Jaime wrote:Torrente wrote:Yet another twist - Ronaldo will start to the detriment of Benzema. Definitely better than Higuain not starting, but then why the hell did we put up with this guy for 70 minutes on Wednesday while Benzema spent all 90 minutes on the bench?
Got to keep the captain happy.
Anyhow...that also means Marcelo is going to figure in midfield:
---------------------Casillas
S. Ramos-----Pepe-----Albiol-----Arbeloa
---------X. Alonso----L. Diarra
--Kaka---------------------------Marcelo
--------C. Ronaldo----Higuain
I really would have liked to see Granero in this game as I think we keep the ball a lot better when he is on the pitch but hopefully Marcelo can exploit the space behind Alves.
The problem with Granero is that he doesn't have Marcelo's stamina so the wouldn't the team wouldn't be able to cover Messi/Alves quite as well. I worry about that right hand side, given that Lass will be forced to cover for Ramos quite a lot, leaving Xabi on his own in the middle. We desperately need Ramos to come out of that trance he's been on for the last 18 months.