Espanyol Vs Real Madrid

Turok_TTZ wrote:

Ganso wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:

Ganso wrote:callejon is unreliable,lets wait for di maria to rest ozil

Is it just the brasilans that impress you? Callejon was the best player we had out there in the one half game that he played.

since when is di maria brazilian?


stop being biased,Calejon is unreliable.

why are ye defending di maria? callejon > di maria anyways.

im just saying that Callejon isnt reliable enough to substitute ozil yet,so no reason to rest him now.benz or di maria should be used instead to substitute him.

And come on,Di Maria isnt that bad

lol Di Maria > Callejon overall.

ATM though it's a coin toss.

This argument is moot anyway since Callejon is a reserve and once Mou is here Di Maria will always be a starter/sub.

Really though you guys are hatin on Di Maria for this slump.In about 2 months you'll all love him again.

On fifa 12 Di Maria > All Real Madrid players

I am more sad Varane didn't start.

what happened to espanyol's old gk

lovely pass from ronaldo to callejon

Great preformance by Higuain.

Nice unselfishness from Ronaldo this game as well.

higgy is a super duper finisher! ronaldo isnt selfish, whoever says can got ................... for what I care!

GET READY TO WARM THE BENCH BENZ!

But in all seriousness we have 2 absolute top class CF's at Madrid.
Almost a crime not to play both.
It will be interesting to see if Pipita can carry on this form when Benz is back from injury, although i suspect mou would start benz anyways.

And agree CR7 was a good boy today
He probs thought Messi didn't score today so i'll rack up a couple assists in stead.
And Iker was great tonight.

He can start both hopefully

Real Madrid to win Pochetino 16-0 since he is Espanyol's head coach

Callejon and Granero should get more minutes. Arbeloa should be a starter from now on.

Zealous wrote:Callejon and Granero should get more minutes. Arbeloa should be a starter from now on.

I think they should stick with Di Maria , he's shown the talent and work ethic to get out of this slump.

Arbeloa should definitely be a starter.

Granero , as much as I love him , is not going to get much minutes. Corentrao + Lass +Sahin+Khedira means very little place for him.

Arbeloa is and has for the past 2 seasons been our most defensively solid fullback. The only explanation I can see for him not beeing our starting RB is that Pepe and Carvalho don't have any contest at CB, and Ramos... well, who would bench Ramos?

The best moment I saw today...
Or let me say the best moment I saw since long long time in football, is Callejon's goal vs Espanyol.

Its not the goal.. but the apology from the fans after he scored.. class class class.. this is true football

Javi Marquez is a really tidy player and I hope Weiss continues going from strength to strength. He seems he'll be a legitimately entertaining player in the future.

Not too sure if he'll be effective though...

When is Coentrao back?

And Sahin is back next month right?

Anti-DNA wrote:When is Coentrao back?

And Sahin is back next month right?

sahin in 2 weeks according to mou

Vs Espanyol

Real Madrid had 550 passes
21 crosses
6 through balls
61 long balls
460 short passes

Average pass streak of 5.3

We attacked from the left side 41% of the time, the middle 31% and the right 28%
Shot from middle 63% of the time, the left 22% and the right 15%
47% of shots were inside the 18 yard box, 46% out of the box and 6% inside the 6 yard box

20 shots in total, 9 from open play, 2 from setpiece, 6 from fast break and 3 from penalty situation

Real Madrid Stats:
Ronaldo had the most shots with 7, but only 2 were on target
Higuain had the most shots on target with 3 from 4 shots also nabbing 3 goals on the way
Ronaldo had the most key passes with 4
Ramos, Xabi Alonso and Ronaldo won the most aerial duels with 1 a piece
Xabi Alonso had the most touches with 96, Ramos followed with 79 then Marcelo with 74
Ramos and Lass led the way with dribbles with 2 a piece
Ozil was drew the most fouls with 4
Lass, Ronaldo, Arbeloa and Higuain were dispossessed the most, 3 times each
Higuain and Ozil had the most turnovers with 3 a piece
Higuain had the most offside calls with 2
Marcelo and Lass managed the most tackles with 3 each
Marcelo, Ramos and Albiol managed the most interceptions with 4 each
Ramos and Albiol had the most clearances with 7 each
Ramos blocked the most shots with 2
Marcelo and Ramos committed the most fouls with 2 each
Xabi Alonso led the way with 82 passes and a 93% pass accuracy
Granero and Callejon managed 100% pass rate with each of there 3 passes. Higuain was next best with a 97% pass rate with his 36 passes.
Ozil had the most crosses with 5
Albiol had the most long ball passes with 11, followed by Xabi Alonso with 10
Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa and Ronaldo all had 1 through ball each

Crimson wrote:Vs Espanyol

Real Madrid had 550 passes

Is not that number of passes that cules are always annoying the whole world with !!
Oh we had a 70% possession and 600 passes
Now after scoring a goal with 41 passes (3rd against Ajax) and achieving a total of 550 passes against Espanyol, really i don't know if that's worth bragging about

Thimmy wrote:Arbeloa is and has for the past 2 seasons been our most defensively solid fullback. The only explanation I can see for him not beeing our starting RB is that Pepe and Carvalho don't have any contest at CB, and Ramos... well, who would bench Ramos?

I like Arbeloa a lot but also Ramos as well. The weakest link in the defense this year is Carvalho. Varane and Ramos have shown they can improve this weak link. And even Albiol has had 2 good games recently. I would like to see more rotation for that weak spot with Ramos and Varane, keep Albiol and Carvalho as reserves. This won't give Arbeloa the starts you want but it will give him some. The problem however is MOU. I don't think he sees Carvalho as the weak link!!!!!

i still think arbeloa should start. push ramos in the middle.. varane should be first off the bench if any of the defenders are hurt or suspended

futbol_bill wrote:

Thimmy wrote:Arbeloa is and has for the past 2 seasons been our most defensively solid fullback. The only explanation I can see for him not beeing our starting RB is that Pepe and Carvalho don't have any contest at CB, and Ramos... well, who would bench Ramos?

I like Arbeloa a lot but also Ramos as well. The weakest link in the defense this year is Carvalho. Varane and Ramos have shown they can improve this weak link. And even Albiol has had 2 good games recently. I would like to see more rotation for that weak spot with Ramos and Varane, keep Albiol and Carvalho as reserves. This won't give Arbeloa the starts you want but it will give him some. The problem however is MOU. I don't think he sees Carvalho as the weak link!!!!!

I agree. I've been very happy with Ramos and Arbeloa. He;; even Albiol has been decent.

Carvalho's form has been worrying. I don't trust him in last ditch defending any more. We press higher up this year so our defenders have to be more alert to fast breaks.

Pepe and Ramos are great athletes so this isn't a problem for them. Arbeloa and Varane read the game very well so it isn't a problem for them either. Carvalho on the other hand has gotten to the point were his body can't keep up with the game even though his reading of play is very good.

Is it just me or our forwards track backing have been piss poor this season resulting in very poor ball winning?

Ronaldo,ozil,kaka all need to track back better,especially the former two who are main culprits for our very poor ball winning.

I think they are tracking back just fine.

They aren't pressing enough though IMO. Maybe it's so they don't get tired in the second part of the season.