As long as Higuain is fit, the line-up pretty much picks itself.

I'll predict a 2-0 win. Higuain and Robben.

 

the nightmare of us varela is banned by 5th card ,also are aduriz and josemi (red)

they really have no reason to drop points

 

yeah that aduriz was the only footballer amongst the mallorca side against barca last week, so good hes suspended.

3 points and another clean sheet i reckon.

Klaas to make a nice little cameo at the end i hope.

 

I expect another 3 points. We should keep it up and home the leaders start losing points. Atleast our bad patch is over and Barca will lose points one way or the other. I expect the Hunter to leave a mark this game

 

higuain trains in normal rate today , good news for juande

 

Does nobody care about this game? p

We have a very, very bad record on the Island. Last year we lost both games there as well, including getting knocked out of the Copa del Rey.

Raul completes 500 league games for Real Madrid. roud:

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Here's the squad called for the game:

GK: Iker Casillas, Jerzy Dudek
DF: Sergio Ramos, Miguel Torres, Christoph Metzelder, Fabio Cannavaro, Pepe, Gabriel Heinze
MF: Fernando Gago, Lassana Diarra, Javi Garcia, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Van der Vaart, Arjen Robben, Miguel Palanca, Royston Drenthe
FW: Gonzalo Higuain, Raul, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Not called: Codina, Salgado, Marcelo, De la Red (injured), Diarra (injured), Guti (injured), Saviola, van Nistelrooy (injured)

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Expected Line-up

Casillas
Ramos - Pepe - Canna - Heinze
Robben - Lass - Gago - Sneijder
Higuain - Raul​

 

Does nobody care about this game? p

I guess not.

By the way, I'll be dining out later - sushi. Should be good, shouldn't it? :thumbsup: lol

 

Nobody cares about sushi!

 

best food in the world.

 

I agree. Delicious and healthy as well.

You should try it, Joshua. Especially the maki rolls and nigiri.

 

Marcelo not called up AGAIN. what does Juande see in Heinze at LB. hes a disaster really, he cant even run straight. we're playing Mallorca for crying out loud their goals for tally probably isnt in double figures yet. and anyway he plays sniejder on the left and he does defend so marcelo would be handy zooming down that wing.

lets hope he drops this retardedness soon as this is the first negative of his coaching tenure at the club.

 

I agree Marcelo should be called up. Especially if you play Sneider on the left. You'd need your fullback to provide the width, as Sneider's game is too narrow he cuts inside too much. And like you said Sneider tracks back well, so Marcelo's attacking game wouldnt be a problem.

 

Atleast you guys haven't reached the point of starting Albelda's and Maduro's as fullbacks.

 

This will be one tricky game.

 

hope raul can score for his 500th liga games


BTW can juammi callejon play tonight??

 

Marcelo dropped again!? Seriously?!
I hope this turns out to be a positive thing for Marcelo.. he must not be impressing Juande during training.

P.S - I hope the double H's start instead of Raul.. he should celebrate his 500th in the bernabeu

 

I don't know whats wrong with Marcelo this season , he is not showing any improvement this season defensively or offensively

anyway looking forward for another 3 points , and hopefully a clean sheet ..

 

I think Juande's priority now is to close the gap at the top.

 

no,he can't close the gap if barca keeps on winning, his priority is to bag every 3 point avalable in each game and hope barca slips

 

Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze; Gago, Lass, Robben, Sneijder; Raúl e Higuaín

Good lineup, but we need Marcelo.

 

0-1 Arjen Robben.

 

Fantastic burst by Higuain to get into the box and a simple tap-in for Raul - a fitting way to celebrate his 500th start roud: .

0-2 and we're in firm control of this contest.

 

ROBBENNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Messi who?

HALA MADRID!

 

Higuain is the man of the match. He comes back from an injury and shines immediately again. roud:

 

With Schuster as our coach we wouldn't dominate like that, Mallorca just had the last minutes, but we never gave the ball away.

 

Canna and Pepe both very solid tonight

 

Juande's making Madrid performing as they should.

Very happy for your latest results, performances and spirit, hope this run continues, you'll eat Liverpool in 6 weeks time..

Robben in 442 performs much better than 433 too, he's a winger who needs to run from the back more, find more freedom.. He's finally reaching his levels..

 

FT : 0-3

3rd clean sheet in a row , must be important for Juande ..

 

Gago is freaking awesome....