Elche vs Real Madrid discussion

REAL MADRID SQUAD:


Goalkeepers: Casillas, Diego Lopez and Jesus.
Defenders: Varane, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Coentrao, Carvajal, Arbeloa and Nacho.
Midfielders: Khedira, Casemiro, Modric, Di Maria, Isco and Illarra.
Forwards: Ronaldo, Benzema, Jesse and Morata

our injured players are all starting to recover. Varane ffs Also Carlo confirmed in his presser that both Marcelo and Bale will be back for the Atleti clash on Saturday.

Isco was supposed to be rested vs Getafe but ended up playing and looked completely knackered towards the end so I think he might see a rest here with Modric/Jese taking his place.


for the love of god. let us keep a cleansheet for once in our life

Elche vs Real Madrid discussion.

Wednesday 25th September.



H2H Past 2 League meetings:

Away: 18th June 1989 - Elche 1-3 Real Madrid

Home: 8th January 1989 - Real Madrid 4-2 Elche



Injuries/Suspensions:

Elche: Pelegrin, Sapunaru, Niguez and Gimenez.

Real Madrid: Marcelo, Alonso and Bale.


Elche last 3 league results:

Osasuna 2-1 Elche
Elche 0-0 Valladolid
Almeria 2-2 Elche


Elche current league position: 19th.

1. Barcelona - 15 points
2. Atletico Madrid - 15 points
3. Real Madrid - 13 points
4. Villarreal - 11 points
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19. Elche - 3 points




Real Madrid players called up:

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Diego Lopez and Jesus.
Defenders: Varane, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Coentrao, Carvajal, Arbeloa and Nacho.
Midfielders: Khedira, Casemiro, Modric, Di Maria, Isco and Illarra.
Forwards: Ronaldo, Benzema, Jese and Morata



Real Madrid predicted lineup:

--------------Diego Lopez
---Carvajal---Pepe---Ramos---Coentrao
-------Khedira--Modric---Isco
-------Di Maria----------Ronaldo
--------------- Benzema



Prediction: Elche 0-2 Real Madrid.

Didn't see your thread.

JD brah

merging time. me and my boy mt have just created two matchday threads for the same game

Yohan Modric wrote:Didn't see your thread.

do you copy and paste all that info in your thread or do you research it yourself just out of curiosity because I think its really useful

Research.

Yohan Modric wrote:Research.

its really good if you added a quote or two from Carlos presser before the game and maybe a paragraph of what you think then that'd be perfect imo. its already really informative and good as it is but just some food for thought

______________Lopez
Carvajal____Nacho___Ramos___Coentrao
_____________Casimero
_______Modric__________Isco
_____________Benzema
______Morata___________Ronaldo

DO I SEE VARANE IN THE SQUAD LIST?!

do we need to rest some players? for atl.mad later weekend.

i think carvajal, isco and modric can be rested

Isco will probably be rested as he didn't get his rest vs Getafe. I hope Jese can play in his position then

Modric will probably play from start and so will Carvajal

Starting line up:

Diego Lopez, Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Coentrao, Khedira, Modric, Di Maria, Isco, Cristiano, Benzema

isco been bad imo. no penetration so far

we got fking lucky as hell.. both goals we scored were lucky

benz needs to hit the bench asap. no more excuses. he cant step up when needed. not lethal at all..
isco had a poor delivery in the final third, lost the ball in dangerous areas at times


everyone sucked besides ronny and di maria
sh!tty performance, but glad we won. We should've bought lewa or ibra ffs.. not bale.

The ref saved us on this one.

WTH was Ancelotti thinking anyways, I get Illara for Isco, but Carvajal and Morata for Modric and Di Maria resp. wth was that?
At that time we needed someone that could keep the ball and play it around, not a 8 man defense against a team that just got promoted...

This is the type of game where it helps to be able to control the pace. Everyone other than Ronaldo was fairly poor, but mostly as a result of the play being fairly disjointed. Di Maria was particularly wasteful while Eliche were pacing themselves early on, after about the 10 minute mark I don't think there were any building attacks that actually got through.

Two gifted goals with the Eliche wall breaks down and an undeserved penalty, improvement definitely needed.

benzema is garbage....people bring up his ucl stats, if you dont score against small teams how can you win league titles...besides its not like he has scored against the uniteds, bayern, or barcelonas in ucl....we sold the wrong one, i'd suggest get suarez in january.

We got bailed out and we were pitiful the whole game.

^^ how did Di Maria not suck?!

Di Maria was pretty good. Everyone bar him, Diego, Khedira and Ronaldo ofc, were awful.

I've said this many times, but now I'm sure. Isco is a better dribbler than Ozil, but other than that he got nothing on the german. He isn't a good passer, nor his vision and off-the-ball movement are very good. He's a better scorer though.

Can't believe we sold Pipita and kept Benzema

lol everyone was awful but as usual its benzema fault

First time for the season I would say this but yes, Benzema was at fault for this one. While he doesn't carry the burden of being the be all and end all (he has Ramos, Modric, Isco, Khedira, Carlo, etc. for company), him, Modric and Isco are the creators in the team and if they don't play to an optimum level, the team doesn't tick.

Also, it was against f-ing Elche which is Leche spelled differently. We didn't need the assistance of an incompetent ref to beat them...

He's not though Doc. This year, he's asked to play in the 9 role or 9.5 at most... you can clearly see that, since the start of the year, he never comes back into the buildup other than on counter attacks. That's a direct order by the coaching staff. They want him close to or in the box.

Very, very different positioning of our strikers from previous years. Even CR7 is way forward. Other than set pieces, our strikers got no service...

Our midfield is still atrocious lol. We need Varane badly on defense.

Doc wrote:First time for the season I would say this but yes, Benzema was at fault for this one. While he doesn't carry the burden of being the be all and end all (he has Ramos, Modric, Isco, Khedira, Carlo, etc. for company), him, Modric and Isco are the creators in the team and if they don't play to an optimum level, the team doesn't tick.

Also, it was against f-ing Elche which is Leche spelled differently. We didn't need the assistance of an incompetent ref to beat them...

Ideally, but he did touch the ball less than anyone else today...and most days. I still think Di maria was far more wasteful than anyone else, Isco and Benzema still demonstrate some degree of economy when they have it.

di maria worked his ass off in defense, tracking back, sure his delivery was sometimes poor, but he gave it his all

Benzemas shot which went closer to the corner flag then the goal says it all to me. tired of defending the dude. fking hell

the fact that pepe was the one who won that fraudulent penalty says it all....benzema should be the one in those positions, hustling and doing whatever it takes to win pk's and calls, he is not hungry enough, never has been, never will be....only in madrid do we sell a player to keep one who isnt doing well, and then when that player still doesnt step up, we beg the fans to applaud him......