We are going to have Sahin-Khedira in mid and Lass as a RB.
Maybe Callejon will start over CR and Higuain over Benz.

As our game is very reliant on Xabi and we don't have him for this match it will cause problems for us.

This will be Sahin's first real test and I pray he delivers because if he doesn't, we are quite likely to drop points here.

They will park the bus...Marcelo,ozil and specially Sahin will be key players.i think higuain should start

It's shaping out to be an aggressive match, Di Maria will need to tone down the dives and be intelligent here [unlike levante match]. Key will be the first 15 minutes, if we score we're golden

Official Line up (no Sahin)
______Casillas
Lass ___Pepe___SR___Marcelo

_____Khedira___Coentrao

Di Maria___Ozil____CR

______Higuain

wtf Granero sent to the stands....
this is messed up!

estrella bernabeu wrote:
Official Line up (no Sahin)
______Casillas
Lass ___Pepe___SR___Marcelo

_____Khedira___Coentrao

Di Maria___Ozil____CR

______Higuain

Question, is this the line-up (Alonso back in for Coentrao) for next week's classico? Also include Benz in this line-up as he no doubt comes on in second half.

I expect as many of this line-up as possible to rest against Ajax and first Copa game so it makes sense that this line-up may in fact be the one for Dec 10th.

punkfusion1992 wrote:wtf Granero sent to the stands....
this is messed up!

Calmate!! His turns are coming up with Ajax and copa games.

futbol_bill wrote:

punkfusion1992 wrote:wtf Granero sent to the stands....
this is messed up!

Calmate!! His turns are coming up with Ajax and copa games.

Altintop should have been sent to the stands,

I agree brah, i think Granero has fallen out of grace a bit. We are far from the "let's make granero the new Xabi" campaign we were on last season.

No granero no party

Its a disgrace

Its not about granero playing,its about that coentrawho-Khedira crap midfield

With Lass and Coentrao switching, we get to see what it would have been like if Coentrao actually was meant for right back. Good think he wasn't because I haven't been impressed.

Some HT stats:

Marcelo leads the way in key passes with 3
Di Maria is the only player to manage a shot on target for Real Madrid
Sergio Ramos has had the most touches with 58
Marcelo has had the most successful dribbles with 4
Coentrao and Ramos have had the most tackles with 4 a piece
Ramos leads the way with interceptions with 3
Pepe leads the clearances with 3
Ramos has the most passes with 49 @ 92%
Lass has had the most long balls with 10, 9 hitting their target

crimson whats marcelos dribbling succesrate this game i think he has gotten past his man everytime so far

omarish wrote:crimson whats marcelos dribbling succesrate this game i think he has gotten past his man everytime so far

4 out of 4

BILL

meh we survived without alonso

anyways, marcelo is good which is good for the clasico, he was great today and deserved his goal

coentrao at RB deserves a mention too, i like him there

lass was okay aswell, lol. maybe the guy has a spot in the team

Pepenbauer won everything in the air today....
sadly that wont help us against Barca....

This pretty much sums this game:

I really loved our last 15mn line up with a trivote. We raped them at the midfield and we create a lot of chances.

MOTM : CR7 (Di Maria a close second)
Flop of the match : Higgy

Lass, Coentrao (who played in like 3 different positions tonight), Marcelo, Pepe and Khedira all had a very good game.