Marcelo would give Lahm headache and Robben Marcelo, we shall not forget Juaquin who terrorised Marcelo until he got subbed(not to mention Monetero).... better safe than sorry methink

hang on a sec, atm i am less worried about Marcelo than i am about Arbeloa that guy is in a pretty big dip in form, hope his non-selection for todays game left him to reflects on his shocking form

the things i am worried about:

1) crosses/corners/freekicks- it seems we cant handle those at all eventho we have pretty tall players in the box

2)long shots- Iker is usally blocked or too far away from his line

3) exposing of our highline, doesnt happen many times but when it happens we usually have no chance with it

4) one of our fullbacks fecking up

5) Khedira playing

things going for us:

1) our both wingers, especially DiMaria with his through balls, he couldnt have come any earlier

2) the fact that Ronaldo is so versatile with his contribution, can cross with both, can tap in, can head corners & can score long shots- his performance will be key imho

3) Benzema's tendency of scoring against any team especially in CL

4) Ozil terrorising goodstuber and boateng

5) our bench

i want to see this line up:


but lets see what Mou has in mind

halamadrid2 wrote:

rwo power wrote:Real can be happy they had a German ref last match. They rarely book players for soft fouls.

Isnt Wolfgang Stark German

I said rarely, not never


BTW, the Madrid bench is what worries me most. Bayern's bench is virtually nonexistent and if there are suspensions, things can get ugly fast, while Madrid have no such problem whatsoever.

rwo power wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:

rwo power wrote:Real can be happy they had a German ref last match. They rarely book players for soft fouls.

Isnt Wolfgang Stark German

I said rarely, not never


BTW, the Madrid bench is what worries me most. Bayern's bench is virtually nonexistent and if there are suspensions, things can get ugly fast, while Madrid have no such problem whatsoever.

Well there are no suspension.

Rafinha, Tymo, Olic and Muller/Kroos are all good bench players.

I think Heynckes and Mourinho could decide this one, the tactical battle is the most important in this game

Play Sahin !!!

Marcelo can defend better against left footed players.

Idrisozet wrote:

rwo power wrote:BTW, the Madrid bench is what worries me most. Bayern's bench is virtually nonexistent and if there are suspensions, things can get ugly fast, while Madrid have no such problem whatsoever.

Well there are no suspension.

Rafinha, Tymo, Olic and Muller/Kroos are all good bench players.

Well, even though there was no suspension now, I fear things will look differently after the first leg against Real. And if Boateng, Kroos or Müller would be suspended for the 2nd leg, it wouldn't be good either.

rwo power wrote:

Idrisozet wrote:

rwo power wrote:BTW, the Madrid bench is what worries me most. Bayern's bench is virtually nonexistent and if there are suspensions, things can get ugly fast, while Madrid have no such problem whatsoever.

Well there are no suspension.

Rafinha, Tymo, Olic and Muller/Kroos are all good bench players.

Well, even though there was no suspension now, I fear things will look differently after the first leg against Real. And if Boateng, Kroos or Müller would be suspended for the 2nd leg, it wouldn't be good either.

Van Buyten will be back by then I really hope so, I really feel Boateng or Alaba will definitely get suspended but I am not sure if yellow cards are carried from Quarter final to semi final.

Guaranteed either Muller or Kroos will get suspended, Gustavo that's for sure, if he plays first leg.

But we can still manage with 1, 2 or even 3 suspension. But Boateng's suspension with Van Buyten still injured is suicidal, Lahm suspended for the 2nd leg will be hard to take.

Worst case scenario, we beat Madrid 2:1 in Germany but Boateng, Alaba, Lahm and Gustavo gets yellow card and Badstuber Red.

Lahm, Boateng, Badstuber, Alaba and Gustavo suspended.

We'll be left with Only Tymo as our CB and Contento and Rafinha as full back.


OMG Madrid will rape us.

*nod* Indeed, that would be a frightening thought. Unfortunately, I think all cards are kept until the final. Correct me, if I'm wrong (I'd definitely hope that I'm wrong )

It's official

Bayern vs Madrid is happening.

To me, this could be the game of the year. It has the potential.

if only madrid and barca would have met in the semis.. i never get tired of watching 10 clasicos each year

lool.

bayern will be a great match im looking forward to watching it, as well as the chelsea barca matches. very entertaining CL so far, no complaints as far as entertainment goes

Shit just got real.

ok so our lineup probably will be


what will be the Real lineup ?

probably this:

if everyone is fit the typical go to lineup is:


who knows i could see us experimenting a bit away for the first leg, might see a 4-3-3

I'd be surprised if madrid dont win this

Madrid also has the first match away, big advantage imo :/

Bayern can easily exploit our defense , its a pretty even matchup imo

BAYERN_MUNICH wrote:ok so our lineup probably will be

Neuer
Lahm - Boateng - Badstuber - Alaba
Schweinsteiger - Kroos/Gustavo
Robben - Müller - Ribery
Gomez

what will be the Real lineup ?

Bayern will get smashed. Hope they win, but I can't see it happen with that weak team.

Prehaps Mou will do a 3 man midfield of Alonso, Khedira & Sahin in AA with CR, Özil & Di Maria/Benz upfront

just a guess

Robben, Kroos, Ribery and Gomez supported by Schweini?

That is not weak. Madrid will have a nightmare in defense.

free_cat wrote:

BAYERN_MUNICH wrote:ok so our lineup probably will be

Neuer
Lahm - Boateng - Badstuber - Alaba
Schweinsteiger - Kroos/Gustavo
Robben - Müller - Ribery
Gomez

what will be the Real lineup ?

Bayern will get smashed. Hope they win, but I can't see it happen with that weak team.

Free, you and I both know despite your provincial differences with Espana, that you would like Madrid to win.

Will you admit it?

free_cat wrote:

BAYERN_MUNICH wrote:ok so our lineup probably will be

Neuer
Lahm - Boateng - Badstuber - Alaba
Schweinsteiger - Kroos/Gustavo
Robben - Müller - Ribery
Gomez

what will be the Real lineup ?

Bayern will get smashed. Hope they win, but I can't see it happen with that weak team.

Real will be smashed my catalan friend, its sad but I think both our teams only get one ticket each to germany this year.

when will it be ?

free_cat wrote:

BAYERN_MUNICH wrote:ok so our lineup probably will be

Neuer
Lahm - Boateng - Badstuber - Alaba
Schweinsteiger - Kroos/Gustavo
Robben - Müller - Ribery
Gomez

what will be the Real lineup ?

Bayern will get smashed. Hope they win, but I can't see it happen with that weak team.

What is weak about that team? I'd give the slight edge to Madrid due to Mou and bench depth, but that posted primary starting XI pisses gasoline.

Can you point out what's "weak" about that team? Hell, can you even point out a single "weak" player in that team? Yes, Boateng might play a bit risky at the back every now and then, but so does Pepenbauer - wo really: what about that Bayern XI is weak?

I can see Bayern losing because of suspensions or because of Mou>Heynckes, but that Starting XI is at least at Reals level, at least.