Real Madrid Vs Sporting Gijón | La Liga Preview
Tuesday, 23 September 08, 08:35 AM · Comments (6)
Real Madrid vs Sporting Gijón
Wednesday, 24th September 2008, 22:00 CET
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Real Madrid look to continue the fine form as they take on newly-promoted side, Sporting Gijon at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.
In addition to Sneijder, Gago & Codina, Bernd Schuster will also be missing Guti due to injury. However, the rest of the squad looks great and there should be no problems.
Sporting Gijon have so far conceded twelve goals in three matches only gaining one point. They had a pretty good pre-season beating AC Milan 2-0 and drawing Atletico Madrid, but they are going through bad times at the moment and If they lose to Madrid as well as to Villarreal whom they will be hosting next, then they will have the honor of having the worst La Liga start ever.
Lineup:
Back to Los Blancos, Schuster will certainly rotate some of his players and probably Van Nistelrooy and Arjen Robben for Champions League clash against Zenit.
Nevertheless, the Germain will not risk and will not underestimate his opponents. He will likely use his best defense and continue using De La Red in the midfield since Guti is out. Diarra should be starting as well.
Upfront, we could see Saviola starting alongside Rau'l with Higuain and VDV on the wings.
Prediction:
I'm always confident and positive when we are playing at the Bernabeu. The stadium is so scary for other teams and it boots our morals. However, in football, stadiums don't always do the magic, the players and coaches do, instead.
Having said that, and with our current form, I'm pretty sure that we will win. I think it is gonna be 3-0.
Who is gonna score? De La Red, VDV and Saviola (if he plays).
Right, whats your thoughts, lineup and prediction?
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I'm going with a 5-0, I know it might seem a little too much but this is what I expect them to do, Gijon are very weak and have no confidence and should be easy to dismantle. I think Robben should really shine today because Sporting are pretty weak at defending and he should have some fun. Hala Madrid!
Hello everyone 
I just want to say that we should not underestimate Gijon,they played well against Sevilla and they scored 3 goals against them in their own stadium.
I think we are going to win 3-0,the goals will be scored by: Higuain,De La Red,and Sergio Ramos
Ole Real Madrid!! 
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Real wins 2-0 and Raul will score Shuster said he is going toplay up more so the will give him more of a chance.
Reply to felipe :
I think more than 2,really hope!vamos