Read my words, I said some and not every single one of them

Seriously if you do follow Bundesliga, you'll probably understand that their refereeing standard is way above other top European leagues. That's my personal opinion.

Dude, I don't wanna be rude but, you don't advise others at their own house, that is considered rude as well plus if you really wanna say something, you can make it a tad nicer or don't say at all cause even the smallest thing can start a big fire. Hope you understand and continue to discuss something better. Peace~

See, now you started to response by insulting Real Madrid and the fan in their 'house'. This will get ugly. I assume that you are not new here so you should understand that when you're discussing something sensitive about the opposition, it'll be more comfortable if you can just do that within your circle rather than coming to the opposition's thread and giving an aggressive response that will lead to something bad.

Since you have good manners and mature enough, I'm quite sure you can understand my concern over this particular stuff.

It's more like Coentrao will get a nod for the game against Bayern (Marcelo tend to push forward and leave the space behind him open. It'll be ugly for us since Robben will be playing there).

They were well know for their flanks (Robben and Ribery) and given that Arbeloa is currently our weakness with his poor positional discipline, I'm predicting that Ribery will partner with Lahm to push both Arbeloa and most probably Di Maria further back at our own half place, limiting the threat and creating possible chance to lay in crosses for Gomez.

On our left flank, there'll be Robben alone since their LB (most probably will be Rafinha) will be busy guarding Ronaldo. They will field their strongest attacking side against us since the 1st leg will be at Allianz Arena.
Bastian is already fit enough to replace either one of the CM. Jupp Heynckes will seriously consider his service as he's proven to be crucial for Bayern's counter attack and high passing rate.

Their most used line up in UCL



Tactically, they're almost similar to us. Overall this season at home or away, Bayern attacked more on the left flank (40%) than their right (34%) and very few from the center (26%). They love to hold on to the ball more with 65% average possession at home and have 83% of successive passing rate which goes on to show their tendency to pass more and high level of understanding between their players.

With or without Schweinsteiger, we have to hold on to the ball more and if we did just that, we are actually stopping Robben and Ribery from attacking and lessen their main threat.

Regardless all the statistical percentage given, may I remind you guys that we will be facing a team that is very very close to play the UCL finale in their own stadium. If I am a Real Madrid player, that will be the sole reason for me to be overcautious against them.

The statistic tells a different story.

UEFA Champions League record: 24 matches, 109 Yellow Cards, 4 Sending-Offs

Record with the involved teams:

Bayern München: 5 matches (4 CL, 1 EL), 1 Win, 2 Draws, 2 Defeats (including CL final 2010)

Real Madrid: 2 matches (2 CL), 1 Win, 1 Draw

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Cyberjaya @Sri Alamanda.




Haha, jokin only, PJ? it's kinda far from me. But fair enough, everybody can/have to give suggestions so that we can actually meet up.

Verx, how about you bro?

I'm rooting for 2-0 but I get why you predicted that scoreline. If we score early, we might have a chance to hold on to the lead. But, I'm a bit worried because Enjin Real Madrid slalu lambat panas dan dia kasi hati fan2 dia jadi cepat panas!

It's been a while guys. It's time to revenge our bad luck~

Robben was saying something about the match that Bayern will have to give their 120% to beat Madrid.

If they meant to attack us, then there wont be Tymoshchuk, Kroos/Schweinsteiger will replace him and Muller will play just behind Gomez. Damn, that's one heck of a line up. Can't wait to watch the match!

Marcelo will miss the 2nd leg if I'm not mistaken.

Anyway, very little to talk about the match since Mou have decided to sit back after the goal. We gave them space, we gave away possession eventually, they will score.

But we got the all important away goal and there'll be no other option other than to attack and win.

Vamos Real! Hasta El Final~

Now, Barca's next~

Both actually done the same. Pressed, scored and then defended. But we, defender poorly and conceded again.
Kaka would've and could've made the difference had he been subbed in for Ozil or Maria. But, Mou want to hold on to the 1-1 scoreline after he saw Bayern started to pressure. He gambled and failed.

I don't know why and what was the sub was needed for. Our 1st player carded right after the goal was scored. So, that means, we were comfortable with our gameplay at that moment, before the goal. After the goal, we gave them space and we tried to defend, our players were carded, like 6 of them. Can't he see the pattern. Ozil/Kaka were crucial in a battle of 4-2-3-1 vs 4-2-3-1 because the one in the middle is the one connects front and back, left and right. Taking the character our is suicidal and we did just that.

So seriously hope Mourinho can learn from this and bounce back 7 days from now~



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Though I'm really fond of Di Maria before his injury,in a team like Madrid, I think Silva suits better. But, it's a lost cause to be talking about it anymore. Di Maria is getting better and better and right now, he's still trying to find his rhythm and once he's there, everybody will forget about Silva.

His father is the one who does all this talk about his transfer. For me, like Raul88 said, he's one of the vice captain and he fights for the shirt. Regardless what future holds, I'm proud to have a player like him played for us.

