Competition: La Liga Santander - Matchday 28 Venue: San Mames Date: 18.03.2017 Time: 16:15 CET Expected Lineups: Real Madrid Navas, Carvajal, Nacho, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo. Athletic Bilbao: Kepa, De Marcos, Alvarez, Laporte, Balenziaga, Iturraspe, Benat, Williams, R.Garcia, Muniain, Aduriz. Team Form: Real Madrid: WLWDWW Athletic Bilbao: WLWLWW Media and news: Zidane: "Now we don't have to think about Champions League, we have an important match in San Mamés".— Real Madrid Info ³⁵ (@RMadridInfo) March 17, 2017 Zidane: "After the international break everything will be decided. April is going to be tremendous. The most beautiful part is yet to come."— Real Madrid Info ³⁵ (@RMadridInfo) March 17, 2017 Gareth Bale is available for selection once again after serving a suspension for Real Madrid, and should start out on the right flank. Pepe and Raphael Varane are both struggling to return to fitness for the weekend, so Nacho could feature again. Casemiro is likely to anchor the midfield, as Zinedine Zidane should opt for a more reserved approach away at San Mames.
They are going to kick the crap out of us. Flying elbows, dives.... you name it. Unless we can score early and put this to bed. Come on Cristiano. Find your magic. Make up for the season you've had so far and go on an insane Biblical level goal tear for the rest of the season.
Yup, we're in trouble if we go down early to these thugs, it will be very difficult to come back. We need to come out of the blocks fast and press them all over the pitch.
Even BBC should have a good game at some point. Let's hope it's going to be today. As for big games coming up in April, I'm not worried. Everyone will do their best to bring their A game and if we have half the team playing well it's enough to win against any opponent.
Never look forward to this game. Awful fans with an inferiority complex, separatism, diving, drama, etc. It'll be ugly.
I expect some goals from set pieces or crosses today and Bilbao to start parking the bus early. Let's go!
We are hoping for a lot of things these days. Cristiano to start finishing. Navas to be normal. Sergio to bail us out. Benzema to never start etc etc
I HATE this line up. Every time I see BBC plus Casemiro, Modric, Kroos it makes me want to skip the game. lets see how this 1st half is gonna go
Well, we play shit with a 4-4-2 and play shit with this 4-3-3 so don't really have much to lose at this point I guess.
I never look forward to this game. Last year this was one of Benitez's few decent wins, let's see how Zizou can perform here.
Ugh, ugly so far. Need someone, anyone to hold on to the ball. Oh, and ******** Raul Garcia all day everyday!