lol xavi and xabi combined...

he is playing great tho, nice surprise

can't believe Kaka is still playing for us.

di maria's passing was better than ever  
casemiro was very good
who are the ones with 32 and 33 ?

Pedram wrote:

SuperMAG wrote:ffs, even under pressure, casimero is passing 100% accurate long and short passes, its like xavi and xabi combined.

it's Barnsmouth ffs.

Isn't it Bournemouth ?

lol

wow, and a goal by casimero, mighty impressed by him today, seems like a black horse to me this season for us.

Casimero scores.

Dude is bossing  

he had a great game but please supermag, you're acting like he did some miracle passing today, his passing was good but hardly amazing lol

anyway good match from the team, it's early in pre season though so the team will look nothing like this when the league starts

FK! I missed the game =[

Valkyrja wrote:can't believe Kaka is still playing for us.

di maria's passing was better than ever  
casemiro was very good
who are the ones with 32 and 33 ?

matheos and quini

cherychev played as a left back in the second half, made a few good runs towards goal. quini came on for carvajal and played as the right back.

morata was poor, he isnt a winger or an attacking midfielder, so he would never look good playing there. if higuain is leaving dont give him the lion share of game time in that position, play the ones who are going to stay. this goes for kaka as well.

casado didnt even feature.

this game was toooo small to watch. But what was our formation?

4-2-3-1, Ozil Ronaldo and Isco free roles

It's the first friendly against a honestly "scrub" team. The team is just getting into the grove of things.

I won't rate anyone based off this match because it'd be unfair to do so.

Like the Barca fan a few pages back calling Carvajal a flop already.

Just to make it clear, his name is both Casemiro and Casimiro but not Casimero

^^ next misspelling that ain't corrected with in 5 minutes of posting is a -25%, k RG?

Ozil is going to have to step it up this season. Isco was just amazing

he drops back to collect the ball something Ozil has struggled to do for us. Ronaldo

Coentrao played like he didn't even care all attacks in the first half came from his side seriously gtfo if you don't want to play

whatsup with Higuain playing striker over Morata if he is going to leave??

anyone else noticed Benzema was the only one looking lost in the first half

still only the first game tho. Can't wait for Jese to enter preseason. he is going to tear fhis shit up

halamadrid2 wrote:he drops back to collect the ball something Ozil has struggled to do for us. Ronaldo

Agreed. I think Isco will bench Özil like Kaka benched Özil aswell. This season Özil can't be inconsistent like he used to be, we actually have a good replacement if he doesnt do well

kaka benched ozil? think it was the other way around

already discarding ozil? ridiculous

fickle, just fickle. its like children with new toys, you forget about the old ones no matter how good they are in favour of what's fresh.

ozil will be starting, too much quality.

Ozil is a better 10. Much more intelligent both on and off the ball. Isco is a better dribbler, but Mesut on form has more magic.

Ozil holds the ball way too long and tends to kill out build up plays or lose the ball due to being hesitant. And I'm not counting last game because it was a friendly and everyone pretty much did well.we won 6-0 ffs


But last season, this was apparent.

It's not fickleless, Özil has had 1 consistent season in three years for us.

He DID in fact get benched for Kaka in one period, but Kaka being Kaka, it was obvious he was going to return to the bench sooner or later.

This time, if Özil doesn't have a consistent season, expect Isco to take his spot. Same goes for Di Maria TBH.

^^ which is what I feel as well. For both him and Di Maria.
Ozil has been inconsistent. He needs to pick it up and get on form. When he's on form he's one of the best in the world in his position.

Isco may be pushed out wide, but once the times comes he can take Ozil's spot. If both can play that's better. Only time will tell.

smh Like Isco is epitome of consistency? Ozil has had to deal with being the only real creator on the squad and now that that he is actually going to get some help he is going to be benched for a just as inconsistent or if not more 21 year old?pls go

I don't think I said Isco is the epitome of consistency. Nor are we trying to imply that.

Don't be blinded because his name is Ozil. If Isco and Ozil are both inconsistent then Kaka will start.

Our logic applies to everyone

FalcaoPunch wrote:Ozil holds the ball way too long and tends to kill out build up plays or lose the ball due to being hesitant.

Good observation. He did this a lot in big matches last season and was very frustrating to watch. This become more apparent and worse when he moved to right. On top of it he also drains out pretty quickly and seems to be at receiving end when dealing with physically stronger players. Not sure what Benz & Ozil eat - One gets fat and the other gets drained quickly .

Ozil was OK last season and Kaka was not good enough to compete. This Season Ozil still can be OK as Isco will give a run for his money