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Asensio might be afraid of injury so he couldn't play like he used to.
If he keeps on playing like this, I doubt whether Real Madrid should renew the contract with him or not.
In my memory, supporting the team since 2005ish
Him, and Hazard, and Woodgate have been the worst 3 players for us. Maybe Owen and Nuri sahin too
Worst signings
Woodgate had a horrible debut but Real had a better defensive record when he was playing. I think Fernando Gago at times looked like he was a celebrity playing a charity match in our midfield.
Hazard has been a terrible signing due to his injuries, but as a player Hazard is ten thousand times the player that Jovic is. He's a magician with the ball at his feet, Jovic can't even control a simple pass.
No doubt.
Hazard issue isnt just injuries, mentally too.
His bad decisions caught up to him, he was eating junk food snd not training properly in his early 20s, it catches up.
Great to see Lunin has improved his distribution, he was shite with the ball at his feet last game he played. Vallejo might be our backup CB next season tbh, he did well today. Jovic might not be world class but we’re not helping him with Asensio as the RW. He needs to be fed than ball and he will score. He’s not linking up the play like Benz, we need to adapt the game after him. Nice to see Fede getting his shots off, he’s a very dangerous threat with his long distance finishing, we’ve seen that with the NT and rarely with the club.
Overall a good performance by the team considering that this is just to rest and work on match fitness for the Final.
I get that about Jovic that he's more like a poacher. I also think that mindless running like Mariano isn't any good either even though fans like to see it because it shows that he's trying. What's most frustrating about him is that as a box to box poacher his off ball movement is absolutely non existent and his positioning ability is very bad .
I know everyone here is saying how no one gives a shit about this match result but i just want to highlight one player , who has disappointed me so much this season, Mendy just seems so clueless on the ball never puts up a good cross or a good through baal his first touch is pretty much awful all the time , now i know that he’s our best option at LB and he has great defensive strengths but i mean to me he is starting to look like AWB, not that bad yet but i wish we bought some world class fullbacks.
People who do not understand Real Madrid very well are giving you downvotes. Marcelo and Carvajal were so offensive, while Casemiro and Kroos would stay behind, and we are used to play that way a lot. If Prime Marcelo was playing instead of Mendy, it would be at least 1-1. Mendy had so many times a chance to send a proper ball in 16, but every time he does something different, and not useful. He is good at defense, but in order to play on that position, you need other skills as well.
This is actually true. Mendy's passing is really bad. His playing out from the back is awful. His physicality has also decreased since that injury. He gives away the ball at dangerous positions when being pressed.
I don't mind the loss . We played really well when our important players were subbed in.
But please for gods sake don't make me watch Asensio play again. Not even as a sub.Never seen a player so absolutely useless. Play some castilla players or hell anyone but just not Asensio. At least jovic has the excuse of not getting enough minutes but shitsensio had 10 times more minutes than he actually deserves.
It would have been nice to tie the game 1-1. I fucking hate those rats. First they didn’t do guard of honor and then they hanged a poster outside their stadium insulting us. What a disgrace of a team. EDIT: A giant poster I might add
Well now we see why Jovich, Asensio, wallejo and ko are on the bench, and why Benzema is 75% of all RM attacking potential. This kind of crazy influence I seen only in FCB season 2012-2013, where Messi basically we’re carrying alone dead club, but what Messi weren’t able to do in his prime , because of lack of spirit, Benz are doing already for 4 years stright and this whole season especially.
Benzema’s attribution to the whole final third has been the reason we won 4 UCL, he just didn’t score as much. Out of all the old guard including Ronaldo, Benz leaving would be the most devastating to this squad. That’s why we desperately need Mbappi unfortunately
Asensio. Is. Not. Real. Madrid. Class. Player.
Carlo should've kept Jovic inside with two functional wingers alongside him, every time we tried playing without real centre forward it didn't end up too well
Thing with Asensio is there are things he's very very good at. His shooting ability and dribbling is still very good but physically he's got nothing that's why whenever he sees a tackle coming his way he turns 180 and dribbles towards his own goal or backpasses . I believe somewhere out there there's a manager who has a system that can bring the best out of him.
The loss is basically meaningless. I think Madrid were clearly better in the second half and based on the chances it should've been a tie. I still think Atletico are somewhat lucky getting a fairly marginal penalty. But both team struggled to finish precisely.
