Real Madrid: The Starting 11

The upcoming match is against Atalanta away from home in the Gewiss Stadium in the UCL first leg.  The last Real Madrid game was against Valladolid which was a boring play but after the lead it was full control. Without many key players it was a boring win. The team rating for the match against  Valladolid  can be found here:  Team Rating Right now Real are depleted but need to win at any cost so that they keep their chance alive in the competition.  Looking at the Injury list: Rodrygo Carvajal Valverde Ramos Hazard Odriozola Marcelo Benzema Militao Suspended : None Just recovered: None Practiced: The rest of the players are available for selection.  Skipped Practice: None Coach Comments: Zidane: ''An important victory, we added 3 points but we have to continue and only think about ourselves, not about the others. We are well, we have not conceded for 3 games and that is the work of everyone in the team" Other Comments: Courtois: "You have to respond and help the team

The upcoming match is against Valladolid away from home in the Jose Zorrilla Stadium in the La Liga match day 24.  The last Real Madrid game was against Valencia which was a good play after a long time. Carvajal returned and then went out injured. The team looked in control throughout the game. The team rating for the match against  Valencia  can be found here:  Team Rating Right now Real need to win at any cost so that they close the gap at the top.  Earlier in the season Real won 1-0 at home but there were several chances missed. Last year Real won this fixture 0-1 Looking at the Injury list: Rodrygo Carvajal Valverde Ramos Hazard Odriozola Marcelo Suspended : None Just recovered: Militao Isco Lucas Vazquez Practiced: The rest of the players are available for selection.  Skipped Practice: None Coach Comments: Zidane : “I’m happy for Mendy because he has recently arrived, he can still improve a lot and I am happy to see that offensively he can contribute. The other day he scored a gre

The upcoming match is against Valencia at home in the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in the La Liga match day 23.  The last Real Madrid game was against Getafe which was a decent play after a makeshift team with players playing on unrecognized positions started clicking in the second half. After scoring the goal they looked very comfortable. The team rating for the match against  Getafe  can be found here:  Team Rating Right now Real need to win at any cost so that they get their respect back and take revenge of last time around, and the gap at the top is already huge.  Earlier in the season Valencia won 4-1 but there were several controversies in the game. Last year Real won this fixture 3-0 Looking at the Injury list: Rodrygo Ramos Hazard Odriozola Marcelo Militao Suspended : None Just recovered: Carvajal Isco Lucas Vazquez Valverde Practiced: The rest of the players are available for selection.  Skipped Practice: None Coach Comments: Zidane: "It’s a good win. It’s two wins in a row

The upcoming match is against Getafe at home in the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in the La Liga match day 1. This match is a postponed match from first week.  The last Real Madrid game was against Huesca which was a poor overall play except for some bright display for the result, which was a comeback win.  The team rating for the match against  Huesca  can be found here:  Team Rating Right now Real need to win at any cost so that they get their respect back, the gap at the top is already huge.  Last year this fixture was a 1-0 win for Real. Looking at the Injury list: Rodrygo Ramos Hazard Odriozola Valverde Suspended : Kroos Just recovered: Carvajal Isco Lucas Vazquez Practiced: The rest of the players are available for selection.  Skipped Practice: None Coach Comments: Zidane: "Very satisfied with the whole game, not just the victory, but how we achieved the result. Fighting, with character. It was important to win today, very important." Other Comments: Varane: “Today was not

The upcoming match is against Huesca away from home in the  Estadio El Alcoraz in the La Liga match day 22.  The last Real Madrid game was against Levante which was a Shameful result after bad play and poor referring decisions.  The team rating for the match against  Levante  can be found here:  Team Rating These matches which should be easy have been tough for Real, now that Atletico are 10 points ahead and Barcelona ahead as well its a no brainer that Real cannot falter again.  We have already won at home against Huesca this season 4-1. Looking at the Injury list: Rodrygo Nacho Suspended : Militao Just recovered: Carvajal Ramos Lucas Vazquez Valverde Practiced: The rest of the players are available for selection.  Skipped Practice: None Coach Comments: None. Other Comments: Now Zidane has recovered from COVID and will be taking charge. Squad Updates: This will be the Twenty nineth game of the season and Real have been really inconsistent in their performances, they have had 15 wins,

Before going into the next Match I will rate the performance of players in the last game vs Levante. Benzema: 3/10, Only misses and bad finishes, final third game play missing. Hazard: 4/10, created a few chances, missed a sure 1 on 1 chance, got injured again Isco: 5/10, too much 1-2 passes and final third game play missing, need to release quicker. Good distribution outside the box. Modric: 7/10, did his bit, created ample chances, could have pressed better for the goal, but was surely a wonder strike  Casemiro: 8/10, did all he was supposed to do, took a yellow when required, made his presence felt in the attack as well, could have headed it home but missed. Kroos: 6/10, good first half, lacked the precision in the second half and after the goal seemed lost. Seemed he was out of gas. Marcelo: 7/10, did very well to be honest, some defensive lapses were there but with the amount of offensive positioning it is expected. Need to get better in crossing than this but hardly any

The upcoming match is against Levante away from home in the La liga match day 25.  Levante are 13th on the leader-board and Real are top of the league. After the lost chance of maintaining the 3 point gap against Celta and with just 1 point separating them and Barcelona,  Madrid has to go full throttle and is not going to take any risks this time. Overall form looks good away from home for Real  Looking at the  Injury list: Asensio Mariano Only Asensio is injured. And he has not been practicing with the team. He has started individual workouts now. We hope his recovery is faster and soon he starts playing with the team. Suspended : None, Mendy has 4 yellows and has a risk of suspension. Just recovered: None Practiced: Asensio is on his recovery process. Mariano and James are not with the team. Others are practicing with the team. Skipped Practice: None Coach Comments: Marcelo is not to be blamed for the defensive worri