Real Madrid (H) - Wed 17th May, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction

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hinchcliffes bulbous conk said:
It's a joke. I went away to Madrid, have done 7 home games this season and missed out. All so tourists can rinse out the club shop.
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Sorry you missed out mate. I take my (wheelchair bound) brother every week but we aren't in the cup scheme so I was resigned to not going. Just been texted by my son that his mate has had to drop out so I will be there. I love taking our kid but I am looking forward to just having a few beers and turning up to this one with little responsibility.
 
Watched the Scousers game on Sky yesterday. I wish City had a tuneful song like their Firmino one which lasts forever but without getting boring unlike that horrid Yid Army chant from those Cockneys. Maybe time for some new songs tomorrow.
 
supercity88 said:
It's about concentration and discipline. Real Madrid have all the tricks in the book. Not just dirty tricks, they have an excellent versatility to their play which means they're unpredictable and always dangerous. The craft of Kroos, Modric and Benzema means they can always make something happen. Sometimes they play it short, sometimes they go long. They have corner and free kick routines which they switch to when an opportunity arises. We have to ensure we are fully focussed and expect the unexpected.

The home game last season we swarmed them. Courtois then looked to go long and we won the second balls and should have been 3-0 up. But then we started to let errors and complacency creep in. Ederson nearly got closed down and played a shocker of a ball out. We didn't win the second ball. Mahrez didn't want the ball more than Modric and then Zinchenko didn't do enough to stop Benzema getting ahead of him.

Ferny stepped in and beat Vinicius to the ball and lays it on a plate for Foden. Moments later he tries to do the same but Vinicius sells him and is off. No one tries to stop him. We get two goals ahead then Laporte jumps for a header and flaps his arm in the air for a penalty.

Any mistake, any lack of composure and they punish you. We're the better team, but those errors can creep in under pressure. At 0-0 in the 2nd leg they start to push forwards. Gundogan calmly gets us through the press and Bernardo is away, if drops to Mahrez and 1-0. Same again, this time to Zinny who releases Grealish and because he's falling he goes for goal rather than squaring to Foden and it's cleared. Moments later he works another chance which is saved brilliantly by Courtois. They start piling players forward, we start dropping deeper. Foden and Cancelo both switch off, Benzema moves into space gets it across the goal and it's 1-1. The back 4 start standing on the 6yard line in a row, they pepper the box, another cross and it's 2-1. Moments later they nearly win it in normal time.

Composure when they chase the game is key. We can't sit back and look to defend it. We have to look to capitalise on the space they leave. With Haaland in the side we have the player to do that and we're in much better shape from the experience of last year and being at home. This is it. The game of the season now. At home the boys will be ready and we get the job done. 3-1 City.
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This is a fucking fantastic post
 
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