Real Madrid (A) - Wed 19th Feb, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction?

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Good start, anyway - it's on TNT not Amazon. I personally have a terrible win/loss record watching football on Amazon.
TNT visual/5 Live audio. A far lower put-my-fist-through-the-screen likelihood if I don't have to listen to McCoist's inane wittering...
 
Merlin's Magic said:
Absolutely mate, the amount of sheer luck Real had got while winning '22 and '24 Champions league was mind-boggling. PSG, Chelsea, Us in '22 & Us (again), Bayern in '24. Any of the teams could have knocked them out in those ties. It's crazy!!
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None of it is down to luck though according to the media. It’s all down to the Madrid way
 
I'd like to see Pep go for it on Wednesday night and just make 2 changes from Newcastle. I'd put Dias in for Lewis, with Khusanov at RB, and Bernie in for Gundo. However, I have a feeling Pep will go with more experience.
 
supercity88 said:
Ake at left CB not LB. Pep will definitely be more cautious which probably isn't a bad way to prepare. I want to put these fuckers to the sword. I completely missed Bernie, he'd be my pick next to Nico. Eddie, Gvardiol, Dias, Stones, Khus, Nico, Bernie, Foden, Marmoush, Savinho, Haaland would be my 11 but I can see Pep going a lot more conservative in line with what you say.

The games with Real have been ridiculous. For the neutral they've been brilliant. But it's been cruel at times for us. I don't think we've deserved to lose the tie on any occasion. We bossed them last season but ran out of steam. We bossed them before capitulating late on a few years ago. They battered us and wouldn't have deserved to lose last week, but typically they managed to get the win.

If the footballing gods are involved, as they should be, we'll get battered on Wednesday but cling on before equalising in the 89th minute and winning it with the last kick of the game in ET.
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If Ake plays at CB, then Stones at RB?
 
Hope Khus plays - I'd like him at RB.
Vinicius Jr could be crying like a baby after 20mins if Khus is allowed to get under his skin and give him a proper 'welcome' :-).

Could go badly the other way, of course, but although I hate to give RM credit (for anything) we have to accept that this is a unique challenge, unlike anything else in football at the moment.

Even if we weren't a goal down.

So a unique - even wildly out of character - approach is justified. Try to put their noses out of joint from the start. They have many fair-weather fans who'll turn on them pretty quickly if they start badly
 
Same side as Saturday, only change I wud do wud b Dias for rico an shift khus to FB if Dias is fit obviously. I've got a feeling an upset cud b on the cards. CTID X
 
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