-give-it-to-Rossi-or-Cani-and-see-what-they-can-do" and it's a tactic that appears to be failing both domestically and on the European stage.

However, this is City. Everything could go totally wrong out of absolutely nowhere because we just know that it can. For example, we controlled large portions of the game against Napoli and one mistake sent Edinson Cavani away to score. Had it not been for Kolarov's free-kick expertise, we could have found ourselves in exactly the same position as Villareal.

Villareal know that if they lose this game they're more or less out of the competition. They'll be at least four points behind us and having to go to Bayern Munich is not a fixture you want to see when you need as many points as possible.

Villareal's main threats come from the front two: former Manchester United man Giuseppe Rossi and Ruben Gracia, aka "Cani". They're both tiny, tricky players and are often praised highest by the Villareal fans. But we also need to look out for their centre-half Carlos Marchena. He'll be wearing the number 5 shirt for Villareal and he's not a player that takes prisoners in tackles. Marchena played over 200 games for Valencia before leaving for their "local rivals" (if you can call them that, considering they're over 30 British miles away from each other) Villareal in 2010.

I think we'll go with Aguero and Dzeko up front if Aguero's fit. If Aguero fails to prove his fitness, I feel that having Dzeko up front on his own with Nasri and Silva behind him could be the formation we go with. I'm just a little worried because Dzeko has yet to have a convincing performance when playing without Aguero. Hopefully this is his time to prove me wrong well and truly.

I think we will win this game. I think we actually do have too much for Villareal this time and when a win is much needed our players tend to come up with the goods these days. A strong line-up is required but I feel Zabaleta, Kolarov and Kolo Toure will make appearances. The usual lot of Hart, Kompany, de Jong and Silva will be there because you don't break up a spine as strong as that.

I think Mancini will be looking to get the game won after 60 minutes so that he can start making those all important substitutions. Our key players like Silva and Aguero that may be the difference between a win and a loss on Sunday will need to be at their peak in terms of fitness, and playing a full midweek game is not a way to do that.

I do think it's a little unfair that United can field a second string team tonight against Galati, while we have to play almost a full-strength team to overcome Villareal but that's the luck of the draw (*cough* FIX! *cough*).

Come on City, let's win a game in the Champions 'League.
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Any news about our probable line up ?

And if Aguero is totally fit or not ?
 
Warm up.
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does any one know how long there player are out for? Marco Ruben and Nilmar, midfielders Javier Camunas and Marcos Senna and defender Angel Lopez

Seeing as we have them in two week away I would like to see us go for the throat and put 4 or 5 past them and really put a point across when we come up against Napoli and when Bayern come to our place

Tonights squad in my eyes should be:

Hart
Richards Kompany Kolo Kolarov

Milner De jong

Silva Aguero Nasri/Balotelli

Dzeko

5-0 tonight

Aguero 2
Dzeko 2
Kolarov
 
mcfc_ms said:
We need to win this one, no excuses.

Also would be good to see bayern beat Napoli by a few goals. Then hopefully bayern will have qualified before we play them at home
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But do not underestimate the team. If you want to see the bayern-villareal game - it can still be seen as a stream at a german TV-company (maybe you have to use a proxy). They were parking the bus at home against Munich - or tried it - and Rossi and Nilmar could have been dangerous for us - van Buyten had problems with them but had to get off because of an injury. Maybe everything would not have run so smooth with him in the central defense.

First half:
http://www.ran.de/de/videos/champions-league/villarreal-bayern-halbzeit-komplett-216426.html

Second half:
http://www.ran.de/de/videos/champions-league/villarreal-bayern-halbzeit-komplett-216462.html

Napoli will not be an easy task for Bayern. Italian teams never were. So do not count on a win of Bayern too much - can go each way. The team is in a good form - but never really was tested to now. San Paolo is a real boiling pot - but that is something that makes this team even perform better - Müller, Schweinsteiger, Neuer and Gomez had e.g. great performances last week in Istanbul were they were communication was not really possible until Germany led 2:0.

Just trivia... - we have a Diego Armando (Contento) in our team - and he is somewhat a kid of Napoli and spends every holiday there. He is just in the second row since Lahm changed positon from right to left starting of the season, He is born in Munich from parents from Napoli who are big SSC Napoli fans and named their son after Maradona. Diego Contento (he is 21) still lives at home and there house is full with stuff of SSC Napoli (and some of Bayern, too - the two older brothers played in Bayern's youth squad, too, but could not make a break through - one of his older brothers e.g. was German U19-Champion with Bayern in a team together with Lahm) and even the dog is named Lavezzi. If Bayern would have a convenient lead in the last minutes of the game he probably will get a chance to play. For him - who plays for Bayern since he is five but is grown up with both clubs and in both cities - that is a dream.
 
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I think Mancini will make five changes from the team that beat Aston Villa. Balotelli's suspended so Dzeko should come in for him along with Silva and Nasri. The fullbacks will most likely be rotated too to keep first choices Richards and Clichy fresh for the Derby on Sunday. Aguero is thankfully now fit but I'd be surprised if he starts. Bench: Pantilimon, K Toure, Clichy, Savic, Milner, Johnson, Aguero. A must win game tonight. Prediction: City 2 Villarreal.
 
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