Venue: Estadio Alfredo di Stefano Squad List: Notes: Injuries: Nacho, Jovic, Lucas Suspended: Casemiro Returned from Injury: Isco Mallorca is in the relegation zone. In 3 games since the return of La Liga, they have garnered 1 point. We lost to Mallorca back in October. Words from Zizou Press Conference: "Will Ramos and Hazard play tomorrow? We will see. There are many games ahead" "I don't see it being impossible for Hazard and Vinicius to play together, but I try to make my players as comfortable as possible on the field and Vini is more comfortable where Hazard plays." "I'm really pleased with Kubo's season [on loan at Mallorca], he's playing regularly and that's what we wanted. If he couldn't play tomorrow, good for us [laughs]." HALA MADRID! LIDERES DE LA LIGA!!
Isco back is huge for Zidane. We're short on midfielders. Recovering Nacho will also be significant to have a backup for Dani.
Rest Ramos ,play Mendy so he can get a yellow and miss Espanyol. I want Hazard to start in a free role behind Vinicius and Benzema. Vinicius should start,please dont bench him after a good game,we saw it earlier in the season.....dont do it Zidane. 3-0 Benzema will score ...... surprised that Isco is back,wasnt he supposed to be out for weeks?Great news.
Man these games are coming thick and fast. I’m loving it. We’ve got to keep concentration levels up. Can’t under estimate any opponents now and slip up.
With Casemiro out i suspect we're going with a midfield of Fede Kroos, Modric and isco behind Hazard and Benzema.
That leaves James as our only midfield sub for 4 players. Unfortunately I see a 4-3-3. Mallorca is not good so we should be able to grind one out
Mallorca with two extra days of rest going into this one. Wouldn't be surprised if that plays a role.
Same. We need to attack smartly and keep them on the back foot so they can’t just take their take and pass through our midfield.
Risk of Suspension:Both Modric (4) and Mendy (4) are one yellow card away from suspension.#realmadridmallorca— Daily Madrid (@DailyMadridcom) June 23, 2020
Modric isnt so important Casemiro returns next game Mendy is needed but i hope he don’t get carded yet
I don't know man. For me at this moment Modric is more important than Mendy. Marcelo can hold his own at LB but our midfield is very thin. Isco just recovered from injury and who knows in what shape he will be.
Personally i would change the formation Mallorca are not playing so great we can use just two centre mids and 2 wingers
Might not be a bad idea for Mendy to get his inevitable suspension out of the way against Espanyol, in that case.
Get out of the gates fast and wrap this up quick. Let's not make this suspenseful at all. It'd be nice to be able to rest Ramos...Casemiro's forced rest will do him some good. He's probably alongside Ramos and Benz our most important player. I hope we can give Rodrygo, Isco, Brahim, Mariano some minutes. A lot of our guys need rest: Kroos and Benz especially. Mendy must start! VAMOS!!!
I think the fact that we lost to them this year should prevent that....I think that also played a strong factor in how serious we were against Sociedad who knocked us out of the cup. Let's gooooo!
Bale is so trash in La Liga,he doesnt fit spanish style,playing him is playing with 10 men .There is a reason the only league title that we won with Bale is when he barely played in 16/17......