Real Madrid Vs Recreativo Huelva | La Liga Preview
Thursday, 20 November 08, 09:52 AM · Comments (21)
Real Madrid Vs Recreativo Huelva - La Liga | 22/11/2008 - 20:00 CET | Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
So Pedja has decided to let Bernd Schuster give it another shot. Whether that was a wise or a bad decision, It doesn't matter, because Schuster will probably be staying to the end of the season. He needs to think objectively rather than subjectively. I think he needs to call Fabio Capello and ask him to give him a lesson or lets say two a week so he could improve his coaching skills.
I mean, Schuster needs to realize that we are in a difficult situation. I say difficult because we got kicked out from Copa Del Rey, humiliated twice by Juventus and slipped from the second to the fifth position on the table with five points behind leaders Barcelona.
I really do know that injuries have had an impact on all of these results, but c'mon, didn't Juventus beat us just with 12 first team players? The difference was the coach, theirs was smart and had common sense.
Anyway, we take on Recreativo Huelva tomorrow night at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. We have played them eight times and they have only beaten us once, two years ago, when they scored three goals and humiliated Capello and his team.
Lineup
Fabio Cannavaro has joined the sickbay as he abandoned today's training session with a strained abductor muscle. Our defense was weak with Cannavaro and now that he is injured, it is gonna be weaker. He will probably miss the Champions League match against BATE Borisov as well. Damn it!
Pepe, on the other hand, has made the squad list. What is weird though is that there is no Heinze and I couldn't figure out if that is a coaching decision or he just committed suicide. I mean he isn't mentioned at all.
Bueno has made the list again.
- Goalkeepers
- Casillas, Dudek
- Defenders
- Salgado, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo, Metzelder, Torres
- Midfielders
- Gago, Sneijder, Guti, Drenthe, Van der Vaart, Javi García
- Forwards
- Raúl, Saviola, Higuaín, Bueno
So, as you can see, the midfield is the only area in which we have more than two key players. I really I;m worried that we will concede goals, though. I just hope that Schuster will go with those in defense:
Ramos - Pepe - Metz - Marcelo
We could use Ramos in central defense and play either Torres or Salgado on the right, but I think Ramos is more comfortable and effective when he plays on the right.
I'd love Schuster to start with Sneijder this time instead of Gago. This could mean that Guti will have to play closer to the defense. Higuain would start on the right and VDV on the left. Rau'l and Saviola up front. I mean like this
--------- Guti ----------
Higuain VDV
Sneijder
Saviola Rau'l
Prediction
Huelva won't make it easy. If our defense improves, we will win. Thats our weakest point - the defense - we do fine in attack, but we just concede more than we score, nevertheless, I'm gonna predict a 2-0 win for us.
Sneijder and Higuain.
What are your thoughts, prediction and lineup?
Hala Madrid!
P.S: My ADSL is being odd and I'm writing this on a diaup connection. I just wanted to post a quick post and that meant no in-depth analysis and thoughts so I'd appreciate if you provide these in the comments section. Thanks!
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Reply to MadridistAli:
Hi! i am realy surprised about Schuster but i realized that it was better keeping him to prevent tension between the players,about the game tomorro which i think is a must-win game,thank god Heinze is not playing i think Torres or Metzelder will replace him,i prefer Torres because he was discovered...
Torres can't play in central defense, so if he is going to start, he'll play on the right, with Ramos partnering Pepe in the center.
As for Heinze, I still have no idea. Guess I need to investigate into it later.
No, De La Red will probably come back next week. I heard that story, but it is hard to believe.
As for the coming striker, the closest one is Crespo.
Reply to alex:
Heinze is not playing bcuz of his red card last week it was so beautiful when he got it it almost made me cry i was so happy it was the only thing good that came out of that game, but don't worry cuz stupid shuster will have him bak in the line up this week vs bate and they will score a goal on us...
So Heinze is suspended, sweet 
Thanks for the tip 
Also if you have read the article on MARCA about Calderon giving each player 120.000 euros to each player if they win the next 5 games what the fuck (sorry for the language is he thinking if you are a Real Madrid player and just playing to win and earn your money is not enough of an incentive than you should not be playing. Calderon is pretty much saying its ok u guys havn't been winning and playing hard but hey here's a load of money just play well for 5 games.
hah hah hah you bums when you lose and barca wins then it will be a great weekend b i t c h e s : notice the spaces so its not realy cursing . just random words in a random sequence, you see we barca fans have some respect. madrid cabron
It's becoming easier to predict a draw or loss these days but I am going to be positive.....we will win 1-0 goal by a midfielder (VDV/Sneidjer)
If the cash incentives are true then what the heck.....we will win 7-0 (raul 5, higuain 1 and ramos 1)
Why do Barcelona fans have to such jerks? I mean, I regularly participate in the forums at fcbnews.com, and I never write junk against them. Idrismediaman, trust me, if you think that your little stint is going to make you smart or tough, think again, just proves how impotent you really are. Its fools like you who make the hatred and rivalry reach the 'ugly' stage, which is definitely not required.
I say we win by 3-0, in a very convincing manner. I never thought I'd say this, but our midfield finally will come alive and play what they are paid for. First time we will say, good game Madrid!
I just hope he makes it back in less than two weeks. As for the game, it was a good one, we finally got that clean-sheet after some okay defending. We wasted atleast 5 concrete chances so shame on the attack, the wrong side of play let us down. Still, we won and this should be a huge boost for us. Hala Madrid! 
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Hi! i am realy surprised about Schuster but i realized that it was better keeping him to prevent tension between the players,about the game tomorro which i think is a must-win game,thank god Heinze is not playing i think Torres or Metzelder will replace him,i prefer Torres because he was discovered by Capello with Higuain and Gago.
My lineup:
Casillas
Ramos...Torres...Pepe...Marcelo
Sneijder.............Guti..................VDV
Higuain
Saviola...................Rau'l
I predict a 5-0 win,Rau'l 2,Saviola 1,Higuain 1 and Marcelo 1
Forza Madrid!
Qz: 1)What happend to Heinze?(wish he's dead)
2)Is it true that De La Red is going to retire because of a heart disease?
3)Who's Real Madrid 100% coming striker?
Heinze is not playing bcuz of his red card last week it was so beautiful when he got it it almost made me cry i was so happy it was the only thing good that came out of that game, but don't worry cuz stupid shuster will have him bak in the line up this week vs bate and they will score a goal on us and it will be all heinze's fault. Anyways i would like to see
------------Casillas-----------
Torres---Ramos---Pepe---Marcelo
--------------Gago-------------
Sneijder------Guti----------VDV
-------Higuain-----Raul--------
Ten bucks shuster doesn't sub Raul for Saviola even though we a champs game this week what a looser.