Espanyol v Real Madrid

Line up: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Reguilón; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Lucas Vázquez, Benzema y Vinícius

Although I am glad to have Kroos back, I think Ceballos should be in there for either him or preferably Modric. They are just not fit to run their socks off anymore. We'll get overrun like we were against Sevilla, Eibar and Barca

Meh oh well at least Reguillom and Vini start

Marcelo on the bench, what a time to be alive. Transition well and fully underway. Cost us a goal after 10 minutes last week. He is a legend but he is now more a liability, and when the team isn't doing great overall, we can allow defensive errors

ALL ABOARD, THE SHIP IS STEADY

So steady Benzema put us 1-0

2-0 gg

THE SHIP IS SAILING

Modric is doing what he used too. that helps us alot.

We can't defend lol

PIRATES ARE BOARDING THE SHIP

Casemiro

BENZEMA IS DEFEATING THE PIRATES

Karim the goat Benzema playing 8, 9, and 10 at the same time.

Awful goalkeeping, but hopefully this will be a confidence booster for Benzema, who orchestrated and put the final touch on it.

Casemiro and Kroos were bad.

we should be able to get at least 3 more in the second half imo

Great first 15mins until they scored against the run of play. Then great for the last 5-10mins.

Casemiro has been very poor, has put his teammates under unnecessary pressure far too many times

Vini hasn't beem very good either

When will Varane learn to find a teammate during headers or when he is under pressure. Always heads the ball randomly or puts the ball safely out of play

Benz has been great, Lucas hasn't been too bad either. Good partnership there between Dani, Lucas and Luka.

another injury casualty?

Kroos is playing really bad.

@halamadrid2 wrote:

When will Varane learn to find a teammate during headers or when he is under pressure. Always heads the ball randomly or puts the ball safely out of play

Benz has been great, Lucas hasn't been too bad either. Good partnership there between Dani, Lucas and Luka.

I think that's just Rafa Varane's style of play - safety first. This is definitely the best match I've seen from Benzema since Benitez was at the helm. It's really good to see that Modric is running again. I wonder how long it will last. Kroos' shots have been awful since last season.

Benzema you goat

Regui is legit. bye bye Marcelo.

Regwui works hard positions himself well, he does nothing outstanding well but he is also not showing a lot of mechanical weaknesses to his position.

SOLARI MY CAPTAIN

@Mr Nick09 wrote:Regwui works hard positions himself well, he does nothing outstanding well but he is also not showing a lot of mechanical weaknesses to his position.

Nothing outstanding? nobody gets past him. that's outstanding. he just recovered the ball 3 times in 15 minutes in opponents half.