UCL Ro16: Real Madrid vs Atalanta

I hope Casemiro plays in the reverse Benzema position tonight.

Isco will be killing it today. I feel it in my bones

We will never come out of this game without conceding so we have to score from our chances

Well that was a terrible game. Almost like we were going for the draw and were surprised by the win

Mendy scoring with his right Zidane vodoo working I see

Nacho btw has been excellent these last few games

Now we just need to capitalise on the inevitable Atleti loss next weekend

The Demon of Carthage wrote:I wonder for how long Florentino is going to keep sticking to this crappy transfer policy before he realizes that the chances of him getting a CR7 out of a Vinicius or a Rodrygo or a Asensio or whatever are very very very slim, and that he needs to abandon this approach ASAP.

You’re sounding like a broken record! I’m sure Flo heard you the first time. You’ll be better off waiting until June to see if he pays attention to you or not!

Cyborg wrote:Atalanta man marked Modric off the pitch. Stifling the creativity

They had a good plan before the sending off

They'll be going all out in the return leg

Poor Modric. Not only is he at higher risk of becoming life-threateningly ill from Covid-19, but the young'uns are after him too.

I don't think those two are very comparable. For me, Guti will always be the definition of wasted talent. He had so much talent, but hardly ever put in the effort, and I never got the impression that he had the ambition to be anything more than what he was, which was an occasional super sub.

Isco may have had his periods where he looked jaded and unproductive, but comparatively speaking, his work rate has been mostly average, sometimes even quite high. I distinctly remember his performance against Liverpool as a makeshift DM. That was probably my favorite performance by him to date. He was all over the place. Isco is much more of a flair player and a ball hogger. Guti was never that.

I'm sure there are many people who wanted Isco to be a modern version of Guti. Perhaps even one who actually aspired to be something greater, but I never saw him that way. He's certainly had his moments for us, but he's consistently failed to nail down a starting spot, and I'm actually quite surprised that he's stuck around for so long. If I'm brutally honest, he was never quite talented enough for the type of player that he is.

Wonderful game by our players. Particularly our midfielders. Very well done

We should go back to the 442. We need Valverde's dynamism yet we can't bench any of MKC when they're all in this form

Easy decision for me when our attack is as it is. But on the other hand Nacho deserves to start and Zidane will never bench Varane unfortunately who is terrible. So we'll probably see a 352 from now on at least until Dani gets back