How are we lining up for this one and are Cassano and Cicinho available/gonna start??? Whos injured??? Whos fit????
Cassano has said in the press conference this morning that he hasn't trained in the last 2 weeks, so he couldn't be at 100%. Today, he hasn't trained with his teammates, he is doing a specific tranning to recover his form. For that reason, i think that it is very dificult that he plays against Villareal. Probably, he will play some minutes against Athletic de Bilbao the next thursday. Cicinho is training good, so it will be Lopez Caro decision to decide if he finally plays or not. My opinion, i don't think that he plays in the starting 11, probably he will play some minutes in the second half. Ronaldo has began today a specific training, so he won't play against Villareal, but maybe he could play some minutes against Atletic de Bilbao, although i don't think so. Helguera is training good so he will be able to play against Villareal. Woodgate is also training good, he already played 15 minutes yesterday against Athletic. It means that Lopez Caro really want to use him as soon as posible. It will be Lopez Caro decision if he will play against Villareal. It is gonna be a really difficult game. Everybody knows that Villareal is a very solid team and it will be very dificult to get a positive result in its home. But they are one of the teams that are fighting for the top positions in La liga, so it would be good to not lose against them.
raul has his own training program also... however, i dont think he will make it by sunday... maybe early march
oh great, we'll have baptista up front again then... new year, same old madrid hope cassano is at 100% by then
We definitely won't see Cassano. I don't think we'll even see Cicinho unless Salgado is injured or has a really, really bad game. Starting XI should IMO be similar to the Bilbao game, with R. Carlos taking over for Bravo, Zizou on instead of Baptista, and maybe Woodgate instead of Mejia.
hey didn't carlos start the bilboa game.But anyways, we shouldn't rush cassano we dun't want him to get an injury.I hope zidane starts for baptista. -----------------------------Cassilias-------------------------------- ----Salagado--------------Helgura------Woodgate---------Carlos----- ----Beckham------------Ramos-----------Guti--------Robinho---- ---------------------------------Zidane--------------------------- ------------------------------Soldado-----------------------------
He didn't even travel with the team i think I really want to see Cassano and Cicinho in this match, even just as subs.
At this moment he has few chances to travel to Villareal, he probably will stay in Madrid trainning to recover his form.
I had forgotten that Beckham was suspended. If he can't play Balboa, Diogo and Cicinho are the players than could in his position. Villareal lost yesterday 2-0 in his home against Valencia, but they didn't played with their best players, Riquelme and company didn't play resting to play against us.
o man, i forgot about that.SO robinho should be on right , and zidane on the left. I dunno about cicihnio thou? I want to see cassano in for lil bit, but i doubt it
cassano isnt travelling according to marca. he will stay and train. and i think cicinho is set to replace becks on the right woody is also fit dno if he will play any news on ronnie? or is it soldado?
ya i read that too,i guess its better to seee him when he is fully fit.Also , i read that helgura might play in mid?? and caro changed his formation to 4-1-4-1, i guess its the same as 5-4-1, but im not sure, also zidane is fit and will probably start
Helguera in midfiled i really hope he puts him there even thou that prob means pavon n woody n defence but still it might jus give us the defensive cover from the mid , plus tis better than garcia n might explain madrids push to sell gravesen if those rumors r even tru
Cicinho is excellent on the right wing, I really hope that he plays in Beckham's position. If he completely kicks a.. (very likely to happen) does he have a chance of benching Beckham?
I think Cicinho could really be a good Right wing player. When he's attacking for Brazil he's great. His defense is not that good, but we have Salgado and Diogo. I kind of like the idea of Diogo playing at Right Back and Cicinho playing at Right Wing, I think they could have a solild link up play, and each is defensive minded enough to cover each other when one moves up the field. I'd rather see Cicinho do all the crossing and such though, we all know that Diogo's crosses don't stay in the stadium