The upcoming match is against Chelsea away from home in the Stamford Bridge stadium in the Champions league. The last Real Madrid game was against Osasuna which was a fine display in all departments but lack of clinical finishing, it was a well fought win.
The team rating for the match against Osasuna can be found here: Team Rating
Currently Real are a recovering side, with several regulars joining back after injury but they need to win at any cost to advance.
Earlier the home game was a 1-1 Draw.
Looking at the
Injury list:
- Carvajal
- Lucas Vazquez
- Varane
Suspended:
- None
Just recovered:
- Ramos
- Mendy
- Valverde
- Kroos
- Modric
Practiced:
The rest of the players are available for selection.
Skipped Practice:
- None
Coach Comments:
- Zidane: "It feels great. It was a hard-fought victory. We had many chances to score in the first half. When you go 45' with so many chances and without scoring it's easy to get frustrated or stressed. But we were patient and kept on playing. And the goal came in the end."
Other Comments:
- Militão: "I had 2 chances in the first half and finally I scored. It was an important goal. We try to do things well in all games. I think we did well, we were just missing something in front of goal but we did things well in the 2nd half and got 2 goals."
Squad Updates:
This will be the Forty eighth game of the season and Real have been pretty inconsistent in the matches and so have been the results, they have had 28 wins, 11 Draws and 8 losses. In the last few games the performance has been poor especially in attack and with this ailing team it is not making the going any easier.
Chelsea are a good side and are good in attack and fine in defense, so Real will need to be careful in all departments and be ready for their counters.
In the goal Courtois will start, he has been in a fine form. He has supported the defense really well but has not received the same from the team and with so many changes due to injury it is getting tougher.
Marcelo should start on the left in absence of Mendy, who could play as a substitute if he is available post recovery from his injury. As Ramos is returning he will start. Nacho should start along with Militao and Varane. Carvajal is out again. So Marcelo, Varane, Militao, Nacho and Ramos should start. Odriozola, Mendy and Miguel should be available as substitutes.
Modric and Kroos have been off pace and looked tired but with the rest in the last game should be ready to go back to their usual best. So, Kroos and Modric should start along with Casemiro. Isco, Arribas, Valverde and Blanco should be available on the bench.
The forwards have been poor all season, Hazard is back and will start and Vinicius should start from the bench. And Benzema should start upfront. Asensio, Mariano, Rodrygo and Vinicius should start from the Bench.
As there are 5 substitutions available, ZZ should think for more changes in the second half if the score is conducive especially taking into account the team's fatigue.
The probable substitutions will be:
Hazard > Vinicius
Modric > Valverde
Marcelo > Mendy/Asensio
Nacho/Varane > Rodrygo
Kroos > Mariano/Isco
So the formation would be 3 5 2 and change to 4 3 3 later with substitutes.
The most probable kit to be used for the game will be the home kit!!!
So the final starting 11 will be:
Marcelo OUT <> Mendy IN, subject to fitness of Mendy.
Varane OUT <> Vinicius/Rodrygo IN
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