Real Madrid (H) Pre-Match Thread

[mosssideblue]

All we ask is no Dunjoggin please. We want to win this thing.

Yawn

 

[Blue Maverick]

Ederson, Walker Laoprte Fernandinho Cancelo KDB Sterling Mahrez Rodri Bernardo Jesus

 

[supercity88]

Sorry but Otamendi is not really good enough on current form. Dinho can do a job on Benzema, ably assisted by Rodri, who is a physical machine.

Otamendi struggles with pace but Benzema isn't going to do him in that regard. Against a guy that likes to hold the ball up and challenge in the air Otamendi is the best bet. He played the full game in Madrid and did a good job. His form hasn't changed, he'll always struggle against pace. Ferny hasn't looked the same since the return in my opinion. He's a great person to bring on.

 

[JRockBlues]

Otamendi struggles with pace but Benzema isn't going to do him in that regard. Against a guy that likes to hold the ball up and challenge in the air Otamendi is the best bet. He played the full game in Madrid and did a good job. His form hasn't changed, he'll always struggle against pace. Ferny hasn't looked the same since the return in my opinion. He's a great person to bring on.

Yeah, but you could have the likes of Hazard or Vinicius Jr. running at him. How confident would you be then?

 

[mosssideblue]

Yeah, but you could have the likes of Hazard or Vinicius Jr. running at him. How confident would you be then?

Hazard running at any of our back line would be a worry

 

[mosssideblue]

I've voted for a draw in the poll but, would it be better if there were only two options ie. Proceed or Eliminated

 

[supercity88]

Yeah, but you could have the likes of Hazard or Vinicius Jr. running at him. How confident would you be then?

Again...he played the first leg and was solid. City as a team sat back and didn't look to press the ball until it came into midfield. We remained compact and defended as a team. The goals we concede tend to be from a lack of defending as a unit. Where we press in some places and not in others and leave the opposition with a nice hole through us to run at our defence. Whatever our back four is, our defending in that circumstance is Walker chasing the man with the ball and the others scrambling into position. It doesn't matter who we play we look awful defensively in that situation.

We should have Rodri in a position to assist the defence against a Hazard or Vinicius running at our centre backs. If they get in a position to run at Otamendi then the rest of our team has failed somewhere. Garcia and Fernandinho would struggle anyway, as would Laporte.

There's a real lazy assessment of our defence from fans. If anyone watches Liverpool you'll see their defence is reliant on the pace of their midfield and full backs. Pulisic's goal midweek came from a long ball that Gomez didn't deal with due to Abraham. Gomez is a shite defender. Against City Pulisic would then be in, with Walker scrambling back and he'd get a shot on goal. Against Liverpool, Trent, Robertson and Van Dijk all got back into position quickly but Pulisic used his skill to score still. Gomez' is the weak link but they get away with it. If Otamendi gets the right support from the rest of the team he doesn't have to do anything but marshall the defence and do the physical battle with Benzema.

We don't have the benefit of such pace in our back line. Cancelo is pretty quick though so I think that will help us look more balanced defensively.

 

[blue cigar]

Remember,we mauled this team in Madrid, play with the same energy and I don't see how they beat us, too many guns.

 

[Keeper!]

Sorry but Otamendi is not really good enough on current form. Dinho can do a job on Benzema, ably assisted by Rodri, who is a physical machine.

Personally I think Otamendi has already played his last game for us, I think Garcia will get the nod.

 

[remember arthur mann]

I can't believe he'll start gundo.

Strange thing is, this is the type of game that will suit Gundog, a slower tempo than the Premier League.