Venue: Estadio José Zorrilla (Capacity: 27,846) Squad List: Pre-match notes: Out: Bale, Asensio, Hazard (all injured), Carvajal (suspended), Vinicius, Brahim, Mariano (technical decision); Valladolid are 15th. They are coming off a 1-2 defeat against Tenerife in the Copa Del Rey and a 0-0 draw against Osasuna in La Liga; Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea; Recent Form: Real Madrid: WWWWW; Valladolid: DDWDL; Valladolid Possible Lineup: Jordi Masip; Antoñito, Joaquín, Kiko Olivas, Salisu, Raúl García Carnero; Rubén Alcaraz, Míchel, San Emeterio; Sergi Guardiola, Enes Ünal Manager: Sergio González. Last time we met Valladolid: HALA MADRID!
Would have liked to see Brahim get a call up but it does seem like he's going out on loan, meh at Lucas' inclusion, with Bale injured and Vinicius's exclusion he's likely to get some minutes....do not want. I hope we go with a 4-3-1-2 with Isco behind Benzema and Rodrygo ( yes he was terrible last game but he is lethal in front of goal and the odds of him playing back to back horrible games is pretty low.
Odds are that we start a 5 man midfield again. Zidane pretty much rested all our midfielders bar Casemiro and Valverde
Vinicius played midweek so it isn't so bad he is left out. What get's me is Lucas. Man we need a miracle to get some of these leeches (Bale, Lucas) that hurt more than help to go away. Thanks for your service but please go. Please.
I’m going to try to expect something unexpected. Let’s run a 352 with Jovic and Benz together, Marcelo and Lucas as wingbacks
Entire squad needs to be better in the final third. I think if we get the best version of Hazard we win the league. It’s that simple.
Of course, everyone has to step up, but our weakness so far has been putting goals into the net. Mendy, Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Varane, Fede, Vin Junior, etc were looking good in the last few matches. I actually think the team is peaking at the right time, except Benzema seemed to be going toward the other direction. Benzema was our best player until a few matches ago when his goals suddenly went dry.
Why is Vinicius not in the squad,he played well against Sevilla and in the cup,he is the only winger who can drible and beat players.Lucas will start just terrible. Anything else other than 3 points is a disaster.
Marca At Zorrilla tomorrow - RM will be presented with an opportunity to become a sole league leader for the first time in 100 days. The last time Real had this opportunity was back at Son Moix where they were beaten by Mallorca. But since that game Madrid have been unbeaten.
Apparently VALLADOLID have lost one game at home this season so this isn’t going to be a walk in the park but we can do it, just have to take our chances.