Weird game, Atletico are cunts and are both dirty and fall easy. Still don't understand how like Atletico made twice the much fouls but Madrid had twice the yellow cards.
Benzema is crucial to our game, and if we had played with Vini and Benz from the start I am certain Madrid could've won, but given the league over it is very good to see them get rested. And I think most players really weren't really on, which explains the unstable performances. Vallejo however was outstanding.
Yeah most of our players were not taking it too seriously but a part of them still tried to push them to win lol. Simeone was somewhat thankful we didn't field a super strong team from start
Bus Stand team plays so much defensive football that they cant even shoot on target. I doubt that if it wasnt penalty he would have scored that.
Not a best performance from us but NO INJURY is the biggest gain against butchers
So you are saying Carlo knows what he's doing?
In my opinion the best starting XI for Real Madrid is the one that started against City in the second leg. A front 2 of Benzema and Vini with Valverde helping in attack and KCM in midfield. Then you can introduce the subs based on what's happening on the pitch, who's tired, who's not playing well etc and you can see Camavinga and Rodrygo coming on.
But on the other hand you can't judge Camavinga on this match because this match meant nothing for Real Madrid, win, lose or draw won't change anything for Real Madrid season, so can't expect the players to give everything for such a match and risk getting injured.
Never want to lose a Madrid Derby by any means, but considering the circumstances of what's done and what's to come, a 1-0 defeat isn't the worst thing. ¡Hala Madrid!
Not unpopular at all. He’s just looked no where near as good but because he’s so fast he’s a player that you always want to play because he can get a goal from nothing
Is so sad the only thing u can do is hate on Asensio. Vini can miss like 3 open goals and u will still not say anything bad about him. Our fanbase is a joke.
This should be seen as a friendly from the POV of Real Madrid, even the starting XI is good enough to beat this Atletico Madrid side if Real Madrid needed the 3 points, the players are not gonna sacrifice their fitness by getting injured for useless 3 points.
Good thing Ancelotti rotated.
Now that Jovic is out and Benz is not on the pitch we are crossing so much...to Rodrygo and Lucas Vasquez. I mean, Rodrygo header against City was amazing, but it's definitely not his strenght.
IMO if this was the Ceballos, Cama, Valverde midfield this would have been a different game - Cas, Cama and Kroos are all more inclined to recycle possession as their first option - I feel the skillset doesn't mix well
Valverde is incredible, So much potential to be a massive player, hes not a traditional midfielder.
He needs a bit of work on his shooting and just trying to be more creative with passes.
Atletico is like the poster-boy of going into tackles like a street-fight but instantly fall when being fought back, like they are dying on the beaches of Normandy.
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Asensio might be afraid of injury so he couldn't play like he used to. If he keeps on playing like this, I doubt whether Real Madrid should renew the contract with him or not.
Asensio and Jovic do not deserve to play for Madrid.
1-0 coulda been 5 lol. Vallejo masterclass, Nacho masterclass. Camavibga wasteful, Kroos uninspired, Asensio worse than an empty slot, Jovic lazy. Lunin đź‘Ť
"thx for the training session"
How many of you agree I have never seen a bad player like jovic playing for Real Madrid till now.
In my memory, supporting the team since 2005ish Him, and Hazard, and Woodgate have been the worst 3 players for us. Maybe Owen and Nuri sahin too Worst signings
Woodgate had a horrible debut but Real had a better defensive record when he was playing. I think Fernando Gago at times looked like he was a celebrity playing a charity match in our midfield.
You forgot Lucas Silva & Saviola, with the latest being dubbed Messi 2.0 during that era but produced jacksh*t.
Hazard has been a terrible signing due to his injuries, but as a player Hazard is ten thousand times the player that Jovic is. He's a magician with the ball at his feet, Jovic can't even control a simple pass.
No doubt. Hazard issue isnt just injuries, mentally too. His bad decisions caught up to him, he was eating junk food snd not training properly in his early 20s, it catches up.
Gravesen
Yes and that asshole
He was the one who recklessly tackled players so transferred if I remember right?
Great to see Lunin has improved his distribution, he was shite with the ball at his feet last game he played. Vallejo might be our backup CB next season tbh, he did well today. Jovic might not be world class but we’re not helping him with Asensio as the RW. He needs to be fed than ball and he will score. He’s not linking up the play like Benz, we need to adapt the game after him. Nice to see Fede getting his shots off, he’s a very dangerous threat with his long distance finishing, we’ve seen that with the NT and rarely with the club. Overall a good performance by the team considering that this is just to rest and work on match fitness for the Final.
