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hopefulLandlord:
Toni too wasn't included

Miremoses1:
he was rested. I would be surprised if we win with this squad.

usbcable:
It is Sevilla we are playing not Valencia.

We will win at worst draw.

Miremoses1:
he was rested. I would be surprised if we win with this squad.

Brigance:
We should win. The young guys fielded in Will be very eager to impress.

I won't be surprised if we even win with a nice margin.

usbcable:
It is Sevilla we are playing not Valencia.

We will win at worst draw.

Brigance:
We should win. The young guys fielded in Will be very eager to impress.

I won't be surprised if we even win with a nice margin.

Miremoses1:
hope u are watching?

Brigance:
No, I'm not. But the live updates I'm following is sore enough.

Let's see what the second half holds.

Miremoses1:
our last four games in sevilla has been bad.
When I saw this starting line-up. I knew we are going to suffer again.

haymekus:
Well let's wait and see if asensio can pull a DEMPELE in this match, so you guys can get a draw at least

hopefulLandlord:
Ramos missing penalty

Miremoses1:
missed a penalty and then scored an own goal, all in one game against his former club.

hopefulLandlord:
Then scored a penalty

Miremoses1:
Mayoral comes in at 87'

And scores at 90'

LordAdam:
Benzema was hardly in the box. He's used to leaving the box for CR7.

The score flatters us. It could have been worse, but we could have picked a result even tho' we played badly.

What's interesting is that this is not necessarily a bad lineup. The performance should have been better considering the talent of the side.

-Lord

Miremoses1:
I would place a bet with my car that we won't beat sevilla with that line-up. Bro, we have never won our last 4 games there even with our stars let alone with this one. We were lucky not to have conceded more. I wasn't hoping on benzema to score anyways. How many times did he even drive into the 18 yard box?

LordAdam:
The score doesn't bother me. It's the performance. Although the second half was better than the first, maybe because they slowed down their press.

I just don't see why that line-up would give such a performance. It says a lot if we weren't expecting our top 9 to score. Maybe Asensio or Ceballos shouldn't have played. Benzema woulda been the playmaker with Mayorall up front. Oh, and Benzema shoulda taken the penalties.

-Lord

Miremoses1:
I've come to realise that asensio is better off coming from the bench, he makes more impact as a super sub. Ceballos wasn't impressive also. Our defense was sooo horrible.

BTW, how do you expect Benz to take the penalty when Ramos will want to score and celebrate in from of his former club, same thing he did last season smh.

Let's just forget this and move forward, another tough test awaits us this weekend. Celta won't be easy at all.

LordAdam:
Easy. Before someone accuses you of criticizing him. After all, he got an assist.

I'd give Ceballos a break tho'. Didn't play too well, but he doesn't play often enough; and these average games are bound to happen as he gets more playing time.



CR7 should come on from the bench in that game. Zidane would still want to rotate the team, so the team will very likely not be full strength.

-Lord

Miremoses1:
in his post match conference, zizou said he has no regret rotating the squad. I personally like the recent rotating stuff, but keeping a key player at home is something I don't like. If you won't start CR7,keep him on the bench, rather than not having him at all.

We needed goals but no one in the dugout was worthy of bolstering the attack. Only mayoral did the little he can.

LordAdam:
He started the rotation thing way too late. Better late than never tho'. However, I think an issue is that there's no system to the rotation. So the reserve players don't have enough time to gel as they play in different setups with different personnel in every game they're selected.

As to keeping key players at home, isn't that why he hasn't won a CdR yet?

-Lord

Miremoses1:
@bolded. That's the reason bro, zidane had the opportunity to send the team into CDR glory but he gambled. We had a 1-0 led against leganes. Yet he decided to start the second leg without our main stars .same thing he did last season. We could have won the treble last season if only he took CDR serious .

LordAdam:
I don't think he'd take it serious next year either. That man can be stubborn. If at the prospect of going potentially trophyless, he gambled this year; what will he do next year when we'd be gunning for our 9th consecutive UCL SF and a La Liga #1 finish.

Although the players don't help matters.

-Lord

Miremoses1:
lifting the UCL on 26th is the only thing that can make us forget this horrible season. We really need to win it.