Last season's semi final, when Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid and went through to the finals, will be repeated this time in the Quarter finals. However this year it should be a different scenario, as BVB are having a troublesome season, full of injuries to their key players. They will also have to do without their main goalscorer Robert Lewandowski, who scored 4 times when they played against Real Madrid in the semis last season, due to a yellow card suspension. On the other side, Real Madrid have been in fantastic form this year, had a slight drop in form after the Classico loss, but returned to winning ways with a 5:0 win this weekend. With Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema up front they will be extremely hard to stop, especially because BVB are not very strong in defence.
Expected Lineups:
Real Madrid:
Casillas; Carvajal, Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo; Xabi Alonso, Modric, Di Maria; Bale, Ronaldo, Benzema
Borussia Dortmund:
Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Hummels, Sokratis, Schmelzer; Sahin, Kehl; Grosskreuz, Mkhitaryan, Reus; Aubameyang
Our Prediction:
Real Madrid should score a few goals to carry a nice lead into the return match, but BVB will be highly motivated and dangerous on the counter-attack. Result: Real Madrid win 3:1.
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| Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Marco Reus (Photo: unitedcharity.de) |
Coentrao will play instead of Marcelo
ReplyDeleteThanks! Just seen he is injured and will be out for 2 weeks - meaning he will not be able to play in the return match as well.
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