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Real Madrid v Sevilla will be the first game of 2017 for Los Blancos, who face Andalusian giants on Wednesday (20:15, UK time) at Santiago Bernabéu stadium. This fixture is a clash in the first leg of the Last 16 Round of La Copa del Rey tournament.

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Zinedine Zidane will struggle to make a team to face Sevilla in the first game of 2017. Los Blancos play at Santiago Bernabéu almost one month later they beat Deportivo in the very last minute. In the meantime, they’ve won another trophy for the museum, in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

The team might be exhausted after a long trip and Zidane has several players injured. The French manager has not called Cristiano Ronaldo in the list, who will rest. Besides, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Lucas Vázquez or Mateo Kovacic are all injured after the final against Kashima Antlers. James Rodríguez, Morata or Kiko Casilla should start the game.

Sevilla are in good form after thrashing Celta and Málaga in the last two games of La Liga. Jorge Sampaoli cannot count with Franco Vázquez sanctioned and Tremoulinas and Krohn-Dehli are out with different injuries.

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Real Madrid v Sevilla Predicted Line Ups

Real Madrid (4-4-2): Casilla; Marcelo, Nacho, Varane, Carvajal; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, James Rodríguez; Morata and Benzema.
Sevilla (3-4-3): Sirigu; Mercado, Pareja, Rami; Escudero, Mariano, N’Zonzi, Nasri; Vázquez, Vitolo and Vietto.

Real Madrid v Sevilla Betting Tips

Real Madrid have won 8, drawn 2 and lost 0 games out of the last 10.
Sevilla have won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3 of the last 10 games.
In the last 10 games, R. Madrid have scored an average of 2,8 goals and have received and average of 1,0 goals.
In the last 10 games, Sevilla have scored an average of 3,1 goals per game and have conceded 1,5 goals per game.
There have been over 2,5 goals in 8 of the last 10 Real Madrid games.
There have been 2,5 goals in 9 of the last 10 Sevilla.

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Real Madrid v Sevilla Prediction

This should be a very tough game for Real Madrid. Los Blancos face the clash without very important players. Besides most clubs struggle after the FIFA Club World Cup and the squad should be exhausted after a long trip. However, we should believe in Zidane’s side and we think they could beat Sevilla in a short result.

Sevilla are usually a very offensive team, although they played very defensively in tough stadiums such as Juventus Torino or Olympique Lyon. We think this can be a close game, without many chances.

The last time both teams met was in the European Supercup, back in August. Real Madrid won the trophy in the extra time thanks to Dani Carvajal, who scored the winner. Sergio Ramos was also a key player, scoring the equalizer in the 93rd minute. In La Liga, Los Blancos thrashed Sevilla (4-0) last season.

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Real Madrid to win 1/2 at Bet365.
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After winning the FIFA Club World Cup trophy, James Rodríguez spoke in front of the press and he explained his anger for not playing any minute in the last game. The Colombian was ready to leave Real Madrid even in winter. Only two weeks after, Zidane wanted to pamper James Rodríguez and gave him affection from the press conference.

It was Zinedine Zidane’s first appearance in 2017 just before the first game of the year against Sevilla in Copa del Rey. James Rodríguez was the most important in the press conference after his words at the end of 2016. Just two weeks after, everything looks quieter: “Anyway, at the end, James is a Real Madrid player, an important footballers. I’m going to behave with James in the same way as with the others. We’re going to keep working all together. It’s a difficult moment when you don’t play a final, you’re angry. I understand that sometimes is difficult but it’s complicated for everybody. This is already the past. We want to look ahead and see what it’s in front of us”, Zidane said.

Zidane took over Benítez’s job only one year ago: “I was more stressed in the unveiling. We are always with nerves. […] I feel good and happy with the job, this is very long”, Zidane said. Even if he has won three trophies, Zidane thinks he has still a lot to learn: “I have to improve in everything. This is already going to be like that, like when I was a player. […] I’m convinced I have passion for football. I have this inside all my life. This is something a footballer or a coach has to have. I’m happy for what I do every day”.

Only after one year in Real Madrid bench, he could win The Best Award: “I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m not the best coach of the year. It would be normal that any other wins the trophy, I have just started. I have to keep working and show much moe, but we are working on it”.