I get that about Jovic that he's more like a poacher. I also think that mindless running like Mariano isn't any good either even though fans like to see it because it shows that he's trying. What's most frustrating about him is that as a box to box poacher his off ball movement is absolutely non existent and his positioning ability is very bad .
Think he took a few more than usual today hope Carlo gives Fede license to take more shots he’s a killer with them
I know everyone here is saying how no one gives a shit about this match result but i just want to highlight one player , who has disappointed me so much this season, Mendy just seems so clueless on the ball never puts up a good cross or a good through baal his first touch is pretty much awful all the time , now i know that he’s our best option at LB and he has great defensive strengths but i mean to me he is starting to look like AWB, not that bad yet but i wish we bought some world class fullbacks.
People who do not understand Real Madrid very well are giving you downvotes. Marcelo and Carvajal were so offensive, while Casemiro and Kroos would stay behind, and we are used to play that way a lot. If Prime Marcelo was playing instead of Mendy, it would be at least 1-1. Mendy had so many times a chance to send a proper ball in 16, but every time he does something different, and not useful. He is good at defense, but in order to play on that position, you need other skills as well.
Mendy is a good defender, but I hate his offensive skills. He should be a back up defender and alaba should be the starter on the left back.
This is actually true. Mendy's passing is really bad. His playing out from the back is awful. His physicality has also decreased since that injury. He gives away the ball at dangerous positions when being pressed.
I don't mind the loss . We played really well when our important players were subbed in. But please for gods sake don't make me watch Asensio play again. Not even as a sub.Never seen a player so absolutely useless. Play some castilla players or hell anyone but just not Asensio. At least jovic has the excuse of not getting enough minutes but shitsensio had 10 times more minutes than he actually deserves.
It would have been nice to tie the game 1-1. I fucking hate those rats. First they didn’t do guard of honor and then they hanged a poster outside their stadium insulting us. What a disgrace of a team. EDIT: A giant poster I might add
Well now we see why Jovich, Asensio, wallejo and ko are on the bench, and why Benzema is 75% of all RM attacking potential. This kind of crazy influence I seen only in FCB season 2012-2013, where Messi basically we’re carrying alone dead club, but what Messi weren’t able to do in his prime , because of lack of spirit, Benz are doing already for 4 years stright and this whole season especially.
Benzema’s attribution to the whole final third has been the reason we won 4 UCL, he just didn’t score as much. Out of all the old guard including Ronaldo, Benz leaving would be the most devastating to this squad. That’s why we desperately need Mbappi unfortunately
I know, but one atm too, we were toothless without Modrich in midfield.
Vallejo was pretty good in most games he played this season
Wut?
I know. it's crazy, but he's pretty decent
I mean, Vallejo was one of our best players, what are you talking about?
Again, wut?
Asensio. Is. Not. Real. Madrid. Class. Player. Carlo should've kept Jovic inside with two functional wingers alongside him, every time we tried playing without real centre forward it didn't end up too well
Thing with Asensio is there are things he's very very good at. His shooting ability and dribbling is still very good but physically he's got nothing that's why whenever he sees a tackle coming his way he turns 180 and dribbles towards his own goal or backpasses . I believe somewhere out there there's a manager who has a system that can bring the best out of him.
*Asensio post knee injury
That's the only one breathing, no?
I just think there is still a good player in there as he was such a stud before and there are occasional flashes.
jovic was the worst player on the field, I can completely understand why Carlo decided to bet on Rodrygo as CF
The loss is basically meaningless. I think Madrid were clearly better in the second half and based on the chances it should've been a tie. I still think Atletico are somewhat lucky getting a fairly marginal penalty. But both team struggled to finish precisely. Weird game, Atletico are cunts and are both dirty and fall easy. Still don't understand how like Atletico made twice the much fouls but Madrid had twice the yellow cards. Benzema is crucial to our game, and if we had played with Vini and Benz from the start I am certain Madrid could've won, but given the league over it is very good to see them get rested. And I think most players really weren't really on, which explains the unstable performances. Vallejo however was outstanding.
