He is a futsal player and Zidane won't change that. He's a finished product, 27 years/old

lol.

Zidane: "Guardiola is the best manager in the world".

Cuckdane

Bump

Predictions?

Madrid 1-2 City
City 3-0 Madrid

I'll be pretty pissed if Junior Vinicius and Benzema eliminate this stacked City side. It's not possible. It's just not. I'll keep telling myself that

I don't care about this game. i want the league. i'd rather lose this 6-0 and we win in Clasico.

I’ll always prefer the Champions League over La Liga, but realistically, we should aim for what’s more achievable.

Agreed, Thimmy. The CL is always special, but we should try and secure what's within our grasp first before reaching for the stars.

It's a shame though because City are nothing special. If we had a reliable goalscorer I would be pretty confident of beating them. But as things stand, the odds are in their court.

S wrote:Bump

Predictions?

Think City will dominate Real clearly and progress comfortably

S wrote:

Fake news.

All hail the goat of dribbling Vinicius. he will carry us to another CL trophy.

If we win itll be because of our defense and not because we have amazing goal scorers

I wanted to post something. But of late, bad results have come after my optimistic posts so I'll just stay silent and hope we can get some good results in cl and the clasico

It just runs in cycles Tito.

Preseason terrible

Early season slightly better, Zidane insists on same lineup as last year plus Hazard and tries to get this aging lineup back to form.

He does have some success with some of the vets, esp. Benz playing some of his best futbol ever. Slow improvement in general.

Mainly because of injuries, he starts incorporating Mendy, Militao, Valverde, Vinicius and Rodrygo and team is on a high. They takeover liga, but debatable, at least IMO whether it’s because they are playing better or was it because of how bad both Barca and Atleti were playing.

Next Old Benz returns, Bale flopping again and the rest of forwards just inconsistent, they have probably hit the form that was suspected, at least from some of us, at beginning of season.

This next 2 or 3 weeks are now critical. They can end up being out of all competitions in March!

Given how horrible Man City defense is, and the fact that Guardiola makes it even worse by playinga high line...

IF i was Zidane, I'd play Benz and Bale up front.

Benz being his usual DMZema self and dropping deeper, possibly taking a Man City defender with him...

And all Bale has to do the entire game.... is making Diagonal runs behind the City Lines... and Kroos, Isco or Benz must constantly give him through balls... or a lob by Ramos from the back.


Bale is by far the fastest player and isn't a terrible finisher either...


That's what i would do.

Laporte returned to action recently. They’re not as defensively incompetent as they’ve been since he got injured. To me, they’ve looked like a team that’s been lacking in overall drive and motivation lately, but I suppose there should be some degree of incentive in this possibly being their last opportunity to win the Champions League for a while.

Still think Madrid could take them with or without Hazard.

Doc wrote:Still think Madrid could take them with or without Hazard.

I do too. The only thing worrying me is the fact that our attack is inconsistent. Sometimes they look like a high-flying well-oiled machine, sometimes they look like a bunch of amateurs who can't hit the broad side of a barn to save their lives. And you never know which one you're getting.

City are nothing special. They don't scare me in the slightest. But if we lose, it'll be because of our attack.

Shape looks good.

Man City XI vs Real Madrid: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Otamendi, Mendy, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Jesus

Real Madrid XI Man City: Courtois, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Mendy, Casemiro, Modric, Valverde, Vinicius Jr, Benzema, Isco

No Kroos......... hmmmm

maybe he has a light injury or Real want a more direct style vs de english style tikitaki?

Hope we will see the bald fraud being exposed. Either way.

what is this strange sensation

I might actually somewhat rooting for Real Madrid today?!

Pep strikes again B. Silva as false 9 and no Aguero or Sterling. East win for RM.