REAL MADRID VS CELTA DE VIGO Venue: Santiago Bernabeu Squad List: Notes: This will be the first match of the Zidane 2.0 era! Isco and Mariano return to the squad list! Vinicius, Lucas, Carvajal, and Llorente are out injured. Casemiro is suspended. Celta is in 18th in need of points to fight relegation. They have gotten only 4 points in their last 11 games, 4 points from a possible 33 points. We are currently 6 points ahead of Getafe in 4th, 5 points behind Atleti for 2nd. Media: 💬 Zidane: “Veo al equipo con ganas de acabar bien la temporada” #RMCity | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/5QJJwMiDvb— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) March 15, 2019 HALA MADRID Y NADA MAS!
Isco immediately back in the squad, lovely. The madness has stopped. I hope to see something like this: Navas Odriozola - Varane - Ramos - Reguillon/Marcelo Asensio - Modric - Ceballos - Isco Benzema - Mariano
Oh and I want to see more of Brahim. Should be our 1st sub, I have totally had it with Kroos and Bale.
Shop window time! I'd play 4411 Isco-Modric-Kroos-Bale ----------- Asensio ------------ ---------- Benzema -----------
People can dislike Isco, but what happened just hurt the dressing room as a whole. Very happy this finally ended. If Isco has to go, it will be discussed at the of the season, and that's it. No more drama.
I thought that I won't watch a single Real Madrid game until August. This was a meaningless game. Suddenly, i can't wait!
We should be careful not to read too much into today's XI. It will be easy to think whoever starts is who he rates going forward. I honestly think everyone will get a chance to prove themselves in these eleven games.
I actually like Isco a lot however I think there is a perfectly rational explanation for what happened. He was injured when Solari took over and Solari being being new to the job and having to play catch up from 9th place in the table really didn't have breathing room to take chances on an unfit player. Later on Isco caught an attitude and was expecting to play over others based on reputation and Solari didn't see it that way. I think another part was that Vinivius became our only hope, and to get the best out of Vinicius seemed to require playing a 4-3-3; and to get the best out of the 4-3-3 meant Isco was way behind other players. It's easy to say bench Kroos, or Modric or Casemiro but the reality is that would have been a huge gamble considering all they have won playing together. Also, wow, how easy is it to quit when you know the team is going to have a losing season but then come back when the pressure's off because the team is out of every competition having played the toughest fixtures (madrid darby, classico) and you will look like a genius for winning a few games against relegation sides.
📝 Starting XI to face @RCCelta!#RMLiga | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/pxgcMzYZLy— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) March 16, 2019 Isco Keylor and Marcelo starting!
Zidane’s first game in charge and Isco is immediately back in the starting XI. Pretty much confirms Isco was fit all along and Solari hated his guts because Isco did in fact sleep with his wife.— Xav Salazar (@XavsFutbol) March 16, 2019
Na just a joke. But Solari thought Isco disrespected him during the first training session. So took it personal.
BUT BUT ISCO IS 10KG OVERWEIGHT? smh it was just something personal with solari. what an idiot putting his ego above our club.
I wouldn't mind Bale to start, it's essential to not deflate his price tag. If he could go for $75m - $85m in the summer, that would be nice.