About the game against Sevilla, the French manager explained that Sergio Ramos needs to rest a bit more to be 100% fit. Besides, Pepe could also miss the match but the manager still trusts him, although he could leave the club at the end of the year: “He’s our player, important. He’s been here 10 years, he has already made history in this club and I want him to continue here. I’m not interested in what people say, but in what he’s going to do with us until the end”.

The manager was also asked about Sevilla, a team they beat in the European Supercup back in August: “I think they are a very competitive team, with a lot of confidence. It’s going to be a complicated game for us, I hope also for them. I think it’s going to be a great game. It’s been six months since the victory in the Supercup, you don’t get assurance to win now”, Zidane explained.

Finally, the manager also analyzed the moment of the team: “The good news is that after six months is good to have some rest. I think one week with the family and resting is good. What it’s true is that we need to work when we are back and we had a week to work and that’s good. It’s going to be difficult to work like this week because we are going to play every three days. In 70 days we have 20 games, so we are going to work less but it’s normal. What the player likes is to play”, Zidane finished.

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Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur are always linked in the transfer market. Any raising star in the Spurs call the attraction of Los Blancos and any unhappy Real Madrid player is targeted by the North London club. The last one is Dele Alli, who is in Real Madrid agenda for the next summer.

According to The Mirror, Dele Alli has caught the eye of Real Madrid scouters. The English midfielder is shining in the Premier League and he has also played with his national team in the last Euro. Alli is one of the best youngers in Europe and Los Blancos could try to sign him in the next summer.

Only two years ago, Alli was playing in the League One for Milton Keynes Dons, a city close to London. The Spurs invested around £5M to sign him and they won’t regret it. In only two seasons, he has become one of the best players in the squad and last Sunday he scored two goals in the victory over Watford. Alli has now found the net 8 times this season in only 18 games.

Since his arrival, Mauricio Pochettino gave him all the confidence and even last year he played 33 games in the Premier League, although he was not used to play at a high level. He didn’t feel the pressure and scored 10 goals in the competition. Pochettino is his fan number one and, according to the manager, Alli’s value should be around £55M.

The player signed in september a new deal with Tottenham Hotspur for the next 6 years and his salary was risen up to £3M per year. Real Madrid could easily improve his salary, so the player could be tempted to play in the Spanish capital.

Alli plays in a similar role than Isco or James Rodríguez, whose future might be outside of Real Madrid. Besides, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid have kept a close relationship in the last years with important deals, such as Luka Modric or Gareth Bale.

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Since the last 17th of April, Lucas Silva has not played any match with the Real Madrid t-shirt. The Brazilian midfielder has been training during this time with Los Blancos, after spotting his heart condition, detected last summer. Now it’s the moment to find a solution for his future because it looks like he will not play any minute with Zidane.

Lucas Silva was given on loan last year to Olympique Marseille and he did not triumph at the Ligue 1 because he did not have many minutes. The Brazilian midfielder is only 23 years old and Real Madrid signed him in 2015 for an amount of €13M from Cruzeiro. Now that we have arrived to the winter transfer market, there are unknown questions about his future. It’s very likely that Lucas Silva could go on loan this winter and Los Blancos might try to sell him when the season ends. Therefore it will be necessary to see which teams want his services for this season.

It would be the best option for him, since he does not seem to enter in Zidane’s plans for this year. Real Madrid have several midfielders in the squad and Lucas Silva may not play any official minute with Los Blancos. Besides, after several months without playing any competitive match, it will be difficult to recover the pace. The most important thing for Real Madrid is that if they let him go on loan to another team, he should have continuity because he needs to be fit again.

Lucas Silvas has not had success at Real Madrid and Florentino should find a solution. Real Madrid have many options with Kroos, Modric, Kovacic, Isco, James and Casemiro. Lucas has not played for a long time, so it would be a good idea to find him a team where he can enjoy some minutes. Since his arrival to Real Madrid, the Brazilian midfielder has only played 8 games in the starting 11 and four in the Champions League.

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Pepe is one of the players who finish his contract at the end of the season and he is receiving several offers from European important teams and from some other countries like China, who are doing huge offers. The Hebei China Fortune of Manuel Pellegrini are interested in Pepe, and they are going to make a huge offer to try to convince the Portuguese full back. Pepe ends his contract next summer and from now on he can freely negotiate with other teams to find the best option.

