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you sure? the style with which they've knocked out both PSG and Juve does remind me of that Bayern, they seem to be head and shoulders above other top teams, of course they haven't played Bayern or Barca yet.

y, this match up reminds me of the traumatic experience we had vs Bayern in Conte's 2nd season

Bayern showed last season that they can take on RM, I think they have a fair chance with Jupp at the helm, that guy doesn't seem to be aging

yup, we are light years behind Real physically, the club obviously is not doing something right

It's football though, what matters most is who's got the better team and has the character needed for these kind of games. This team can beat anyone, we just need a little bit of luck and a lot of heart. In La Liga alone Real have lost 5 and drew 6 games, surely they're not invincible

I doubt they expect that, Allegri always starts his big games with an offensive, I doubt this'll be any different tonight. I just hope we don't blow all of our stamina in the first 30 minutes like last season

welcome, nice ava :D :beer:

I just hope we keep it in pants this time and don't splash all of our energy in the first 30 minutes of the game.

It might not be so bad, a lot of the players we first thought unavailable against Real are making their recoveries and might feature - Chiellini will be there, Sandro might be, Cuadrado might be, for Bernardeschi I have little hope.. Of course the likes of Cuads or Berna wouldn't be able to...

If only he wouldn't get injured 3 times per season... Have to admit he's been surprisingly good defensively, definitely better than Licht, but he's also considerably less comfortable offensively. If only he'd stop getting injured, our RB position wouldn't be such a problem

yeah, sorry, meant RW/RM we have in our 4231/442. in my eyes, Costa defensively is more of a guarantee compared to Sturaro, he's displayed great discipline and understanding of the role this year while Sturaro hasn't even played there and looked super clueless at RB

ok, read your post, we agree pretty much, only thing I was perplexed about is playing Sturaro as a LM. Costa for me is a better defender than Sturaro. and infinitely better as a winger when we have the ball. the only 2 players I wouldn't consider benching against Madrid actually are him and...

I'd play Dybala as SS/CAM behind Higuain and play essentially 442 with Mandžukič/Matuidi and Costa as wingers, we cannot sit back all game and we need to contain Marcelo/Asensio and Carvajal/Vazquez.

with Sandro, Pjanič, Chiellini, Benatia, Cuadrado, Berna out we don't really have a defense to rely on, it'll most likely be MDS-Barza-Rugani-Asa. I see Max going with 4231 and trying to keep the ball as much as possible, something like this: Buffon MDS-Barza-Rugani-Asa...

70/30 is pretty optimistic since half of our team is na for the first leg. What happened to you?