Real Madrid Match Thread

Hatch99

The last 8 of the European Cup, who would have thought. Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Jose, Ronaldo all the trimmings....

Possible the biggest game since...well, a good while ago

What's seldom is wonderful, so let's enjoy..

P.S. 1-1 will do nicely

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

I honestly believe that we will go through over the 2 legs. I reckon we'll either win this leg 1-0 or draw 1-1. For all Madrid's attacking talent I reckon they won't do much. I said at the start of the season I reckon we'd get to at least the QFs of the CL, well now I reckon we can go one step further. This Real team isn't that good. Mourinho, however, is. The only way I can see them beating us is if José completely outsmarts Harry in the tactical department, otherwise I'm predicting a 2 goal win over both legs. Real aren't that good at the back, and there weakest area by a distance is our strongest. Hopefully both Bale and Lennon will be fit and firing come Tuesday evening.


COYS

SuprSi

The problem is that we're far worse up front than they are at the back! Who's going to score the goals? Bale might play but how likely is it that he'll be fully fit? It'll be VDV and Crouch and we all know how many goals Crouch has scored. I'd say we'll do well to get a goal over there, and I'd worry that it will be the same situation in the return leg as we just can't put the ball in the net at the moment.

Unless something major happens to our strikers, I reckon it'll be 2 or 3 - 0 to Real in the first leg, 1 or 2 - 1 to us in the second.

ziedth

I reckon we'll beat them. In a way I'd like to be chasing them at the lane as we'll have nothing to loose.

I think it'll be 1-1 maybe 2-1 loss tomorrow. Which would be very doable at home.

yiddo59

If we get a goal over there we'll have a great chance at WHL. Think we may go down 1-3 tomorrow night but it'll only be halftime them

RichMc70

Good news on Bale and Gallas

"Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed Gareth Bale and William Gallas will be fit to face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League".

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_6852977,00.html

tippspur

It's been a while since we played a good game,hopefully tomorrow night we'll put in a performance and set ourselves up nicely for the second leg at the Lane.
COYS..

Dublin Spur

Hearing stories of crowd trouble in Madrid (Police v Fans)
Hope it not too serious, I hate all that rubbish.

Hatch99

Dublin Spur wrote: »

Hearing stories of crowd trouble in Madrid (Police v Fans)
Hope it not too serious, I hate all that rubbish.

Any media reports on line ?

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Forgot to give my predicted line-up.

Gomes
Charlie - Dawson - Gallas - BAE
Lennon - Palacios - Modric - Bale
Van der Vaart
Crouch

Team practically picks itself with all the injuries and what not. Only questionable area in defensive mid, Harry could just as easily pick Sandro (who was excellent for us against Milan) instead of either VDV or Palacios.

Don't really like the look of that midf but theres no reason why we cant dominate them in the middle. I don't think they have the players that retain possesion very well (á la United (in full swing), Barca, Arsenal) so we should create a good few chances. I just have a gut feeling we'll do very well tomorrow night..! Knowning my predictions though we'll probably get hammered 6-0:o:(!!

tippspur

Sandro instead of Palacios there THFC and that's the team for tomorrow night I'd say.

mickman

sandro is prob first name on the teamsheet if hudd isnt fit

Kiith

I'd definitely take Sandro ahead of Palacios at the moment. He's been excellent in the defensive midfield position the last few games, and we will definitely need the help as Real will go at us from the start i'd say. I hope someone goes out and within 5 minutes gives Ronaldo a good kicking...just to piss him off and put him (hopefully) off his game.

everdead.ie

Palacios is injured anyway I think

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Harry Redknapp expects Gareth Bale to be fit to face Real Madrid in the first leg of our Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night.
Speaking at the Bernabeu this evening (Monday), the manager said Gareth should 'be fine' after overcoming a hamstring injury.
"He's going to train tonight and if he's okay, he will play," said Harry.
There was also good news on William Gallas in that the defender has made the trip out to Spain and will also train this evening. "We're hoping he's going to be fit."
However, Steven Pienaar hasn't made the trip because of a groin injury and Niko Kranjcar is a late doubt after picking up a foot injury against Wigan on Saturday.
Tom Huddlestone - back on the bench at Wigan - is in the squad but Alan Hutton (knee) Ledley King (groin), Jonathan Woodgate (groin), Younes Kaboul (thigh) and Wilson Palacios (knee) remain sidelined.

2nd Row Donkey

Any sort of an away goal will do. Even if it finish 3-1.. i'd take that back to WHL.

In an odd way, i think we'd be more worried if we came away with a score draw or a win. After that performance against milan at WHL I'd hate to see us trying to see out the game with such a slim lead at WHL in the return leg. We we to nervous against Milan and Mourinho and Madrid would tear us apart.

I'd rather we got them at WHL with nothing to lose and just throw caution to the wind like we did versus Young Boys

Seillejet

When you mention Young Boys Donkey who would have thought that when we were 3-0 down that there was even remotest possibility of this game. I do intend to try and enjoy this but am also bricking it a little

roosh

Come on you spurs!

if we get no further than this, then it's been a fantastic debut season regardless

Hots Purr

Really looking forward to this but so nervous too right now.

As VDV has just said on Sky Sports, 0-0 is such a dangerous scoreline for the home team going into the second leg but right now I'd take it

I'd gladly take 1-1, 2-1 to Real or even 3-1 as others have been saying with the away goal. But I do think an away goal is absolutely vital.

And yes, definitely rate Sandro over Palacios at the moment. Good to see Bale and Gallas in the starting line up too.

