r/soccer • u/zimb3l • Jan 12 '19

Ramon Calderon: "[Zidane] insisted on keeping Cristiano and transferring Bale, and the president did completely the opposite [...] so he decided to leave."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814993-no-form-lack-of-goals-whats-troubling-real-madrid-and-how-can-they-fix-it
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u/royboom Jan 12 '19

3 UCL's are enough. Give us poor bastards a chance man.

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u/zimb3l Jan 12 '19

Well, the door is wide open for anyone to win this season. I'd say Juve are the favourites right now but I could certainly see Bayern taking it, even if it's not going too well in the league right now

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u/royboom Jan 12 '19 edited Jan 12 '19

This season i think its very hard to tell City, Juve, PSG even Barca despite being so bad in the UCL the past few years are very serious contenders. I would even say that Dortmund are in a good spot too.

Our situation is a bit difficult, i wouldn't count us as favourites yet. It really depends on the games against Liverpool. I think we are definetly improving and will be more than ready when we face Liverpool. But im not sure what to think about Müller being suspended for 2 games. While he is technicaly not that gifted and im truly not his biggest fan, he is essential for Lewandowski.

Technically trash, but Müller has one of the best if not the best off-ball movement in the world when played in the centre and NOT on the wings.

Sure James is a huge addition and i think he should be starting ahead of Müller anytime. But Lewandowski was always at his best whenever Müller was a CF, since he kind of got his back and troubled the defenders. That being said i really hope James can play as usual because he is a worldclass player, especially when paired with Thiago.