Real Madrid (A) - Tues 9th April, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[deano ou812]

Interesting,probably only 3 of them start if I’m right,I’d hazard a guess if we are reffed correctly I’d say at least 2 of them will be carded Bellingham being one ..

 

[supercity88]

They're excellent on the counter but can be dominated at times as shown by Leipzig. I can't tell if they're better or worse than the past couple of seasons.

I would imagine we play a lot like last season. Safety first, keep the ball. No high risk passes, not losing our defensive shape forcing things on attack and try to come away with a win but snap their hand off for a draw to make it a one leg game at home where we can get at them.

They have the players to really carve through us. The counter has been an issue all season.

Ortega
Walker
Stones
Dias
Akanji
Rodri
Kovacic
Bernie
De Bruyne
Grealish
Haaland

But Pep might decide to just fucking bury them in the 1st leg this time and no Foden hints at him starting this one.

 

[supercity88]

Big names potentially missing there. If we can get them booked it's half the job done! Grealish will sort Bellingham out, Camavinga and Tchoueameni can be rash so he will probably sort them out too! Just need someone to take a tumble near Vinicius!

 

[deano ou812]

Any players missing for Madrid due to either injury or suspension..edit ..Courtois which we knew about and Alaba ..

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

Real Madrid is shit.

 

[alexmcity]

Any players missing for Madrid due to either injury or suspension..edit ..Courtois which we knew about and Alaba ..

Militao is fit but has played about 3 minutes after his ACL injury...He is unlikely to start in both games, especially in Madrid.

 

[Gorbachev]

I would be doing all I can to wind Bellingham up and getting him suspended.

Out of all the potential suspensions, he is most likely in my opinion.

Going forward I am not worried at all, I think we will create a chance or two.

Just concerned about the counter attack. I can't see how we don't concede at least 2.

Could be a ridiculously high scoring this game in my opinion because Real Madrid will know they have to win at home, a draw is as good as a defeat for them.

 

[alexmcity]

I would be doing all I can to wind Bellingham up and getting him suspended.

Out of all the potential suspensions, he is most likely in my opinion.

Going forward I am not worried at all, I think we will create a chance or two.

Just concerned about the counter attack. I can't see how we don't concede at least 2.

Could be a ridiculously high scoring this game in my opinion because Real Madrid will know they have to win at home, a draw is as good as a defeat for them.

You can see us creating a chance or two but also a ridiculously high scoring game...

We are likely to create more chances than them if we are at our normal level.

And if they want to attack us with many players and leave free spaces for KDB, Foden and Haaland to exploit, they might make a mistake there.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

You can see us creating a chance or two but also a ridiculously high scoring game...

We are likely to create more chances than them if we are at our normal level.

And if they want to attack us with many players and leave free spaces for KDB, Foden and Haaland to exploit, they might make a mistake there.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kovacic next to Rodri and turn it into a slow tempo game to stop their quick counters.

 

[alexmcity]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kovacic next to Rodri and turn it into a slow tempo game to stop their quick counters.

They'll be with Nacho or Tchouameni at CB. Their FBs are good attacking wise but not the best in the world defensively. Pep will try to exploit that. Imo, we'll try to bring the game to them and play to win.

Real shouldn't be underestimated and may be the fresher team. We'll try to win, though.