Liverpool vs. Real Madrid ,
Ludogorets Razgrad vs.Basel

there has to be some upset today in this group

Spoiler:

Well, I hope the upset is not Ludogorets beating Basel XD

Nah RM won't even go full force against pool, they don't even need the win. I predict small win for RM

Liverpool needs to get the tactics right and we should be just fine...difference in quality should not come into picture so obviously imo; at least performance wise. Result wise, you can never say anything

I cant see Rodgers going for a diamond and rightfully so. It will probably be a 4-3-3. Playing diamond against speedy and tricky wingers like ronaldo is very risky given the fullback options Liverpool have.

I don't think there's a whole lot of mystery in terms of tactics in this game. Madrid is coming out with a 433 with James replacing Bale on the right and Isco replacing James in the mid. We'll look like this:

Iker
Carvajal-Pepe-Varane-Marcelo
Modric-Kroos-Isco
James-Benzema-CR7

With James in instead of Bale, i'd expect for Benz to play more of a 9 role compared to usual and allow James to do the playmaking. Varane is not as good playing LCB as he is a RCB... but he's still good there.

sportsczy wrote:I don't think there's a whole lot of mystery in terms of tactics in this game. Madrid is coming out with a 433 with James replacing Bale on the right and Isco replacing James in the mid. We'll look like this:

Iker
Carvajal-Pepe-Varane-Marcelo
Modric-Kroos-Isco
James-Benzema-CR7

With James in instead of Bale, i'd expect for Benz to play more of a 9 role compared to usual and allow James to do the playmaking. Varane is not as good playing LCB as he is a RCB... but he's still good there.

Pretty much this. We might see Pepe play as LCB instead of Varane but other than that the line up picks itself.

Ah them big CL nights.

5 or 6-0 please, same again return leg and pool exit at group stages....yeah

Real Madrid.

Please, pretty please hammer them tonight.

Pretty please

This is going to be fun to watch.

The attacking talents of Real up against Liverpool's scrub defence.

Should have this theme playing in the tannoys whenever Liverpool are defending against CR tonight:


Get ready for some comedy tonight lads


(unless you're a Liverpool fan)

Yeah, Well there is no denying you guys are on a different level compared to us, Man to man. We should give a good account of ourselves at least at Anfield.

Come on Ludo!

Red, You are better than this. Trying too hard nowdays.

Remember the last time these two met? Liverpool were on fire at the time and Torres/Gerrard ran riot that night.



As good as those two were, it was actually Iker who was the clear MoTM. Could have been 7 or 8 without him.

Against Madrid, it comes down to how long you can resist us scoring or if you score first... if we get the first goal and early, things tend to get ugly for the opponent other than the very early part of the season when we couldn't stop my grandmother from scoring a goal

Other wildcard is Iker... he can be equally poor as he can be brilliant these days. He sometimes gifts goals to the opponent.

I personally never expect a blowout/easy win in CL away games anywhere, let alone at Anfield. I'd take any win... whatever the score.

Nishy wrote:Red, You are better than this. Trying too hard nowdays.

Just some banter mate feel free to rip us a new one whenever we flop...which we have on plenty of occasions this season.

Lighten up a bit

Gil wrote:Remember the last time these two met? Liverpool were on fire at the time and Torres/Gerrard ran riot that night.



As good as those two were, it was actually Iker who was the clear MoTM that night. Could have been 7 or 8 without him.

what's funny is that, this Liverpool game was one of his usual games at that time. In our dark age he was putting MOM performances every match. He was literally unplayable.

RED wrote:

Nishy wrote:Red, You are better than this. Trying too hard nowdays.

Just some banter mate feel free to rip us a new one whenever we flop...which we have on plenty of occasions this season.

Lighten up a bit

Haha. I get your banter every year, It just doesnt go that crazy usually

Heinze and Ramos at fullback Pepe at CB back then They were downright terrible lol.

and grandpa cannavaro

oh, and gago as a DM

Game in Anfield or SB?

Anfield.

Casillas; Arbeloa, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo; Isco, Kroos, Modric: James Benzema, Cristiano.

Liverpool XI to play Real Madrid: Mignolet; Johnson, Lovren, Skrtel, Moreno; Gerrard, Allen, Henderson; Coutinho, Sterling, Balotelli


Surprised at no Coentrao. Maybe he is being saved for Clasico

Ronaldo Vs Johnson could either turn into Maicon vs Bale or Zanetti Vs Messi

Coentrao is injured

Assuming that Pool are playing a 4-3-3.

Zealous wrote:Assuming that Pool are playing a 4-3-3.

they'll end up parking the bus.... whether by design or just due to game conditions.