Alaves v Real Madrid

Tricky away game. They've lost only one home game all season. Would've like Hazard to have been available for this one but this is Vinicious' chance to convince ZZ he deserves to be first off the bench. Who knows what other rotations ZZ has in store for us. Militao will be starting which is great news. Maybe Mendy starts too and the midfield is anyones guess. Hoping Benz bails us out and we gtfo of there with 3 points

A win is a must given Barca and Atleti play eachother. Hoping for an Atleti win but who am I kidding. Messi will down them in the first half

Must win game, it could get us ahead of Barca.

I’d go with Isco behind Benz and Jovic, Casemiro, Fede and one of Kroos or Modric in midfield. Mendy and Militao in for Varane and Marcelo


Alaves is a decent team but we should beat them comfortably given our recent form

Typical zidane move wait until the team is on form and start giving isco minutes to get carried lmao, funny how James can't get these chances in this type of setup, but the player who creates nothing and just floats all game always get the 10 role smfh.

Kroos-Casemiro-Modric

Meh game. Flat midfield as expected. Greatly taken goal Ramos

Militao has been excellent. Not given up a shot against this Atleti lite team

Well, that match was shit. I dare say Alaves was pretty much hard done by with the non PK calls (didn't even go to VAR ffs). But 3 points is 3 points and hopefully, Atleti and Barcelona play out a draw.

I wasn't able to catch the game, but I'm glad we won it. Could you guys please tell me how did Benzema do?

I know he didn't score, but I really want his explosive form to continue on. Did he play well? And did he miss any great chances?

Decent game given the line up

The defenders were excellent. Isco was fantastic again. Great to see. Bale and Modric on the other hand

They should never start!!!

Benz didn't do much but given the playing conditions and the diving thugs that we met i wasn't surprised.

Talk about making a meal out of games zz, just sit isco on the bench, doesn't create anything and always running into the box, he is just in the way, this obsession to recover and make him a starter is endless, when he starts the team slows down a lot and everything looks confusing.

Tough win silly Ramos pen and militao had a good game, modric is not starter with kroos and isco adding makes things worse, zz is too stubborn with his bs at times.

halamadrid2 wrote:Benz didn't do much but given the playing conditions and the diving thugs that we met i wasn't surprised.

Nah isco just doesn't pass to him and always occupying the same space, 2 games in a row not one decent chance created.

You say excellent Hala but Ramos was out here causing serious anxiety. Militao, however, was solid. Dani and Marcelo did what they can but credit to Marcelo as they really went at his side a lot.

Isco was lovely today but Casemiro is my MotM, every time I think we could do without him, he proves that we really cannot. Big Benz was not gonna be much use in this match considering the circumstances but he did what he can. If Jovic wasn't in the shadow realm, he would have been really ideal today.

Bale might as well had gone and play golf today.

Doc wrote:Well, that match was shit. I dare say Alaves was pretty much hard done by with the non PK calls (didn't even go to VAR ffs). But 3 points is 3 points and hopefully, Atleti and Barcelona play out a draw.

no i hope barca lose, and lose bad

I hope Barcelona gets relegated but they ain't gonna lose to Atleti. A draw would be good for us tbh, both of our shit rivals drop points and we get to point and laugh at the two of them.

I don't understand why Bale keeps getting starts. Feck him and his temper tantrums. He handicaps us. Too invisible, we end up playing a man down

ZZ really doesn't care about tantrums as long as the player doesn't cross a certain line and trains hard. Likely, his thought is that Bale may be needed so might as well keep him ready.

Bale is trying to get a big Chinese contract so he's motivated to show his quality too.

It also shuts up Madrid management and Bale's agent... they can't say ZZ ostracized him. He's getting his opportunities.

I'd give Ramos another year at the top level.

What a game from Militao. Looks like the Eder and Varane will be our starters once Ramos leaves.

These are the games that need to be won to win championships

Is Carvajal beasting again finally? Hes always going forward so much and creating so much when Real were good and I see him doing this again in this game. Is he and Marcelo looking like regaining their form?

All our players are back to their old selves. Bar Modric who is 35 snd Bale who was never that good.

Our biggest problem last season apart from Marcelo was our midfield and we've sorted it out now thank the lord. You know ZZ has things under control when he plays Zdiamond cant wait to Zidane our way to the CL but i think ZZ is focusing on the league this season

Want to see what Solari's excuse is now that Marcelo and Isco are balling again. Terrinle manager

Why should Solari need an excuse? What was Marcelo's excuse for being fat and out of shape last season? Getting outplayed by a Castilla player? You want to blame Solari for Isco having an appendectomy in the middle of the year and coming back too fast? Lol what are you talking about?

Agree with Nick's post.

Not to mention we are in DECEMBER!!! Where has Isco been since?

I'm not a Solari truther but come on now with the cheap shots.

It's the coach's job to make an effort to work with the players. Solari was into conflicts hence why he couldn't get anyone bar our hungry youth players to play like RM players. Marcelo is always fat when he comes back from his holidays, just like Hazard was this season. Look at the difference between the two coaches in how they dealt with the 2 players. Albeit Solari took over 2 months into the season. Hazard is back in shape sort of while Solari made it his goal to humuliate Marcelo, even subbing him in at the 92nd min

Isco was excellent to start the season. Had that operation and came back a game after Solari took over and bam Solari sought after conflicts as usual and did not even pick him in his squads citing whatever bull he was thinking of. Marca/AS picked up on the conflicts and we were never the same after that

Entra Zidane. No conflicts bar Bale who nobody wants. Marcelo in top form. Isco on his way there. And he didn't have to humilate them to get here. He is even slowly phasing out Modric. Solari doesn't know the concept at all. No man management skills whatsoever.

Took Zidane nearly 6 months to get rid of Solari's stain. Total tranquility in this camp again