REAL MADRID vs ATHLETIC BILBAO | La Liga Jornada 18 | 22.12.19 | 21:00 CET

Would love to see:

Hazard-Jovic
James
Kroos-Case-Valverde​

With Marcelo at LB.

 

Let me put it this way: If Jovic had the same amount of chances that Benzema had last night, he would have scored at least one.

 

Why? Benzema was sleep-playing for most of the game, he looked like he had a fever lol.

 

Maybe just maybe

Benzy needs a break? I mean it seems like he has played every minute of every game

 

No.
Benzema in form > He's in form, you gotta play him
Benzema out of form > He needs to play into form, gotta play him
Benzema having a stinker, obviously tired and overused > We can't risk this game, let's play him at 50 % with 2 Brazilian kids of which one is incapable of scoring in a brothel.

 

How does Lewandowski play in Bayern? Teams park the bus against them too. Aguero? Icardi?

 

And Benzema is good at that?

 

We,re dominating about 70ish minutes of every game we’ve played lately, a lot of the time Courtois is barely called on, we finish the chances we create and this discussion will not happen, I don’t see much wrong with our tactics.
If we’re to stick to one formation however I hope it will be the 4-3-1-2.

As for Jovic, I definitely expected him to get more minutes by this point, especially with all the injuries we’ve sustained, Zidane must be seeing something in training he doesn’t like although by all account Jovic is a hard worker and Zidane always praises him.

 

They are 3 players from top teams who play vs parking the bus teams which was the argument. All 3 completely dependant on service.

Icardi is performing more than good enough despite being by far the least skilled out of the bunch.

 

If we are pulling out gazillion crosses into the box, playing Jović sounds like a good idea to me.

 

I don’t think we can say we lack in depth when it comes to goal scorers when the coach hasn’t properly tried all the options available to him, one player only a few times and completely blanking another player, how can we be lacking when these players haven’t been given enough of a chance, we need goals , these players may not be the answer but before we know that we have to try them

I understand the concept that everyone cannot play and that continuity is necessary to winning, at least that’s what I think , I’m just saying at that we cannot say we lack depth when we have not tried all the options available to us until we do we can’t know

 

Jović needs some prime minutes with A-squad. If we plan to continue on current path, i see him being loaned out in the summer.

 

A shame really. It’s not like minutes are scarce. Plenty to go around and he’s just not getting them. He looks dangerous in the short time he’s played and the minutes he does get is Zidane just last ditch throwing him in with the likes of Bale barely getting any service.

ZZ’s subs/rotation are questionable and is costing the team.

 

Terrible post.

Btw, Zidane is the only reason we resemble a team.

 

for me it's simply about occupying the areas of the pitch that put you in the best position to score. Benz is great at what he does but too often he's out wide or deep and we really need someone in the box. In a perfect world we'd play a few games with both players and see how it works.

 

You're spot on.

ZZ did wonders to this team but his choices sometimes leave us all scratching our heads.

 

Couldn't agree more. To me Benz is more of a 10 than a 9. He wants the ball. And he is found at the left winger position a LOT. Why ? I mean he is our only goal threath.

 

It is easy to comment from tv or internet board, but I will trust ZZ judgment on personnel management. Not long ago we were saying that was his main strength and indeed the main reason for our double in 2017.

He must see something in training to not rotate a lot, plus you want to have the main team gel and kick into gear before starting rotations.

 

We would have no creativity at all if Benzema didnt do that, especially with Hazard out. All forwards drift wide or come deep, that is how you make space for yourself and other forward/wingers. Our problem is lack of other goalscoring threats.

 

Imagine the backlash here if all Benzema did was to sit in the box and wait for crosses.