La Liga Matchday 14 | Eibar vs Real Madrid

Injuries & Suspensions:

1. Eden Hazard: muscle injury. Expected return: December, 31.
2. Luka Jovic: Cleared and icluded in tomorrow's squad
3. Odegaard: Cleared and included in tomorrow's squad.
4. Vinicius: Missed training today. Reason: gastroenteritis. Has not been included in tomorrow's game.

Squad List:

Goalkeepers: Courtois, Lunin et Altube.
Defenders: Carvajal, E. Militão, Sergio Ramos, R. Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Odriozola et F. Mendy.
Midfielders: Kroos, Modrić, Casemiro, Valverde et Ødegaard.
Strikers: Benzema, Asensio, Lucas V., Jović, Mariano et Rodrygo.

Probable lineup: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos; Vazquez, Benzema, Rodrygo

Real Madrid La Liga form: LDLWWW
Eibar La Liga form: LDDWDD

I hope Ødegaard sits this one out. No point rushing him back against the likes of Eibar.

Eibar are a really tough side to break down.

Real often have problems against teams that sit and absorb pressure.

Hopefully Valverde starts. The team needs a driving midfielder in these games to cut through a compact line.

There'll be a lot of crosses from the wing. So hopefully Jovic can start, so someone can be on the end of these crosses.

I would really love to see how Jovic performs as the main man, with a strong 11 behind him.

Confirmed Lineup:

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— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) December 20, 2020

I hope Rodrygo plays well tonight because he played brilliantly against MGB and gave Benzema a world class assist. You have him and then Vasquez - both of them have been playing very well recently. I hope they continue performing.

Read an article in Marca yesterday saying Zidane hasn’t given up on Isco! And today he doesn’t make it to bench!

Makes me wonder if reporters ever look at reality before making up the Bullshit. This article has as much merit as Alaba being signed by Madrid or the rumor of Modric for Pogba!

Goal Benzema. Beautiful assist again by Rodrygo. The kid is growing on me, I hope he keeps up this form.

Of course it was a Varane mistake that caused the goal lol.

Modric is amazing

So and so half

We started really good but our dominance sort of fizzled out

Mendy, Varane and Tibu are absolutely terrible under pressure. You are almost 90% certain they'll lose the ball or hoof it to no mans land

Casemiro has been out of sorts today. Really needs to get it together

Want Valverde in there for one of the midfielders we need his energy and tenacity

HTF this shitty Atlético side is still topping the league with two games in hand, I'll never understand.

Rammy with the clutch tackle and Lord Vasquez with the clutch finish.

Typical ZZ win honestly, less the Varane mistake... back to the gritty wins that add up.

We may win the treble like this lol.

Bilbao v2.0

Can't stress enough how terrible Varane is. Thank God for that last ditch tackle by Ramos

Asensio adds absolutely NOTHING to this team. Get out!

I felt we played very well in the first but we couldn't keep up the momentum. The eibar goal and the clear misses we had dragged the game along to the finish.

I also really like the right side of our team with Lucas and Carvajal. That entire side is on lock when those 2 play at the same time.

What else can be said about Modric and defying his age.... the man is possessed.

The Demon of Carthage wrote:HTF this shitty Atlético side is still topping the league with two games in hand, I'll never understand.

they are playing La Real, Bilbao, Sevilla and Getafe within the next month, they are sure to drop points. Hopefully enough that we can get the lead back

Perucho21 wrote:I felt we played very well in the first but we couldn't keep up the momentum. The eibar goal and the clear misses we had dragged the game along to the finish.

I also really like the right side of our team with Lucas and Carvajal. That entire side is on lock when those 2 play at the same time.

What else can be said about Modric and defying his age.... the man is possessed.

I'm quite skeptical regarding Modric. He's played well for how long now? 2-3 matches? Of course, I hope he keeps it up, but I think he's been largely underwhelming, ever since he won the Ballon D'or, and so this recent patch of form hasn't quite convinced me that he's turned back the years, all of a sudden Would be nice if he did, though.

Modric, in his current form he is amazing, but as you pointed out, he can’t sustain it, due to his age. It’s still a priority to find a player that can replace him adequately and I’m not taking about Valverde.

Mr Nick09 wrote:Modric, in his current form he is amazing, but as you pointed out, he can’t sustain it, due to his age. It’s still a priority to find a player that can replace him adequately and I’m not taking about Valverde.

Do you not consider Odegaard?

Until I see otherwise, I don’t

Solid match so far against Eibar.

Our forwards are hitting form at the right time.

Ramos is a big lost for hell week. So I hope Nacho or Militao steps up in his place

Great win and a great game

Marcelo should be our LWB if we are using the 352 formation against Liverpool which ai think we will

Marcelo against Salah and Trent? Um...

marcelo's been playing well when he is anywhere but near the defense. i'm perfectly fine with him playing left winger rather than lb....and i think most feel the same way

Mr Nick09 wrote:Modric, in his current form he is amazing, but as you pointed out, he can’t sustain it, due to his age. It’s still a priority to find a player that can replace him adequately and I’m not taking about Valverde.

Your so full of it, you can't name a legit reason why you think that, Valverde when fit is more than good enough to start for rm, ode not so sure yet but there is a great chance he makes it too.

just say you want pogba or that other French kid cause their more of the type you like, instead of trying to act like every player is worse than them, cause if they come and flop, no one is gonna have more excuses and patience as you(isco), pogba has been poor/highly criticized for years yet you can make all the excuses and think he is good enough, but nothing Valverde does means a thing to you such nonsense, real madrid fans don't know a thing about players or building a team, it just hype.

If Valverde or ode or both step up and prove to be good enough, that good for the team sporting and financial wise, don't see what pretending otherwise does for you.