[P+R] Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid

[Omi]

Well, I saw some people had already made Matchday 2 CL threads, and was about to make a Real-Roma one when I realised we dont have an Athletic-Real one.
Im actually very excited by this match in comparison. I saw some sweet stuff in the game against Ossasuna, and Im desperate for more goals, hopefully off our strikers, its so disappointing when you have Raul Ronaldo Morientes and Owen, and we havent won a game with more than one goal.

Anyway, heres the hopeful lineup:


--------------------------Casillas---------------------------------
--------------------Helguera-------------------------------------
---------Salgado----------------------Samuel------------------
--Beckham-----------------------------------R. Carlos---------
---Figo-----------------Celades/Guti--------------Raul--------
----------Ronaldo-----------------Morientes-------------------

Channels supposed to be showing the game:

-Aljazeera Sport
-Taquilla 1
-Sport 1 (Hungary)
-TV4 Plus (Sweden)
-Kanal 5(Denmark)
-S.Sport 2 Hellas
-Sky Sports 1
-TV2 Xtra
-Sport + (France)
-GolTV
-SportTV (Portugal)
ESPN LatinAmerica

Kickoff: 18:00 (25/09/04)

Should be a good game, but Athletic can be a VERY tricky side when playing at home, so you never know! Hala Madrid!

 

[Nuno]

Guti will start in place of Moro.

Per what I read it may look like this....

------------------Casillas-------------------
-----------------Helguera------------------
----Salgado-------------------Samuel----
------Beckham---------------------Carlos
--Figo--------------------------Raul--------
------------------Celades-------------------
------------Guti------------------------------
-----------------------Ronaldo--------------

OK, I really have no clue what it's going to look like, but I read an article mentioning the system will now be 3-4-1-2.

This is my best guess.

---------------------Casillas-------------------
Salgado--Heguera------Samuel-----------
------------------------------------------Carlos
----------Beckham----Celades--------------
--Figo-------------------------------Raul------
--------------Guti-----------------------------
------------------------Ronaldo----------------

 

[Nuno]

I'm confused. Does anyone have any clue how the 3-4-1-2 is supposed to look like????

 

[Omi]

But why Guti and not Mori or Owen even? Or maybe Morientes is too much of a striker to play behind Ronaldo? and Raul looks very far back in that.... But similar to mine anyway

 

[Nuno]

Owen is injured for tommorows game only. I guess the coach wants to try Guti as a striker.....kinda like Del Bosque used him. Last I remember, Guti was pretty good upfront. Much better than midfield.

I'm just happy to see the coach unafraid to try new things.

 

[Omi]

Ah OK. Yeah I agree, this coach looks good, but then again, anyone who is compared so much to Del Bosque HAS to be good :P
Heh, the good old days when we were winning 3-0, and guti et al come on and continue the storm with a couple more goals

 

[Lean]

Guti scored almost every time when he got off from the bench back with Del Bosque.

 

[Nuno]

He looks like a skinny Del Bosque, so I guess that's a good thing.

 

[Omi]

roflmao

Like that article on the Marca front page showing a transformation form VDB to Remon

 

[SB9Dragon]

Originally posted by Nuno79
I'm confused. Does anyone have any clue how the 3-4-1-2 is supposed to look like????

Real with a 3-4-1-2??

Perhaps like this?

-----------------------------Ronaldo
---------------Raul

-------------------Zidane

---------------------------------------Figo
--R. Carlos------------------Beckham
------------------Celades

--------Helguera-------------Salgado

---------------------Samuel

---------------------Casillas

Confusing

 

[Guillaume]

Re: [P+R] Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid

Originally posted by Omi
Channels supposed to be showing the game:

-Aljazeera Sport
-Taquilla 1
-Sport 1 Hungary
-TV4 Plus (Sweden)
-Kanal 5(Denmark)
-S.Sport 2 Hellas
-Sky Sports 1
-TV2 Xtra

I think Sport + will show this game tomorrow in France.
Anyways, it will be a hard game for Real, so I say Athletic 1 - 1 Real, Extebarria against Morientes.

 

[Omi]

Oh Yah, I forgot my prediction!

I say AB 1-3 RM

Bilbao score first, but real hit back, Ronaldo, Raul and Guti.

oh and ULTRA SOUTH, Ill edit the first posr to include Sport +

 

[Nuno]

GolTV in the US is also showing the game.

 

[Voltaic Borusse]

Yes, GolTV will be showing it. They showed last years game, too. When Athletic won 4-2.

I predict 2-2.

Why're they laughing?

 

[Guillaume]

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
Why're they laughing?

Because Owen is injured?

 

[Omi]

Originally posted by ULTRA SOUTH
Because Owen is injured?

roflmao

My money is that Raul was doing his Camacho impression

 

[Nuno]

Maybe Remon was doing his Del Bosque impression?

 

[Omi]

heheh, that would cheer up a lot more people, especially if he continues throughout the year

 

[Vedran-10]

2:1 Bilbao.I hope.

 

[Nuno]

Originally posted by zka
2:1 Bilbao.I hope.

Quiet!!!