The Starting 11: Best team for the first quarter Real Madrid

Real Madrid have completed 9 matches in the La liga, which is approximately 25% of the campaign.
And they have played 3 matches in Champion's league which has a maximum of 13 matches to win it.

Effectively 25% of the season is over.

The standings are as follows, 2nd in the league behind Barcelona, having played most of the top teams except Barcelona. If they continue the same momentum they have a good chance in the league, and just to point they have done so with several injuries. Real has lost just one match but overall performance needs improvement

So the future seems bright, the team needs more consistency in defence and goal keeping.

In the champion's league they are second behind PSG, who have a 100% win record. One desperate win, one tough draw and a bad loss, the shape of the team is not great. They will qualify it seems but given the easy group, things are not smooth for sure.

But going ahead their solid performance is what is required. In the competition they have had goals conceded from defensive lapses. The dependency on specific players is high and they are yet to find a good balance in the team.

I would go ahead and try to bring the best 11 available now.

Injury list:

Asensio
Nacho

Now the best Defensive unit will consist of

Centre Backs: Ramos and Varane, though Varane is not at his best but Militao has not found his groove in the limited time he has got.

Left Back: Marcelo, Mendy has been good but is yet to replace Marcelo. If the requirement is to defend Mendy will definitely be preferred.

Right Back: Carvajal, Odriozola has been good but is far from replacing Carvajal. On any given day Carvajal will the first choice right back.

Marcelo, Ramos, Varane and Carvajal will be the first choice defensive unit.

In the Midfield:

There has been several trials, several injuries and still there is no certain starters till very recently.

Modric, Casemiro and Kroos were the formidable three but the way the current season has progressed, the best possible option is Valverde. James has been dedicated but not been able to stamp his authority as a starter and Isco has not got enough time to impact any game, even when provided with a start.

Valverde has been better than all the three senior options, given the consistency of Kroos and Casemiro the final three to man the midfield are

Kross, Casemiro and Valverde

In the forward department:

There has been several changes and nothing great except Benzema scoring a few goals and missing several others. Bale has been good on few occasions and Hazard has been silent most of the time, though he is getting better and seems like the best of all the options on the left.

Vinicius has shown sparks but no fire. Luzas and Rodrygo have been good on and off. Rodrygo is young and has started to show his mettle but there is still time he can become the part of the starting 11. Jovic has been a substitute but the end result has not been overtly positive, not a single goal from a star striker, there is a lot to do for him to be in the starting 11.

The final three in the starting 11:

Hazard, Benzema and Bale.

All others are in the 22 men squad as substitute, only Asensio and Brahim did not make it to the squad:

Comments

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