Real Madrid

[Ursegor]

Ronaldo will try hard to impress infront of the Old Trafford crowd aka shooting from 70 yards, useless stepovers and flicks, slowing down the game, overlooking better positioned teammates, chocking 1 on 1s, taking direct freekicks from Casillas' goalkick etc. Like the 2009 CL final when he tried to be a 1 man team.

Meanwhile Rooney and RvP will rip Pepe and Ramos a new arsehole.

Excellent.

 

[xaviniesta]

Ronaldo will try hard to impress infront of the Old Trafford crowd aka shooting from 70 yards, useless stepovers and flicks, slowing down the game, overlooking better positioned teammates, chocking 1 on 1s, taking direct freekicks from Casillas' goalkick etc. Like the 2009 CL final when he tried to be a 1 man team.

Meanwhile Rooney and RvP will rip Pepe and Ramos a new arsehole.

Excellent.

can't really take the madridistas talk after the match then how great they were in the first 10 minutes though.

 

[Semi-Neutral]

Remember, Kagawa will be back as well. RVP+Rooney+Kagawa=Mourinho fired

 

[mitkoa7x]

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

This is actually the best tie that Madrid could have hoped for. This should give the players some motivation to perform in the lead up to the games as they will want to get a starting place. They also have professional pride and will not want to be embarrassed in front of a huge global audience. Should be a cracking game, but I think secretly Mou will be delighted.

 

[FCBarca]

A few days after the Clasico will be the return leg at OT

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

It always seems to happen like that.

 

[FCBarca]

And if both qualify for the CDR, the semis would be sandwiched around the CL tie and Clasico as well

 

[Aryagorn]

We should finish off Milan in the first leg itself...

 

[mitkoa7x]

We should finish off Milan in the first leg itself...

Not if they forgot to harvest the potatoes again

 

[Doobs]

Apparently the pitch is now a mix of synthetic and natural grass, it should be fine.

 

[Gauss]

Facing Manchester United in the KO phase of the CL, finally a real tough opponent for Madrid. Should be very good matches, can't wait to watch them!

Man United is not that good; they are just grinding out results somehow.

So much luck + dodgy refereeing decisions on their way explain the points.

 

[King Leo]

yeh they installed over the summer a new semi-synthetic pitch.

 

[ivan22]

Real Madrid's fixtures if they (and Barca) qualify to Copa Del Rey's semi finals: Barca - Man United (H) - Barca - Man United (A) - Barca

 

[footyfan]

I think it's just Barca - Barca - Man Utd because first leg of Copa is in January. First leg against Man Utd is 12/13 Feb. Both are much before the Copa second leg (26/27 Feb), league game (3 Mar), CL second leg (5/6 Mar)