Enjoy the game lads, COYS!!!

roosh

oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wheeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn theeeeeeeee spurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs...........

ziedth

COYS

Kiith

Lennon already out...Jenas on instead of him.

ziedth

Disaster

mickman

Lads . Van der vaart is a liability . Giving the ball away. Going back to centre half for the ball. Now on a yellow

van der vart

mickman wrote: »

Lads . Van der vaart is a liability . Giving the ball away. Going back to centre half for the ball. Now on a yellow

take off V.D.V. and bring in Pav:mad:

Kiith

Well, not much can be said about that start. Awful defending, even if Modric should have had a free kick before that corner. Then Crouch goes in for a tackle like that while already on a yellow (which was never a yellow). We've done alright since then, and have even had 2 good chances to score. Will be a miracle if we can finish it without conceeding again though.

I'm posting here, because if i go to the Soccer forum, i'll get myself banned...

Kiith

Also, TV3 has possibly the worst studio team i've ever had to listed to.

yidweiser

Hang in there lads.
Reducing them to long rangers though.
They are terrified of Bale.
I'd give VDV a few more minutes and then bring on Super Pav (Young Boy Legend!) and he will give us an outlet.
Another goal would hurt us though.
Hopefully Lennon may come on as well and give them something to think about!
MD was lucky!
COYS

philon

Kiith wrote: »

Also, TV3 has possibly the worst studio team i've ever had to listed to.

and the 2 commentators are idiots !!!

van der vart

Kiith wrote: »

Well, not much can be said about that start. Awful defending, even if Modric should have had a free kick before that corner. Then Crouch goes in for a tackle like that while already on a yellow (which was never a yellow). We've done alright since then, and have even had 2 good chances to score. Will be a miracle if we can finish it without conceeding again though.

I'm posting here, because if i go to the Soccer forum, i'll get myself banned...

agree with everything, except the yellow, he deserved the first one, the long pratt

philon

Lennon, big loss so near KO, Upset all plans.
No proper right side cover is giving Marcello way to much space, Charlie needs Help ( and that help isn't GB....leave him on the left).
VDV off, Defoe on (better legs than Pav).

COYS

WHL

Lennon not on bench apparently

philon

WHL wrote: »

Lennon not on bench apparently

injured in warm up

WHL

Was feeling ill in tunnel. Ref said he could be a sub but overruled by UEFA. Screwed here

mickman

No excuses. We were found out. Boys against men. Inexperienced play from most of our team . It was embarrassing . Cudnt pass the ball 5 yards.

delito

Two english clubs spanked by the spanish clubs, spanked hard...kind of embarrasing for the premier league how they both curled into a ball and put 10 players behind the ball from the start.

mickman

Sandro and Dawson were the only ones who looked like they didn't crap their pants. Fair play to sandro considering he is the new guy

larry1

According to the prostitute from crouchs last visit to madrid thats the 2nd time he only lasted 15mins

BERBA

Good ol crouchy eh? donkey, fcuk him back to liverpool thats his level

Kiith

Well, it was fun while it lasted. Not really much i can say about that result. Was pretty much over after 15 minutes. We did well to keep them to 1-0 in the first half, but it took too much out of us and they had the run of the game for the 2nd half. Gomes was badly at fault for 2 goals, but he also kept some good ones out. Dawson was probably the only player that stood out for me though.

Time to focus on getting 4th now.

Kiith

Apparently Lennon missed the game because of a sore throat...

Hatch99

Gutted.

ziedth

I'll back on later in the week when I'm bit better.

philon

Sorry to say it but Crouch's sending off cost us dearly...we wouldn't have beat them to night but we would at least have brought the game back to The Lane.
4 nil down - Mission Impossible
...... But the journey was good while it lasted.

Now the lads have to step it up, we want 4th place, we want a return trip to CL, we want to prove we are not a 1 season wonder.

MAN UP SPURS, 8 games left to define our season !!!!

COYS

Hatch99

philon wrote: »

Sorry to say it but Crouch's sending off cost us dearly...

Bigtime, and hopefully a few fellas are telling him that too.

larry1

Has really taken any glamour off the 2nd leg :-(

Yakult

BERBA wrote: »

Good ol crouchy eh? donkey, fcuk him back to liverpool thats his level

:rolleyes:
No thanks, Liverpool have a Crouch, but better in Andy Carroll.

roosh

It's obviously disappointing the manner in which we are going out, but lets hope that we have learned the lessons from this season, bcos it has been a huge learning curve for everyone at the club.

Let's hope that the players show some grit and determination to take the battle for fourth right down to the wire; let's hope their taste of Champions League football will spur them on (pardon the pun), if not this season then next.

Can anyone remember how many points we had when Harry took over, and from how many games?


Bring on Stoke!

WHL

people are right in that Dawson and Sandro played well, but don't they always. what about some of the others. How does Jenas get in. Did nothing and I was at Wigan last Saturday when he did even less. What has VDV done since Christmas. Who is going to score goals for us - none of our forwards can any more. 4 fit defenders left with no right-back and if it's true that Lennon might have bottled it in the tunnel we are in big big trouble

yiddo59

Lads, we're all pissed off and rightly so but I think talk of Lennon bottling it on the tunnel is laughable. The guy is a professional player and people think he cried off because he didn't fancy it? No way whatsoever!

philon

yiddo59 wrote: »

Lads, we're all pissed off and rightly so but I think talk of Lennon bottling it on the tunnel is laughable. The guy is a professional player and people think he cried off because he didn't fancy it? No way whatsoever!

Agree

van der vart

yiddo59 wrote: »

Lads, we're all pissed off and rightly so but I think talk of Lennon bottling it on the tunnel is laughable. The guy is a professional player and people think he cried off because he didn't fancy it? No way whatsoever!

Lennon was on the team sheet just before the off and by uafa rules was a player. thats why there was no sub for Bale, Harry had 2 use 1 before the game started.. nobody gets sick that quick