Its the perfect time for the second team players to get some minutes.

play sahin , varane , callejon , granero and rest the first team for valancia and athletico clashs.

its also a great chance for di magia to regain his top form again

definitely rest alonso, rest ozil, rest benzema, rest pepe (we need him for valencia since ramos is out), rest marcelo.

arbeloa is garbage regardless so he can play.

that being said we still need to win, or at the very least tie.

I say don't rest anyone go for the throat and win 10 nil

I refuse to rest Karim in a home Champions League game.

That sir,is not just madness, it's Sparta.

lol the Sparta joke would be appropriate since Nicosia is on the Greek side of Cyprus

Let Karim score like 4. then he can get the L golden boot...

Crimson wrote:I say don't rest anyone go for the throat and win 10 nil

what happened to H&R??? :vagi:

btw i think Mou will play those he subbed out and those who sat on the bench, can see this line-up:


with DiMaria coming on with 30 mins left, and possibly Granero for someone

Come on......If you're not going to play him in the CL...where are you going to play him lol.

This season at the Bernabau.

3 games : 5 goals :4 assists.: 3.3 key passes a game.

We must see Sahin Ozil and Benz again

Benzema played the full game against Osasuna, which means that Higuain will get the nod

No , Benz came off at 80 minutes.

ohh yh forgot my bad

but Higuain was taken off earlier which is my point lol, Benz needs a rest before the Valencia game next weekend... he will be crucial against them

btw we are on song to break Barca's front trios record of number of goals in a single season

in the League we are on equal numbers of 72 goals eachother, all together we are 1 goal behind

APOEL we are coming at you

Play Jese, Morata and the rest of the 'kids'

We should Play Benz against Apoel. let him score.

who cares about individual awards? id rather have him fit for valencia than have a tired benz.

this tie is wrapped up let the youngsters and rotation players play, if we need to sub in benz or ronaldo what have you then we have that option.

we need to stay focused on the league when we can and this is the perfect opportunity

--------------Iker
-Lass-Carvalho-Varane-Coentrao
--------Khedira-Sahin
---Di Maria-Kaka-Ronaldo
-----------Higuain

And then bring on Carvajal please

I'm pretty sure Mou would go with a strong team again, with probably only Sahin, Kaka and maybe Varane starting from the non-regulars.

There are no Madrid players walking on a suspension going into the game

Rotate the rotation guys

---------------Casillas
Carvajal----Varane---Pepe----Marcelo
------------Sahin----Xabi
DiMaria----------Ozil---------Benzema
---------------Ronaldo


The aim? Get Ronaldo the ball as much as possible in the box lmao

Mourinho in press said Di maria will play, but not full 90

I say, give Benz minutes and the chance to increase his goal tally.
Give Sahin minutes to impress.
Give Di Maria minutes to get fit
And give youngsters (like Jesse, Morata, Alex, etc.) minutes to get the experience...

i was surprised how late mourinho waited last match to make subs.. so if mourinho is going to wait til the 70-75th minute id rather di maria start, he needs more than 15-20 minutes.

same goes for sahin.

id start exactly how saeta set up his starting XI

No Carvajal

players called up:

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Adan, Tomas Mejias
Defenders: Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo, Coentrao, Albiol, Varane
Midfielders: Sahin, Kaka, Ozil, Granero, Alonso, Altintop, Callejon, Di Maria
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Higuain

we have so many midfielders(and two are injured mind you) lol

Pepe made the pressconference so he will start for defo

Mou about what we should expect for the line-up and Arbeloa:

"There won’t be many changes on the lineup. The only one who played in Pamplona and isn’t on the list is Arbeloa.

is mou annoid with his latest displays???

Mou about the Kun-Higgy swap:

"You ask about Higuain and Aguero as a consequence to a front page with false information. If I start commenting on false front pages we’ll never stop doing it."

i like his responses to those rumours

Mou about DiMaria:

"Di Maria’s injury is complicated. He’s been training at full pace for ten days, but that’s not the same as playing matches. He benefitted from the ten minutes he played in Pamplona and he will play more tomorrow, but not the entire game. He is very important to the team and we’ve missed him despite earning positive results."

hope we see him for at least 30 mins.

Mou on the media silence:

"The unnatural thing for me is the great run my team is having in La Liga. A team cannot win 40 straight games, but no other side in Europe has a six point lead in its league, not to mention a ten point cushion. I think it is normal to draw against Malaga at the Bernabeu; that’s football for you. The match against Villarreal cannot be called a mistake… It wasn’t. Our silence was criticized, but I believe it was an intelligent collective decision because we wouldn’t have called it a mistake, but rather something else. We continued on our difficult path."

i love his choice of words

Arbeloa was horrible all season long, especially this year.