Real Madrid vs Alaves

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:17 pm

One third of our team are out injured so defence and midfield pretty much picks itself. I'd love to know what the attack is going to look like, no balls ZZ is going to start Bale over Benz/Lucas, brave ZZ is goong to confirm Bale is leaving by leaving him on the bench. Which one will it be?

Probable line up:

Navas
Carvajal-Varane-Nacho-Theo
Kovacic-Casemiro-Isco
Bale-Benz-Ronaldo

by The Demon of Carthage Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:54 pm

meh, we're pretty much out of the title race. We just need to win enough games to stay in the top four.

There's no need to kill our players only to move one or two spots up the ladder. Let them save their energy for the CL, and rotate as much as humanly possible in the league.

by The Demon of Carthage Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:07 pm

Confirmed lineup:
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by sportsczy Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:34 pm

Isco is really out of favor.

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:51 pm

of course he is not, Zidane is rotating the squad. we have something like 4 games in 10 days.

is Asensio out of favour because he is not starting today?

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:13 pm

Hopefully Ronaldo continues his scoring run, need him at optimum before the PSG return leg

by Freeza Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:16 pm

Why does it seem like Guidetti plays for every club in the league?

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:33 pm

Benz my God :facepalm:

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:34 pm

Benzema

he took about 10 minutes to arm his shot, that's how shit he is, he should have pulled the trigger much faster... so he missed

by Freeza Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:34 pm

I’m done...

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:40 pm

Not even a tap in he can score from, damn this guy is so shit

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:42 pm

im starting to feel bad for him

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:55 pm

i can't stand casemiro acting like an attacking midfielder, keep your position and block those damn counters fs

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:00 pm

Lol Ronaldo treating Benz like his son or something

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:00 pm

wonderful assist by Benzema

by sportsczy Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:07 pm

This is the shittiest team in La Liga. I don't think our performance is anything to be proud of. Nacho can't play CB.... at all. He's a calamity there. Reminds me of a young Ramos.

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:13 pm

Barca escaped with a win against Alaves by the skin of their teeth. So did Atleti. Alaves are a tough nut to crack. We've done alright, lost alittle concentration at the back but overall it's been a decent half.

Btw Kovacic has a problem running horizontally, his runs are always diagonal honestly, frustrates the hell out of me

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:18 pm

Kovacic x Casemiro is not very good in the double pivot. Kovacic struggles to run the game in a two man midfield, and Casemiro has too much freedom and ends up being worse. Some players dont handle freedom well

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:11 pm

Great second half. Lucas motm, deserved a goal

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:13 pm

Benzema was great today, i would have given him man of the match, and CR super unselfish at the end to give him the PK. CR loves the guy.

by Mr Nick09 Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:15 pm

Theo is looking better and better, and he is a big boy, im still not used to seeing such a big left back lol. He needs to clean up his touch a bit but that's a promising sight

by halamadrid2 Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:17 pm

Definitely, sometimes he fluffs his control of the ball because he refuses to use the right but he'll get there. Just needs to keep focus. This run of games is doing him good

by FennecFox7 Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:32 pm

Theo is a great athlete. Reminds me of faouzi ghoulam. If you can dominate that left flank physically it brings something different to the table.

Beautiful gesture by Ronaldo. And he was an incredible captain too. He's grown into a man and matured