Aguero, a player who mocked and bad mouthed Real Madrid when he was playing for Atletico. No doubt that he's a talent but I prefer Higuain over him any day.

Anyone watched Sporting vs Bilbao just now. Damn, Sporting copied the exact same way Bilbao played against Man Utd not long ago. They were the better side with less sloppy passes and timed their tackle better than Bilbao. Diego Capel (previously played for Sevilla) were outstanding and scored a wonderful winning goal.

But, Bilbao played without their main playmaker, Javi Martinez and in the return leg, expect them to fire up right from the 1st whistle. Bilbao in San Mamez against a good European team will always be a mouth watering clash~

Like I mentioned before, both are attacking teams and both can operate well when they possess the ball more. Prior to Ribery's goal, it was an even game, then we step up, switching Di Maria and Ozil back to their actual position which made us play a tad better every time we go forward. Then after the goal, we still tried pushing them back and lurking in their penalty box for 2nd goal. Then, Bayern tried high pressing game which our MFs thought they can exploit the space in Bayern's half but they were wrong. Bastian stayed at the back, picking up every misspass we attempted and made the most of it. It was then Mou thought it's suicidal to attack them, it'll be better if we can just hold on to the scoreline. Hence Ozil's substitution. Mou gambled and lost the plot.

I agree that Chelsea is the better team in terms of defending but that was of course because they were use to play that way since the Ronaldinho era. Look at the key players in the 3 department. Drogba (striker), Lampard (Midfielder) and Terry (defender). They were all influential and experienced in the way they play. Those new players have someone to look up to or someone they can learn from about their tactics.

We on the other hand, have been playing various type of formations and gameplay before the current project and we just started to assemble the current squad 3 years ago, fire the 1st coach of the project and tweaked again after the arrival of Mourinho by introducing the likes of Ozil, Di Maria and Khedira as our first team players (key players).

These current crop Madrid players will have to face a team like Bayern and Barcelona in order to boost their confidence level, their maturity in terms of on pitch behavior and understanding between players, and not to forget the importance of team spirit. I am confident that they have learnt something in the game against Bayern the other day and I'm pretty pumped for El Clasico as we will see a better side of Madrid in El Clasico tomorrow.

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My uttermost respect for Antonio Di Natale, The Real World Hero who decided to take custody of the handicapped sister of Piermario Morosini~

From Di Natale - "I will be there to help his sister, not just for a day, but for her whole life. The girl needs us. This is for her and for Mario. I will ensure that the sister of Piermario is not abandoned. She has already lost everybody"

Piermario had lost both of his parents before the age of 18, and his disabled brother committed suicide shortly after their father's death in 2003.

This

Sums up my opinion about him including that smiley

First of all, I can see that sometimes Ozil, Higuain and even Benzema tried to track back and covered some angles or players but I rarely see Ronaldo does that and I find it frustrating.

Isn't Mou used to ask his forwards to drop back and help out the defense. Porto, Chelsea and Inter played the same way under him but why not with Madrid. Sigh. One of the small details that has a big impact in our gameplay.

That's why I say it's rare, and I really do love when Ronaldo came back to defend, he usually won't do anything but covering the zone or chasing their winger but, it's more than enough to make the opponent fall back or change to the other side.

I'm suspecting physical exhaustion is the main culprit here. The affect is so obvious that one can clearly see the decline in Alonso's performance and it's frustrating because he's the one that always been consistent. The only time we got the chance to rest them was the game against APOEL about a few weeks ago. But Mou stated that he won't disrespect our opponent and field his strongest team. I'm not saying that it's the only reason for our strings of bad performance in league. But when the next fixture is against a tough opponent, it's a no-brainer to rest the 1st team players taking into account that one goal would've killed the APOEL game.

Anyway, I've been hearing a lot about Kaka and Ozil will start in the Clasico.

———–Iker———-

Arbeloa–Pepe—Ramos—Marcelo

——-Khedira—–Alonso————-

——–Ozil——–Kaka—- Ronaldo—–

————-Benzema———–

I'm not really interested in discussing about the strategy since we are very familiar with our next opponent and also because no strategy or tactical tweak can make us perform better against them when the problem lies somewhere else. In the last 2 years our enemy is not only barca, but our own fear, the internal ghost that made us lose the game before even setting one foot on the pitch. We all saw how we overcome that in the last Clasico and how we bounced back, threatening Barca to a point where we were pushing them back at their own stadium looking for another goal, the goal that will eliminate them and our fear against them. We failed yet again in the score sheet but, it's a moral victory for us. I hope the players can realize that we're not far behind, eliminate the fear and we'll do just fine.

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HalaMadrid and may the best team win~

Ok Rakan-rakan, bersedia untuk sakit jantung dalam 4 jam lagi

Muka2 fan yang akan tengok bola sebentar lagi

Oh ya guys, if you interested in watching the EPL legends play tomorrow at Stadium Malawati Shah Alam, let me know. I have extra tickets, or you can refer here

Shook hand with him last year. But, this year, I'm gonna bring my Real Madrid jersey for him to sign~

Esto Es Madrid, Nou Camp.. Esto Es Madrid~