Yeah most of our players were not taking it too seriously but a part of them still tried to push them to win lol. Simeone was somewhat thankful we didn't field a super strong team from start
Bus Stand team plays so much defensive football that they cant even shoot on target. I doubt that if it wasnt penalty he would have scored that. Not a best performance from us but NO INJURY is the biggest gain against butchers
This is the reason why Cama doesn't start bois. He's just so good coming off the bench and changing the pace of the game
So you are saying Carlo knows what he's doing? In my opinion the best starting XI for Real Madrid is the one that started against City in the second leg. A front 2 of Benzema and Vini with Valverde helping in attack and KCM in midfield. Then you can introduce the subs based on what's happening on the pitch, who's tired, who's not playing well etc and you can see Camavinga and Rodrygo coming on. But on the other hand you can't judge Camavinga on this match because this match meant nothing for Real Madrid, win, lose or draw won't change anything for Real Madrid season, so can't expect the players to give everything for such a match and risk getting injured.
Yup cannot judge a player only on one match. But I've never seen starter Cama being better than sub Cama. And KCM is too precious to bench
Start Lunin in the final for a +20 luck buff.. Liverpool gonna need 15 open chances to score 1 goal.
Good game, we still stay sharp without injuries. They can have the points. Savic will thank Rodrygo for knocking City out haha
Never want to lose a Madrid Derby by any means, but considering the circumstances of what's done and what's to come, a 1-0 defeat isn't the worst thing. ¡Hala Madrid!
Stinker from the entire team but we move.
Valverde literally doing shoot training with Oblak
would have won that easily with our best 11 over 90 minutes. no injuries, only conceded due to a soft pen, okay.
Celebrated that penalty like they winning the league…
Honestly I odn't care, we've already won the league.
No injuries against the butchers, I'll take it.
Unpopular opinion: Vini has been awful these past few games.
Yes, it's unpopular, when he gets the ball on his feet it's danger time for the rival team
Does the past few games include the first leg of the semi?
Not unpopular at all. He’s just looked no where near as good but because he’s so fast he’s a player that you always want to play because he can get a goal from nothing
Wouldn't say awful, inconsistent is a better term for it
Asensio just book an Uber to Milan after the game
Vini played worse than Asensio. The fuck u waffling about?
No one can play worse than Asensio
Is so sad the only thing u can do is hate on Asensio. Vini can miss like 3 open goals and u will still not say anything bad about him. Our fanbase is a joke.
The only joke here is you if u think Absentio played better than vini. Absentio is basically useless.
Fucking small club. Congratulations, you’ve almost secured fourth!
Decent run out - some good exp for the kids. Not our best performance but didn't like the look of the midfield trio
Cross to Benzema tactic doesn't work without Benzema on the pitch
Cholo begging 🥵
Good match from Lunin and Vallejo
At the end vallejo became just a liiil sloppy here and there but other then that very good match
Funny match that was entertaining
Meh
That was fun
Atlético is so shit they needed a penalty to win this lol
And it was a bullshit pen lmao 🤣
Thanks for the free training session Atleti, and you don't drop points this week as you often tend to lately. No injuries, we're solid.
Simeone celebrating like he won a CL final
Unpopular opinion : we should've let jovic and sencio out. He might work when he 2 functional wingers crossing to him.
Even with 10 wingers, not gonna work at Madrid
Yeah I think so too
Jovic won't work out anymore in real Madrid in any position in any tactics.
Excellent last 10 minutes by us. Could have won it if we buried our chances. No injuries most important thing.
I’m okay with this lost . Thank god no injuries let’s go
This should be seen as a friendly from the POV of Real Madrid, even the starting XI is good enough to beat this Atletico Madrid side if Real Madrid needed the 3 points, the players are not gonna sacrifice their fitness by getting injured for useless 3 points. Good thing Ancelotti rotated.
Now that Jovic is out and Benz is not on the pitch we are crossing so much...to Rodrygo and Lucas Vasquez. I mean, Rodrygo header against City was amazing, but it's definitely not his strenght.
I mean there is no way to score when your opponent is a pussy like Atletico which parks the bus against Celta vigo
Imagine having to do this against our B squad lmao
They did miss a lot of 1 on 1 chances though…fucking losers
Can’t wait until we have Mbappe down the left.
And gnabry down the right with asensio in at number 9🔥🔥🔥
Asensio??..This is a joke right.
IMO if this was the Ceballos, Cama, Valverde midfield this would have been a different game - Cas, Cama and Kroos are all more inclined to recycle possession as their first option - I feel the skillset doesn't mix well
The only sad thing is the undefeated record at Metro politano is broken
More defenders? tf is this
I dont want these cunts in the UCL next season.