According to “iusport”, Herbei China Fortune are very interested in the Portuguese full back. They have made a very huge offer paying him €15M per season, three times more than his salary with Real Madrid. Although the Chinese League is very tempting, Pepe’s first choice is to continue at Real Madrid since his desire is to retire in the Spanish capital, but the truth is that the offer from China could make him think twice his situation because the salary is very high.

Pepe has been a very important player for Real Madrid in the last years but this season he is not having many minutes because of his several injuries and because Zinedine Zidane is trying to recover Varane’s best version for the next years. Pepe has played eight matches in the regular season this year and only one in Champions League. He is already 33 years old and Florentino seems to be looking for other alternatives. Another alternative could be the return of the player on loan at Eintracht of Frankfurt. Vallejo is doing a great season in the Bundesliga and Real Madrid may recover him for next season. He is ready to play at Real Madrid despite his youth because he is improving in every match he plays in the German League. Do you think Florentino should renew Pepe?

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There are several players who can’t play against Sevilla. Last week we published the injuries ofKovacic and Lucas Vázquez La Copa del Rey first leg against Sevilla and now Ramos will not arrive to the game either. Sergio Ramos has an injury that almost lets him out of the FIFA Club World Cup final and both Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid’s captain have decided to give more time for the full recovery of the problem Ramos has in his right leg. Sergio Ramos will miss also the match of the regular season against Granada the next Saturday because he has already 5 yellow cards. With this sanction Ramos will have even more time to recover 100% from his injury.

Real Madrid full back forced to play the FIFA Club World Cup final because he did not want to lose the final of the title. Ramos represents the character of the team and with him in the line up the team looks more secure. Ramos finished the match against Deportivo de la Coruña with several muscular problems although he was a key player in the game because he scored the decisive goal in the 93rd minute.

Zidane, as he has done several times, will not risk with the players who are injured and for the first two games in 2017 he must decide who will be the full backs pair. Varane, Nacho and Pepe are available -recently recovered- to face Sevilla. The team managed by Sampaoli is a very tough squad to win and they are in these moments in the third position of the table. Los Blancos must play a very complete game if they want to achieve a good result for the second leg that will be played at Santiago Bernabéu. Sevilla are very strong playing in their stadium but when they play as a visitant the results are not so positive.

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Real Madrid have received a huge offer for Cristiano Ronaldo from China. This will become a common trend in the next years and we will have to get used to it. The Chinese Super League teams are making very huge offers to try to improve their league based on money. A few weeks ago, Chelsea former Oscar has signed with Shangai SIPG for an amount of €60M having a very big salary similar as the one Cristiano has in Real Madrid. Another example is the recent signing of Carlos Tévez who has became the highest paid player in the world thanks to the €40M he will receive per season in the Shangai Shenhua.

However, Chinese ambitions do not stop there. A Chinese club have offers an millionaire offer to get the services of the four times Golden Ball winner (2008,2013, 2014, 2016) Cristiano Ronaldo. That’s what his agent Jorge Mendes has said in Sky Italia: ” In China they have offered €300; to Real Madrid and a salary of €150M per season for the player. However, money it’s not everything, Real Madrid is his life” Jorge Mendes said.

With a recently extended contract until 2021, there is no doubt that the future of the footballer will be linked to Real Madrid in his professional career best years. Cristiano Ronaldo is very conformable at Madrid and it’s difficult to think that he will change of team only for money, because the Chinesese Super League don’t have the level the European leagues have and we know Cristiano Ronaldo competitiveness. He is very professional and he works each year with the objective to show his high level. He is now a days 32 years old and we might think Cristiano he is a bit a bit old but this year he has scored 10 goals in the regular season in 11 games and two goals in Champions League. We also must remember that he scored a hat trick in the FIFA Club World Cup.

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Isco is having many offers since his renewal is standby with Real Madrid. Although he is enjoying continuity in the recent weeks, Casemiro’s return after his injury is sending again to the bench to the Andalusian playmaker. Now Zinedine Zidane is not including in the line up to Isco and he is believing in a midfield with Casemiro, Modric and Kroos.

According to As, Pepe Guardiola wants Isco for next summer transfer market. The Spaniard manager wants a playmaker for his squad and he is now focused on Isco’s renewal with Real Madrid. Since Oscar has signed with a Chinese team a few weeks ago, Guardiola wants a player with similar characteristics, and Isco is the one chosen by the Spaniard manager.

