Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano

December 20, 2015 • 15:00 • Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

Injuries:
1. Carvajal
2. Varane

Desired Lineup:
Casilla; Ramos, Pepe, Nacho, Marcelo; Kroos, Modric, James, Isco, Benzema, Ronaldo.

Probable Lineup:
Navas; Danilo, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Kroos, James, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.

We've met Rayo five times, all resulted in wins. Let's hope we win and hopefully start playing well.

You know, I may regret saying this very soon, but I still respect Rafa and I still trust him enough to turn this mess around. I have criticized him vehemently over the last few months, but I still believe in him.

And who knows, maybe one day I'll use the following hashtag as a true compliment and not sarcastically:

#MasterTactician

Confirmed Lineup: Navas; Danilo, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Kroos, James, Modric; Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema

benitez is absolutely against the idea of Kroos playing pivote, look where and how he is playing. i dont even know what to think

Disgusting, absolutely disgusting ref. The first red card was legit, but the second? And the penalty?

I'm absolutely gutted. What a disgraceful performance by both the players and the ref...absolutely sickening and reprehensible.

We are pathetic

rafa needs to be sacked now.

I feel sorry for Rayo.

James has no clue what he is doing in midfield, can we stop with this joke? what a terrible 11. Bale scrub killing as always

Absolutely, Valky. They were robbed. Kudos to them and Paco for keeping their cool.

And I like how our players have improved their workrate and pressing now that Rayo is down to 9 men...bunch of cowards

If there's any justice, the three points should be revoked. Everybody on the field sucked...holy crap what a pathetic team

benetz just needs to go, the team should go to zidane till the end of the season.

Mr Nick09 wrote:James has no clue what he is doing in midfield, can we stop with this joke? what a terrible 11. Bale scrub killing as always

He is a forward, a 10. But you have to accommodate him and the BBC

Valkyrja wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:James has no clue what he is doing in midfield, can we stop with this joke? what a terrible 11. Bale scrub killing as always

He is a forward, a 10. But you have to accommodate him and the BBC

can we stop with the garbage?, james was doing great under carlo no one was saying shit, its clear rafa sucks and the players aint really playing for him, its obvious stop trying to blame everything on the players.

What a useless match. Best opportunity for Ronaldo&co. to do some statpadding!

finally its over what a horrible game.

I can't take it anymore. Seriously I tried to delude myself into thinking I might be the one being too hard on Rafa and that he'll turn this situation around. But when you get outplayed by Rayo at the Bernabeu, it's enough..The players don't want to play for him anymore.

Out! Goddammit out!! Pack your crap and get the f out!

it not about being outplayed by rayo, lesser teams outplayed mou and carlo as well, the main prob is the team is not playing for him.

chad4401 wrote:

Valkyrja wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:James has no clue what he is doing in midfield, can we stop with this joke? what a terrible 11. Bale scrub killing as always

He is a forward, a 10. But you have to accommodate him and the BBC

can we stop with the garbage?, james was doing great under carlo no one was saying shit, its clear rafa sucks and the players aint really playing for him, its obvious stop trying to blame everything on the players.

he was doing great when Bale was out, not playing with BBC.

He just doesnt understand how to play as a mid, someone has to give, we cant go on like this. Right now, his positioning is unbalancing the hell outta the team on the pitch

come on now last season james from lcm still provided more goals and assists than isco in the same position, sure he doesn't as look nice on the ball as isco, but doesn't change the fact he gives more than isco, bbc or not.

I don't like him playing too deep either, but this whole bbc hate campaign because some are butthurt about msn is getting boring, everybody was so sure that kroos was the real problem couple weeks ago as well, why can't james just be in poor form or not giving it his all? why is always certain players fault every season? because hype?

James or not, Rafa or not, Flo or not, God or not, BBC must be dismantled, and preferably sold.

why cause your butthurt that cr is declining? when benz/bale was having trouble fans like you focus on them, but as soon as cr sucks ass lets sell the whole attack , and replace with a bunch of kids cause they can dribble.

Rather play bunch of kids there than BBC. Horrible.

Did *bleep* all when the game was 11 vs 11

Tony took one for the team, otherwise this was another defeat.