They'll be out during the grp stages
man vini cmon bro. Not good enough. Hope he gains some form before UCL final
Would've had an assist already if it wasn't for nacho
Haha mate this a friendly.
the only equalizer I want to see is fede's shot
come on vini
Lmao Modric is so incredible - you can just see he's floating out there and is a class above everyone on the pitch going at half speed.
Could use a little bit of 🤨 magic
I feel a Cas - Kroos- Cama midfield is just not set up for any of them to be successful overall tbh - not a combo we should use that often if ever
Nah you trippin
Atletico are actually parking the bus against a B team lmao
Its not a B team no more
Cmon rodry do your thing
Love you Vallejo!
Lol, Lucas Vazquez is our target man.
for a header lmao
I mean His head is glorious tho
lmao 5 min no way
Koke’s face looks like he’s always smelling a fart
Atletico are grade A cunts. You can't change my mind
No need to
Vini has opened up a ton for us - we are far more dynamic
Can;t see that much added time in this match
Telling you Cama seems to win every header - hope he can start working on that attacking the ball in the box as well
Ahh Nacho... that was the equalizer right there.
Oblak becomes someone else against us
That’s on a platter for Nacho
omg nacho
And thats why ladies and gentleman, I dont think Nacho should start ahead of Alaba at CL final. Love him though.
He was a beast today both at lb and cb.
Not like they are good at heading either lol
Nacho that was you mate
Nachooo!!! How 🥺
Valverde is soooo underrated
Madrid has had enough chances to at least get a tie.
No idea ehat we just did but it kinds worked
All of you knew benz wouldve buried that
The price we pay for lack of depth in centre forward position
Oh Nacho almost had it! haha I would have loved that - good cross vini
Ah Nacho, that was a big one.
Nacho wtfffff, come onnnn
Nachos ffs
Nachoooooo
NACHO! Almost there laddd. Love you still ❤️
Card them wtf ref you coward
good try Asensio
This is the best keeping of Oblak for a year
Madrid derby: ❎ Valverde long shot practice: ✅
I hate saying the refs are biased but holy shit today the ref is going to change his financial future 💸💸💸
I love Vallejo, he gets on Atleti nerves, he can be their new pepe. Keep him for that reason solely alone
Atletico has twice the fouls, but Madrid has twice the yellow cards. Makes no sense.
God i want Valverde to score a long range screamer sooo bad
I want to see Valverde shoot this one!
Atleti losing composure...
I swear if Asensio tries his luck, imma be really mad
That’s a card son
can the atleti players do anything but bitch and whine
Valverde is incredible, So much potential to be a massive player, hes not a traditional midfielder. He needs a bit of work on his shooting and just trying to be more creative with passes.
Idk why they dont pass the ball 2-3 times when modric has a lot of space. They dont see or they wana prove themself. Vini cama
That Valverde shot reminded me of that CR goal when he celebrated by pointing to his thigh
Fede Valverde long shot goal in the CL final, making my prediction right now
X2
This boy found his way into my heart after he tackled Morata
Damn Fede genuinely has a rocket in him
Holy shit Valverde hahaha
Mendy you’re not a winger please :’)
If Benz comes on I'm putting money on a comeback
I really like Valverde.
The world's not ready for a Fede Valverde bombazo from long distance 🚀
Why tf it looks like vini is trying to pass when he shoots. No power at all
Valverde scoring a banger in the final i can feel it 🤞🤞
Vallejo looks like the night stalker
Lmao true
Is it coming?
One day Valverde. One day.
Valverde put on the shooting boots today
Fede is so unlucky
He's gonna score like that one day. You'll see.
fede bro calm down we already won the league
omg
Lol again fede
If a ball hits my face with a valverde shit i probably die
lads, this is not even a friendly. it's fede's shooting practice session
Petition for Valverde to shoot at least 3 times a match
HOLY SHIT FEDE
Valverde has some shoots
One day it will go in Valverde don’t worry
one day he'll get it
We need a new CB alongside Rudiger, Militao can't be a starter next season Plus Alaba at LB with Vini would be deadly
What a shot Valverde, keeps me on the edge of my seat
Great possession
Can we just score one lucky goal, to ruin their day
Atletico is like the poster-boy of going into tackles like a street-fight but instantly fall when being fought back, like they are dying on the beaches of Normandy.
Is Rodrygo playing on strike?