Manchester City have already transmitted their interest in Real Madrid’s player and they have the intention to convince him that he needs a change and that Manchester City is the best destination he can choose. Manchester City wanted to sign Isco when he was playing for Malaga but finally he signed with Real Madrid. Now the Citizen want to try again his signing because it’s a good opportunity to try to convince to Isco because of his situation.

The best moths will be very important because everything indicates that the opportunities he will enjoy since January to the end of the season, will depend the continuity of Isco in Real Madrid. If he finally do not renew with Los Blancos in June, Florentino Pérez will have the last opportunity if he wants to obtain an economic return for Isco’s departure, a payer that signed with Los Blancos for an amounts of €30M.

Zidane has a very good team with very good layers in all the positions of pitch and it is not easy maintain to all your players happy. Isco is a great player and he has showed it Real Madrid, but now he must convince Zidane that he can be a usual player is the line up when all the players are available.

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Real Madrid are already training for the matches they will have in the first days of 2017. There are two players who could not finish the training because of different injuries. Kovacic and Lucas Vázquez will not play the Copa del Rey first leg against Sevilla and depending in their evolution they will also could lose the regular season next matches.

Mateo Kovacic finished the FIFA Club World Cup with problems and Real Madrid doctors have confirmed that he has an injury in the left ankle. Mateo Kovacic was being a very important player for Zidane in the last matches and this injury may let him out of the pitch during several weeks. He won’t play the first leg against Sevilla and he may missed also the second match.

The second “victim” of the injuries is the youthful Lucas Vázquez. According to the medical part, the Galician winger suffers a grade 2 injury in the soleus of his right. Both can’t arrive to the first leg of the round 16 against Sevilla at Santiago Bernabéu (Wednesday, January 1 21:15) and depending in their evolution they could miss the next two games, one in the regular season against Granada and the Copa second leg against Sevilla at Sánchez Pizjuán (Thursday, January 12 21:15).

These are very important injuries because both were having an important role in the team manage by Zidane. Kovacic was having his best minutes since he arrival to Madrid and Lucas Vázquez was having very good performances replacing Gareth Bale in the right winger. Now Zidane must choose different varieties for the Copa del Rey eliminatory. Sevilla is a very good team and they are showing it in this season, being in the third position of La Liga and classifying for the Champions League to the Round of 16. The team manage by Sampaoli is a very tough team to win and Real Madrid must play two very good games if they want to classify for the next round.

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The 4th of January of 2016 Florentino Pérez axed Rafa Benítez and Zinedine Zidane was announced as the new Real Madrid coach. The history of the club changed that very same day because the French manager was able to change the tendency of a depress group into a winning one.

In 53 games played, Los Blancos lost only two, against Atlético Madrid in La Liga and Wolfsburg in the first leg of the Champions League quarter finals. These numbers meant three titles -Champions League, European Supercup and FIFA Clubs World Cup- and good feelings for the upcoming year.

The players looked depressed when Zinedine Zidane took over. This changed immediately with the French coach and could be seen very soon, in the first game against Deportivo La Coruña. The team struggled at the beginning but Real Madrid were able to fight La Liga until the last game, although Barcelona finally won the title.

This fighting spirit is the soul of the new Real Madrid. The team fights until the end. They were able to win the Champions League final in the penalty shoot out, the European Supercup in the extra time with a goal in the injury time from Sergio Ramos and the FIFA Club World Cup in the extra time as well. Besides, Sergio Ramos scored both important goals in La Liga against Barcelona and Deportivo to secure a six points cushion -now it’s 3 because Real Madrid missed one game- with the second team.

Perhaps, Zinedine Zidane’s best skill is the management of the squad. With so many important players in the dressing room, the French coach is able to manage the egos and all the players are involved in the team. He has been giving opportunities to all the players and they are all taking their opportunities whenever they can play. In this way, this good squad has been transformed in a great team.

Now, Zidane has to stay focus and keep going with his work to secure more success in the upcoming year. The starting position is perfect: top of the table in La Liga with 6 points clear from Barcelona -if Los Blancos beat Valencia- and in the Last 16 Round of Champions League and Copa del Rey.

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