I'm confident of this tie. I think Vazquez will start

Zidane learned his lesson about how exposable our wings are. His subs showed me that

i'm so happy we escaped that ramos suspension, he has his blockhead moments, but i'd rather have him marshaling our defense than watching the game from the tunnel again. i really didn't want to meet bayern, (also cos of the extra motivation someone like james might have) but it is what it is. the ucl has been our only therapy for an extremely shambolic season

I have a feeling ZZ is going to have Ronaldo as the lone forward for this game. Sacrifice Benz for Lucas. Not sure how I feel about isolating Ronaldo up top

So Alaba more or less out of this game?

Yep.

Great news seeing as we are most likely not going to start with a winger

Bayern have lots of injuries, wow. I would be impressed if they were able to get through- not because RM is this great force but because they have been dealt such a shit hand

Zidane today    “No nos vamos a cagar en los pantalones”

he’s referring to Ramos little problem a few weeks ago!

So it's Neuer, Tollisso, Alaba, Vidal and I think Coman out. That's a sizable injury list right there.

i don't feel sorry for any opponent injured, we've had our fair share of injuries over the years (won't start naming players), i hope we can take advantage of this and push through

futbol_bill wrote:Zidane today    “No nos vamos a cagar en los pantalones”

he’s referring to Ramos little problem a few weeks ago!

The thing about cagar en los pantalones actually refers to what Bayern Fullback Salihamidzic infamously said back in 2002 about Madrid pooping themselves after losing the first leg of the CL quarter finals in Bayern's stadium despite having outplayed Bayern for much of the game.

I was watching a documentary above La Novena the other day as well as a few minutes of the 2nd leg of the 2002 tie and so i recognized where the phrase came from. Madrid were playing a shape similar to 4312 of recent times, with Solari and Figo at each side of Makalele and Zidane infront, baw gawd.

i remember that game think that was the game where geremi scored some amazing long range shot for us and then bayern scored two late goals to beat us. then we beat them 2 nil at home. i remember antimadridistas complained about guti's goal in the second leg (also cos certain folks were not looking forward to an el clasico semi final)

btw does anyone have any info on our card/foul situation? i'm particularly interested in casemiro varane carvajal, at this stage the last thing we need in unnecessary suspensions before the next leg

I know Ronaldo is on a card and I think carvajal is as well

i'm worried about carvajal, he seems to let his temper get the best of him when things get a little tough. cristiano better not do something silly like touch the ref i can't even begin to imagine what this, last and the season before would be without him

titosantill wrote:i remember that game think that was the game where geremi scored some amazing long range shot for us and then bayern scored two late goals to beat us. then we beat them 2 nil at home. i remember antimadridistas complained about guti's goal in the second leg (also cos certain folks were not looking forward to an el clasico semi final)

The Bayern defender, can't remember his name for the life of me without Googling, fell down way too easily with a lil "elbow" (it wasn't really but whatever) when Raul turned on him. Bayern got beat and the Bernabeu was rocking that night. Hell, even Sali got his ass sent off that day. Perfect victory.

Fyi, to that comment, I think Roberto Carlos replied with "Who?" when the media gave him the comment and the player that said it.

He's going up against old man Ribery. I'm not too worried about Carvajal.

I'm more worried about what formation we use- if we don't have sufficient coverage for Marcelo we could get ripped open by Robben and Kimmich.

All the cards are wiped at this stage. So none of the players have any cards to their names

I really wish we would have been able to play at home first.

We have been so nervy at home, I would have preferred to get the nervy match out of the way first.

So they are setting up a midfield of Martinez, James, and Mueller.

That looks like it is there for the taking versus Kroos, Case, and Godric.

We should have started Asensio over Isco IMO.

Heyneckes is no amateur

Just as i thought. Benz undroppable no more

Nice goal by Kimmich. I feel this is the stage where we bid farewell to this beautiful cup. We are too leaky.

Carvajal desperately needs competition

We really really needed that goal. I could feel panick was setting in. Now we need to keep it tight at the back and nick one on the counter

Despite 2 injuries Bayern are playing very well. They should have had maybe 1-2 more goals.

Our attacking 3 have been utterly useless. This match seems to be out of Lucas’ depth and Isco floating around is hindering our attack. We should sub them both.