Malmö FF vs Real Madrid

Because Bale wants to play there. Regarding the Bale conundrum i believe he has played very well this season but I'll reserve further judgements until he plays a team that'll challenge him in that position like Atleti, Celta or PSG and so far he's played none of those teams and was absent in our win away at Bilbao. He'll probably not be ready for the derby but will be against Celta and PSG only then I can judge him and the same with James who I haven't been impressed with in big game, no amount of golazos against fodder teams will cloud my judgement with regards to his performances. It's all fine and dandy getting injured when things get tough only to come back and score a couple of golazos and then dissappear again making people hold him in high regard as if he's actually done something useful in a big game

Regarding Malmö, they are unpredictable. Their home form in Europe is great, Juve last season scored in the last 5 minutes through a freekick. But they've sold 10 of their starters that did so well last season and have struggled a little in the league. They usually play long balls to Rosenberg but thank god we have a tall player in defence who can deal with those. A Norweigan winger named Berget is their biggest threat on the wings but he faces Carvajal so I am not too worried about him in fact Malmös strongest area after long balls is that left side of theirs with a very attacking left back and a tricky winger. Thank god they'll be up against Kova and Carvajal who will deal with them. I think we are the worst match up for them so I don't think we will struggle to score unless they employ 10 behind the ball tactics to just get a point. I dont think they are expecting to go through though so they might be a little ambitous and let it all out before their double header against Shaktar which are must win/draws for them

I think we are going to see Kovacic in today.

Benzema; Ronaldo, Isco, Kovacic, Modric, Kroos; Marcelo, Nacho, Varane, Dani, Navas