Real Madrid Vs. Liverpool Discussion Thread

Vs.


First Leg: Wednesday 25th Feburary (Santiago Bernabeu)

Second Leg: Tuesday 10th March (Anfield)

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Real Madrid: WWLLWW

Liverpool: WWDDWW

It's still December

Does Torres normally score against Real?

Only scored against us once in his entire Atletico career.

But it's Real v Liverpool

The most succsessful teams from Spain and Liverpool

Ade Alves wrote:But's the Real v Liverpool

The most succsessful teams from Spain and Liverpool

About time theses two sides were matched up.

Liverpool will need to find someone else to score them some goals as torres will be the open next against madrid.

It couldn't be any better considering that Torres can't score on San Iker. It looks like we are actually going to get to the quarterfinals this year!

Everybody pratically said Torres will be a flop and will fail in the big games but....

So long as he's fit...

I guarantee Torres will score againist Real

Just thought of something....

Guess those Rafa to Real rumours are about to come true......

It had to be said

Let the Kuyt stages begin!!!

Given Real's current form, Liverpool might just have a slight edge over them going into this tie. But then there are a nearly 2 months to go before the match.

Liverpool is a terrible draw considering that we could have gotten the likes of Lyon and Panathinaikos instead. However, it's probably the best thing that could have happened to our defense. Liverpool have no flair players and Torres craps his pants and calls for his mommy when faces San Iker, so I think we have a decent chance to go though.

A potentially fascinating battle would be Raul vs. Hypia. You could probably make a movie out of this and title it "Turtle Race"

Tarun wrote:Given Real's current form, Liverpool might just have a slight edge over them going into this tie. But then there are a nearly 2 months to go before the match.

Madrid have great players, they just don't have a team

Much will depend on how Ramos sorts out the VDV, robben, Sneijder, raul problem. If he gets it working it'll be a tough game

You have to fancy gerrard, alonso and mascha to dominate the midfield though so if gerrard or torres can produce the goods we should go through


@ Torrente. Torres is a big game player for us. He'll be fine. Hyypia isn't even registered for the CL, but rafa may put him in for the next stages

Tarun wrote:Given Real's current form, Liverpool might just have a slight edge over them going into this tie. But then there are a nearly 2 months to go before the match.

I know which tactical genius i'd put my money on between Benitez and Ramos

Benitez is in a totally different league to Ramos

Torrente wrote:Liverpool is a terrible draw considering that we could have gotten the likes of Lyon and Panathinaikos instead. However, it's probably the best thing that could have happened to our defense. Liverpool have no flair players and Torres craps his pants and calls for his mommy when faces San Iker, so I think we have a decent chance to go though.

A potentially fascinating battle would be Raul vs. Hypia. You could probably make a movie out of this and title it "Turtle Race"

I spilt my tea reading that

Liverpool

Absolutely can't wait for this one. To be honest I completely forgot about the draw, woke up and has missed it but got a call from a mate and he confirmed the draw and not only is our game going to be a cracker but the draws in general look top notch this year.

I've been hoping to draw Madrid for a few years now, they're a team I obviously like, although I don't like how they conduct themselves in the transfer market sometimes but this really is going to be a special clash and in some ways it will make up for Torres missing Atletico, because i'm sure he'll be absolutely delighted that he'll get to go back to Madrid after missing out first time round this season.

Obviously we can't talk too much about team line ups because it's a long way off but I hope Rafa will get in a decent right full back or two in case Arbeloa/Aurellio are injured as they may be key whether we go through or not.

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Luis, how's Dossena doing at the moment?

Luis wrote:
Obviously we can't talk too much about team line ups because it's a long way off but I hope Rafa will get in a decent right full back or two in case Arbeloa/Aurellio are injured as they may be key whether we go through or not.

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Tarun wrote:Luis, how's Dossena doing at the moment?

Luis wrote:
Obviously we can't talk too much about team line ups because it's a long way off but I hope Rafa will get in a decent right full back or two in case Arbeloa/Aurellio are injured as they may be key whether we go through or not.

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Really poorly to be honest. He had a decent game against PSV but then against Hull he was back to his old self, Mendy raped him to be honest, he just hasn't got a clue how to defend and against Madrid we can't afford this liability.

Thank God Aurellio is back.

Tarun wrote:Luis, how's Dossena doing at the moment?

Luis wrote:
Obviously we can't talk too much about team line ups because it's a long way off but I hope Rafa will get in a decent right full back or two in case Arbeloa/Aurellio are injured as they may be key whether we go through or not.

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Liverpool fans are scapegoating him at the minute but I like him. His main problem is he probably doesn't have the confidence yet to play his own game and also the way we are set up (no strikers) means that his best work often goes unrewarded because he is a brilliant crosser of the ball. Crouch would have loved him.

He is struggling defensively and gets beaten quite regularly but hopefully this is just him adapting to the system. Very few defenders slot in quickly, especially if you can't speak the language

We rarely get to see what his 'defending' is like... because his positioning is so goddamn awful, he gets beat before he can even make a challenge.

My gripe is, he was bought to replace Riise, and he actually looks worse than Warnock did who was our 3rd choice at the time.

Luis wrote:

Tarun wrote:Luis, how's Dossena doing at the moment?

Luis wrote:
Obviously we can't talk too much about team line ups because it's a long way off but I hope Rafa will get in a decent right full back or two in case Arbeloa/Aurellio are injured as they may be key whether we go through or not.

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Really poorly to be honest. He had a decent game against PSV but then against Hull he was back to his old self, Mendy raped him to be honest, he just hasn't got a clue how to defend and against Madrid we can't afford this liability.

Thank God Aurellio is back.

First time i think anyone has ever said that...Dossena must be horrible!

COTR wrote:
@ Torrente. Torres is a big game player for us. He'll be fine.

He's never played a big game against Real Madrid for you....

Jaime wrote:

COTR wrote:
@ Torrente. Torres is a big game player for us. He'll be fine.

He's never played a big game against Real Madrid for you....

However hes played many other bigger games for us, you know against teams who are actually realistic competitors for trophies, and scored

Oooh! Ramos is known as The Spanish Rafa Benitez in some parts, this will be the tie that decides who wins the competition IMO.

Well just got off the phone with the family travel agent and bada bing bada bom I'm off to Real game in Madrid...

Forgot about this shit. anyway not to afraid of them because like Torrente said they aren't about flair really and also they have Torres against Iker.
I would have prefered going up against less physical teams but it is what it is so we have to adapt. I just hope we play like Real has tradition for in at home because i don't like the whole Cl play of adapting and being pragmatic even at home.problem of course with playing the first game at home is that Benitez will do his usual tactic in the first match away.

Ade Alves wrote:Well just got off the phone with the family travel agent and bada bing bada bom I'm off to Real game in Madrid...