my 2c
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Originally Posted by rainbowsinthesky
There's absolutely no way Real Madrid go half-assed into this game, with the handbrake on, but this is a really tricky game because El Clasico is too close, Bale is ruled out for that game and Sergio Ramos and Coentrao are serious doubts, James and Isco are vital for that game and they played a lot in the last days, so RM must not get carried away thinking that Liverpool is in bad form so we should go full speed ahead. The game against Barcelona is far more important than this one, so I expect Ancelotti being cautious from the start with players like Marcelo/Isco/James/Benzema/Carvajal, or shutting down the game at around '60 if we're like 0-2 up or something. But with both teams current from, I think RM can have a big lead at HT if we're playing smart and we don't go head first vs a team that needs a good result tonight more than we do.
Arbeloa starts for sure and Nacho/Illarramendi are probable too.
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Originally Posted by Liverpool
Better hope it's Manquillo instead of Johnson at RB. Ronaldo is going to destroy both but I think Manquillo has the better chance of stopping him then Johnson does.
He resisted 5 min before making a pen against Ronaldo and then this happened to the poor guy. Damn that could have ended really bad
Don't want to take anything away from Bayern's victory, but Roma are "very strong" and a "top European side" just like Ribery should have won the Ballon d'Or imo.